Written questions

851 written questions tabled, most recent first.

15 Sep 2021 · Northern Ireland Office

Northern Ireland Office: Police Service of Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many meetings he or his predecessors have had with the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland in each of the last three years.

15 Sep 2021 · Northern Ireland Office

Platinum Jubilee 2022: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans his Department has to celebrate the Queens' Platinum Jubilee in Northern Ireland.

15 Sep 2021 · Home Office

Football Banning Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in the UK have been issued with football banning orders in each of the last five years.

15 Sep 2021 · Treasury

Boats: Red Diesel

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether financial assistance will be provided to marinas in Northern Ireland to adapt their fuel sale facilities, in the context of HMRC imposing a ban on red diesel for propulsion of leisure craft from 1 October 20

15 Sep 2021 · Treasury

Boats: Red Diesel

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what impact assessment he has undertaken on changes to pleasure craft fuel rules banning red diesel use in Northern Ireland, as a result of the Northern Ireland Protocol.

15 Sep 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Children: Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to strengthen child protection measures in the draft Online Safety Bill.

9 Sep 2021 · Treasury

Trader Support Service

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, (a) how many businesses have signed up to the Trader Support Service and (b) and what the cost to the public purse has been of operating that service since that service was launched.

9 Sep 2021 · Treasury

No-interest Loans Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 May 2021 to Question 1224 on No-interest Loans Scheme, what recent progress he has made towards the pilot of a no-interest loan scheme.

9 Sep 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Nigeria: Fulani

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what engagement he has had with his counterpart in the Government of Nigeria on tackling the (a) activity of Fulani militants and (b) attacks by those militants on non-Muslim

9 Sep 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure freedom of religious expression in China in response to reports of the sentencing in January 2021 of four Christians for selling audio

6 Sep 2021 · Treasury

Uniforms: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue was raised as a result of VAT on school uniforms in each of the last five years.

6 Sep 2021 · Treasury

Uniforms: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has been made of the potential merits of the removal of VAT on school uniforms to assist disadvantaged families.

6 Sep 2021 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Travel

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the end of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme on employment levels in the travel and aviation sectors.

6 Sep 2021 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Travel

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the travel and aviation industry to explore the potential merits of extending the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme for those sectors.

28 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Abortion

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to review the accuracy and objectivity of the Abortion and Abortion Care Factsheet produced by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' Faculty of

28 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Abortion: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 14 December 2020 to question 128881, Abortion: Drugs, what measures are in place to ensure that abortion pills sent by post are used by no-one other than the intende

28 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Abortion: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the comments made in the Government consultation on a new legal framework for abortion services in Northern Ireland from November

15 Jun 2021 · Northern Ireland Office

Northern Ireland Protocol: Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the Irish Republic's Central Statistics Office showing the value of Irish Republic exports to Northern Ireland increasing between January to April 2021 by 40 per cent to €977 million, w

15 Jun 2021 · Northern Ireland Office

Northern Ireland Protocol: Freight

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many meetings he has had with representatives of the road haulage industry in Northern Ireland in the last 18 months on the Northern Ireland Protocol.

24 May 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to support research on methods to mitigate or reduce emissions in farming.

21 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the prevalence of cancer diagnosis among children and young people.

20 May 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pollinators: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the number of bees and other pollinators in the UK.

20 May 2021 · Home Office

HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will undertake a review of investigatory practices by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services in response to criticism of their investigation of how the Police Ser

20 May 2021 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cars were seized and destroyed for non-payment of road tax in each of the last three years.

20 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many completed admitted pathways there were in each month during the covid-19 outbreak.

20 May 2021 · Northern Ireland Office

Lord Frost

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many meetings he has held with Lord Frost since his appointment on the Northern Ireland Protocol.

20 May 2021 · Northern Ireland Office

Castlereagh Foundation

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2021 to Question 153426, on Ethnic Groups: Northern Ireland, what the timescale is for the creation of the Castlereagh Foundation.

20 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Children: Autism

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the prevalence rate of autism amongst the compulsory school age population in England in the latest period for which that data is available.

20 May 2021 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: Australia

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the potential effect on the UK agri-food industry of a tariff-free free trade deal with Australia.

20 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sunbeds and Sunscreens: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to inform people of the dangers of (a) exposure to the sun and (b) the use of sunbeds.

Source: official written-questions record.