Written questions

138 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Dec 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

British Students Abroad: Latin America

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many UK students attend universities in Latin America.

4 Dec 2015 · Department for Education

Spanish Language

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans the Government has to increase the number of students studying Spanish in schools.

4 Dec 2015 · Department for Education

Spanish Language: GCSE

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils took a GCSE in Spanish in each of the last 10 years.

4 Dec 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Trade Missions: Latin America

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what trade missions to Latin America the Government has organised in the last 12 months; and what such trade missions are planned in the next 12 months.

25 Nov 2015 · Department for Education

Schools: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much Dedicated Schools Grant each English local authority will receive in 2015-16; and what the (a) Schools Block, (b) High Needs and (c) Early Years element is of that grant for each such local authority.

25 Nov 2015 · Department for Education

Pupil Premium

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much (a) pupil premium and (b) pupil premium plus funding each local authority (i) received in the most recent year for which figures are available and (ii) will receive in (A) 2015-16 and (B) 2016-17.

4 Sep 2015 · Department of Health

Mental Health Services: Per Capita Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what amount has been spent on mental health per head in each clinical commissioning group area in each of the last three years.

2 Jul 2015 · Department for Transport

East Coast Main Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many journeys have been affected by power line failures on the East Coast Main Line in the last 12 months.

2 Jul 2015 · Department for Transport

East Coast Main Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times there have been power line failures on the East Coast Main Line in each of the last three years.

2 Jul 2015 · Department for Transport

East Coast Main Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to make the East Coast Main Line more resilient to power line failures.

11 Mar 2015 · HM Treasury

Child Benefit

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people who submitted applications for child benefit to the Child Benefit Office in the last 12 months were subsequently told by that office that their application was not received.

23 Oct 2014 · Department for International Development

Meat: Wildlife

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to raise awareness of the dangers of eating bushmeat in those countries where it is currently practised.

23 Oct 2014 · Home Office

Meat: Smuggling

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures are in place to prevent the illegal importation of bushmeat into the UK.

16 Oct 2014 · Department for Education

IGCSE

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether students who have A* to C grades in unregulated English and mathematics IGCSEs will be required to study for GCSEs in those subjects as a condition of receiving funding for a post-16 course.

26 Sep 2014 · Department for Transport

Blue Badge Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with particular reference to autism, what information his Department holds on the changes to Blue Badge criteria in Scotland and Wales; and whether he plans to bring forward proposals for similar changes in Eng

10 Sep 2014 · Department for Education

Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she will publish her Department's response to the consultation, Improving Permanence for Looked After Children; and if she will introduce an entitlement to support for all children returning home from care

27 Jun 2014 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Students: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will provide additional financial support to disabled students following the removal of disabled students' allowance.

5 Jun 2014 · Home Office

Passports

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether HM Passport Office is meeting the 2013-14 performance targets (a) to process 99.5 per cent of straightforward passport applications within 10 working days, (b) where additional information is

Source: official written-questions record.