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.