Written questions

1,054 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Apr 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Benefit: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of changes to housing benefit for unemployed 18 to 21 year olds on homelessness in (a) Tottenham constituency, (b) the London Borough of Haringey, (

18 Apr 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Benefit: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of changes to housing benefit for 18 to 21 year olds on local authority spending on temporary accommodation and other support in (a) Tottenham const

18 Apr 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Chechnya: Homosexuality

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Chechen authorities and the Russian Government on the arrest, imprisonment and abuse of homosexual men in Chechnya; and if he will make a statement

18 Apr 2017 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

BBC: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the BBC gives equal weight to on-screen and off-screen diversity in fulfilling its public purpose to represent the diverse communities of the UK

18 Apr 2017 · HM Treasury

Property: Money Laundering

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the proceeds of (a) tax evasion, (b) tax avoidance, (c) corruption and (d) other criminal activities are not used to purchase property in the UK.

18 Apr 2017 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Department for Exiting the European Union: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many full-time equivalent third-party contractors and consultants his Department has employed since its establishment; and what the cost to the taxpayer has been of that employment.

18 Apr 2017 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Department for Exiting the European Union: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many full-time equivalent third-party contractors and consultants his Department plans to employ in (a) 2017, (b) 2018 and (c) 2019; and what the cost to the taxpayer will be in each of tho

18 Apr 2017 · Department for International Trade

Department for International Trade: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many full-time equivalent third-party contractors and consultants his Department plans to employ in (a) 2017, (b) 2018 and (c) 2019; and what the cost to the taxpayer will be of that employment in

18 Apr 2017 · Department for International Trade

Department for International Trade: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate his Department has made of the number of trade negotiators that will be required to conduct parallel negotiations with the EU, the World Trade Organisation and other nations in the next

18 Apr 2017 · Department for International Trade

Department for International Trade: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many (a) applications, (b) applicants, (c) interviews and (d) job offers there have been for trade negotiator positions in his Department since July 2016.

18 Apr 2017 · Department for International Trade

Department for International Trade: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many full-time equivalent trade negotiators his Department employed on 31 March 2017.

18 Apr 2017 · Department for International Trade

Department for International Trade: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many full-time equivalent third-party contractors and consultants his Department has employed since its establishment; and what the cost to the public purse has been of that employment.

18 Apr 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Directors: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the recommendations of the Parker Review on increasing the ethnic diversity of UK boards are implemented.

21 Mar 2017 · Department for Education

Children: Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff her Department seconded to local authorities to support in the assessment of needs of children in families who are seeking section 17 of the Children Act 1989 in 2016.

21 Mar 2017 · Home Office

Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many requests were made to her Department for a change of conditions of leave were approved in lifting the no recourse to public funds condition to the applicants conditions of leave in (a) 2014-1

21 Mar 2017 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost of staff time for casework within her Department to review applications for a change of conditions of leave granted on the basis of family or private life.

21 Mar 2017 · Home Office

Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many requests were made to her Department for a change of conditions of leave lifting the condition of no recourse to public funds in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.

21 Mar 2017 · Home Office

Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people with dependants who have been granted leave to remain in the UK had a no recourse to public funds condition attached to their leave in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.

21 Mar 2017 · Department for Education

Children: Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on how many occasions officials in her Department supported local authorities in assessing children's needs in families who are seeking Section 17 of the Children Act 1989 in 2016.

16 Mar 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Parental Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what meetings he has held with external organisations on shared parental leave and the effectiveness of Government policy on that leave; and what representations he has received f

16 Mar 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Parental Leave: Fathers

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of (a) financial considerations and (b) considerations of gendered working culture as barriers to fathers taking up shared pa

16 Mar 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Parental Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans his Department has to conduct a review into the effectiveness of shared parental leave policy; and if he will make a statement.

16 Mar 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Parental Leave: Males

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many and what proportion of eligible men have taken up shared parental leave since it was introduced.

1 Mar 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the effect on tenants in the private rented sector of the changes in local housing allowance rates of housing benefit to the 30th percentile of local market rents and th

1 Mar 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons there is no planned increase in the local housing allowance rate for any property size in the Outer North East London Broad Rental Market Area under the Targeted Affordability Funding c

1 Mar 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of housing benefit applicants that have benefitted from the three per cent increase in local housing allowance rates in areas where it has been increased through

1 Mar 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department is making available for the Targeted Affordability Funding concession to the freeze on local housing allowance rates in (a) 2016-17, (b) 2017-18, (c) 2018-19 and (d) 2019-20.

1 Mar 2017 · Department for Education

Schools: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the number of additional (a) school places and (b) teachers and teaching assistants that will be required in (i) Tottenham constituency, (ii) the Borough of Haringey a

1 Mar 2017 · Department for Education

Teachers: Haringey

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of changes to school funding on (a) teacher numbers, (b) school standards, (c) pupil outcomes and (d) levels of youth crime in (i) Tottenham constituency an

1 Mar 2017 · Department for Education

Teachers: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the housing market on teacher (a) recruitment and (b) retention rates in (i) Tottenham constituency, (ii) the Borough of Haringey and (iii) Greater Londo

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