Written questions

2,064 written questions tabled, most recent first.

7 Oct 2016 · Home Office

Refugees: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to (a) monitor the welfare of unaccompanied refugee children who arrive in the UK and are in the care of the relevant authorities and (b) locate those refugee child

7 Oct 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Resignations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff of his Department's resigned in each half of each year since 2010.

7 Oct 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Army: Private Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the army has been of teaching children in private schools in the UK and abroad in each year since 2010.

7 Oct 2016 · HM Treasury

Banks: Incentives

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government will maintain the cap on bankers' bonuses after the UK leaves the EU.

15 Sep 2016 · Home Office

Seasonal Workers: Agriculture

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that farmers continue to have access to sufficient seasonal labourers after the UK leaves the EU.

14 Sep 2016 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to replace EU Regulation EC 261/2004 on compensation and assistance to airline passengers with a similar UK compensation system after the UK leaves the EU.

13 Sep 2016 · Department for International Trade

Department for International Trade: Travel

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September to Question 45236, to which destinations (a) ministers and (b) officials have taken flights as part of their official duties since his Department was established

13 Sep 2016 · Cabinet Office

Hospitality Industry: EU Nationals

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the hospitality industry workforce in (a) Cumbria and (b) Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency was born in another EU country.

13 Sep 2016 · Department of Health

Aphasia

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people who suffer from aphasia are given the support needed to communicate effectively.

13 Sep 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Emergency Calls

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the emergency services can be contacted in areas where mobile phone service is poor or non-existent.

13 Sep 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department remains committed to a target of delivering one million homes by 2020; and what recent projections his Department has made on whether this target will be met.

12 Sep 2016 · Home Office

Cumbria Constabulary

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will set out her plans for the future of Cumbria Police; and whether that police force's (a) budget and (b) number of police officers will be reduced in the current financial year.

12 Sep 2016 · Department of Health

Lyme Disease

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors have taken the Royal College of General Practitioners online awareness module on Lyme disease.

12 Sep 2016 · Department of Health

Lyme Disease: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has plans to improve the quality of Lyme disease tests.

12 Sep 2016 · Department of Health

GP Surgeries: Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP surgeries do not have access to a high-speed broadband internet connection in each region.

12 Sep 2016 · Department of Health

Lyme Disease: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to improve GP training for the diagnosis of Lyme disease.

12 Sep 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Floods: EU Solidarity Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress his Department has made on finalising the Government's application to the EU Solidarity Fund for flood relief funding after the storms of the 2015-16 winter.

9 Sep 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Agriculture

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of proposals to make funding to farmers after the UK has left the EU dependent on implementing measures against flooding.

9 Sep 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will reassess the potential merits of proposals to make sustainable drainage systems compulsory in new housing developments at risk from flooding.

6 Sep 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Resignations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many of his Department's staff have resigned in the last six months.

6 Sep 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rural Payments Agency: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Rural Payments Agency staff have been tasked with responding to telephone enquiries from farmers on the Basic Payments Scheme in each year since 2011-12.

6 Sep 2016 · HM Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HM Revenue and Customs paid into the public purse from receipts from its 0845 telephone helpline number in each year before 2014; and what those funds so received were spent on.

5 Sep 2016 · Cabinet Office

Self-employed: Westmorland and Lonsdale

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people are currently registered as self-employed in Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency; and what the average salary is earned by those people.

5 Sep 2016 · Department for International Development

Department for International Development: Holiday Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many days of holiday, on average, were awarded to departmental employees living and working overseas in 2015-16.

5 Sep 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Coastal Erosion: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has spent on coastal defences for each UK region, in each of the last five years.

5 Sep 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Queen's Speech 2016, if her Department will publish detailed plans to create the right for every household to access high speed broadband.

18 Jul 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food Standards Agency

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many food inspectors the Food Standards Agency (a) employed in each of the last five years and (b) plans to employ in (i) 2016-17, (ii) 2017-18, (iii) 2018-19 and (iv) 2019-20.

15 Jul 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environment Agency: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Chief Executive of the Environment Agency received a bonus payment in 2015-16.

12 Jul 2016 · Department of Health

Air Ambulance Services: Cumbria

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many air ambulance rescues have taken place in Cumbria in each month of the last 10 years.

12 Jul 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Lake Windermere: Speed Limits

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to review the speed limit on Lake Windermere.

Source: official written-questions record.