Written questions

330 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 Dec 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offender Institutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of BME people held in young offender institutions were previously excluded from school.

11 Dec 2014 · Department for Education

Education: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children in each London borough continued schooling to (a) A Level and (b) higher education since 2010.

11 Dec 2014 · Department for Education

Pupil Exclusions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young people of what (a) age, (b) sex and (c) ethnicity were excluded from secondary school in (i) Hackney Local Authority area, (ii) London and (iii) England since 2010.

5 Dec 2014 · HM Treasury

Infrastructure: Greater London

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of current levels of investment in London's infrastructure; and if he will make a statement.

2 Dec 2014 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Foreign Investment in UK: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the level of overseas investment in small and medium-sized businesses based in London; and if he will make a statement.

2 Dec 2014 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Housing: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of housing costs in London on the ability of employers to recruit staff; and if he will make a statement.

2 Dec 2014 · HM Treasury

Average Earnings

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to address squeezed real wages; and if he will make a statement.

2 Dec 2014 · HM Treasury

Infrastructure: Greater London

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many jobs are provided by infrastructure projects in London.

2 Dec 2014 · HM Treasury

Infrastructure

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the value of investment in infrastructure in (a) London and (b) England in the last three years; and if he will make a statement.

2 Dec 2014 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Diversification: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to diversify London's economy; and if he will make a statement.

1 Dec 2014 · Department for Education

Supply Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that qualified teachers employed by private agencies to provide supply cover in schools have access to the Teachers' Pension Scheme.

25 Nov 2014 · Department for Education

Supply Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will provide guidance to supply teachers on the tax and unemployment implications of working for an umbrella company.

24 Nov 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Hackney

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce poverty among (a) adults and (b) children in Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency.

21 Nov 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce poverty among adults and children in (a) London and (b) the London Borough of Hackney.

21 Nov 2014 · Home Office

Religious Hatred

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests and prosecutions there have been for Islamophobic hate crime in (a) Greater London, (b) Hackney and (c) England in the last 10 years.

21 Nov 2014 · Home Office

Religious Hatred

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce Islamophobic hate crime; and if she will make a statement.

21 Nov 2014 · Home Office

Religious Hatred

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of Islamophobic hate crime were recorded by the police in (a) Greater London, (b) Hackney and (c) England in the last 10 years.

21 Nov 2014 · Home Office

Homophobia

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of homophobic hate crime have been recorded by the Metropolitan Police in (a) Greater London, (b) the London Borough of Hackney and (c) England since 2004.

21 Nov 2014 · Home Office

Homophobia

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests and prosecutions related to homophobic hate crime there have been in (a) Greater London, (b) the London Borough of Hackney and (c) England since 2004.

21 Nov 2014 · Home Office

Homophobia

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce homophobic hate crime; and if she will make a statement.

21 Nov 2014 · Cabinet Office

Cancer

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the rate of cancer survival is in hospitals in (a) East London NHS Foundation Trust, (b) London and (c) England.

21 Nov 2014 · Department for Education

Schools: Anti-bullying Week

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department took to ensure that primary and secondary schools in England marked anti-bullying week; and what steps her Department is taking to tackle homophobic bullying in schools.

21 Nov 2014 · Department for Education

Schools: Islam

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to prevent and reduce Islamophobia in primary and secondary schools.

21 Nov 2014 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much Arts Council England funding was awarded to organisations in (a) the London Borough of Hackney, (b) London and (c) England in each of the last five years.

20 Nov 2014 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Part-time Employment: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to provide (a) assistance and (b) guidance for employers to help them provide flexible and high quality part-time work for women with young children; and if he will

20 Nov 2014 · Department of Health

NHS England

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the gender pay gap for employees of NHS England in (a) Stoke Newington and Hackney North constituency, (b) Hackney local authority area, (c) London and (d) England; and if

20 Nov 2014 · Department for Education

Employment: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to encourage increased female representation in (a) science and technology and (b) other traditionally male-dominated sectors; and if she will make a statement.

20 Nov 2014 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Equal Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the gender pay gap for employees of local authorities in (a) Stoke Newington and Hackney North constituency, (b) Hackney local authority area, (c)

19 Nov 2014 · Women and Equalities

Business: Females

To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking to address the gender pay gap in the financial sector and to increase female representation at board level in FTSE100 companies; and if she will make a statement.

18 Nov 2014 · Department for Transport

Hybrid Vehicles: Buses

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what comparative assessment he has made of the proportion of buses in London and the UK that are hybrid electric; and if he will make a statement.

Source: official written-questions record.