Written questions

160 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Jul 2016 · Home Office

Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for how long since the date of initial application the longest outstanding disclosure and barring check has been outstanding.

8 Apr 2016 · Home Office

Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on priority categories in Disclosure and Barring Service checks.

8 Apr 2016 · Home Office

Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police forces take longest to process applications from the Disclosure and Barring Service; and what the average processing time for such application is for each police force in England.

8 Apr 2016 · Department for Education

Fire Stations: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether VAT was charged on the purchase of Kingsland Fire Station from the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority.

19 Feb 2016 · HM Treasury

Credit

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that there is full market participation in real-time data-sharing in the short-term credit market.

5 Feb 2016 · Home Office

Police: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2016 to Question 20730, what change there has been in the level of overall police spending in real terms over the Spending Review period when precept is not taken i

21 Jan 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to enable special circumstances to be taken into account when making the decision to withhold pension credit to people who are away from their homes for a period of more th

21 Jan 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Benefit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to enable special circumstances to be taken into account when making the decision to withhold housing benefit from people who are away from their homes for a period of more

19 Jan 2016 · Department for Education

Fire Stations: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse was of the purchase of the Kingsland Fire Station site for use by the Hackney New Primary School; and how much accrued to the public purse from the sale of that site.

4 Jan 2016 · Home Office

Police: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the funding received by police forces operating in areas where crime levels are rising.

4 Jan 2016 · Department for Education

Fire Stations: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse was of the purchase of the Kingsland Fire Station site for use by the Hackney New Primary School; and what the gain to the public purse was of the sale of that site.

9 Dec 2015 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Solar Power: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what support her Department provides for community solar projects.

7 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Immigration: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) and (b) Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) hearing centres are projected to close in (i) London and (ii) the UK in the next five year

7 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Immigration: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) and (b) Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) hearing centres have closed in (i) London and (ii) the UK in the last five years.

7 Dec 2015 · Home Office

Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many disclosure and barring applications have been sent to the Metropolitan Police in each year of the last five years; and what the average time taken by the Metropolitan Police to process checks

28 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Immigration: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the appropriateness of the time taken to secure appeal hearings at the First-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber.

26 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Entry Clearances: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average time taken to secure appeal hearings for people whose entry clearance applications have been refused.

26 Oct 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Turkey: Press Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his oral contribution of 20 October 2015, Official Report, column 813, what discussions he has had with ministers in the Turkish government on ensuring that freedom of the pre

9 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Representation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to his oral contribution of 8 September 2015, Official Report, column 222, what progress he has made on talks with the Bar and the solicitors' profession on maintaining access to justice and enhancing th

17 Sep 2015 · HM Treasury

Fuels: Tax Evasion

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to tackle fuel fraud in Northern Ireland.

1 Sep 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that people eligible for legal aid are able to access such aid.

24 Mar 2015 · HM Treasury

Credit

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward proposals to secure full market participation in real-time data-sharing in the short-term credit market.

24 Mar 2015 · HM Treasury

Credit

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on the affordability criteria used by the Financial Conduct Authority to set rules to protect consumers taking out loans in the short-term credit market.

24 Mar 2015 · HM Treasury

Credit

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that full market participation in real-time data-sharing in the short-term credit market includes participants who are non-payday lenders.

24 Mar 2015 · HM Treasury

Credit

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the progress made by the short-term credit industry on full market participation in real-time data-sharing.

23 Mar 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will ensure that a substantive Answer to Questions 227859 and 227860 is provided before prorogation.

17 Mar 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Adult Education: Hackney

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effects of changes in adult skills funding since 2010 on (a) students and (b) colleges in Hackney South and Shoreditch constituency.

17 Mar 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Adult Education: Hackney

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Skills Funding Letter 2015 to 2016, if he will make an assessment of the potential effects of the change in adult skills funding between 2014-15 and 2015-16 on (a) st

17 Nov 2014 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Mobile Phones

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on what grounds he decided that the consultation on tackling partial not-spots in mobile telephone coverage should last for three weeks.

5 Nov 2014 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprentices have been employed through the employer ownership pilot for apprenticeships; and how much of the £340 million allocated to this pilot has been spent.

Source: official written-questions record.