Written questions, answers and statements

Written questions allow MPs and Members of the House of Lords to ask for information on the work, policy and activities of Government departments, related bodies, and the administration of Parliament. Oral or written statements to Parliament are also made by the Government and others to inform both Houses of their work. Written statements are normally used to put the day-to-day business of Government on the official record and in the public domain.

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Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Summit for Democracy
Alex Norris
Labour, Nottingham North

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the outcome of the 2021 Summit for Democracy which he addressed online on 9 December 2021; and if she will make statement.

Asked 17 January 2022
Answered 20 January 2022
By Vicky Ford (Conservative, Chelmsford)
105706
Named day
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for International Trade
Trade: Business
Sir Mark Hendrick
Labour, Preston

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent assessment she has made of the potential effect of her Department’s trade policies on growth for British businesses.

Asked 17 January 2022
Answered 20 January 2022
By Mr Ranil Jayawardena (Conservative, North East Hampshire)
105369
Named day
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for International Trade
Trade Agreements: USA
Sir Mark Hendrick
Labour, Preston

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent steps her Department have taken to secure a free trade agreement with the United States.

Asked 17 January 2022
Answered 20 January 2022
By Penny Mordaunt (Conservative, Portsmouth North)
105370
Named day
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for International Trade
Trade: Brexit and Coronavirus
Sir Mark Hendrick
Labour, Preston

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to address the effects of (a) Brexit and (b) covid-19 pandemic on UK trade.

Asked 17 January 2022
Answered 20 January 2022
By Mr Ranil Jayawardena (Conservative, North East Hampshire)
105371
Named day
Answered
Commons

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Question for Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
BBC: Television Licences
Lord Taylor of Warwick
Non-affiliated, Life peer

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to replace the BBC licence fee with a grant where viewers pay a voluntary subscription for entertainment and sport.

Asked 6 January 2022
Answered 20 January 2022
By Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Conservative, Life peer)
HL5205
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits and State Retirement Pensions: Christmas Bonus
Lord Sikka
Labour, Life peer

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the annual cost of administering the £10 Christmas bonus paid to individuals receiving the state pension and other benefits.

Asked 6 January 2022
Answered 20 January 2022
By Baroness Stedman-Scott (Conservative, Life peer)
HL5198
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tetraethyllead
Baroness Randerson
Liberal Democrat, Life peer

To ask Her Majesty's Government why they decided not to place tetraethyllead on a list of substances “of very high concern”; on what grounds that decision was taken; whether the transition period has been extended for the use of this substance in the fuel...

Asked 6 January 2022
Answered 20 January 2022
By Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (Conservative, Life peer)
HL5186
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Education
Pupils: Absenteeism
Baroness Deech
Crossbench, Life peer

To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish their response to the Children not in school consultation, which ran from 2 April 2019 to 24 June 2019; and whether they plan to introduce the register of children educated otherwise than at mainstrea...

Asked 5 January 2022
Answered 20 January 2022
By Baroness Barran (Conservative, Life peer)
HL5106
Answered
Lords

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Northern Ireland Office
The Fourth Report on the Use of the Petition of Concern Mechanism in the Northern Ireland Assembly
Brandon Lewis
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Conservative, Great Yarmouth
Statement made 20 January 2022
HCWS550
Commons
Scotland Office
Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020 and Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2022
Iain Stewart
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland
Conservative, Milton Keynes South
Statement made 20 January 2022
HCWS549
Commons
Treasury
Public Service Pension Scheme Indexation and Revaluation 2022
Mr Simon Clarke
The Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Conservative, Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
Statement made 20 January 2022
HCWS548
Commons
Department for Transport
Publication of 2020-21 Annual Accounts for the Dartford – Thurrock Crossing
Trudy Harrison
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport
Conservative, Copeland
Statement made 20 January 2022
HCWS547
Commons

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Northern Ireland Office
The Fourth Report on the Use of the Petition of Concern Mechanism in the Northern Ireland Assembly
Lord Caine
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Conservative, Life peer
Statement made 20 January 2022
HLWS537
Lords
Scotland Office
Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020 and Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2022
Lord Offord of Garvel
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland
Conservative, Life peer
Statement made 20 January 2022
HLWS536
Lords
Treasury
Public Service Pension Scheme Indexation and Revaluation 2022
Lord Agnew of Oulton
Minister of State
Conservative, Life peer
Statement made 20 January 2022
HLWS535
Lords
Department for Transport
Publication of 2020-21 Annual Accounts for the Dartford – Thurrock Crossing
Baroness Vere of Norbiton
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport
Conservative, Life peer
Statement made 20 January 2022
HLWS534
Lords

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House of Commons written answers and statements
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20 January 2022
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19 January 2022
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18 January 2022
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17 January 2022
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20 January 2022
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18 January 2022
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