Written questions
1,480 written questions tabled, most recent first.
11 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Personal Injury
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on court fees income of the changes to personal injury law and procedure announced in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015; and if he will make a state
11 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Personal Injury
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of the number of court staff and resources required in the cases involving litigants in personal injury claims of changes to personal injury laws and procedure announced
11 Jan 2016 · Cabinet Office
Future of Advice and Legal Support Commission
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the implications for the Government's policy on the Low Commission's reports, Tackling of the findings of the Advice Deficit, published in 2014, and Getting it Right in Social We
11 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Motor Insurance: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of how much motor insurance premiums reduced after the changes introduced by the Jackson civil litigation reforms and the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Ac
11 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Personal Injury
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he made of the potential effect on court fee income of the announcement in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015 on changes to personal injury laws and procedure before making that announc
11 Jan 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Government Departments: Foreign Relations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the (a) title and (b) date is of each memorandum of understanding signed by a Government department with another country since 2010.
11 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Personal Injury
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he made of the potential effect on government revenues of changes to personal injury law and procedure announced in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015 before announcing those changes; a
11 Jan 2016 · Home Office
Rights of Accused
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to protect legally privileged communications from surveillance.
11 Jan 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Saudi Arabia: Political Prisoners
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the Saudi Arabian authorities on the cases of (a) Raif Badaw, (b) Waleed Abu al-Khair and (c) Ashraf Fayadh.
11 Jan 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Saudi Arabia: Counter-terrorism
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on Saudi Arabia's use of counter-terrorism laws; and whether such laws are being used legitimately to tackle terrorism or to supress political and religious o
11 Jan 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department made to the Saudi Arabian government on Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr (a) prior to and (b) after his execution.
8 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Personal Injury
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the judiciary on the potential change in the number of litigants in person in personal injury claims as a result of the changes to personal injury law and procedures announced by
8 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to develop protocols with (a) the Department for Work and Pensions, (b) the Home Office and (c) other government departments and agencies to improve the quality of decision mak
8 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Personal Injury
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect on the personal injury portal of the changes to personal injury law and procedures announced by the Chancellor in the Autumn Statement and Spending Review
8 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Civil Law: Advisory Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the feasibility of the recommendation of the Low Commission to establish a national advice and legal support fund funded through annual contributions from his Department
8 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Civil Law: Advisory Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the second bullet point of page 26 of the report, entitled Getting it right in social welfare law, published by the Low Commission in March 2015, what assessment his Department has made of the p
8 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Personal Injury
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has he made of the potential effect of changes to personal injury law and procedure announced in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015 on the number of personal injury claims; and if he wi
8 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Personal Injury
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of changes to personal injury law and procedure announced in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015 on the number of litigants in person in personal inju
8 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Personal Injury
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the changes to personal injury law and procedure announced in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015 on the prevalence of the practice of third party
8 Jan 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
West Bank: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the Israeli government on demolitions in the Bedouin community of Abu Nuwar in the West Bank on 6 January 2016.
8 Jan 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Israel: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the humanitarian effect of the Israeli government's policy on demolition orders.
8 Jan 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Saudi Arabia: Visits Abroad
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what trips to Saudi Arabia government ministers plan to make in 2016.
8 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Personal Injury: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he made of the effect on recoupment of NHS treatment costs of the announcement in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015 of changes to personal injury law and procedure before making that a
8 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Personal Injury: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he made of the effect on VAT receipts of changes to personal injury law and procedure announced in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015 before making that announcement; and if he will mak
8 Jan 2016 · Cabinet Office
Advisory Services: Social Impact Bonds
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department plans to introduce a pilot scheme to evaluate the potential use of social impact bonds for the provision of advice services.
8 Jan 2016 · Cabinet Office
Advisory Services: Finance
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the evaluation and recommendations of the Law Commission on the Advice Services Transition Fund.
8 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Personal Injury: Insurance
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on income to insurance companies of the changes to personal injury law and procedure announced in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015; and if he will
7 Jan 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Personal Injury
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to proposed changes in personal injury law and procedure announced in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, what assessment he has made of the level of potential reduction in rec
7 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Personal Injury: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will meet with representative bodies of people acting for personal injury complainants to discuss the outcome of his discussions with the insurance industry; and if he will make a statement.
7 Jan 2016 · Attorney General
Juries
To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2016 to Question 20564, how many people were charged with jury (a) intimidation and (b) tampering in each of the last five years.
Source: official written-questions record.