Written questions

3,557 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 Nov 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in (a) East Ham constituency and (b) the London Borough of Newham will be affected by the extension of the benefit cap to £23,000; and in each such case what the average reduction in

2 Nov 2016 · Department for Education

Overseas Students: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the tuition fees expected to be paid to UK universities by overseas (a) EU and (b) non-EU students in each of the next five years.

2 Nov 2016 · Department for Education

Higher Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to provide extra funds to higher education institutions after the UK leaves the EU in the event of a reduction in income from tuition fees paid by students from other EU countries.

1 Nov 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what change in the disability employment gap he expects between 2015 and 2020.

1 Nov 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects that the goal of halving the disability employment gap will be achieved.

1 Nov 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentre Plus: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many disability employment advisers were employed in his Department in each year since 2009.

1 Nov 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: EU Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on maintaining the standards set out in EU food standards directives after the UK has left the EU.

31 Oct 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of all personal independence payment applicants have been accepted at the first stage without submitting a mandatory reconsideration or appeal in the period between April 2015 and Octobe

31 Oct 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Newham

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of personal independence payment applications from addresses in the London Borough of Newham were accepted at the first stage without submitting a mandatory reconsideration or appeal bet

31 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Humanities: Secondary Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase the take-up of humanities subjects in secondary schools.

31 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Technology: Secondary Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase the take-up of technology-based subjects in secondary schools.

28 Oct 2016 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Department for Exiting the European Union: Financial Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what meetings (a) he and (b) Ministers of his Department have had with representatives of the City of London financial sector since his Department was created.

28 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Schools: Newham

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of demand for school places in the London Borough of Newham for (a) boys and (b) girls in the next five years.

28 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Higher Education: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect on funding for higher education institutions in Greater London of the UK leaving the EU.

28 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2016 to Question 49543, what assessment she has made of the effect on UK (a) GDP and (b) productivity of 3 million apprenticeships starts taking place by 2020.

28 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Digital Technology: Adult Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2016 to Question 47994, what estimate she has made of the cost to the adult education budget of providing training in basic digital skills for adults.

26 Oct 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Self-employed

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of universal credit in supporting people into self-employment.

26 Oct 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Andargachew Tsege

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in Ethiopia on whether Mr Andargachew Tsege has received the legal advice promised by the Ethiopian Prime Minister on 1 June 2016.

26 Oct 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect on funding for local authorities of the UK leaving the EU.

26 Oct 2016 · HM Treasury

Euro: Money Markets

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on the economy of a loss of permission to undertake euro-denominated clearing in the UK; and if he will make a statement.

24 Oct 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the completion rate was for education courses taken in prisons in each of the last five years.

24 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Teach First

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Teach First graduates were placed at schools in each region of England in each year since 2010.

24 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to Answer named day Question 48230, tabled on 12 October 2016, by the right hon. Member for East Ham on Questions 43736, 43737 and 43738, tabled on 20 July 2016 by the right hon. Member for East

24 Oct 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Landlords: Newham

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the Landlord Licensing Scheme introduced by the London Borough of Newham; and if he will make a statement.

24 Oct 2016 · HM Treasury

Concentrix

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral evidence given by Philip Cassidy to the Work and Pensions Committee on 13 October 2016, Question 30, what criteria HM Revenue and Customs applied in selecting the 1.5 million high-risk work

20 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Schools: Bullying

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress the Government is making on the implementation of measures to tackle bullying in schools.

20 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Teachers: Working Hours

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to implement the recommendations of the three working parties set up to tackle the workload challenge in teaching.

20 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how she plans to measure the effectiveness of the apprenticeships programme.

20 Oct 2016 · HM Treasury

Concentrix

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the erroneous data source used by Concentrix to determine that a working tax credit claimant had an undeclared partner was provided by HM Revenue and Customs; and if he will make a statement.

19 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

University Technical Colleges: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications there were for new university technical colleges in each year since 2010; and how many such applications were accepted in each such year.

Source: official written-questions record.