Written questions

236 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish the amount of overseas aid allocated to each recipient country for the most recent financial year available.

15 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what additional steps he plans to take to support households to move toward using (a) solar power and (b) renewable energy.

15 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Northern Ireland Executive: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to take steps to support the Northern Ireland Executive to meet their net zero obligations.

14 Oct 2024 · Home Office

Police: Demonstrations

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Metropolitan Police on the policing of public demonstrations relating to the conflict between Israel and Hamas.

14 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: North Down

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what can be done to address the shortage and delays obtaining ADHD medications in North Down constituency.

14 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: North Down

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what can be done to reduce waiting times for patients referred for ADHD assessments in North Down constituency.

14 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Erasmus+ Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of rejoining the Erasmus+ programme.

10 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he will maintain levels of spending under the agriculture budget; and what steps he is taking to ensure that changes in the level of that budget support nature recovery.

10 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Biodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the UK's commitments under the United Nations Biodiversity Conference are met ahead of COP16; and what steps his Department is taking

9 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Biodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the State of Nature Partnership report entitled State of Nature Report 2023, published in September 2023, what steps he plans to take to (a) prevent further biodivers

9 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nature Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the UK meets its 2030 nature recovery targets; and what steps he is taking to measure progress against those targets.

8 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Diagnosis and Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) increase access to and (b) improve prostate cancer (i) diagnosis and (ii) treatment, in the context of disparities in early detection rates across differe

8 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Eritrea: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions officials in his Department have had with their counterparts in Eritrea on (a) Christians imprisoned and (b) possible violations of (i) freedom of religion o

8 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Pakistan: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential implications for its policies of the (a) recent sentencing to death on charges of blasphemy of Shaughta Karan i

4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Leasehold: Mortgages and Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to bring forward the Leasehold and Commonhold Reform Bill; what recent estimate she has made of when the provisions of the Leasehold and Commonhold Reform Bill wil

4 Oct 2024 · Northern Ireland Office

Patrick Finucane

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the public inquiry into the murder of Patrick Finucane.

4 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Prime Minister has had recent discussions with his international counterparts on efforts to help end the conflict in Ukraine.

4 Oct 2024 · Northern Ireland Office

Shipbuilding: Harland and Wolff

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he plans to take steps with Cabinet colleagues to provide (a) financial and (b) other support for Harland and Wolff’s Belfast shipyard.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the consultation entitled Modernising support for independent living: the health and disability green paper, published on 29 April 2024, what her policy is on the use of (a) cash payme

12 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Defence

South Africa: War Graves

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission to help ensure the maintenance of the graves of British servicemen in Simon’s Town, South Africa.

11 Sep 2024 · Treasury

Income Tax: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of raising the personal tax allowance to £15,000.

3 Sep 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help increase levels of humanitarian aid into Gaza.

3 Sep 2024 · Treasury

Police Service of Northern Ireland: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will provide additional funding to the PSNI for training new recruits.

29 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Navy

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to increase the size of the Royal Navy fleet.

22 Jul 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she is taking steps to incorporate the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in (a) policy and (b) legislation.

17 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Community Ownership Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to (a) support communities across the UK in taking ownership of assets at risk of closure and (b) ensure their continued use for community benefit th

Source: official written-questions record.