Written questions

3,117 written questions tabled, most recent first.

7 Jul 2014 · Department of Health

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the National Institute for Health Research has reported to his Department the results of the research commissioned on idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

7 Jul 2014 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Africa

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will raise at the UN the Amendment to the Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights adopted at the 23rd Ordinary Session of the African Union.

7 Jul 2014 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Sportsgrounds

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will discuss with the Football Association the development of safe standing areas in Premiership Club grounds.

7 Jul 2014 · Cabinet Office

Debts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the aggregate household debt was in the final quarter of the 2013-14 financial year.

2 Jul 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the NSPCC's Order in Court Campaign seeking changes to the way the criminal justice system treats children.

2 Jul 2014 · Home Office

HM Passport Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the change was in number of (a) part-time and (b) full-time staff in passport offices between 1 May 2014 and 1 July 2014.

2 Jul 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food Supply Networks Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's response is to the recommendations of the Elliott Review into the Integrity and Assurance of Food Supply Networks.

2 Jul 2014 · Ministry of Defence

War Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will bring forward proposals to amend the rules governing the War Pension Scheme to allow all war widows a pension for life.

2 Jul 2014 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Commonwealth Games

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will hold discussions with the sports ministers of the devolved administrations to ensure that following the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games immediate preparations will begin to ensure grea

2 Jul 2014 · HM Treasury

Air Passenger Duty

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to lower air passenger duty.

2 Jul 2014 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Arts

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department provides any guidance specifically for the creative industries.

30 Jun 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will provide an estimate of how many people were in receipt of universal credit on 1 June 2014.

30 Jun 2014 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will ensure that Northern Ireland drivers can still have access to six Counties, Belfast, and Londonderry specific registration numbers.

30 Jun 2014 · Northern Ireland Office

Bloody Sunday Tribunal of Inquiry

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2014, Official Report, columns 51-2W, on the Bloody Sunday Tribunal of Inquiry, what the amount was of the invoice for the hosting of the website for the Saville Inquiry

30 Jun 2014 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Television Licences

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to review the terms of the requirements to purchase a television licence to better account for changes in viewing habits.

30 Jun 2014 · HM Treasury

Individual Savings Accounts

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will amend treatment of ISAs in respect of spouse-to-spouse transfers after death of either person to bring such transactions into line with other spouse-to-spouse transactions.

26 Jun 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the NSPCC's Order In Court campaign seeking change changes to the way the criminal justice system treats children.

26 Jun 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bees

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his counterparts in the devolved administrations on the proposed National Pollinator Strategy to reverse the decline in the bee population in the UK

26 Jun 2014 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to publish its Fifth Assessment Report.

26 Jun 2014 · Department for Education

Public Libraries: Electronic Publishing

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to make e-books available from public libraries.

26 Jun 2014 · HM Treasury

Personal Savings

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will meet representatives of financial institutions to discuss how those institutions can assist customers to get the best return on their savings.

25 Jun 2014 · Department for International Development

West Africa

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance her Department is offering countries in West Africa affected by the ebola virus to remedy the situation.

25 Jun 2014 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Kenya

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the threat level for UK visitors to Kenya.

25 Jun 2014 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Egypt

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he plans to make to his Egyptian counterpart on press freedom in that country.

25 Jun 2014 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Sudan

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Sudan counterpart on that government's attitude towards its Christian communities.

25 Jun 2014 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

British Irish Council

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, in how many meetings of the British-Irish Council he has taken part.

24 Jun 2014 · Department for International Development

Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that there is greater equity across governments in donations to the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisations.

24 Jun 2014 · Home Office

HM Passport Office: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department has gathered on opinions of members of the public of the recorded voice facility offered when they ring regional passport offices on urgent business.

24 Jun 2014 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Armed Conflict: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions he has raised the issues of child soldiering and progress on tackling it with his counterparts in other countries in the last two years.

24 Jun 2014 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Local Broadcasting: Television

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has for the issuing of further licences for local television.

Source: official written-questions record.