Written questions
1,525 written questions tabled, most recent first.
19 Oct 2016 · Department of Health
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the opinions of e-cigarette users and people who use other reduced risk products are represented at the WHO conference on the Framework Convention on Tobacco Cont
18 Oct 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State plans to respond to the letter of 22 September 2016 from the hon. Member for Christchurch seeking further information to the Answer of 8 Se
18 Oct 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond to the letter of 20 September 2016 from the hon. Member for Christchurch on the involvement of his Department with the consultation document and questionnaire on
18 Oct 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Combined Authorities: Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2016 to Question 48308, when he expects to reach a conclusion on whether the proposal for the combined authority meets the statutory test; and if he w
18 Oct 2016 · HM Treasury
Local Partnerships
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2016 to Question 48030, if he will place in the Library a copy of the business model and remit of Local Partnerships LLP.
12 Oct 2016 · Department for Transport
Minibuses: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many minibuses have been delivered under his Department's Community Transport Minibus scheme; and how many such buses are still on order under that scheme.
12 Oct 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Right to Buy Scheme: Housing Associations
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to finalise the tenant eligibility criteria, start date and funding for the extension of right to buy to housing association tenants.
12 Oct 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Green Belt
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to set minimum periods for the review of local plans to enable established green belt boundaries to operate without the prospect of change for longer periods
12 Oct 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Combined Authorities: Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on what date the nine Dorset councils and Dorset LEP submitted their application for the creation of a combined authority; when he expects to be able to give his decision on that applicat
11 Oct 2016 · Department for Transport
Taxis: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Government plans to respond to the recommendations of the Law Commission Report on taxi and private hire vehicle licensing, published in May 2014; and whether it plans to take steps to permit more loca
11 Oct 2016 · Home Office
Immigration Controls: Channel Ferries
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 July 2016 to Question 42843, whether all necessary checks were completed on the departure of the ferry Barfleur from Cherbourg to Poole.
11 Oct 2016 · Department of Health
Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many proceedings for debt recovery the NHS has issued in the county court for NHS prescription charges and penalties in the last year for which information is available; how many such proceedings resulted in r
11 Oct 2016 · Department of Health
Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS prescription charge penalty charge notices were issued in the last year for which figures are available; and how much was recovered in (a) prescription income and (b) penalty charges and surcharges in
11 Oct 2016 · HM Treasury
Local Partnerships: Government Shareholding
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2016 to Question 45730, what estimate he has made of the current value of his Department's share in local partnerships.
14 Sep 2016 · Home Office
Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it the policy of the Government to enable councils in England to operate combined registration districts.
8 Sep 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
District Councils
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the oral Answer of 18 July 2016, Official Report, column 542, what evidence district councils who wish to retain their independence and status in a two-tier system need to pro
8 Sep 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Social Services: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on much (a) Dorset County Council, (b) Bournemouth Borough Council and (c) Poole Council spent on (i) adult and (ii) community care in (A) 2014-15 an
8 Sep 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Park Homes
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) membership and (b) terms of reference are of the Park Homes Working Groups.
8 Sep 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Unitary Councils: Council Tax
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether statutory safeguards are in place to ensure that new unitary authorities created as a result of councils seeking to abolish themselves in favour of new unitary structures must set
8 Sep 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Local Government: Population
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what advice his Department has issued on whether there are maximum or minimum permitted size of the population to be served by (a) district councils, (b) unitary councils and (c) combined
8 Sep 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Non-domestic Rates
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2016 to Question 45035, what guidance he has issued on how specific local authorities should estimate their potential annual proportion increase in y
8 Sep 2016 · HM Treasury
Local Partnerships: Expenditure
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much (a) capital and (b) revenue expenditure his Department has given to local partnerships to date; and what estimate he has made of the value of his Department's share in its joint ownership.
5 Sep 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Council Tax: Increases
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities in England have held referendums seeking increases in council tax beyond the maximum threshold in each of the last three years.
5 Sep 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Local Government: Public Consultation
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has issued on whether responses from residents to public consultation questionnaires issued by local authorities should be anonymous or identified by name and
5 Sep 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Non-domestic Rates: Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate the Government has made of the potential annual proportion increase in yield from business rates available for local authorities in Dorset, Poole and Bournemouth in (a) 201
5 Sep 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate the Government has made of the (a) amount and (b) proportion that net revenue expenditure by local authorities will increase in England in (i) 2017-18, (ii) 2018-19 and (iii
5 Sep 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Council Tax: Increases
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the Government's policy is on the maximum threshold for council tax increases in England in (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21 and (c) 2021-22.
14 Jul 2016 · Home Office
Immigration Controls: Channel Ferries
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons the UK Border Agency did not carry out any checks on vehicles crossing from Poole to Cherbourg on the ferry Barfleur on 23 June 2016.
13 Jul 2016 · Department for Transport
Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many reports of non-compliant vehicles were sent by the DVLA to NSL Services Ltd in the last year for which information is available; and how many such reports resulted in enforcement action being taken.
13 Jul 2016 · Scotland Office
Devolution: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what the Government's policy is on whether it has a reserved power to negotiate a separate and different relationship for Scotland with the EU compared with the rest of the UK.
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