Written questions
160 written questions tabled, most recent first.
1 Jun 2018 · Department for Education
Schools: Asbestos
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many incidents of asbestos released in schools were reported to his Department in each year between September 2011 and September 2017; how many school staff and pupils have been exposed in such incidents; a
28 Feb 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department takes to ensure that child maintenance payments are paid by non-resident parents; and what steps her Department takes to support the resident parent.
28 Feb 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether there are plans to reduce the amount of debt that a child maintenance paying parent owes before an application for a Liability Order can be made.
24 Jan 2018 · Home Office
Refugees
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of refugees who will be resettled in the UK under the asylum route in 2018.
24 Jan 2018 · Home Office
Refugees
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of refugees who will be resettled in the UK under the Gateway Protection Programme in 2018.
24 Jan 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Gambling
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking in response to the finding by the Gambling Commission that 2 million people in the UK are addicted to gambling.
24 Jan 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Mothers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department is doing to improve the diagnosis of mothers suffering with post-natal mental health problems.
7 Dec 2017 · Department for Education
Schools: Asbestos
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what analysis and data her Department holds on the number of school buildings which contain asbestos.
7 Dec 2017 · Department for Education
Schools: Asbestos
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on earmarking an asbestos removal fund to tackle asbestos in schools.
1 Dec 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Photographs: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will assess the effectiveness of legislation governing photographic consent.
24 Nov 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Photographs: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if the Secretary of State has any plans to update the law on consent to be photographed.
24 Nov 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Photographs: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will change the law to make it illegal to take a photograph of someone naked without their consent.
6 Sep 2017 · Home Office
Immigration
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time was for immigration applications that fell outside service standards because they raised human rights issues between 1 September 2016 and 31 August 2017.
4 Sep 2017 · Ministry of Justice
Immigration: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of appeals lodged with the Immigration and Asylum Tribunal met the target time for a hearing date between 31 July 2016 to 31 July 2017.
4 Sep 2017 · Ministry of Justice
Immigration: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what target his Department has set for the length of time between an appeal being lodged with the Immigration and Asylum Tribunal and the hearing date.
4 Sep 2017 · Ministry of Justice
Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the target time is for the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority to assess a claim.
4 Sep 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Non-domestic Rates: Valuation
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2017 to Question 900568, what support is available to businesses that have had their property incorrectly valued by the Valuation Office Agency.
4 Sep 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Non-domestic Rates: Valuation
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2017 to Question 900568, what compensation is available for businesses that win at appeal but have suffered losses between the original valuation and app
12 Jul 2017 · HM Treasury
Non-domestic Rates: Valuation
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the time taken by the Valuation Office Agency to process rateable value appeals.
12 Jul 2017 · Home Office
Immigration: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for details to be made available to EU citizens on how to register to remain in the UK.
12 Jul 2017 · Home Office
Immigration: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much it will cost EU citizens wishing to register to remain in the UK.
12 Jul 2017 · Home Office
Refugees: Syria
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Syrian families have been resettled in Hackney through the Syrian Resettlement Programme.
29 Mar 2017 · Ministry of Justice
First-tier Tribunal
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time period is between the submission of an appeal to the First-tier Tribunal and the hearing date.
29 Mar 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many mandatory reconsideration request decisions made by his Department have been overturned by HM Courts and Tribunals Service since the introduction of that process.
22 Feb 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Non-domestic Rates: Hackney
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the effect of the revaluation of business rates on businesses in Hackney.
11 Jan 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Right to Buy Scheme: Publications
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what criteria his Department used to decide where the Right to Buy information booklet was distributed.
11 Jan 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Right to Buy Scheme: Publications
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the cost to the public purse was of (a) producing and (b) distributing the Right to Buy information booklet to households.
2 Dec 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Libya: Terrorism
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent progress has been made on securing compensation for the victims of Libyan-sponsored IRA bombings.
30 Nov 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Immigration: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking in conjunction with HM Courts and Tribunals Service to reduce the length of time taken to grant hearing dates for accepted immigration appeals.
20 Jul 2016 · Home Office
Domestic Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how often the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme has been applied in each police authority area in England.
Source: official written-questions record.