Written questions
565 written questions tabled, most recent first.
23 Feb 2016 · Department for Energy and Climate Change
Warm Home Discount Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when she plans to open her Department's consultation on changes to the Warm Home Discount scheme.
9 Feb 2016 · HM Treasury
Students: Loans
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the Government determines the Scottish Government's allocation of non-cash departmental expenditure budget for student loans.
3 Feb 2016 · Attorney General
Rendition and Torture: Libya
To ask the Attorney General, whether he has been consulted by the Crown Prosecution Service about a charging decision in Operation Lydd.
2 Feb 2016 · Women and Equalities
Civil Partnerships
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if the Government will make it its policy to bring forward legislative proposals to allow heterosexual couples to enter into civil partnerships; and if she will make a statement.
26 Jan 2016 · Department for Transport
Tugboats: Scottish Islands
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received about the future of the emergency towing vessels in the Northern Isles; and if he will make a statement.
18 Jan 2016 · Home Office
Cedars Pre-departure Accommodation Facility: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children have been accommodated in Cedars pre-departure accommodation in Crawley in each month since its establishment.
15 Jan 2016 · Department for Energy and Climate Change
Environmental Protection: Taxation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what projection she has made for the Levy Control Framework budget for renewables in each year up to 2020.
15 Jan 2016 · Department for Energy and Climate Change
Energy Supply: Subsidies
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what projections her Department has made of the subsidies existing fossil fuel generators will receive through the Capacity Mechanism.
14 Jan 2016 · Home Office
Visas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people in the UK on a tier 2 visa who will not have their visa renewed when new rules requiring them to be paid at least £35,000 per annum or the
12 Jan 2016 · HM Treasury
Spirits: Excise Duties
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Exchequer received in spirit duty between April and December (a) 2015 and (b) 2014.
11 Jan 2016 · Home Office
Extremism Analysis Unit: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff are employed (a) full-time and (b) part-time in the Extremism Analysis Unit; and at which grade each such member of staff is employed.
11 Jan 2016 · Home Office
Extremism Analysis Unit
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the remit of the Extremism Analysis Unit is.
11 Jan 2016 · Home Office
Extremism Analysis Unit: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the annual budget for the Extremism Analysis Unit is.
11 Jan 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Department for Communities and Local Government: Public Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his Department's revised planned expenditure is for 2015-16 following the recent transfer of responsibility for fire and rescue services to the Home Department.
6 Jan 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Bahrain: Political Prisoners
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on the number of political prisoners in Bahrain; and what discussions he has held with the Bahraini government on the release of political prisoners.
6 Jan 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Bahrain: Politics and Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in Bahrain on implementation of the recommendations of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry report.
6 Jan 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Bahrain: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of discrimination by the Bahraini government against Bahraini Shia.
6 Jan 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Bahrain: Prisoners
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the government of Bahrain on the treatment in prison of Hasan Mushaima.
8 Dec 2015 · Home Office
Upper Tribunal: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to implement Schedule 23 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013.
26 Nov 2015 · Department for Energy and Climate Change
Community Energy: Tax Allowances
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent representations she has received from community energy companies on removal of their entitlement to social investment tax relief.
25 Nov 2015 · Department for Transport
Driving Licences
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidelines his Department has on the maximum travel time for people who need to undergo a medical driving assessment to a centre where they can undergo that assessment; and if he will estimate the proporti
23 Nov 2015 · Women and Equalities
Transphobia
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she plans to take to raise awareness of the prejudice against transgender people.
23 Nov 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Gender Recognition Certificates
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward proposals to speed up the process for obtaining a Gender Recognition Certificate.
23 Nov 2015 · Women and Equalities
Transgender People
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she took steps to mark Transgender Awareness Week and Transgender Remembrance Day.
23 Nov 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Gender Recognition
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward proposals to amend the Gender Recognition Act 2004 to remove the requirement for a diagnosis of gender dysphoria as a pre-requisite for obtaining legal gender recognition.
23 Nov 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Transgender People
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the National Offender Management Service on the implementation of guidelines on the care and management of transsexual prisoners.
6 Nov 2015 · Home Office
Asylum: EU Law
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the publically available guidance entitled, Third Country cases: Referring and Handling refers to EC No 343/2003 and not EC No 604/2013.
6 Nov 2015 · Home Office
Asylum: EU Law
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the publicly available version of Chapter 28 of the Enforcement and Instructions Guidance refers to EC No 343/2003 and not EC No 604/2013.
6 Nov 2015 · Home Office
Asylum: EU Law
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of individuals currently living in (a) camps in Calais and (b) hotspots in Greece and Italy who may be eligible to have their asylum case determined in the UK
6 Nov 2015 · Home Office
Asylum: EU Law
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times the UK has been asked to use the discretionary powers in Article 17 of the Dublin Regulation EC No 604/2013 since that regulation came into force; and how many of those requests resulte
Source: official written-questions record.