Written questions

3,117 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Feb 2019 · Treasury

Income Tax and National Insurance Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to set an income threshold of £15,000 per annum before people have to pay (a) income tax and (b) National Insurance contributions.

12 Feb 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Credit Unions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many credit unions have been involved in the Credit Union Expansion Project; and in which region do they operate.

11 Feb 2019 · Treasury

Overseas Loans: Republic of Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Republic of Ireland is on schedule to repay its loan from the UK by March 2021.

11 Feb 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Volcanoes: Monitoring

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much grant funding has been awarded to the Met Office for volcanic ash weather monitoring in each of the last three years.

6 Feb 2019 · Department for Transport

Ports: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has had discussions with ports in Northern Ireland that have resolved any issues that may arise after 29 March 2019; and if he will make a statement.

6 Feb 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Rents

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the change was in the level of rent arrears among public sector housing tenants between 2016 and 2018.

6 Feb 2019 · Northern Ireland Office

Health Services: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what progress she has made in the last 12 months in implementing the Bengoa recommendations for the health service in Northern Ireland.

6 Feb 2019 · Department for Transport

Heathrow Airport: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will hold discussions with Heathrow Airport Management on providing Government support for the development of regional logistic hubs in Northern Ireland.

5 Feb 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Blood: Donors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the change has been in the number of people making blood donations between 2008 and 2018.

4 Feb 2019 · Department for Education

Vocational Guidance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what liaison there is for promoting best practice guidelines between the National Careers Service and its counterpart organisations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

4 Feb 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Empty Property

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has set a target in this Parliamentary Term for the reduction in number of long term empty properties as a result of the Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Cou

4 Feb 2019 · Treasury

Infrastructure: Capital Investment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has any plans to establish a UK Infrastructure Bank.

4 Feb 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Renewable Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of electricity used in England and Wales was derived from renewable energy sources in (a) 2017 and (b) 2018.

31 Jan 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Air Ambulance Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what arrangements exist to facilitate liaison between air ambulance services throughout the UK.

31 Jan 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Industrial Health and Safety: Farms

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps have been taken by the Health and Safety Executive to promote its guidance on safety on farms.

31 Jan 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the timeframe for the completion of the roll-out of universal credit.

30 Jan 2019 · Department for Education

Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the change has been in the number of (a) looked after children and (b) children who were in foster placements between 2013 and 2018.

29 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Category C Prisons there are in England and Wales; and how many of those prisons routinely accommodated prisoners of a higher risk category in 2018.

29 Jan 2019 · Treasury

Credit: Interest Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made representations to the Financial Conduct Authority on investigating whether payday loan companies are applying affordability checks to applicants.

29 Jan 2019 · Cabinet Office

Cybersecurity

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans his Department has to develop the National Cyber Security Strategy beyond 2021.

29 Jan 2019 · Department for International Development

Brazil: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department has provided humanitarian assistance to Brazil as a result of the collapse of the damn in Minas Gerais.

28 Jan 2019 · Treasury

Inflation and Social Security Benefits

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons (a) his Department uses different indices to measure inflation and (b) benefit increases are pegged to the lower index.

24 Jan 2019 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to support (a) people who have been victims of domestic abuse and (b) women and children who have suffered domestic violence.

23 Jan 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Domestic Visits: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, on what dates he plans to visit Northern Ireland in 2019.

23 Jan 2019 · Department for Education

British Students Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the change has been in the number of UK students studying abroad between 2016 and 2018.

23 Jan 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

India: Christianity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Indian authorities on reports of increased anti-Christian activity and persecution in large parts of that country; and what steps he plans to take t

22 Jan 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the incidence of prostate cancer over the next two years.

22 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) searches for and (b) discoveries of drugs there have been in prisons in each of the last three years.

22 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Television Licences: Non-payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2018 to Question 198197 on Television: Licensing, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have been given custodial sentences for failure to pay fines levied for

18 Jan 2019 · Cabinet Office

British Irish Council

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2019 to Question 205837 on British-Irish Council, what that agreed date is for the next Summit of the British-Irish Council.

Source: official written-questions record.