Written questions

1,001 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 Feb 2020 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line: Iron and Steel

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the amount of UK steel which could be procured for the HS2 project.

11 Feb 2020 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line: Iron and Steel

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will use UK-produced steel for the HS2 project.

4 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time is for a personal independence payment appeal to be heard under the Social Security and Child Support Tribunal service in (a) Wales and (b) England and Wales.

30 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Capacity

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the implementation timetable is for the provisions of the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Act 2019.

30 Jan 2020 · Department for Transport

Roads: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress the road collision investigation project led by the RAC Foundation has made; and what plans he has to extend that scheme to Wales.

30 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Flour and Gluten-free Foods: Folic Acid

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timetable is for a decision on proposals on the mandatory fortfication of flour and gluten-free products with folic acid.

29 Jan 2020 · Department for Transport

Railways: Overcrowding

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to introduce statutory targets to reduce levels of overcrowding on rail services.

29 Jan 2020 · Department for Transport

Railways: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the £500 million Restoring Railways, Connecting Communities funding he plans to allocate to (a) Wales and (b) cross-border services between Wales and England.

29 Jan 2020 · Home Office

Police: Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding each police authority in Wales will receive under the apprenticeship levy and when that funding will be received by each of those authorities.

22 Jan 2020 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: Iron and Steel

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with representatives of (a) Network Rail and (b) Highways England on the potential support of those organisations for the UK Steel Charter.

22 Jan 2020 · Department for International Trade

Iron and Steel: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she will make the removal of Section 232 tariffs for steel a pre-condition of a free trade agreement with the United States.

22 Jan 2020 · Department for Transport

Railways: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) devolution of powers over rail infrastructure and (b) increased rail infrastructure funding for Wales will be considered in the Williams Rail Review.

22 Jan 2020 · Department for Transport

Rail Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's timeframe is for the publication of the Williams Rail Review.

22 Jan 2020 · Department for Transport

Railways: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Welsh Government on the provision of cross-border rail services.

22 Jan 2020 · Treasury

Off-payroll Working

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of how many people will be affected by changes to the off-payroll working rules in (a) the UK, (b) Wales and (c) Newport East.

22 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time is for a Child Maintenance Service appeal to be heard under Her Majesty’s Courts & Tribunal Service in each court area in Wales.

20 Jan 2020 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Iron and Steel

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of steel procured by his Department was produced in the UK, in each of the last five years.

20 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Iron and Steel

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of steel procured by his Department was produced in the UK, in each of the last five years.

20 Jan 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Iron and Steel

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of steel procured by her Department was produced in the UK, in each of the last five years.

20 Jan 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Iron and Steel

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of steel procured by her Department was produced in the UK, in each of the last five years.

16 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Iron and Steel

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of steel procured by his Department in 2019 was produced in the UK.

16 Jan 2020 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: Iron and Steel

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of steel procured by his Department was produced in the UK, in each of the last five years.

16 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Child Maintenance Service: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time is for a Child Maintenance Service appeal to be heard under Her Majesty’s Courts & Tribunal Service in (a) Wales and (b) England and Wales.

16 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many publicly-funded providers of legal aid for housing cases there are in (a) Newport and (b) Monmouthshire.

16 Jan 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Conference Centres: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department will take to promote (a) Wales and (b) the International Convention Centre in Newport, as a venue for major conferences and events.

10 Jan 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps she is taking to ensure that the UK steel industry will continue to benefit from the Research Fund for Coal and Steel after the UK has left the EU.

10 Jan 2020 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: Iron and Steel

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has plans to (a) become a signatory to the UK Steel charter and (b) maximise the use of UK steel in public infrastructure projects through procurement practises for national transport pro

10 Jan 2020 · Department for International Trade

Iron and Steel: UK Trade with EU

To ask the Secretary for State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to ensure that the EU FTA negotiations do not result in UK steel exports being subject to EU steel safeguard measures without the provision of UK specific tariff-free quotas

10 Jan 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Iron and Steel: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it remains her policy to deliver the lowest energy costs in Europe to reduce the disparity between the UK and EU in industrial electricity cost for the steel sector.

20 Dec 2019 · Treasury

Off-payroll Working

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the future of IR35.

Source: official written-questions record.