Written questions

851 written questions tabled, most recent first.

31 Mar 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Internet: Suicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether instructions on how to take your own life will be considered illegal content that assists suicide in the new online safety regime.

31 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Recycling: Red Diesel

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to help ensure that small metals recycling businesses are protected from negative impacts following that industry's loss of the use of red diesel from 1 April 2022.

31 Mar 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Recycling: Metals

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support the development of zero emission technology for the metals recycling sector.

2 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Abortion: Gender

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of potential negative effects on women and girls of sex-selection abortion in the UK.

2 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Abortion: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Government’s decision to re-instate the pre-covid-19 outbreak abortion policy, whether Ministers in his Department has had discussions with their Scottish counterparts on the

2 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Abortion

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of analysis of data conducted by The Independent newspaper in 2014 suggesting that between 1,400 and 4,700 girls are missing from

11 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Abortion

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what measures are in place to ensure that home abortions taking place after the legal limit of ten weeks are reported to the police; and which health bodies are responsible for ensuring that that r

11 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Abortion

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Comres polling undertaken in May 2017 which found that 70 per cent of women supported a reduction in the abortion time limit from 24 weeks, and recent advances in perinatal medici

11 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Abortion

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to data published in November 2021 by the HSE in Ireland that in 2020 1,480 women out of a total of 8,057 opted to continue their pregnancy after an initial abortion consultation, wh

11 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Abortion

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 27 April 2021 to Question 179697, on Abortion, whether his Department has plans to investigate illegal abortions occurring over the ten week limit for medical aborti

7 Jan 2022 · Northern Ireland Office

Castlereagh Foundation

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will provide an update on the work of the Castlereagh Foundation.

7 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Myanmar: Homicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of reports of the killing of at least 35 people by Myanmar’s military regime on Christmas Eve; and what step

7 Jan 2022 · Treasury

Trader Support Service

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total cost has been of the Trader Support Service to date.

7 Jan 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Social Media: Harassment

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions officials in her Department have had with representatives of social media platforms on tackling the use of anonymous accounts to abuse people.

5 Jan 2022 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Cybercrime

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cyber attacks against Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs have been recorded in each of the last three years.

23 Nov 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Autism

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to encourage and promote participation in sport by children and young people with autism.

23 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many rapid lateral flow kits have been dispatched to addresses in Northern Ireland since the start of the covid-19 outbreak.

23 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to assess the effectiveness of personal protective equipment used by front line health workers in protecting them from transmission of covid-19.

12 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Motability: Electric Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps are being taken to encourage people on Motability to choose electric vehicles; and if additional support is available for the installation of an electric charge point for those with a disability.

12 Nov 2021 · Home Office

Places of Worship Security Funding Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications have been received by the places of worship protective security funding scheme, by the religious faith of the applicant organisation in each of the last three years.

12 Nov 2021 · Home Office

Places of Worship Security Funding Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications have been received by the places of worship protective security funding scheme, by region of the UK in each of the last three years.

12 Nov 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Tiktok

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what representations her Department has made to TikTok, the social networking service, in relation to videos posted on that platform that target teachers with abuse; and what steps she p

12 Nov 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Regional Planning and Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when awards made in the first tranche of the Levelling Up Fund must be spent by.

12 Nov 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

UK Community Renewal Fund: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many applications have been received from Northern Ireland for the UK Community Renewal Fund; and how many of those applications were successful.

9 Nov 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Community Ownership Fund: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to increase awareness of the Community Ownership Fund in Northern Ireland.

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

Fertilisers: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the impact of the rise in fertiliser prices on UK farms; and what steps his Department is taking to help support farms in finding options for reducing bo

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

Tree Planting: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to enable the Woodland Trust to send trees to Northern Ireland to allow local groups to fully participate in The Queen’s Green Canopy to mark Her Majesty’s Platin

9 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussion she has had with her Chinese counterpart on promoting freedom of religious expression and belief in China in response to the removal of a Bible and Quran from

9 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Christianity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to protect Sudanese Christians from persecution and harm since the military coup on 25 October 2021 in that country.

15 Sep 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Bounce Back Loan Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many companies that availed of bounce back loans have (a) filed for bankruptcy and (b) indicated that they will not be in a position to repay their loans.

Source: official written-questions record.