Written questions

3,117 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 Dec 2014 · Home Office

National Crime Agency: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will undertake to visit Northern Ireland before the general election for the purpose of ensuring that the public and all political parties are aware of the ongoing consequences of not having th

16 Dec 2014 · Home Office

Temporary Exclusion Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK nationals she estimates are overseas and would potentially be subject to temporary exclusion orders.

10 Dec 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water: EU Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made on increasing the number of areas where the requirements of the Water Framework Directive are being complied with.

10 Dec 2014 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Green Deal Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans he has put in place to ensure that there are sufficient funds to support all successful applications to the Home Improvement Fund from 10 December 2014.

10 Dec 2014 · HM Treasury

National Savings Bonds: Older People

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, prior to allocating funding for the new savings bond for senior citizens announced in the Autumn Statement, what assessment he made of likely demand for the new bond.

9 Dec 2014 · HM Treasury

State Retirement Pensions

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what options will be available for people to purchase additional National Insurance Contributions on a phased basis over a period of years in order to qualify for the new state pension.

9 Dec 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that women who have less than the 10 years' National Insurance Contributions required to qualify for a state pension will be informed of their options b

9 Dec 2014 · Department for International Development

West Africa: Ebola

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many UK (a) military and (b) civilian personnel are currently in West Africa assisting with the Ebola epidemic; and what steps have been taken to ensure that those people are given the maxim

9 Dec 2014 · Department of Health

NHS: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the change in total public expenditure on the NHS was in each year between January 2004 and January 2014.

9 Dec 2014 · HM Treasury

Co-operative Bank

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 6 January 2014, Official Report, column 160W on Celtic Football Club, whether the investigation into events at the Co-operative Bank included investigating reports of lower interest ra

8 Dec 2014 · HM Treasury

Individual Savings Accounts

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.219 of the Autumn Statement 2014, what will happen to any dividends or interest accruing from ISAs transferred between spouses upon death before the whole has been legally transferred.

8 Dec 2014 · Cabinet Office

Part-time Employment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what changes there were in the number of part-time workers between May 2010 and May 2014.

8 Dec 2014 · Cabinet Office

Low Pay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of how many working people earn less than £10,600 per annum.

8 Dec 2014 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will discuss with his counterparts in the devolved administrations the effect of the number of energy suppliers on the consumer price across the UK; and where that price is (a) highest and

4 Dec 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Game: Animal Breeding

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects a timescale for the peer review of the study on the scientific evidence for cage-based breeding for pheasants and partridges to be concluded.

4 Dec 2014 · HM Treasury

National Insurance: Young People

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ensure that HM Revenue and Customs includes information on joining the Anthony Nolan bone marrow donor register in every letter sent to young people to inform them of their national insurance number.

3 Dec 2014 · Northern Ireland Office

Detainees: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what information she has received from the Irish government on whether any new evidence informed that government's decision to refer back to the European Court a 1978 decision relating to the treatment o

3 Dec 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

White Fish: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she plans to take in collaboration with the devolved administrations to preserve sea bass stocks to ensure that a sustainable recreational angling sector is created througho

3 Dec 2014 · Cabinet Office

Ombudsman

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to ensure that Ombudsman offices across the UK liaise to ensure that best practice on timescales for resolution of complaints is replicated.

3 Dec 2014 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

New Businesses: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department is taking to provide guidance and assistance to new businesses on maximising energy efficiency measures in their premises.

2 Dec 2014 · Department for International Development

Africa

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to encourage the wider roll-out across Africa of recently trialled tests for Ebola used in Guinea.

26 Nov 2014 · HM Treasury

Annuities

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects the Financial Conduct Authority to publish its thematic review of the annuity market.

26 Nov 2014 · Cabinet Office

Older Workers

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people worked after their 65th birthday in each of the last three years.

26 Nov 2014 · Home Office

Wildlife: Smuggling

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress the National Crime Agency is making on preventing illegal wildlife trade over the internet.

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

Air Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what change there has been in air quality in each UK city with a population in excess of 300,000 from 1994 to 2014.

26 Nov 2014 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Woodland Trust

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support the Government has offered to the Woodland Trust for its tree-planting campaign to commemorate the centenary of the First World War.

25 Nov 2014 · Women and Equalities

Females: Directors

To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what estimate her Department has made of the overall change in women's representation in boardrooms in the private sector in the UK between 1984 and 2014.

25 Nov 2014 · Northern Ireland Office

Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether requests for assistance have been made to her Department in the last 12 months by people, now living under protection schemes as a result of their membership of illegal organisations in the past,

25 Nov 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether transmission x-rays are likely to be used in normal search procedures in prisons in the next 12 months.

25 Nov 2014 · Department of Health

Prostate Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will have discussions with his counterparts in the devolved administrations with the aim of replicating best practice in extending survival rates for men diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Source: official written-questions record.