Written questions

713 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Mar 2022 · Home Office

British Nationality: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2022 to Question 129730 on British nationality: Russia, if she will urgently take steps to ascertain how many high net-worth Russian people were granted British citi

14 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Russia: Sanctions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the sanctions announced on 9 March 2022 jointly by her Department and the Department of Transport will apply to all aviation companies identified as Russian owned, to

8 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Eastern Europe: BBC Monitoring

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to take steps with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to increase the resources available to the BBC Monitoring Service in respect

28 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when a reply will be given to the right Hon. member for New Forest East to his letter of 6 December 2021 about a constituent who is unable to wear masks and has been required to work from home by S

25 Feb 2022 · Home Office

British Nationality: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many high net-worth Russian people were granted British citizenship on the basis of their wealth in each year since 2010 broken down by people who subsequently (a) retained and (b) renounced Russi

24 Feb 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February to Question 120606 on Carbon Emissions, what verification arrangements are in place to monitor whether and to what extent the Governments of

22 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take in response to the letter to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State from Marie Lyon, Association for Children Damaged By HPT, Kath Sansom, Sling The Mesh

18 Feb 2022 · Leader of the House

Linacre College: Sovico Group

To ask the Leader of the House, what criteria he will apply when giving advice to the (a) Privy Council and (b) Department for Education on whether an Oxford University college should be given permission by the Privy Council to rename itself after the Cha

18 Feb 2022 · Department for Education

Universities: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on the acceptance of large donations by University colleges from foreign billionaires closely linked with regimes with poor human rights records; how that policy would apply to the proposed a

18 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sovico Group: Linacre College

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what advice her Department has given to representatives of (a) Linacre College and (b) Oxford University on the (i) proposed acceptance of £155 million from a billionaire (A)

18 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason UK pensioners who have (a) fully contributed throughout their working lives and (b) moved abroad after retirement have their state pension frozen at the rate which applied when they emig

18 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surgical Mesh Implants: South East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress has been made in establishing the South East Regional specialist centre for the treatment of women damaged by mesh implants; and whether checks will be carried out to ensure th

8 Feb 2022 · Leader of the House

Parliamentary Estate: Security

To ask the Leader of the House, what steps the Government will take to safeguard (a) hon. Members of both Houses from being impeded from entering and leaving the Parliamentary estate and (b) police and other security personnel from being distracted from t

8 Feb 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the potential of the UK significantly to reduce global warming if it achieved net zero unilaterally whilst other countries did not; what arra

8 Feb 2022 · Cabinet Office

Investigation into Alleged Gatherings on Government Premises during Covid Restrictions

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to secure a copy of the full version of the Sue Gray report and publish that report in unredacted form without delay.

8 Feb 2022 · Department for Transport

Cycling: Highway Code

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2022 to Question 115826 on Cycling: Highway Code, whether the advice to cyclists to ride in the centre of the lane in certain situations, permits and encourages cyclists to

8 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Sexual Offences: Psychiatric Patients

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2022 to Question 115830 on Sexual Offences: Psychiatric Patients, if she will (a) request that the Chief Constable of Surrey replies to the hon. Member for New For

1 Feb 2022 · Home Office

Sexual Offences: Psychiatric Patients

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason Police in Surrey, investigating the impregnation of a mentally-ill woman by an employee of a care unit to which she had been admitted, under section, claim that the matter is still und

1 Feb 2022 · Department for Education

Sexual Offences: Psychiatric Patients

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to review the criteria applied by the Family Court system according to which an infant, fathered by a UK care-home employee on a woman admitted as an inpatient under section, will be sent

1 Feb 2022 · Department for Education

Education: Political Impartiality and Racial Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is his policy that (a) the prohibition in schools of the promotion of partisan political views in the teaching of any subject set out in s.406(1)(b) of the Education Act 1996 continues to apply to (i

1 Feb 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

BBC Monitoring: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2022 to Question 110225 on BBC Monitoring and BBC World Service: Finance, for what reason the BBC Monitoring Service (BBCM) was not referred to in th

1 Feb 2022 · Department for Transport

Cycling: Highway Code

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason the revised highway code gives priority to cyclists to ride in the middle of single carriageway roads which have dedicated cycle lanes alongside the carriageway; what arrangements are available

24 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Mefloquine

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department continues to apply the criteria introduced following the 2016 publication of the Defence Committee report (HC567) calling for restrictions on the prescribing of the antimalarial drug Lariam

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

BBC Monitoring and BBC World Service: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what safeguards are in place to protect the budgets of BBC (a) World and (b) Monitoring Services in light of the (i) freezing of the Licence Fee and (ii) intensifying military confrontat

17 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of total recorded deaths of UK citizens who died while infected with the Omicron variant of covid-19, died primarily as a result of (a) that infection and (b) a different cause, to

4 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate his Department has made of the potential number of smart meters fitted by energy companies since December 2019 which will require (a) upgrading and (b) replac

13 Dec 2021 · Home Office

UK Border Force: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the vulnerability of Border Force personnel to viral infection from direct contact with large numbers of asylum seekers rescued in the English Channel; what step

13 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that the database of the booking system for booster vaccinations administered by NHS England includes records of initial vaccinations administered by NHS Scotland; f

1 Dec 2021 · Treasury

Food: Supply Chains

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to help support the food and drink supply chain.

1 Dec 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Flats: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the impact on existing leaseholders in apartment blocks of the (a) level of disturbance to residents, (b) accountability of ad hoc companies set up t

Source: official written-questions record.