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.