Written questions

3,557 written questions tabled, most recent first.

1 Feb 2018 · Home Office

Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to improve the National Referral Mechanism for victims of modern slavery.

1 Feb 2018 · Home Office

Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the support for victims of modery slavery provided by local authorities in London.

1 Feb 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting from application to a decision being made was for people with cancer who applied for (a) employment support allowance and (b) personal independence payments in the most recent y

1 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2018 to Question 124907, where the Invitation to Tender documentation for Central and East London breast screening services was published.

31 Jan 2018 · Home Office

Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the proportion of victims of modern slavery who go on to be re-trafficked after they leave the National Referral Mechanism.

31 Jan 2018 · Home Office

Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long on average it takes for a person to go through the National Referral Mechanism.

31 Jan 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Supported Housing: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that his proposed ring-fence on local authority funding for short-term supported housing will be in place for the longer term.

31 Jan 2018 · Department for Education

Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to Answer of 30 January 2018 to Question 124959, what his policy is on devolving the skills budget other than adult learning to directly elected mayors and combined authorities.

31 Jan 2018 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2018 to Question 124463, what plans he has to increase the rate of apprenticeship starts in order to meet the three million target by 2020.

30 Jan 2018 · Home Office

Business: Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has for monitoring compliance by businesses with the requirements placed on them by the Modern Slavery Act 2015.

30 Jan 2018 · Home Office

Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how she plans to evaluate the outcome of the modern slavery strategy; and if she will make a statement.

30 Jan 2018 · Home Office

Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what powers her Department has when notified by the submission of an MS1 form of a potential victim of modern slavery in the event that the alleged victim has not consented to being referred.

30 Jan 2018 · Department for Exiting the European Union

UK Notified Bodies

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, with reference to the paper entitled Withdrawal of the United Kingdom and EU Rules in the Field of Industrial Products, published by the EU Commission on 22 January 2018, what discussions he ha

30 Jan 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Borders: Personal Records

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to submit an application to the EU Commission for a determination of the adequacy of UK data protection arrangements; and if he will make a statement.

29 Jan 2018 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department plans to spend on apprenticeships in the 2017-18 financial year; and how much his Department spent on apprenticeships in (a) 2016-17, (b) 2015-16, (c) 2014-15, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2012-1

29 Jan 2018 · Department for Exiting the European Union

UK Notified Bodies

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what discussions his Department have had with the EU Commission on the future of UK notified bodies.

29 Jan 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the running cost of Central and East London breast screening services has been in each of the last three years.

25 Jan 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Supported Housing: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he expects to respond to his Department's recent consultation on the funding of supported housing.

25 Jan 2018 · Department for Education

Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on the devolution of skills to directly elected mayors and combined authorities.

25 Jan 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what performance targets have been set in the new contract for Central and East London breast screening services.

25 Jan 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information he holds on the proportion of people invited to breast screening by Central and East London breast screening services who have taken up that invitation in the last 12 months for wh

25 Jan 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the new provider of Central and East London breast screening services has taken to ensure that those services will be maintained in their current locations.

24 Jan 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Barts Health NHS Trust: Breast Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to maintain the symptomatic breast service in Barts NHS Trust after the screening service has been transferred to the new provider.

24 Jan 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate has been made of the cost of transferring the contract for Central and East London breast screening services from the current provider to the new provider; and if he will make a state

24 Jan 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons the contract for Central and East London breast screening services has been awarded to Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

23 Jan 2018 · Department for Education

Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on the devolution of powers on skills to elected mayors and combined authorities; and if he will make a statement.

23 Jan 2018 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment his Department has made of the likelihood of achieving three million apprenticeship starts by 2020; and if he will make a statement.

23 Jan 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Orchestras

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the role of British orchestras in promoting UK cultural exchange.

23 Jan 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Musicians: Travel

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the EU Commission on the (a) introduction of carnets for transporting musical instruments and (b) application of the visa-national PPE system to EEA citi

23 Jan 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Orchestras

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to paragraph 4.5 of Brexit – the impact on British Orchestras, published by the Association of British Orchestras in December 2017, what discussions he has had with the EU

Source: official written-questions record.