Written questions

2,688 written questions tabled, most recent first.

3 Jul 2014 · Home Office

Firearms: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to bring forward proposals for reform of the firearms licensing fees system.

3 Jul 2014 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Trade Union Officials

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reason the Local Government Transparency Code 2014 requires publication of the names of union representatives who spend over 50 per cent of their time on union duties, in additio

1 Jul 2014 · Home Office

Ministerial Policy Advisers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether all her Department's special advisers have undergone developed vetting.

1 Jul 2014 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Woolworths

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2014, Official Report, columns 464W, on insolvency, how much the Insolvency Service's Redundancy Payments Service paid in relation to the collapse of Wool

24 Jun 2014 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Insolvency

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many outstanding protective awards to be paid by the Insolvency Service's Redundancy Payments Services are owed to firms in which less than 20 people are employed on one site.

24 Jun 2014 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Employment Tribunals Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many times his Department has appeared at an employment tribunal to contest protective awards in each of the last five years.

24 Jun 2014 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Insolvency

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many times the Insolvency Service's Redundancy Payments Service has made payments in cases where Deloitte was appointed the administrator in each of the last five years; how many such

24 Jun 2014 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Insolvency

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many times the Insolvency Service's Redundancy Payments Service has made payments of protective awards due to failures on the part of the company or administrator to conduct a proper c

23 Jun 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the current waiting time for an Atos Healthcare-provided assessment for a personal independence payment claim is in (a) Hull and (b) nationwide.

23 Jun 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on offering interim payments to claimants of the personal independence payment while the backlog of applications is cleared.

23 Jun 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent evaluation he has undertaken of the performance of the firms undertaking personal independence payment evaluations on behalf of his Department.

23 Jun 2014 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Comet Group

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the collapse of Comet arising from (a) former employees' redundancy payments, (b) payments to the administrator for its fees an

18 Jun 2014 · Department of Health

Equitable Life Independent Inquiry

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Executive about the timetable for publication of the Penrose Inquiry.

17 Jun 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Licensing Laws

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of an offence under Sections 141, 142, 146, 147A and 149 (1, 3 and 4), 151, 152 or 153 of the Licensing Act 2003 in the last 12 months; and how many of those convicted were fined th

17 Jun 2014 · Home Office

Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who within her Department authorised the passing of information about forthcoming proscription orders to The Sun newspaper; and whether that authorisation was agreed by a Minister or special adviser i

12 Jun 2014 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Comet Group

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much has been paid out by his Department in statutory entitlements following the collapse of Comet; how many people have been compensated to date; and what estimate he has made of the

9 Jun 2014 · Department for Education

Schools: Radicalism

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the work of local authority-based Prevent co-ordinators in tackling extremism in schools; and how many local authority-based Prevent co-ordinators

9 Jun 2014 · Department for Education

Schools: Radicalism

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what advice his Department provides to local authority-based Prevent co-ordinators to help identify and tackle extremism in schools; and when this guidance was last updated.

Source: official written-questions record.