Written questions
854 written questions tabled, most recent first.
5 Sep 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with which countries his Department has a regularised human rights dialogue.
5 Sep 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Kashmir: Armed Conflict
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to help secure the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 47.
2 Sep 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Work Capability Assessment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons her Department took the decision to undertake an internal review into the handling of the case of Stephen Smith in private after his death having been found by her Department as fit for
2 Sep 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether employees of the Health Assessment Advisory Service receive a monetary bonus for each claimant they find fit for work.
2 Sep 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants have received (a) multiple and (b) no assessments from her Department in the last two years.
2 Sep 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Work Capability Assessment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants have died in the last 12 months after having been assessed by her Department as fit for work.
23 Jul 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Air Pollution: Birmingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to pass on any fines Birmingham City Council may incur as a result of breaches in air quality attributable to the late implementation of the charging Clean
23 Jul 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Clean Air Zones: Birmingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to provide support to Birmingham City Council to implement a system to collect payment for the Clean Air Zone.
23 Jul 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Air Pollution: Birmingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to ensure the delivery of the software required for the implementation of the Birmingham Clean Air Zone by February 2020.
23 Jul 2019 · Department for Education
Investors in People
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many organisations are Investors in People accredited.
25 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Council Housing: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many council housing units are planned to be built in (a) Birmingham, (b) Coventry, (c) Dudley, (d) Sandwell, (e) Solihull, (f) Walsall and (g) Wolverhampton local authority
25 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Sleeping Rough: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many rough sleepers there were in (a) Birmingham, (b) Coventry, (c) Dudley, (d) Sandwell, (e) Solihull, (f) Walsall and (g) Wolverhampton local authority areas in each of the
11 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Council Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the average cost of building council houses to A+ EPC standard.
11 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Council Housing: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his forecast is for the number of council houses to be built in the West Midlands Metropolitan Area in each of the next five years.
2 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
West Midlands Combined Authority: Borrowing
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the total borrowing capacity is of the West Midlands Combined Authority; and how much that combined authority has borrowed since its establishment.
2 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport
Trams: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, (a) what is the length of current tram networks in the West Midlands Metropolitan Area and (b) by how many miles is the tram network set to expand over the next ten years.
2 Apr 2019 · Treasury
Public Sector: Procurement
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the value of procurement of goods and services by public authorities in the West Midlands Metropolitan Area for the last 12 months for which data are available.
27 Mar 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an estimate of the overall amount of energy consumed in the West Midlands Metropolitan Area.
13 Mar 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Electronic Commerce: EU Law
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to publish proposals for modernising the eCommerce Directive.
13 Mar 2019 · Treasury
Optical Fibres: Non-domestic Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of extending full fibre relief from five years to (a) 10 years, (b) 15 years and (c) 20 years by financial year.
12 Mar 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Birmingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Care Quality Commission report on medical services for homeless citizens in Birmingham, published in October 2018, when he plans to re-tender the service; and if he will lay a
12 Mar 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Birmingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the specifications of the Clinical Commissioning Group plans to improve medical services for homeless citizens in Birmingham; and if he will make a statement.
11 Mar 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Renewable Energy: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of the UK’s renewable energy supply in the last 12 months was generated from the West Midlands metro area.
11 Mar 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Electric Vehicles: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what funding has been allocated to the West Midlands Combined Authority for the expansion of electric vehicle charging infrastructure; and over what time period that funding has b
11 Mar 2019 · Department for Transport
Motor Vehicles: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many privately owned vehicles are registered in the West Midlands metro area; and how many of those vehicles are electric vehicles.
11 Mar 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy Company Obligation: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Government's Clean Growth Strategy, what estimate he has made of the amount and proportion of the £3.6 billion Energy Company Obligation that will be allocat
11 Mar 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Video Games
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many video games businesses have breached the Competition and Markets Authority’s set of Principles for Online and App-based Games since 2014; and how many of those businesses were B
25 Feb 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Commonwealth Games 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2019 to Question 223191 on Commonwealth Games 2022, whether he will publish the guidance that has been issued to (a) organisations and (b) businesse
25 Feb 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Birmingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Care Quality Commission report on medical services for homeless citizens in Birmingham of October 2018, when he plans to re-tender the service; and if if he will lay a copy of
25 Feb 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Birmingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has for medical services for homeless people in Birmingham after the contract for primary care services for homeless people ends in March 2019; and if he will make a statement.
Source: official written-questions record.