Written questions

485 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 Mar 2020 · Department for Education

Children: Day Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the level of take-up of the 30 hour childcare entitlement in the (a) West Midlands and (b) England.

28 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Biodiversity: Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to increase biodiversity in the Midlands.

28 Feb 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Sutton Coldfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to increase the number of places in (a) secondary and (b) primary schools in Sutton Coldfield after 2022.

21 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Sutton Coldfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce waiting times for NHS hospital appointments for cancer patients in Sutton Coldfield constituency.

21 Feb 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Tourism: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps his Department has taken to increase tourism in the West Midlands.

13 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Business: Economic Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to respond to the corporate liability for economic crime: call for evidence consultation, which closed on 31 March 2017.

13 Feb 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Companies: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to publish its response to the consultation on corporate transparency and register reform.

13 Feb 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Draft Registration of Overseas Entities Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the timetable is for introducing the Registration of Overseas Entities Bill.

6 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to recruit more nurses in the West Midlands.

6 Feb 2020 · Treasury

Digital Technology: Midlands

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to grow the digital economy in the Midlands.

6 Feb 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Self-employed: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps her Department is taking to support self-employed people in the West Midlands.

6 Feb 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Loneliness: West Midlands

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle loneliness in the West Midlands.

28 Jan 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Recycling: Birmingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the recycling rates in Birmingham in each year since 2015.

28 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission: Biodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to ensure that planning guidance issued by her Department takes into account the need to preserve biodiversity.

16 Jan 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Public Houses: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps her Department is taking to prevent pub closures in the West Midlands.

16 Jan 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural affairs, what recent steps her Department has taken to support the food and beverage sector in the West Midlands.

19 Dec 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Daphne Caruana Galizia

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to support the investigation into the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia on 16 October 2017.

19 Dec 2019 · Department for Transport

Cycling and Walking: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department has allocated to the West Midlands for projects relating to his Department's cycling and walking investment strategy in the last three years.

19 Dec 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Duty Solicitors: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure sufficient numbers of criminal duty solicitors are available in the West Midlands.

19 Dec 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pancreatic Cancer: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to raise awareness of the symptoms of pancreatic cancer.

19 Dec 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Parkinson's Disease

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the waiting time for people with Parkinson’s disease to receive personal independence payments.

19 Dec 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Parkinson's Disease: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure Parkinson's disease patients receive medication on time while in hospital.

28 Oct 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Air Pollution: Sutton Coldfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to improve air quality in Sutton Coldfield.

28 Oct 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Small Businesses: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps her Department is taking to support small business growth in (a) Sutton Coldfield and (b) the West Midlands.

22 Oct 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Syria: International Humanitarian Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the decision taken at the National Security Council in 2012 to collect and store evidence of breaches of international humanitarian law perpetrated during the Syrian con

21 Oct 2019 · Home Office

Crimes of Violence: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to reduce youth-related violence in Sutton Coldfield constituency.

21 Oct 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Cold Weather Payments: Sutton Coldfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Sutton Coldfield constituency received cold weather payments in the winter period of 2017-18.

15 Oct 2019 · Department for Transport

Roads: Sutton Coldfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding he has allocated for the repair of roads in Sutton Coldfield in the last two years for which information is available.

15 Oct 2019 · Home Office

Motor Vehicles: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the level of vehicle theft in the West Midlands.

24 Apr 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Yemen: Peace Negotiations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the recent escalation of military activity in Al Dhale’e, Yemen on the Stockholm process.

Source: official written-questions record.