Written questions

1,054 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Feb 2016 · 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 financial

22 Feb 2016 · 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 financial years (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14 and (d)

22 Feb 2016 · Home Office

Migrants: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people under the age of 18 were dependants of adults who had been granted leave to remain in the UK and had also had a no recourse to public funds condition attached to their leave in the fin

22 Feb 2016 · 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) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14 and (d) 201

3 Feb 2016 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: Barnsley

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 15 April 2013, Official Report, column 130W, if she will reproduce the information in that Answer for each year from 2012-13 to date.

19 Jan 2016 · Home Office

Gilbert Deya

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken since 6 May 2010 on the case of Mr Gilbert Juma Deya's immigration status in the UK.

1 Dec 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Fathers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what policies his Department is implementing to promote active fatherhood; and if he will make it his policy that fathers be required to sign birth certificates.

5 Nov 2015 · Home Office

Asylum: Syria

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will process as a matter of urgency the asylum applications of the 114 Syrian refugees currently being held at RAF Dhekelia in Cyprus.

5 Nov 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Syria: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in what conditions the 114 Syrian refugees are being held at RAF Dhekelia in Cyprus; and if he will undertake to ensure that these conditions are inspected as to their appropriateness.

5 Nov 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Sleeping Rough

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the increase in the number of people sleeping rough since 2010.

28 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Council Tax: Non-payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the decision in R (Nicolson) v Tottenham Magistrates' Court to declare the applicant's liability order unlawful, what steps HM Courts and Tribunals Service has taken to ensure that magistrates s

9 Oct 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Wembley Stadium

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will encourage the Football Association to ensure an equitable agreement is reached for both Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea to play their games at Wembley Stadium while their stadia are bein

15 Sep 2015 · Department for International Development

Caribbean: Storms

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is providing to people affected by Tropical Storm Erika.

4 Sep 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when and by what mechanism he plans to implement the Supreme Court decision in R (on the application of Tigere) v. Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills [2015] UK SC 57 gi

15 Jul 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Higher Education: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make representations to UCAS on releasing anonymised individual data on applications and admissions to universities for the purpose of research on access to higher education.

12 Feb 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Students: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people with limited or discretionary leave to remain have had applications for students loans or grants rejected in each year since 2008.

26 Nov 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Government has spent on advertising aimed at reducing benefit fraud since May 2010.

26 Nov 2014 · HM Treasury

Housing: Expenditure

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent on (a) housing benefit and (b) publicly-funded new homes in each year from 2010.

26 Nov 2014 · HM Treasury

Tax Avoidance and Evasion

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the public purse of tax avoidance and tax evasion.

26 Nov 2014 · HM Treasury

Tax Avoidance and Evasion

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Government has spent on advertising campaigns aimed at reducing tax evasion and tax avoidance since 2010.

3 Nov 2014 · Department for Transport

River Thames: Bridges

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of new river crossings in East London on the economy of that area.

3 Nov 2014 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Syria

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help civilians affected by the ongoing violence in Kobane, Syria.

3 Nov 2014 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Council Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of a removal of the borrowing cap on local authorities' housing revenue accounts on the output of new council houses.

3 Nov 2014 · HM Treasury

Devolution: Greater London

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to devolve new fiscal powers to the Greater London Authority.

3 Nov 2014 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Technology: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what future investment the Government plans to make to promote the technology sector in London.

12 Sep 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce processing times for employment and support allowance.

12 Sep 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken to process new claims for (a) employment support allowance and (b) personal independent payment has been since the introduction of those payments.

22 Jul 2014 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gaming Machines

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the research being conducted by Lincoln University on fixed odds betting terminals will help determine an appropriate stake level for those machines.

22 Jul 2014 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gaming Machines

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the research being conducted by Lincoln University on fixed odds betting terminals will assess the potentially addictive nature of those machines.

17 Jun 2014 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Planning

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent steps he has taken to speed up the planning system.

Source: official written-questions record.