Written questions
3,557 written questions tabled, most recent first.
24 May 2018 · Treasury
Financial Services
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on reform of the third country equivalence regime.
24 May 2018 · Treasury
Financial Services
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his officials have had with the EU Commission on reform of the third country equivalence regime.
23 May 2018 · Department for Education
Children in Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were taken into care in each of the last ten years.
23 May 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Care Leavers
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to flag care leavers in the universal credit system as currently with job seekers allowance.
22 May 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Health and Safety Executive: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much commercial income the Health and Safety Executive budgeted for in each of the last five years.
22 May 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Industrial Health and Safety: Private Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) value for money of the private sector health and safety accreditation market.
22 May 2018 · Home Office
Synergy Business College of London
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what concerns were brought to the attention of the Home Office following the unannounced audit visits to Synergy College in May 2012 and January 2013; and what steps he has taken in response to these
22 May 2018 · Home Office
Educational Testing Service
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has received evidence that sessions of Toeic tests administered by ETS before 2014 included both genuine and fraudulent entries.
21 May 2018 · Home Office
Educational Testing Service
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has made an estimate of the cost to the public purse of requiring people accused by ETS of cheating in Test of English for International Communication assessments to take anothe
21 May 2018 · Home Office
Immigration: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the costs to the public purse were of defending the appeal in the case of Ahsan and others v SSHD [2017] EWCA Civ 2009.
21 May 2018 · Home Office
Immigration: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what his Department's policy is on contesting an appeal against refusal of leave to remain in the UK once it has received legal advice that the appeal is (a) highly likely to succeed and (b) certain t
15 May 2018 · Home Office
Educational Testing Service
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2018 to Question 142744 on the Educational Testing Service, how many people whose results were marked as questionable were given the opportunity to (a) re-sit a test w
15 May 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Health and Safety Executive: Income
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Health and Safety Executive earned through selling consultancy services in each of the last five years.
15 May 2018 · Home Office
Crimes of Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent by police forces on handling (a) acid attacks, (b) knife attacks and (c) violent crimes in each year since 2010.
15 May 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Crimes of Violence: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on the treatment of (a) acid attack victims, (b) knife attack victims and (c) victims of violent crime in each year since 2010.
15 May 2018 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent on incarcerating the perpetrators of (a) acid attacks, (b) knife attacks and (c) violent crimes; in each year since 2010.
14 May 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Workplace Pensions: Care Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to ensure care workers whose income is too low to trigger auto-enrolment know the advantages of opting in to pension saving.
14 May 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to ensure that universal credit claimants are aware that they are entitled to deduct expenses when stating their income.
14 May 2018 · Treasury
Care Workers: Tax Allowances
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to improve the advice provided for care workers on tax relief for travel expenses.
14 May 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Care Workers: Minimum Wage
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to improve the advice for care workers on gov.uk to help them check employers' compliance with minimum wage obligations.
14 May 2018 · Home Office
Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to extend the remit of the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority to social care.
10 May 2018 · Home Office
Educational Testing Service
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions Ministers in his Department (a) met representatives of ETS between May 2010 and February 2014 and (b) have met such representatives since February 2014.
10 May 2018 · Ministry of Justice
Educational Testing Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many decisions since February 2014 to curtail a person's leave to remain in the UK on the ground of cheating in an English language test administered by ETS are subject to appeal.
10 May 2018 · Ministry of Justice
Educational Testing Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many decisions since February 2014 to curtail a person's leave to remain in the UK on the ground of cheating in an English language test administered by ETS have been overturned on appeal.
10 May 2018 · Home Office
Educational Testing Service
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department took to validate allegations made by ETS that individuals had cheated in their Test of English for International Communication; and if he will make a statement.
10 May 2018 · Department for Education
16-18 Mathematics Education Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress has been made on implementing the recommendations of the Smith Review of post-16 mathematics since its publication on 20 July 2017.
9 May 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security benefits: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Statement of 27 April 2018, HCWS653, whether she plans to backdate awards of tax credits and universal credit to claimants who will become eligible for that support under t
9 May 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security benefits: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Statement of 27 April 2018, HCWS653, what the timescale is for removing the ordering restriction on exceptions to the two-child limit for children in kinship care and adopt
9 May 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Business: Ethics
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to encourage corporate responsibility among (a) SMEs and (b) large firms.
9 May 2018 · Home Office
Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance his Department issues to employers on the documentation which must be presented to enable a non-EU citizen to work in the UK.
Source: official written-questions record.