Written questions

3,117 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Nov 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will hold discussions with the devolved administrations on establishing best practice in reducing re-offending rates throughout the UK.

4 Nov 2015 · Department of Health

Mental Health Services: Medical Records

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions patients were refused access to their mental health records in 2014.

29 Oct 2015 · Leader of the House

Times of Sittings

To ask the Leader of the House, if he will consult political parties on proposals to change the sitting days of the House during party conferences.

29 Oct 2015 · Department of Health

Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will hold discussions with the devolved administrations on sharing best practice on steps to reduce (a) self-harm and (b) suicide rates.

29 Oct 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Turkey: Christianity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Turkish counterpart on concluding the trial of five men accused of murdering three Christian missionaries in 2007.

29 Oct 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Indonesia: Christianity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Indonesian counterpart on the recent persecution and violence against Christians in Aceh Province.

29 Oct 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

BBC: Equal Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make representations on reducing the gender pay gap at the BBC during forthcoming discussions on the BBC Charter.

28 Oct 2015 · Northern Ireland Office

Police: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will take steps to enable the Government to direct the Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland to investigate a complaint from a former police officer where matters giving rise to the complaint took

28 Oct 2015 · Department for International Development

Syria: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what changes she has instituted to the Government's overseas aid programme to tackle the Syrian refugee crisis in 2015.

28 Oct 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Badgers: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to control the number of badgers in the next 12 months.

28 Oct 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dairy Farming

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has made to the European Commission on difficulties faced by milk farmers because of the low price of milk.

28 Oct 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will hold discussions with each of the devolved administrations on ensuring that the roll-out of superfast broadband benefits people across the UK uniformly.

28 Oct 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

FIFA: Corruption

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will discuss with the four home nations football associations allegations of corruption within FIFA and steps to rebuild public confidence in the administration of international football.

28 Oct 2015 · HM Treasury

Personal Pensions

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, following his decision to reduce the lifetime allowance for those saving with personal pensions, what assistance the Government plans to offer to people whose additional pension provision is likely to breach the redu

28 Oct 2015 · HM Treasury

Lloyds Bank

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will hold discussions with Lloyds Bank on that company prioritising the payment of dividends to encourage small shareholders to retain shares for the long term, in advance of further sales of the Government's s

28 Oct 2015 · HM Treasury

Working Tax Credit: Northern Ireland

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of working families in Northern Ireland who will be affected by proposed changes to working tax credits; and what estimate he has made of the average change in the amount that

28 Oct 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Motor Vehicles: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will hold discussions with motor trade associations on steps to ban the sale of devices that are used to illegally reduce car mileages on vehicles for resale.

21 Oct 2015 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the viability of the use of E10 fuel in older vehicles and motorcycles.

21 Oct 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Welfare: Circuses

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to bring forward a draft Wild Animals in Circuses Bill; and whether the definition of a travelling circus will be included in the Bill.

21 Oct 2015 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Renewable Energy: Feed-in Tariffs

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of reforms proposed in the review of the Feed-in Tariff scheme on the viability of future renewable energy projects.

21 Oct 2015 · HM Treasury

Tourism: VAT

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect on employment in the hospitality sector of reducing the VAT rate in that sector to 10 per cent.

21 Oct 2015 · HM Treasury

Insurance

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will have discussions with the Financial Conduct Authority on ensuring that when insurance companies issue annual renewal notices for policies they also issue a clear reference to the premium paid 12 months pre

14 Oct 2015 · Home Office

Overseas Visitors: China

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the costs and difficulties faced by Chinese visitors and tourists wishing to enter the UK.

14 Oct 2015 · Department of Health

Bowel Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the implications for his Department's policy are of the recent study funded by the Institute of Cancer Research and published in Nature Medicine of bowel cancer being regarded as four district diseases.

14 Oct 2015 · Department of Health

Junior Doctors: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of junior doctors about their hours and rates of pay.

14 Oct 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Living Wage

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to increase the proportion of people whose earnings are above the living wage.

16 Sep 2015 · Home Office

Refugees: Middle East

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she plans to have with Ministers of the Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive when assessing which refugees from the Middle East will be settled in the

16 Sep 2015 · HM Treasury

Fuels: Tax Evasion

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions prosecutions have resulted from visits by HM Revenue and Customs' officials to sites in Northern Ireland where illegal fuel laundering had occurred in the last three years.

16 Sep 2015 · Cabinet Office

Older People

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the likely change in the number of UK residents aged 100 years and over between 2015 and 2025.

11 Sep 2015 · Department for International Development

Middle East: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will hold discussions with the Arab League and other governments in the Middle East on the number of refugees each such country plans to resettle.

Source: official written-questions record.