Written questions, answers and statements

Written questions allow MPs and Members of the House of Lords to ask government ministers for information on the work, policy and activities of government departments. Government Ministers may make oral or written statements to Parliament. Written statements are normally used to put the day-to-day business of government on the official record and in the public domain.

All oral statements and any written content from before 2014 can be found in Hansard.

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Commons written questions and answers

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The most recent four written questions in the House of Commons

Question for Cabinet Office
Royal British Legion: Social Clubs
Mike Amesbury
Labour, Weaver Vale

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what financial support is available to Royal British Legion social clubs during the covid-19 outbreak.

Asked 19 October 2020
Answered 28 October 2020
By Johnny Mercer (Conservative, Plymouth, Moor View)
105539
Answered
Commons
Question for Cabinet Office
Veterans
Kirsten Oswald
Scottish National Party, East Renfrewshire

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, when (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department last met with representatives of each of the devolved Administrations to discuss the implementation of the 10 year ...

Asked 20 October 2020
Answered 28 October 2020
By Johnny Mercer (Conservative, Plymouth, Moor View)
106379
Named day
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Green Homes Grant Scheme
Darren Jones
Labour, Bristol North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many green homes grants have been awarded by his Department in the first month of that scheme being open to applications.

Asked 20 October 2020
Answered 28 October 2020
By Kwasi Kwarteng (Conservative, Spelthorne)
106455
Interests declared
Answered
Commons
Question for Ministry of Justice
Personal Injury: Compensation
Andy Slaughter
Labour, Hammersmith

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what modelling he has undertaken on the potential effect of changes in trends in the number of low-value personal injury cases coming before HM Civil Courts in the event that an alternative dispute mechanism is n...

Asked 20 October 2020
Answered 28 October 2020
By Chris Philp (Conservative, Croydon South)
106240
Answered
Commons

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Question for Cabinet Office
Elections: Coronavirus
Baroness Eaton
Conservative, Life peer

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that members of the public who have been instructed to self-isolate due to the COVID-19 pandemic on polling day will still be able to vote in the 2021 local elections.

Asked 14 October 2020
Answered 28 October 2020
By Lord True (Conservative, Life peer)
HL9182
Answered
Lords
Question for Cabinet Office
Political Parties: Finance
Lord Kennedy of Southwark
Labour, Life peer

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment, if any, they have made of raising the recordable and reportable donation thresholds for registered political parties in the UK.

Asked 14 October 2020
Answered 28 October 2020
By Lord True (Conservative, Life peer)
HL9192
Answered
Lords
Question for Cabinet Office
Customs Officers
Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
Labour, Life peer

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of how many officials have been (1) recruited, and (2) redeployed to deliver the Government’s planned customs and border arrangements with the EU; and, if they have made such an assessment, ho...

Asked 14 October 2020
Answered 28 October 2020
By Lord True (Conservative, Life peer)
HL9186
Answered
Lords
Question for Cabinet Office
Electoral Commission
Lord Kennedy of Southwark
Labour, Life peer

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment, if any, they have made of the effectiveness of the Electoral Commission.

Asked 14 October 2020
Answered 28 October 2020
By Lord True (Conservative, Life peer)
HL9190
Answered
Lords

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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Citizens’ Rights: Update on Implementing the Withdrawal Agreement
Wendy Morton
Minister for European Neighbourhood and the Americas
Conservative, Aldridge-Brownhills
Statement made 23 October 2020
HCWS542
Commons
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
UK priorities and objectives for 2020 annual fisheries negotiations
Victoria Prentis
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Farming, Fisheries and Food)
Conservative, Banbury
Statement made 23 October 2020
HCWS541
Commons
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
CONTINGENCIES FUND ADVANCE
George Eustice
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Conservative, Camborne and Redruth
Statement made 23 October 2020
HCWS540
Commons
Department for Transport
2022 Commonwealth Games: Games Transport Plan
Grant Shapps
Secretary of State for Transport
Conservative, Welwyn Hatfield
Statement made 23 October 2020
HCWS539
Commons

Lords written statements

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Department for Education
Application System for Initial Teacher Training
Baroness Berridge
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the School System
Conservative, Life peer
Statement made 26 October 2020
HLWS535
Lords
Department for Transport
2022 Commonwealth Games: Games Transport Plan
Baroness Vere of Norbiton
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport
Conservative, Life peer
Statement made 26 October 2020
HLWS534
Lords
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Citizens’ Rights: Update on Implementing the Withdrawal Agreement
Baroness Sugg
Minister for the Overseas Territories and Sustainable Development
Conservative, Life peer
Statement made 26 October 2020
HLWS533
Lords
Department for International Trade
Signing of the UK-Japan Free Trade Agreement
Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
Minister for Investment
Conservative, Life peer
Statement made 23 October 2020
HLWS532
Lords

Commons daily reports

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23 October 2020
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22 October 2020
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21 October 2020
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20 October 2020
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27 October 2020
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26 October 2020
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22 October 2020
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21 October 2020
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