Written questions
713 written questions tabled, most recent first.
21 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pancreatic Cancer: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding from the public purse has been allocated to research into pancreatic cancer in each of the last three years; what progress has been made on the early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer; fo
21 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Defence
War Widow(er)s: Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the oral contributions of the Minister for Defence People and Veterans and the rt hon member for New Forest East of 30 January 2020, official report cols 1037-1044, if he will establish a task group f
21 Feb 2020 · Treasury
Pensions: War Widow(er)s
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2020 to Question 13939, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies on withdrawn pensions of the potential reinstatement of pensions to war wid
21 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pancreatic Cancer: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to (a) allocate additional funding from the public purse to research on pancreatic cancer; (b) launch a campaign to help enable earlier identification of the symptoms
7 Feb 2020 · Treasury
Tax Avoidance and War Widow(er)s
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the consistent application of the principle of retrospectivity in the cases of the (a) loan charge and (b) war widows' pension.
3 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Parish and Town Councils: Audit
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent comparative assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the reporting requirements under the system of external auditors and under the previous audit commission ar
3 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Parish and Town Councils: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much and what proportion of spending by town and parish councils that was found to be ultra vires was recovered in each of the last three years; and through what mechanisms t
3 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Parish and Town Councils: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what sanctions are (a) available and (b) proposed for use against town and parish (i) councils that implement ultra-vires decisions and (ii) councillors that instruct clerks to i
3 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Parish and Town Councils: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many town and parish council clerks have (a) resigned, (b) taken long-term sick leave and (c) been placed on long-term suspension as a result of (i) bullying by councillors a
3 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Councillors: Misconduct
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress he has made in implementing recommendations 20 and 21 of the Committee on Standards in Public Life review of local government ethical standards relating to miscondu
24 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Defence
Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish the findings of the recent Review of the Reserve Forces and Cadets Association; and if he will publish the terms of reference for that review.
20 Jan 2020 · Department for Education
Academic Freedom
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to take steps in response to proposals by Sheffield university to pay some students to monitor and report on statements made by other students which might be regarded as micro-aggressions; what
2 Sep 2019 · Ministry of Defence
Defence: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on calling-in the proposed takeover of Cobham plc to protect UK defence interests.
2 Sep 2019 · Ministry of Defence
Defence: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish a list of the principal (a) defence services and (b) items of defence equipment supplied by Cobham plc to the UK armed forces either directly or as component parts of services and goods supplie
2 Sep 2019 · Ministry of Defence
Defence: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Government's policy is on the acquisition of major UK-based defence companies by overseas investors; what assessment he has made of the prospect of such companies being willing to (a) enter into, and (b)
2 Sep 2019 · Ministry of Defence
Military Aircraft
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the proposed takeover of Cobham plc by Advent International on the continuation and future of the major UK defence programmes (a) Air Tanker and
2 Sep 2019 · Ministry of Defence
Defence: Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what preliminary assessment his Department has made of the implications for the UK's defence industrial strategy of the proposed acquisition of Cobham plc by a US-based private equity firm; what impact such a tak
24 Jun 2019 · Treasury
Tax Avoidance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will suspend the 2019 Loan Charge and associated settlements and launch an independent review of the effects of that charge on people subject to it; and if he will make a statement.
24 Jun 2019 · Treasury
Tax Avoidance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the risk of suicide among people subject to the 2019 Loan Charge.
24 Jun 2019 · Treasury
Tax Avoidance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate his Department has made of the numbers of (a) people with closed tax years who have been found liable for the 2019 Loan Charge and (b) promoters of loan schemes subject to the 2019 Loan Charge t
13 May 2019 · Ministry of Defence
China: Telecommunications
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether army personnel have been issued with (a) mobile handsets and (b) other devices (i) manufactured by Huawei and (ii) manufactured by Huawei but provided by and badged with the names of other companies; and
28 Mar 2019 · Department for Education
University of Bristol: Freedom of Expression
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Daily Telegraph article entitled University cancels talk on extremist speakers, published on 26 March 2019, if he will commission an inquiry into (a) the circumstances in which the free sp
27 Mar 2019 · Home Office
Demonstrations: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2019 to Question 205783, what discussions his Department has had with the Metropolitan Police Service the (a) advantages and (b) disadvantages of police estimates
4 Mar 2019 · Northern Ireland Office
Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the provision in the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998 capping time spent in prison for Troubles-related offences at two years applies to members of the (a) armed forces, (b) police and (c) s
7 Jan 2019 · Home Office
Demonstrations: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the Metropolitan Police Service discontinued its practice of estimating and publishing objective assessments of the number of people attending large demonstrations in London; when that
20 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Defence
Military Aid: Counter-terrorism
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in how many countries the UK is conducting military counterterrorism operations, and in how many of those countries the UK is (a) conducting air and drone strikes, (b) deploying combat troops, (c) constructing or
20 Dec 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) investigate claims about patient safety in the Eye Department of University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS); (b) protect patients treated in that Depa
20 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Defence
Military Aid: Counter-terrorism
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in how many countries the UK military is conducting counterterrorism operations; and in how many of those countries the UK is (a) conducting air and drone strikes, (b) deploying combat troops, (c) constructing or
3 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Defence
Defence: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department plans to publish the Maximising Competition in Defence Procurement Strategy.
29 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Defence
NATO
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contribution the Government is (a) making and (b) has plans to make to NATO's (i) new Command in Norfolk, (ii) new Command in Ulm, (iii) Counter Hybrid Support Teams, (iv) Cyber Operations Centre, (v) Hub fo
Source: official written-questions record.