Written questions

849 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 Jul 2017 · Department for Education

Physical Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding will be allocated to PE out of the Healthy Pupil Capitals Programme in England and Wales for 2017 to 2022; what the source of these funds will be; and if she will make a statement.

18 Jul 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Kamal Foroughi and Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Iranian counterpart on the prison conditions of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Kamal Foroughi.

13 Sep 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Working Conditions: Temperature

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to introduce a statutory workplace maximum temperature.

13 Sep 2016 · Department for Transport

Aircraft: Temperature

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will introduce a statutory maximum temperature on (a) stationary aircraft and (b) aircraft in flight.

13 Sep 2016 · Department for Transport

Highways England: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will introduce stronger key performance indicators to evaluate the performance of Highways England.

13 Sep 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Iran: Cheetahs

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will discuss with his counterpart at the (a) Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and (b) Iranian government to assist the government of Iran in helping to halt the de

13 Sep 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Commonwealth: Capital Punishment

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure more members of the Commonwealth abolish the death penalty.

13 Sep 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to expand education in prisons to reduce reoffending rates and improve life chances for offenders returning to their communities.

11 Jul 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Russia: Diplomatic Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Russian government on increases in the number of attacks on EU and US diplomats stationed in Russia.

14 Jun 2016 · Department for International Development

Sub-Saharan Africa: Albinism

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of attacks on and murder of people with albinism in sub-Saharan African countries.

14 Jun 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Sub-Saharan Africa: Albinism

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will raise the issue of attacks on and murders of people with albinism with his counterparts in sub-Saharan African countries.

3 Jun 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Retail Trade: Local Enterprise Partnerships

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will hold discussions with major high street retailers on increasing their involvement in local enterprise partnerships.

3 Jun 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Retail Trade: Chambers of Commerce

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will hold discussions with major high street retailers on increasing their involvement in local chamber of trade organisations in market towns.

26 May 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to bring forward proposals to update the (a) Gaming Act 1968 and (b) Gambling Act 2005.

26 May 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gaming Machines

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to launch the Triennial Review of gambling machine stakes and prize limits.

26 May 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Casinos

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will undertake or commission research to measure the (a) the effect of remote casinos on the terrestrial casino industry and (b) the benefits and disbenefits of remote casinos to the UK eco

4 May 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Social Services: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of the national living wage on the provision of adult care services by private companies to local authorities.

4 May 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: Productivity

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will conduct research on the potential link between levels of productivity and the provision of high-speed data services and broadband connectivity.

13 Apr 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Autonomous Weapons: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish his Department's policy on the procurement of Autonomous Weapons Systems.

24 Mar 2016 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Working Hours

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will discuss with the European Aviation Safety Agency agreeing a minimum numbers of hours for airline pilots between each flight for EU and non-EU carriers entering EU airspace.

24 Mar 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Motor Vehicles: Cybersecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will discuss with vehicle manufacturers improvements to in-vehicle technology to prevent vehicle hacking.

21 Mar 2016 · Home Office

Prisoners: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce the number of non-natural deaths (a) in police custody and (b) on the prison estate.

10 Mar 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Subsidies

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to improve the speed with which payments are made to small farmers under the Basic Payment Scheme.

7 Mar 2016 · Home Office

Animal Experiments: Dogs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to reduce the number of dogs used for medical experimentation.

7 Mar 2016 · Home Office

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce medical experimentation on live animals in England.

3 Mar 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will conduct research on the potential effect on the cost of legal aid of encouraging early guilty pleas by defendants in serious criminal trial cases.

29 Feb 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Submarines

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the UK's submarine fleet is not detected by unmanned underwater vehicles deployed for anti-submarine warfare purposes.

24 Feb 2016 · Department for Transport

Roads: Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that (a) Shropshire Council, (b) Telford and Wrekin Council and (c) Highways England put in place road safety improvements to reduce the number of road deaths and injuries on roa

19 Feb 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Belarus: Capital Punishment

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Belarusian counterpart on recent death penalty sentences handed down by Belarusian courts and the position of the Belarusian government on the aboli

9 Feb 2016 · House of Commons Commission

BBC Parliament: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Rt. hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will discuss with the BBC Parliament channel improving the provision of (a) subtitles and (b) an in-vision interpreter for hearing imp

Source: official written-questions record.