Written questions

650 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Space Technology: Buckinghamshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to support innovation in small satellite propulsion technologies in the context of the announcement of the UK Space Agency’s planned National P

11 Feb 2021 · Department for Education

Satellites: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to provide (a) skills and (b) training to help support the UK manufacturing of small satellites; and if he will make a statement.

11 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Space Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support the Government is providing to Local Enterprise Partnerships in order to stimulate industry growth in the space sector.

11 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Satellites: Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to promote innovation within the small satellite manufacturing sector; and if he will make a statement.

10 Feb 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Game: Birds

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) licences and (b) consents have been issued for (a) game bird release, (b) outdoor sports and (c) leisure and recreation activities on European protected sites under the in

9 Feb 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Game: Birds

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to review the effect of (a) sport and leisure and (b) other activities on European protected sites; and what other activities will be covered by the interim licencing

9 Feb 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Game: Birds

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure Natural England has adequate resources to assess applications to the interim licensing regime for the 2021 to release game birds on o

5 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Grendon and HMP Spring Hill: Public Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of (a) staff and (b) visitors at (i) HMP Grendon and (ii) HMP Springhill arrive by public transport.

5 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the average distance travelled by prison officers and staff from their home to place of work.

5 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Buckinghamshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners serving sentences in each prison across the prison estate were resident in Buckinghamshire prior to their sentencing.

5 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Buckinghamshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners held in (a) HMP Springhill and (b) HMP Grendon were resident in each postcode area of Buckinghamshire prior to their sentencing.

5 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sites for new prison developments are currently being considered by his Department; how many developments are being prepared for public consultation; and how many of those proposed developments are in th

26 Jan 2021 · Department for Transport

Biofuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish the Government response to the consultation on Introducing E10 Petrol, which closed on 3 May 2020.

20 Jan 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list the brownfield sites that have been assessed for new prison development in the UK in the last three years.

20 Jan 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the assessment his Department made which led to the consultation on a new 1,400 capacity prison on land adjacent to HMP Grendon and HMP Springhill.

20 Jan 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department made of the potential merits of the land adjacent to HMP Bullingdon prior to selecting the land adjacent to HMP Grendon and HMP Springhill for consultation on a new 1,400 capacity p

20 Jan 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list the Government-owned land that was considered for new prison buildings prior to the identification of the site of HMP Grendon and HMP Springhill for consultation on a new 1,400 capacity prison.

11 Jan 2021 · Treasury

Health Professions: Tax Avoidance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of how many medical professionals are (a) subject to or (b) have settled to avoid being subject to the Loan Charge.

11 Jan 2021 · Treasury

Tax Avoidance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HMRC is taking against umbrella companies who advised their clients to use disguised remuneration schemes.

11 Jan 2021 · Treasury

Veterans: Tax Avoidance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of armed forces veterans that (a) are subject to or (b) have settled to avoid being subject to the Loan Charge.

24 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Palestinians: Textbooks

What progress has been made on the international review of the content of Palestinian Authority school textbooks.

19 Nov 2020 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: Israel

What progress has been made in discussions with her Israeli counterpart on an agreement for further trade cooperation with Israel beyond the trade continuity deal.

9 Sep 2020 · Department for Education

Pupils: Genetics

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what advice his Department gives to schools to ensure that pupils with (a) neurofibromatosis 1 and (b) other genetic conditions receive adequate and effective support.

9 Sep 2020 · Department for Education

Neurofibromatosis: Pupils

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that schools are aware of the social, psychological and health problems that pupils with neurofibromatosis 1 may have.

9 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurofibromatosis: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that adequate funding is being made available for neurofibromatosis Type 1 patients.

9 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurofibromatosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department will take to improve awareness amongst nurses and general practitioners of neurofibromatosis Type 1.

9 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurofibromatosis: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many of the known patients with neurofibromatosis Type 1 were treated at national specialist care centres in the last 12 months.

9 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurofibromatosis: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the diagnosis and treatment of neurofibromatosis Type 1.

1 Sep 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Hen Harriers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many hen harrier nesting attempts in England in 2020 were located in areas where the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds had primary control over access; how many of those ne

1 Sep 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Hen Harriers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many hen harrier nesting attempts there were in England in 2020; how many of those nests were successful; what the known causes for nest failures were; and how many chicks were fle

Source: official written-questions record.