Written questions

3,557 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 Dec 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Automation: Termination of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs to be lost as a result of automation in the UK in the next five years; and if he will make a statement.

20 Dec 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Orchestras

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Draft Political Declaration setting out the framework for the future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union, published on 22 November, whether the reciproca

19 Dec 2018 · Treasury

PAYE

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to Answer of 29 November 2018 to Question 195470 on PAYE, whether the 95 per cent of RTI submissions reported on time refers to the (a) pay date self-certified by the employer in their PAYE Full Payment Sub

19 Dec 2018 · Treasury

PAYE

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the BACS hash information feed provides HMRC with the date on which an employee's earnings are credited to the employee's bank account.

19 Dec 2018 · Treasury

PAYE

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the BACS hash information feed HMRC receives to support RTI data validation is able to identify the date that earnings are credited to each employee's bank account.

19 Dec 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2018 to Question 195460, what proportion of RTI earnings data her Department corrects each month using the RTI BACS hash validation value made available for that pu

19 Dec 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of earnings data provided to her Department from HMRC Real Time Information PAYE data and used in live claims to calculate Universal Credit awards contains a BACS hash.

18 Dec 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of imposing sanctions on disabled claimants of universal credit on (a) the subsequent time they spend in receipt of benefit and (b) the likelihood o

18 Dec 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that when the managed migration of disabled claimants to universal credit commences those people do not experience undue difficulties.

18 Dec 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many home visits officials her Department have made to assist disabled people in applying for universal credit in the last 12 months.

18 Dec 2018 · Department for Education

Pupils: Nationality

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether families may withdraw consent for use of a child’s nationality data collected by schools between 2016 and 2018; and if he will make a statement.

18 Dec 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of Public Health England's Screening Quality Assurance support visit report: NHS Breast Screening Programme, Central an

17 Dec 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps in response to the 20 June 2018 Public Health England report entitled Screening Quality Assurance support visit report, NHS Breast Screening Programme, Central and Ea

17 Dec 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women have participated in the NHS Breast Screening Programme for Central and East London in each month since April 2017.

17 Dec 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his timeframe is for the advice from the National Screening Committee on the age at which women should be invited to their final breast cancer screening appointment.

17 Dec 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) NHS England and (b) Public Health England on responsibilities for the NHS Breast Screening Programme.

13 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have completed courses in (a) English, (b) maths, (c) ICT, (d) construction and (e) other subjects in each of the last five years.

13 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of education courses embarked upon by prisoners are (a) completed in the same prison in which they were started, (b) completed in a different prison and (c) not completed.

13 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of education programmes in prisons are funded by charitable sources.

13 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of education programmes in prisons are delivered by charities and social enterprises.

10 Dec 2018 · Treasury

Financial Services: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral contribution of 6 December 2018, Official Report, column 1091, if he will publish the enhanced equivalence arrangements for regulating financial services between the UK and the EU.

6 Dec 2018 · Home Office

Educational Testing Service

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer dated 4 December 2018 to Question 197314, in what circumstances was it (a) relevant and (b) not relevant to require people with TOEIC certificates whose results were found by ET

5 Dec 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Post Office: Second Sight

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much Post Office Ltd paid independent forensic accountants Second Sight to investigate issues relating to the Horizon accounting system.

5 Dec 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Horizon IT System: Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what approval was given by his Department for Post Office Ltd to prosecute sub-postmasters in cases relating to the Horizon accounting system; and if he will make a statement.

5 Dec 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Horizon IT System: Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much Post Office Ltd has spent on prosecutions of sub-postmasters in cases relating to the Horizon accounting system.

4 Dec 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Post Office Card Account

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of (a) disability benefits and (b) the state pension have their benefits paid into a Post Office Card Account.

4 Dec 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the oral contribution of 15 November 2018 of the Minister of State for Digital and the Creative Industries, Official Report, column 545, whether his Department’s forthcoming

4 Dec 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to prevent broadband providers that deliver their service over hybrid fibre and copper networks describing that service as superfast fibre broadband.

3 Dec 2018 · Department for Transport

Railways: Dichloromethane

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what checks his Department makes on the use of the chemical Dichloromethane by rail operators; and if he will make a statement.

3 Dec 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Dichloromethane: Health Hazards

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases of workers falling ill after contact with the chemical Dichloromethane were reported in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017.

Source: official written-questions record.