Written questions

3,117 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Feb 2015 · Home Office

Passports

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations the Government has received on the practices of UK Services and Support Ltd in relation to charges for passport applications; and what steps have been taken in response to those r

24 Feb 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Bomb Disposal: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions were explosive ordnance disposal personnel deployed in Northern Ireland to deal with devices or suspect devices between 20 February 2014 and 19 February 2015.

9 Feb 2015 · Home Office

Passports

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people applied for British passports through the passport section of the British Embassy in Dublin between 2011 and 2014.

9 Feb 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Digital Broadcasting: Radio

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to inform older people about the implications of digital radio switchover.

9 Feb 2015 · HM Treasury

Income Tax: Tax Allowances

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the number of people currently paying income tax who would not pay that tax if the threshold at which it begins to be payable were to be raised to £15,000 per annum.

9 Feb 2015 · HM Treasury

National Savings Bonds: Pensioners

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the merits of allowing savings bonds for older people to be used as part of an ISA.

4 Feb 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who will be in receipt of universal credit by 7 May 2015.

4 Feb 2015 · Home Office

National Crime Agency: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what practical arrangements will be made for co-operation between the National Crime Agency and security services in the Irish Republic when that agency becomes fully operational in Northern Ireland.

4 Feb 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Jordan

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will discuss with the Jordanian authorities the need for future responses by that country to ISIL to be seen internationally as proportionate.

4 Feb 2015 · Home Office

National Crime Agency: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the vote in the Northern Ireland Assembly on 3 Feburary 2015, on the National Crime Agency, when she expects that Agency to be fully operational in Northern Ireland.

4 Feb 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Vietnam

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will discuss with the government of Vietnam freedom of religious expression in that country.

28 Jan 2015 · Northern Ireland Office

Trade Promotion

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to her contribution of 27 January 2015, Official Report, column 746, on Second Reading of the Corporation Tax (Northern Ireland) Bill, what plans she has for co-ordination with the Prime M

28 Jan 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Nigeria

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will raise at the UN the issue of a co-ordinated response to the threat of Boko Haram in North Eastern Nigeria.

28 Jan 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Laos

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Government of Laos about (a) the case of Pastor Sompong Supatto and (b) freedom of religion.

27 Jan 2015 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will hold discussions with the Civil Aviation Authority on requiring airlines operating in UK airspace to have wind shear detection and alert systems fitted to commercial aircraft.

20 Jan 2015 · Northern Ireland Office

Passports: Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if she will discuss with the Secretary of State for the Home Department what changes would be needed to ensure that Northern Ireland citizens born in the Republic of Ireland are able to apply for UK pass

20 Jan 2015 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are being taken to increase surveillance and resources in Northern Ireland to prevent people from illegally entering the UK from the Republic of Ireland.

20 Jan 2015 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were apprehended when illegally entering the UK in Northern Ireland at the border with the Republic of Ireland in each of the last five years.

20 Jan 2015 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Housing: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will discuss with his counterparts in the devolved administrations the merits of a common formula for the Warm Home discount and grant schemes across all those administrations.

20 Jan 2015 · HM Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Northern Ireland

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that due weight is given to the position of Northern Ireland in respect of its (a) land border with the Republic of Ireland and (b) Section 75 equality-proofing requirements when decis

13 Jan 2015 · Department for Transport

Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what personnel or aircraft support the Government has recently provided following the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on 17 July 2014.

13 Jan 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Nigeria

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will raise at the UN the recent killings by Boko Haram in Baga and surrounding villages in Nigeria.

13 Jan 2015 · Cabinet Office

Voluntary Work: Young People

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will discuss with his counterparts in the devolved administrations the possibility of extending the National Citizen Services to those administrations.

6 Jan 2015 · Home Office

Bail

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the change was in the average length of time spent by defendants on bail before charging between 2004 and 2014.

6 Jan 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

UK City of Culture: Kingston upon Hull

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how his Department plans to ensure that Hull will learn lessons from Londonderry as the UK City of Culture in 2013.

6 Jan 2015 · HM Treasury

Public Sector Debt

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the National Debt has been between May 2010 and January 2015.

6 Jan 2015 · Deputy Prime Minister

General Election 2015

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans there are to ensure a higher turnout at the General Election among people aged 18 to 25.

6 Jan 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Music: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make it his policy to support the establishment of a music licensing and collections agency.

17 Dec 2014 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will review the issue of competing rights arising from the recent case in West Yorkshire between a woman with a pushchair and a wheelchair user in terms of the priority when seeking to use a designated ba

16 Dec 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who were previously on benefits that have moved to part-time or full-time work following the introduction of the cap on benefits.

Source: official written-questions record.