Written questions

1,525 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Mar 2016 · HM Treasury

Child Benefit: Foreign Nationals

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2016 to Question 29775, in what format information is held on the value of child benefit claims in respect of children living in another EEA country or Switzerland.

22 Mar 2016 · HM Treasury

Social Security Benefits: EU Nationals

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2016 to Question 29759, which paragraphs of the White Paper, The Best of Both Worlds, disclose what data the Government used to assess the effect of its policy (a) to restrict the p

22 Mar 2016 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what (a) evidence her Department holds and (b) research her Department has undertaken on the effect of smart meters on people with electromagnetic hypersensitivity.

7 Mar 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Holiday Leave: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2016 to Question 28521, on holiday leave: pay, when work on the formal assessment of the financial impact began; and what the target date is for completio

7 Mar 2016 · Home Office

Repatriation: EEA Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2016 to Question 29272, how many of the 2635 EEA nationals upon whom administrative travel papers were served in 2014 have left the UK.

7 Mar 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

UK Membership of EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to page 15 of the Government's publication, The Process of withdrawing from the European Union, CM 9216, for what reason the rights and obligations which the UK currently ha

4 Mar 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what checks his Department carries out to ascertain the (a) immigration status and (b) nationality of benefits claimants.

4 Mar 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have registered for the payment of universal credit who are not UK citizens to date.

3 Mar 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

National Insurance: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the non-UK EU nationals to whom national insurance number registrations were issued in the year to end of September 2015 were (a) resident in the UK, (b) in employment, (c) self-employed and

3 Mar 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

UK Membership of EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2016 to Question 28406, for what reasons the governments within the EU that support further political integration are not listed in that Answer.

3 Mar 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Recycling: Christchurch

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2016 to Question 27122, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the Christchurch Beach Replenishment Scheme; and what assessment has

3 Mar 2016 · HM Treasury

Social Security Benefits: EU Nationals

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2015 to Question 2064, on social security benefits, from what source the data was obtained; and what the cost was in 2014-15 of (a) the child benefit awards and (b) the child tax cre

3 Mar 2016 · HM Treasury

Social Security Benefits: EU Nationals

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data the Government used during the recent EU renegotiation process to assess the effect of its policy (a) to restrict the payment of child benefit to EU nationals resident in the UK in respect of their children

1 Mar 2016 · Home Office

Repatriation: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many EU migrants left the UK because they had been on job seeker's allowance for three months and had not found a job in the last year.

1 Mar 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

UK Trade with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the balance of trade between the UK and the rest of the EU was in (a) sugars and confectionery, (b) beverages and tobacco, (c) animal products, (d) cereals and preparations and (e) fi

1 Mar 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

UK Membership of EU: Referendums

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what automatic access (a) the UK would have to the markets of other WTO members and (b) other WTO members would have to the markets of the UK if the UK leaves the EU.

1 Mar 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

UK Membership of EU: Referendums

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to page 15 of the report, The process of withdrawing from the EU, published on 29 February 2016, if he will place in the Library a copy of the UK Schedules of Commitments wi

25 Feb 2016 · Ministry of Justice

European Convention on Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2016 to Question 27179, whether the requirement in the Lisbon Treaty that the EU shall accede to the European Convention on Human Rights is legally enforceable.

25 Feb 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Waste Disposal: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy that waste disposal licences are not issued by the Environment Agency to individuals with criminal convictions or to companies controlled by individuals

25 Feb 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fly-tipping: Smeltwich

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Environment Agency has taken to identify those responsible for the fly-tipping of plastic and other rubbish in Cornwall Road, Smethwick in March 2015.

25 Feb 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Working Hours: EU Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to amend the working time regulations; and if he will make a statement.

25 Feb 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Holiday Leave: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the financial effect on businesses of the decision in Loch v British Gas has on, including payments of bonus and commission in the calculation of holiday pay

24 Feb 2016 · Home Office

Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to reply to the letters dated 11 December 2015, 14 January and 10 February 2016 from the Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner on port security and border controls; and if she will place

24 Feb 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

UK Membership of EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2016 to Question 27033, which governments within the EU support further political integration.

24 Feb 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Green Belt: Christchurch

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will place in the Library a copy of the representations which Natural England made in response to the (a) proposal in the draft Christchurch local plan for housing development o

23 Feb 2016 · Department for Education

Primary Education: Christchurch

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2016 to Question 26625, on the Twynham Learning Federation, for what reason it is not possible to place the documents in the Library prior to publication on the Department'

11 Feb 2016 · Ministry of Justice

European Convention on Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2015 to Question 6280, what work has been carried out to mitigate the risks identified from the EU's accession to the European Court of Human Rights.

11 Feb 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

UK Membership of EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the recital in paragraph one of section C of the revised version of the draft EU decision on a new settlement for the UK, what assessment he has made of whether the obje

11 Feb 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Recycling: Christchurch

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2016 to Question 26276, on recycling in Christchurch, if she will place in the Library a copy of the assessment including the cost-benefit analysi

11 Feb 2016 · HM Treasury

Scottish Fiscal Commission

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the implications are for the Government's policy on balanced budgets of the decision of the Scottish Government not to enhance the powers of the Scottish Fiscal Commission; and if he will make a statement.

Source: official written-questions record.