Written questions

1,525 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 Dec 2019 · Cabinet Office

Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to repeal the Fixed Term Parliaments Act 2011; what assessment he has made of the effect of repealing that Act on

20 Dec 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Right to Buy Scheme: Housing Associations

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to enable tenants of Housing Associations in England to have a Right to Buy; and if he will make a statement.

20 Dec 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Park Homes: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to prevent park homes from being advertised as bungalows in promotional marketing; and if he will make it his policy to raise awareness of the

20 Dec 2019 · Treasury

Motorhomes: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to classify motorhomes as commercial vehicles for taxation purposes; and if he will make a statement.

19 Dec 2019 · Treasury

Public Sector: Redundancy Pay

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the £95,000 cap on public sector exit payments is planned to come into force; what the timeframe is for the publication of the Government response to the consultation on the draft regulations that closed on 3 J

19 Dec 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Television Licences: Non-payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions for television licence fee evasion were made by magistrates' courts in (a) Dorset and (b) England in the last 12 months for which information is available; and if he will make a statement.

19 Dec 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Miscarriages of Justice: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date the Miscarriage of Justice Service received the application from Mr David Bryant of Christchurch for compensation; what the timeframe is for a decision to be made on that application; and if he will

19 Dec 2019 · Attorney General

David Duckenfield

To ask the Attorney General, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the (a) first, (b) second and (c) third prosecution against Mr David Duckenfield on manslaughter in relation to the Hillsborough tragedy; and if he will make a state

19 Dec 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Lotteries: Charities

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to raise the maximum amount that can be raised each year by an individual charity lottery from £10 million; and if she will make a statement.

10 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Nusinersen

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2019 to Question 369611 on Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), what the evidential basis is that Spinraza does not work effectively on people with SMA that are excluded

10 Jul 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department plans to implement the Order made by Judge Ashley in the Poole First Tier Tribunal on 28 May 2019, reference SC238/18/01260, on the awarding of personal independence payment with eff

3 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2019 to Question 369611 on Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Drugs, what estimate he has made of the number of patients affected by the NICE announcement of 15 May 2019.

3 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2019 to Question 269610 on Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Drugs, what the maximum length of time is for the period of further data collection.

3 Jul 2019 · Prime Minister

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer on 21 May 2019 to Question 255260, whether she plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Christchurch, dated 18 February 2019 before the Summer recess.

3 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2019 to Question 269609 on Spinal Muscular Atrophy, if he will place in the Library a copy of the managed access agreement.

26 Jun 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what processes he has in place to enable relatives with lasting power of attorney registered with the Public Guardian to apply for pension credit on behalf of those for whom they are responsible; and if

26 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the announcement by NICE on 15 May 2019 that it would facilitate access by people with spinal muscular atrophy to a new drug for prescription on the NHS was followed several weeks l

26 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of people with spinal muscular atrophy will be eligible for access to NHS drugs for treatment following the 15 May 2019 announcement by NICE; what his policy is on peop

26 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the public purse of (a) the decision by NICE in May 2019 to enable people with spinal muscular atrophy to access new drugs and (b) enabling all peopl

26 Jun 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Probate

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information he holds on when probate will be granted in the case of Carol Rosalind Green who died on 24 September 2018; and if he will make an assessment of the effect the time taken to grant probate on the

19 Jun 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Probate: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to waive probate fees in cases where applications are not processed within ten days through no fault of the applicant; and if he will make a statement.

19 Jun 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Probate

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the increase in the target time for dealing with probate applications; and what regulatory impact assessment he has made of the effect of those changes on (a) applic

19 Jun 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Probate: Winchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) personal and (b) solicitor applications for probate to the Winchester registry office had been outstanding on 17 June 2019 for more than (i) 10 days and (ii) 10 weeks; and when that backlog of cases

19 Jun 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect on climate change of local authorities in England declaring a climate emergency in their area; and if he will make a statement.

19 Jun 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the (a) costs and (b) benefits to council tax payers of local authorities in England declaring a climate emergency in their area; and if he will mak

13 Jun 2019 · Treasury

Treasury: Brexit

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what further steps his Department plans to take to prepare for the UK leaving the EU on 31 October 2019 without withdrawal agreement.

13 Jun 2019 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: Brexit

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what further steps his Department plans to take to prepare for the UK leaving the EU on 31 October 2019 without a withdrawal agreement.

13 Jun 2019 · Northern Ireland Office

Northern Ireland Office: Brexit

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what further steps her Department plans to take to prepare for the UK leaving the EU on 31 October 2019 without a withdrawal agreement.

13 Jun 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Brexit

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what further steps his Department plans to take to prepare for the UK leaving the EU on 31 October 2019 without a withdrawal agreement.

13 Jun 2019 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to respond to the consultation which closed in September 2018 in relation to a requirement for all buses to have audiovisual next stop and final destination announcements as enabled by

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