Written questions
3,557 written questions tabled, most recent first.
6 Mar 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions
Parental Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people started receiving (a) statutory maternity pay, (b) statutory maternity allowance, (c) statutory paternity pay and (d) shared parental pay in each quarter since April 2015.
6 Mar 2017 · House of Commons Commission
Parliament: Educational Visits
To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, what proportion of school-aged children visiting Parliament through Parliament's Education Service were home-schooled in each year since 2010.
6 Mar 2017 · Department of Health
Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will provide financial assistance to NHS trusts who are unsuccessful in their bids for sustainability and transformation funds to ensure the success of the Cancer Taskforce strategy.
2 Mar 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions
Disability: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made since May 2015 in reducing the disability employment gap.
2 Mar 2017 · Department for Education
Physical Education: Teachers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2017 to Question 64690, how many physical education teachers have been trained in the UK in each year since 2010.
2 Mar 2017 · Department for Education
Secondary Education: Admissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of places at outstanding secondary schools filled by children from low-income families.
2 Mar 2017 · Department for Education
Languages: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the breadth of the range of modern foreign languages taught in schools; and if she will make a statement.
1 Mar 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons he plans to deny additional points in the assessment for personal independence payments to people who are unable to plan the route of a journey, or follow the route of a familiar or unf
1 Mar 2017 · Department of Health
General Practitioners: Newham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase the recruitment of GPs in the London Borough of Newham.
1 Mar 2017 · Cabinet Office
Unpaid Work
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that internships are accessible to people from all backgrounds.
24 Feb 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions
Tell Us Once Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the Tell Us Once service.
24 Feb 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions
Tell Us Once Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many local authorities offered the Tell Us Once service for registering child births in each of the last five years.
24 Feb 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment and Support Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the personal support package in the Government's Improving Lives Green Paper, what the minimum number of minutes of support per year will be which people in the employment and support
24 Feb 2017 · Department for International Development
South Sudan: Famine
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the practicability of delivering emergency aid into areas affected by the UN-declared famine in South Sudan.
23 Feb 2017 · Department of Health
European Medicines Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's policy is on the UK's relationship with the European Medicines Agency after the UK leaves the EU.
22 Feb 2017 · Department for International Trade
Overseas Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February to Question 63568, if he will take steps to include a clause on compliance with Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in future bilateral trade
22 Feb 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions
Disability: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January to Question 61042, what estimate his Department has made of how long it will take to halve the disability employment gap.
22 Feb 2017 · Department for Education
Pupils: Absenteeism
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the effects of term-time holiday fines on the incomes of low income families.
22 Feb 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Councillors
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2017 to Question 63526, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of collecting data on the proportion of local councillors who
22 Feb 2017 · Cabinet Office
Civil Servants: Recruitment
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to adopt contextual recruitment methods to increase the diversity of civil service recruitment; and if he will make a statement.
21 Feb 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Renewable Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of energy was generated from renewable sources in (a) the UK and (b) Greater London in each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement.
21 Feb 2017 · Department for Education
Teachers: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has a programme to encourage former teachers to return to that profession; and if she will make a statement.
21 Feb 2017 · Department for Education
Cybersecurity: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to promote the awareness of cyber security among school-aged children.
20 Feb 2017 · Ministry of Justice
Young Offenders: Rehabilitation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the National Grid Young Offenders Programme in reducing reoffending rates.
20 Feb 2017 · Department for International Development
Refugees: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to protect child refugees from exploitation, human trafficking and sexual violence.
20 Feb 2017 · Department of Health
Ambulance Services: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average NHS ambulance response times in (a) England, (b) Greater London and (c) the London Borough of Newham were in each year since 2010.
20 Feb 2017 · Department of Health
Alcoholic Drinks and Drugs: Misuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients in (a) England, (b) Greater London and (c) the London Borough of Newham have been treated by the NHS for (i) drug and (ii) alcohol abuse in each year since 2010.
20 Feb 2017 · Department for Education
Exercise: Pupils
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps her Department has taken to promote physical activity among school pupils.
8 Feb 2017 · Department for International Trade
Overseas Trade: Bangladesh
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether he plans to maintain the same trading relationship with Bangladesh after the UK leaves the EU as that which was established by the EU; and if he will make a statement.
8 Feb 2017 · Department for International Trade
Overseas Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what account he plans to take of other countries' observance of Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights when planning new trade deals after the UK leaves the EU.
Source: official written-questions record.