Written questions
1,018 written questions tabled, most recent first.
16 Jul 2014 · Ministry of Justice
Electronic Tagging
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on fitting tags and trackers at court or prison.
16 Jul 2014 · Ministry of Justice
Electronic Tagging
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what reasons were given to him by Buddi for its withdrawal from the new electronic contract in March 2014.
16 Jul 2014 · Ministry of Justice
Electronic Tagging
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons the hardware and software providers in the new contract for electronic monitoring of offenders have been separated.
16 Jul 2014 · Ministry of Justice
Electronic Tagging
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the capabilities are of the multi-purpose ankle tag; and what forms of surveillance and supervision it makes possible.
16 Jul 2014 · Home Office
Police: Global Positioning System
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will commission an independent evaluation of the use of GPS tracking by police services in England and Wales.
16 Jul 2014 · Department of Health
Optical Express
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the advertising of Optical Express under the services section of the NHS choices website, for what reason his Department concluded that Optical Express does not fall under the excluded advertisin
16 Jul 2014 · Department of Health
Optical Express
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason the NHS logo appears on the Optical Express website; what the relationship between Optical Express and the NHS is; whether NHS funding (a) is and (b) has been provided to Optical Express in order t
16 Jul 2014 · Department of Health
Optical Express
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what payments have been received by the NHS in return for the advertising of Optical Express services on the NHS Choices website.
16 Jul 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the restricted grant-in-aid to Royal Gardens Botanical, Kew has been in each financial year since 2007.
8 Jul 2014 · Ministry of Defence
Defence Fire Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to announce a decision on the normal pension age for workers in the Defence Fire and Rescue Service.
23 Jun 2014 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Fire and Rescue Services: Industrial Disputes
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what military assets have been deployed in which locations in accordance with the Home Office Model Response plans during recent periods of strike action called by the Fire Brigades Union
23 Jun 2014 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Fire and Rescue Services: Industrial Disputes
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the number of military pumps available in England during each of the Fire Brigades Union strikes in 2013-14; where each pump was located; and whether each s
23 Jun 2014 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Fire and Rescue Services: Industrial Disputes
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish his assessment of the robustness of resilience arrangements in place during periods of industrial action by the Fire Brigades Union in the event of strikes of duration
18 Jun 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library and publish the tender and bid for the Child Maintenance Options contract.
18 Jun 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Government expects to receive from (a) the 20 per cent deduction from the child maintenance payment of the paying parent and (b) the four per cent deduction of total payment of support to t
18 Jun 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Government will receive from deductions of charges and from charges for enforcement action in child maintenance cases under the Child Maintenance Options contract; and what profit will be m
18 Jun 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the cost of (a) the tender and bid process for the Child Maintenance Options contract, (b) his Department assisting G4S to fulfil the contract, (c) his Department's in-house option f
18 Jun 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons the G4S contract to provide the Child Maintenance Options programme was underestimated; for what reasons staff in his Department were assisting G4S with its work on this programme; and
18 Jun 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department have been asked to assist G4S in the delivery of the new Child Maintenance Options scheme to date; how many more staff G4S estimates will be needed to administer this co
16 Jun 2014 · HM Treasury
Network Rail
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects Network Rail to be officially re-classified as a public sector company.
12 Jun 2014 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Mass Media: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what advice or guidance his Department provides to employers in the media industry on equality monitoring.
12 Jun 2014 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Mass Media: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department plans to take to improve equality monitoring of employment within the media industry; and if he will make a statement.
12 Jun 2014 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Mass Media: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of diversity in employment in public and private sectors of the media industry.
5 Jun 2014 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) UK Chamber of Shipping and (b) European Community Shipowners Association on pay rates for seafarers subject to UK National Insurance payments employed on vessels
5 Jun 2014 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Shipping: Minimum Wage
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) UK Chamber of Shipping and (b) European Community Shipowners Association on pay rates for seafarers subject to UK National Insurance employe
5 Jun 2014 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Shipping: Minimum Wage
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent (a) correspondence and (b) discussions he has had with individual employers in the maritime industry about pay rates below the National Minimum Wage (NMW) for seafarers subject
5 Jun 2014 · HM Treasury
Shipping: Minimum Wage
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will outline the content of the Service Level Agreement between his Department and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) on the work of the HMRC National Minimum Wage Enforcement Team; what resources have been allocate
5 Jun 2014 · HM Treasury
Shipping: Minimum Wage
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what resources will be available for targeted enforcement of the National Minimum Wage amongst employers in the maritime sector in the next two financial years.
Source: official written-questions record.