Written questions

1,001 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Jan 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the cost and benefits of using (a) Green ISAs and Citizen Finance, (b) UK Pension Funds, (c) the European Investment Bank and (d) co-funding with

13 Jan 2016 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2016 to Question 20831, when the DVLA plans to roll out the piloted scheme against non-payment of vehicle excise duty.

4 Jan 2016 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles were identified and impounded solely on the basis of non-payment of vehicle excise duty as part of the pilot enforcement action using automatic number plate recognition of illegal foreign-regi

4 Jan 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Retail Trade: Voucher Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to prohibit expiry dates on gift cards.

5 Nov 2015 · Home Office

Passports: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) standard and (b) fast-track passport applications were made in each of the last five years.

5 Nov 2015 · Home Office

Passports: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of standard passport applications made in the last six months were processed within three weeks.

26 Oct 2015 · Department for Transport

Severn River Crossing: Tolls

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, at what level tolls at the Severn Bridge will be set from January 2016.

26 Oct 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

China: Ivory

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress the Government made during recent discussions with the Chinese Prime Minister in agreeing a timetable for closing legal ivory markets at international and domestic levels

22 Oct 2015 · Department for Transport

Severn River Crossing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the Severn bridges to return to public ownership.

22 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, further to the Answer of 17 July 2013 to Question 163024, on Courts: Wales, what data his Department now centrally collates on litigants in person.

22 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Family Proceedings: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many private family law cases there were in the (a) Gwent and (b) Wales civil and family tribunals cluster between April 2013 and April 2014; and in how many such cases both parties had legal representation.

22 Oct 2015 · Home Office

Passports: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of fast-track passport applications made in the last six months have been processed within seven days.

19 Oct 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Nuisance Calls

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to tackle nuisance calls.

14 Jul 2015 · Department for Transport

Severn River Crossing: Tolls

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total VAT payable or received by the Government from the Severn Bridges' tolls has been to date.

9 Jul 2015 · Department of Health

Out of Area Treatment: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients with a postal address in Wales use services in (a) Bristol Royal Infirmary, (b) Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre, (c) Bristol Heart Institute, (d) Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, (e)

9 Jul 2015 · Department for Education

Pupils: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children with a postal address in Wales attended a school in England in the most recent year for which figures are available.

1 Jul 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Sheep Dipping: Organophosphates

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the contribution by the Minister of State at the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of 10 June 2015, Official Report, column 136WH, on organophosphate sheep dip, in what ways

24 Jun 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Shared Services Connected: Newport

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assurance he has received from Steria that work and jobs at the Newport shared services centre will not be off-shored.

11 Jun 2015 · Department for Transport

Severn River Crossing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of savings to the public purse from the abolition of the industrial buildings allowance on the Severn Bridges.

11 Jun 2015 · Department for Transport

Severn River Crossing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Severn bridges will revert to public ownership.

11 Jun 2015 · HM Treasury

Severn River Crossing

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money the Exchequer received in VAT receipts from the Severn bridges between 2003 and 2014.

11 Jun 2015 · Department for Transport

Severn River Crossing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the amount of outstanding Government debt is on the Severn bridges.

19 Mar 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Centre for Health and Disability Assessments: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library a copy of the service level agreement with Maximus relating to work capability assessments; what penalties exist under that agreement for a failure to adhere to the terms

19 Mar 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance: Work Capability Assessment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the average time between a claim being made for employment and support allowance and the claimant receiving a work capability assessment.

19 Mar 2015 · Department for Transport

Severn River Crossing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Severn Bridges cost to run and maintain in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2012-13.

19 Mar 2015 · HM Treasury

Severn River Crossing

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much additional revenue accrued to the public purse from the Severn Crossings as a result of the abolition of the Industrial Buildings Allowance in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2011-12.

19 Mar 2015 · HM Treasury

Severn River Crossing

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much in VAT revenue accrued to the public purse from the Severn Crossings tolls in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2012-13.

25 Feb 2015 · Department for Transport

Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people received criminal convictions for breaching a railway byelaw under Schedule 20 of the Transport Act 2000 in (a) 2014, (b) 2013 and (c) 2012.

24 Feb 2015 · Department for Education

Educational Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department has issued to schools on ensuring that safe conditions apply to coach drivers contracted to provide transport for long-distance school trips.

24 Feb 2015 · Department for Education

Educational Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when guidance on safe transport for long-distance school trips was last reviewed.

Source: official written-questions record.