Written questions

3,117 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 Jun 2019 · Treasury

Credit Unions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the introduction of an automated loans and decision programme for credit unions to support the modernisation process of those unions.

17 Jun 2019 · Treasury

Borders: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Border Delivery Group last met with representatives of (a) ports and (b) airports in Northern Ireland.

13 Jun 2019 · Church Commissioners

Church of England

To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, which projects the Church of England funded to help transform communities as part of the Thy Kingdom Come events.

13 Jun 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many people have been assessed as deliberately worsening their circumstances as homeless in order to obtain housing in each of the last five years.

13 Jun 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Productivity

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to boost productivity.

13 Jun 2019 · Treasury

Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the Office of Tax Simplification's November 2018 report on inheritance tax.

12 Jun 2019 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces Covenant Reference Group: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Armed Forces Covenant Reference Group will meet in Northern Ireland this year.

12 Jun 2019 · Home Office

Julian Assange

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse was of the policing and security services operation in relation to the time Julian Assange remained at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London.

12 Jun 2019 · Treasury

Public Sector Debt

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the public sector net debt was in May 2017; and what estimate he has made of level of that debt by May 2022.

11 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what forecast he has made of changes in the rates of prostate cancer in this Parliament.

11 Jun 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have participated in pension auto-enrolment; and what proportion of those people have made additional contributions to their scheme.

11 Jun 2019 · Cabinet Office

Older Workers

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people over 70 are in (a) full- and (b) part-time employment.

11 Jun 2019 · Department for International Development

Developing Countries: Polio

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when he is planning for an announcement by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative of a post-2019 date for the complete eradication of polio.

11 Jun 2019 · Treasury

Winter Fuel Payment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the administrative cost of means testing winter fuel payments.

11 Jun 2019 · Treasury

Customs Declaration Services Programme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Customs Declaration Service is fully functional.

10 Jun 2019 · Home Office

UK Border Force: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are employed (a) full-time and (b) part-time by Border Force in Northern Ireland.

10 Jun 2019 · Cabinet Office

Centenarians: Northern Ireland

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in Northern Ireland have reached their hundredth year in the last 12 months.

7 Jun 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Digital Broadcasting: Radio

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the extent of coverage of the (a) national and (b) local DAB network as at 1 January 2019.

7 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mumps

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for the increase in mumps cases in the last five years.

6 Jun 2019 · Cabinet Office

Minimum Wage

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people earning less than (a) £7.70 per hour and (b) £8.21 per hour.

6 Jun 2019 · Treasury

Business: Exports

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many firms registered under the Registered Exporter system in (a) 2017 and (b) 2018.

5 Jun 2019 · Leader of the House

Representative Money

To ask the Leader of the House, how much Representative Money has been made available to elected Members who have not taken the Oath since it was introduced in 2006.

5 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Smoking: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his policy paper, Smoke-free generation: tobacco control plan for England, published on 18 July 2017, what progress he has made on achieving the target to reduce the number of 15

5 Jun 2019 · Treasury

Taxation: Electronic Government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the efficacy of the Making Tax Digital changes that were implemented in April 2019.

3 Jun 2019 · Department for Transport

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Swansea

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many additional staff have been employed at DVLA Swansea since 2014; what comparative assessment he has made of the average processing time for applications for Northern Ireland customers in the six months

3 Jun 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Universal Service Obligation, that by 2020 everyone across the UK will have access to high speed broadband, includes people operating businesses from their homes in rural loc

3 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mumps

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many instances of mumps there were in the first quarter of (a) 2019, (b) 2018, (c) 2017 and (d) 2016.

16 May 2019 · Department for Transport

Driver Vehicle Licensing Authority : Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the performance of the Driver Vehicle Licensing Authority since its operation was centralised in Swansea following the transfer of DVA services from Northern Ireland in July 2014

15 May 2019 · Northern Ireland Office

Foreign Investment in UK: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions Ministers have had with Invest Northern Ireland on maximising inward investment in the run up to the Open Golf Championship at Royal Portrush in July 2019.

15 May 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Credit Unions: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she next plans to visit Northern Ireland to discuss ways in which Credit Unions can expand their services.

Source: official written-questions record.