Written questions
1,525 written questions tabled, most recent first.
24 Nov 2016 · HM Treasury
Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Ministerial Statement of 18 November 2016, HCWS 269, if he will ensure that the £53.9 million due to policy holders who could not be paid will be allocated and distributed among other former Equ
23 Nov 2016 · Scotland Office
Social Security Benefits: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, for what reasons the Scottish Government has given for requesting to defer responsibility for welfare in April 2017; and what assessment the Government has made of the consequences of that delay to the Scottish
23 Nov 2016 · Scotland Office
Social Security Benefits: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether the Government has agreed to the request of the Scottish Government to delay for three years the transfer of welfare powers in April 2017.
23 Nov 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Waste Disposal: Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Dorset Waste Partnership does not charge householders for the disposal of waste arising from DIY projects.
23 Nov 2016 · HM Treasury
Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will meet a delegation from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Equitable Life to discuss the closure of the Equitable Life Payment Scheme and the sum which has not so far been distributed.
22 Nov 2016 · Department of Health
Community Hospitals: Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2016 to Question 53429, at which specific location the 44 beds in (a) Bournemouth North, (b) Central Bournemouth, Christchurch and (d) East Bournemouth are situated; and for w
22 Nov 2016 · Department of Health
Community Hospitals: Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2016 to Question 53429, how many community hospital beds are located in East Dorset; and what plans he has for the future number of such beds.
22 Nov 2016 · Department of Health
NHS: Mergers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in what circumstances NHS organisations are allowed to apply to reinstate merger proposals which have been previously rejected by the Competition and Markets Authority.
22 Nov 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Local Government: Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, at whose request his proposed meeting with elected members and employees of Dorset Council, for 30 November 2016 has been arranged; and what the agenda is for that meeting.
22 Nov 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Local Government: Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many meetings officials of his Department have had with (a) elected Councillors from Dorset's nine Councils and (b) employees of Dorset's nine Councils since 1 September 2016; and at
16 Nov 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy: Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant the Answer of 14 November 2016 to Question 52126, what the timetable is for the completion of work to make SMETS1 meters interoperable.
16 Nov 2016 · Department of Health
Community Hospitals: Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant the Answer of 14 November 2016 to Question 52427, where the 357 hospital beds in Dorset are located; and what the proposed locations are of the additional 69 community beds in the east of the county.
16 Nov 2016 · Cabinet Office
Electronic Government
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many reports of misleading websites have been made to the webpage www.gov.uk/misleadingwebsites; how many different websites have been the subject of such reports; and what steps the Government has taken as
15 Nov 2016 · Department for Transport
Model Aircraft: EU law
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2016 to Question 52128, if the Government will reject any new proposals for further regulation of new Implementing Rules (Prototype) Regulations which are not proportionate
15 Nov 2016 · Department of Health
Accident and Emergency Departments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2016 to Question 52428, for what reason there is no information given in that Answer on the proportion of patients being referred to hospital emergency departments by South We
15 Nov 2016 · Department of Health
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2016 to Question 52127, on the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which countries are receiving direct country support; what the cost to the Exchequer is of that sup
15 Nov 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Combined Authorities
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if the Government will bring forward legislative proposals to enable the establishment of combined authorities which have the power for extending their functions beyond those initially au
15 Nov 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Council Tax
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2016 to Question 52130, what criteria the Government applies when considering its approach to council tax equalisation; and whether the Government ha
8 Nov 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Post Offices: Closures
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the maximum period is that a Post Office can be closed temporarily without the need for any pubic consultation.
8 Nov 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Post Offices: Christchurch
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to require the Post Office to reinstate post office services in Christchurch town centre.
8 Nov 2016 · Department of Health
Accident and Emergency Departments: South West
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the patients attended to by the South West Ambulance Service are referred to hospital emergency departments; and what proportion of patients are so referred by ambulance services in (a) North We
8 Nov 2016 · Department of Health
Community Hospitals: Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients attended to by the South West Ambulance Service in Dorset received direct admission to a community hospital in the last year for which figures are available.
8 Nov 2016 · Department of Health
Community Hospitals: Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many community hospital beds are currently available in Dorset; and for which locations are there plans to increase the number of community beds available to patients in South East Dorset.
7 Nov 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy: Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to enable smart meters to be read by all energy suppliers and not exclusively by the company installing the smart meter; and if he will make a statement.
7 Nov 2016 · Department for Transport
Model Aircraft: EU Law
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that the activities of model aircraft clubs in the UK will not be compromised by steps proposed by the European Commission and European Safety Agency; and if he will make a sta
7 Nov 2016 · Department of Health
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 24 October 2016 to Question 49531, on World Health Organisation framework convention of tobacco control, what the nature is of the support being offered to other countries; and which coun
7 Nov 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Council Tax
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the maximum period of years is during which the Government plans to allow some council taxpayers in a new unitary council in England to pay lower levels of band D council tax than ot
7 Nov 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Combined Authorities
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether it is Government policy that legislation establishing a new Combined Authority should include the power of that Authority to assume additional responsibilities such as adult socia
27 Oct 2016 · Department for Transport
Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to establish the best means by which high-polluting vehicles can be accurately and efficiently identified to facilitate enforcement action.
19 Oct 2016 · Department of Health
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Government's Tobacco Control Plan will be subject to change in response to the outcomes of the WHO conference on the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in November 2016.
Source: official written-questions record.