Written questions

851 written questions tabled, most recent first.

9 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Italy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the covid-19 outbreak, for what reason flights are being allowed to continue between airports in northern Italy and the UK.

25 Feb 2020 · Home Office

Police: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of police officers in England and Wales are from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) backgrounds.

25 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will develop a national strategy for reducing health inequalities.

25 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Antibiotics: Drug Resistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle antibiotic resistance.

25 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nature Conservation: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department has allocated to tackle wildlife crime in each of the last three years.

24 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

5G: Health Hazards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the health risks posed by 5G roll out.

24 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors and Nurses: Termination of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) doctors and (b) nurses have left the NHS in each of the last five years.

24 Feb 2020 · Treasury

Fuels: Tax Evasion

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the loss in revenue as a result of fuel laundering activities in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.

24 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Farmers: Mental Illness

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support farmers and fishermen suffering from mental health problems.

24 Feb 2020 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Testing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many appeals of an MOT test result the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency received in each of the last three years.

24 Feb 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department takes to monitor health and safety compliance by approved MOT centres.

24 Feb 2020 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Testing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the financial rationale is for the cost of MOT testing for class 4 vehicles.

24 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in the devolved Administrations on coordinations of additional measures to respond to a potential covid-19 outbreak.

24 Feb 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Gaza: Israel

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on the security situation in that country after the rocket attacks on southern Israel from Gaza on 23 February 2020.

24 Feb 2020 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential effect of the migrant salary threshold of £25,600 on the labour market in Northern Ireland.

21 Feb 2020 · Northern Ireland Office

Electoral Office for Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the Electoral Office for Northern Ireland is permitted to keep a record of all correspondence issued by that office; and whether those records are kept.

12 Feb 2020 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of charging points for electric vehicles in rural areas.

11 Feb 2020 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Emergencies

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many flights have declared an emergency in UK air space in each of the last five years.

11 Feb 2020 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase the level of sensory equipment in primary schools.

11 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits on introducing routine prostate cancer screening.

11 Feb 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Sanitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase the provision of disabled toilets in schools.

10 Feb 2020 · Northern Ireland Office

Equality Commission for Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the cost has been to the public purse of the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland, in each of the last three years.

10 Feb 2020 · Home Office

Football Banning Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Football Banning Orders have been issued in each of the last three years.

10 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Flour: Additives

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions his Department has had with the devolved Administrations on the mandatory fortification of flour.

10 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Crimes against the Person: Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many third parties have been prosecuted under Section 59 of the Offences Against the Persons Act 1961 in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017, (d) 2018, and (e) 2019.

6 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Autism: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2020 to Question 6150 on autism: diagnosis, how his Department monitors the autism diagnosis process in the absence of data relating to waiting times for diagno

6 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2020 to Question 6149, how much his Department spent on recruitment promotion in (a) Northern Ireland, (b) England, (c) Scotland and (d) Wales in each of the last three years.

5 Feb 2020 · Treasury

Airports: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of Air Passenger Duty on route development at airports in Northern Ireland.

5 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tobacco: Packaging

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to amend regulations on the packaging of tobacco products.

5 Feb 2020 · Department for International Trade

Trade Missions

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many trade missions are planned by his Department in the next six months; and how businesses are identified for participation in those missions.

Source: official written-questions record.