Tuesday, 10 October 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress is being made on creating sector deals as part of the industrial strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government has plans to increase the national living wage for apprentices above £3.50 per hour.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2017 to Question 7643, if he or a Minister of his Department will undertake to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will introduce legislative proposals to prohibit nominee shareholdings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will introduce legislative proposals to require companies to identify all of their shareholders.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will introduce legislative proposals to prohibit directors of companies registered in the UK Crown Dependencies...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Government plans to sign the defence co-operation treaty with Poland announced in the joint communiqué issued in December 2016.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil servants in his Department are part of the Government Commercial Function; and how many of those civil servants have been seconded (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his most recent assessment is of the level of Arabic-language proficiency in his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what specific areas of co-operation will be covered by the UK's defence co-operation treaty with Poland announced in the joint communiqué issued in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the added value a bilateral defence co-operation treaty with Poland will bring to existing NATO guarantees...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide the data set out in tables 6, 7 and 10 of the document entitled MoD Regional Expenditure with UK Industry and Commerce and Supported...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 9, paragraph 15 of the National Shipbuilding Strategy, if he will define the term points of presence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 10, paragraph 16 of the National Shipbuilding Strategy, if he will publish comparable statistics on the performance of the UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which of the currently operational Type 23 frigates are not planned to contribute to NATO's Standing Maritime Groups.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations his Department received from officials of other governments on the sale of the Rosyth Goliath crane.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the National Shipbuilding Strategy, what the timeframe is for the competition to build the Type 31e frigate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who from his Department will represent the UK at the November meetings of the UN Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons in Geneva and Group of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 24, paragraph 67 of the National Shipbuilding Strategy, what plans are in place to develop exportable through life support...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 18, paragraph 44 of the National Shipbuilding Strategy, whether he expects that prime contractors will bear the cost of any...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 23, paragraph 61 of the National Shipbuilding Strategy, what assessments contributed to the setting of a maximum £250...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 13, paragraph 36 of the National Shipbuilding Strategy, whether the Master Plan for naval shipbuilding will be released into the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 15, paragraph 40 of the National Shipbuilding Strategy, what the timetable is for the formulation of a Client Board and when it...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department will appoint a Chief Science Advisor.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total salary commitment of each service of the armed forces is by country and region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the Royal Navy's decision to withdraw the Harpoon anti-ship missile by the end of 2018 on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2017 to Question 8368, on Ministry of Defence: redundancy pay, how much was paid in redundancy payments to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many recruits to the Royal Welsh regiment were resident in Wales in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent representations his Department has made to the Council of Ministers and other relevant EU mechanisms on continued co-operation on arms...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will base Welsh regiments in Wales when they are not on active service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many recruits to the Queen's Dragoon Guards regiment were resident in Wales in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions (a) he and (b) his predecessors have had with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the relevance of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has been made of impact of the closure of Army Reserve centres on levels of recruitment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many civil servants in his Department are part of the Government Commercial Function; and how many of those civil...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many meetings (a) he and (b) Ministers of his Department have had with the Chief Scientific Adviser in his Department in...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the extent of the potential use of cryptocurrencies for criminal purposes; and if she will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Israel and the UK have reciprocal visa requirements for visits of six months or less; and whether there are any additional...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the length of time required to introduce a new seasonal agricultural workers' scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to introduce regulations under the Immigration Act 2016 relating to new support arrangements for individuals or families...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the six Compass contracts for asylum accommodation include (a) a supply chain assurance strategy or (b) open-book accounting clauses.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications from residents of the Republic of Ireland were processed through the Belfast Passport Office in each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made to conclude entry clearance application GWF 043559042 lodged at post in New Delhi on 4 May 2017 and received by...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department provides to the visa processing centre, Sheffield on the handling of visa entry clearance applications for a...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department provides to the visa processing centre, Sheffield on the recording of (a) courier receipts and (b) tracking...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2017 to Question 8184, on immigration: biometrics, what the timetable is for that review to be...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2017 to Question 7641, how many asylum cases had an initial decision made in the year prior to 30...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visit visas issued to Malawi nationals expired unused during the latest period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what average time taken was by her Department to process visit visa applications for Malawi nationals in the latest period for which figures...