Written questions

3,557 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Jun 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Apprentices: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to reduce the gap in apprenticeship completion rates for people who are Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic.

14 Jun 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Apprentices: Degrees

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the maximum duration should be for a degree apprenticeship.

10 Jun 2016 · Department for Education

Academies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to ensure that multi-academy trusts are accountable to the parents of students in those academies.

10 Jun 2016 · Department for Education

Academies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department takes to vet directors of multi-academy trusts; and if she will make a statement.

10 Jun 2016 · Department for Education

Academies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is her policy that local stakeholders will be able to express views on proposals to require a school to convert to academy status.

10 Jun 2016 · Department for Education

Academies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has developed proposals that enable academies to be re-brokered with a new sponsor or multi academy trust on the initiative of parents of children in those academies.

9 Jun 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Health and Safety Executive

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the level of income that the Health and Safety Executive will receive from commercial sources in each year up to 2019-20.

8 Jun 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Supported Housing: Housing Benefit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance he has issued to supported housing providers about funding following the absorption of housing benefit into universal credit.

8 Jun 2016 · Cabinet Office

EU Staff: Training

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2016 to Question 38408, what the budget of the European Fast Stream was in each year since 2010.

8 Jun 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Supported Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to involve providers in the review of supported housing.

8 Jun 2016 · Department of Health

Sleeping Rough

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost of rough sleeping to the NHS.

7 Jun 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Health and Safety Executive: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of reductions in funding for the Health and Safety Executive in the period to 2019-20 on occupational health and safety; and if he will make a stateme

7 Jun 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Access to Work programme for young deaf people; and if he will make a statement.

7 Jun 2016 · Department for Transport

Crossrail 2 Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to assess the case for the proposed Crossrail 2 Eastern Phase.

6 Jun 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of the appointment of an EU Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU.

6 Jun 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Development Aid: Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many projects related to freedom of religion of belief are being funded by the Magna Carta Fund for Human Rights and Democracy; and if he will make a statement.

6 Jun 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Housing: Chronic Illnesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to section 21 of the Housing Act 1988, whether he plans to ensure that private tenants affected by (a) cancer and (b) other long-term health conditions are able to access s

6 Jun 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support his Department is offering to small and medium-sized enterprises to assist with the cost of setting up an apprenticeship programme.

6 Jun 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Apprentices: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to improve the apprenticeship completion rate of disabled young people.

3 Jun 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

EU Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 May 2016 to Question 38068, what assessment he has made of the implications for securing the Government's policy objectives at EU level of fewer (a) junior an

26 May 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Benefit: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the loss of local authorities' access to housing benefit claim data on their ability to target services and support tenants effectively

26 May 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

EU Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage more UK nationals to take up traineeships in the European Parliament and European Commission.

26 May 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

EU Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK nationals have been on the staff of (a) each of the Directorates-General and (b) other services of the European Commission in each year since 2010.

26 May 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

European Court of Auditors: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK nationals have been on the staff of the European Court of Auditors in each year since 2010.

26 May 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

European Court of Justice: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK nationals has been on the staff of the European Court of Justice in each year since 2010.

26 May 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Industrial Health and Safety: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Answer of 17 January 2014 to Question 183346, how much of the Economic and Social Research Council budget was allocated to research on health and safety matters in (a

25 May 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

EU Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on how many UK nationals (a) entered the EU Concours examination and (b) passed that examination in each year since 2010.

25 May 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

EU Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage UK nationals to take up junior and entry-level positions in the European Commission.

25 May 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

EU Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK nationals were employed at Director level in the European Commission in each year since 2010.

24 May 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data Universal Credit recipients and claims in their area his Department will regularly release to local authorities.

Source: official written-questions record.