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to ensure that EU nationals applying for a place on a UK university course will not face additional migration...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Act of Parliament enables Border Force officers to access social media of people presenting at the UK border.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) visa refusal decisions, (b) visa curtailment decisions and (c) removals have been made in respect of overseas students whose...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what has been the cost to her Department of the legal action arising from (a) visa curtailments and (b) removals of overseas students whose...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of visitor visas were granted to applicants of each country in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost of re-testing overseas students whose certificates for the Test of English for International...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refusals of indefinite leave to remain were overturned on appeal between March 2016 and March 2017; how many of these appeals were...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate the Government has made of the amount which accrues to the public purse of telephone calls made to the UK Border Agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what targets are in place for the production of (a) visitor and (b) Tier 5 (Temporary Work) visas to be granted from overseas visa...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what terms of reference she has set for the study of the economic and social contributions and costs of EU citizens in the UK that she has...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for EU nationals to apply for special status.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the implications are for her policies on the use of immigration detention of the Panorama documentary of 4 September 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2017 to Question 7349 on visas: Malawi, when she will next meet with representatives of the Scotland...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the (a) efficacy of procedures and (b) adequacy of the time taken to process visit visas for Malawians.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2017 to Question 7295, how much funding UK companies have received from the (a) European Investment Bank and the (b)...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which organisations responsible for monitoring and enforcing anti-money laundering laws are not subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2017 to Question 8744, Northern Ireland Office: buildings, from who the sub-let income in 2016-17 was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2017 to Question 7938, on Northern Ireland Office: consultants, to who and for what work the daily rate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2017 to Question 8763, on Northern Ireland Office: procurement, if he will provide details of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the dates were of the most recent meetings between Ministers of his Department and their counterparts in the devolved administrations;...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will publish the assessments made of the military equipment approved for exports to Venezuela between 2015 and 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2017 to Question 9573, what discussions he has had with those EU companies which are investing most...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with which arms dealers he has had discussions at the Defence and Security Equipment International Conference.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress the Government is making against its target to deliver access to superfast broadband to 93 per cent of West...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had on measures to deal with catfishing in the Internet Safety Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that the NHS has an adequate supply of flu vaccines in autumn 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has emergency plans in place to assist NHS hospitals in the event of a severe influenza outbreak this year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many civil servants in his Department are part of the Government Commercial Function; and how many of those civil servants have been seconded (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with the Ministry of Justice on making drugs policy a responsibility of his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2017 to Question 6832, and with reference to the Answer of 14 November 2016 to Question 51973, whether the process...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2017 to Question 9368, what reason was given by each clinical commissioning group that did not meet the Mental...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the real terms increase was in NHS funding as set out in the NHS mandate between 2013-14 and 2017-18.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2017 to question 8038, how many and what proportion of (a) permanent staff, (b) contractors and (c) agency staff...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2017 to Question 8038, on Department of Health: cybercrime, whether his Department requires contractors to have...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints have been submitted to the National Guardian's Office in each year since it was established.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2017 to Question 8799, on genetics: screening, in what locations other than Cambridge NHS genome testing will take...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will provide a list of IT exemplar trusts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many meetings (a) he and (b) Ministers of his Department have had with the Chief Scientific Adviser in his Department in the last three months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve public awareness and education on Lyme disease and its prevention.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many consultant cellular pathologists have been employed by the NHS in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the legal status is of an sustainability and transformation partnership board decision.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to support the development of a vaccine against Lyme disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his policy is on vaccinations against meningitis; and if he will make a statement.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to implement the recommendations relating to the interception of emails and the theft of data set out in the 2013...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the context of the EU withdrawal negotiations, what criteria they intend to apply post-Brexit to work permits for footballers who are (1)...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, during his recent visit to Libya, the Foreign Secretary addressed conditions inside Libyan detention centres; and what assessment they have made of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government which department is responsible for overseeing weather phenomena during the Caribbean hurricane season.
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