Written questions

3,630 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Feb 2019 · Department for International Development

Overseas Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps she has taken to ensure the effectiveness Official Development Assistance.

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

Manufacturing Industries: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the introduction of additional (a) incentives, (b) capital allowances, and (c) financial support for research and developm

19 Feb 2019 · Department for Transport

Cycling: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to reduce the number of accidents involving bicycles on UK roads.

19 Feb 2019 · Home Office

Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) skilled and (b) unskilled migrants that will be allowed to move to the UK each year after the UK leaves the EU.

19 Feb 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cannabis: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of links between cannabis use and mental health problems.

19 Feb 2019 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Taxation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to increase the proportion of Apprenticeship Levy vouchers that are able to be passed down the supply chain to smaller non-Levy paying companies.

19 Feb 2019 · Department for Education

Construction: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect on productivity levels of (a) bricklaying, (b) plastering and (c) other core construction apprenticeships after (i) two years and (ii) three years of such apprenticeshi

19 Feb 2019 · Department for Education

Construction: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to increase the quality of construction apprenticeships.

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

Construction: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits to consumer protection of introducing a licensing scheme for UK construction companies and sole traders.

19 Feb 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he will take to improve access to finance for small and medium-sized house builders.

19 Feb 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the change in (a) speed of decision making and (b) overall performance of local authority planning departments since they were permitted to increas

19 Feb 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to support SME diversification into the off-site manufacturing sector for the construction of new build homes.

19 Feb 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the quality of new build homes produced by (a) large house builders, (b) medium house builders and (c) small house builders and (d) micro ho

18 Feb 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to promote jobs in (a) agriculture and (b) horticulture to children.

18 Feb 2019 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: Commonwealth

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will introduce priority passport checking gates for citizens entering the UK from (a) Australia, (b) New Zealand and (c) other Commonwealth realms.

18 Feb 2019 · Department for International Trade

Overseas Trade: Commonwealth

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what plans he has to increase trade with (a) Commonwealth realms and (b) other countries of the Commonwealth after the UK leaves the EU.

18 Feb 2019 · Home Office

Knives: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to support police officers to reduce knife crime.

18 Feb 2019 · Department for Transport

Network Rail: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much Network Rail spent on (a) management, (b) publicity and public relations, (c) marketing and (d) recruitment in each of the last three years.

18 Feb 2019 · Department for Transport

Ports: North Sea

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to support the development of east coast ports as part of the UK leaving the EU.

18 Feb 2019 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government has plans to increase funding for rural bus routes.

18 Feb 2019 · Department for Transport

Railways: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to increase funding for rural train line services.

18 Feb 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to support British fishermen.

18 Feb 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of total NHS funding is spent in the Greater London area in each of the last five years.

18 Feb 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ambulance Services: East Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the average response time of ambulances in the East Midlands by (a) constituency and (b) county, in the latest period for which data is available.

18 Feb 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ambulance Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of ambulance response times in each year since 1997.

18 Feb 2019 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to support small businesses in taking on apprentices.

18 Feb 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dairy Farming

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to support dairy farmers to obtain a fair price from supermarkets for their produce.

18 Feb 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Equine Flu: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to minimise the spread of the equine flu.

18 Feb 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

India: Pakistan

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the recent escalation of tensions between India and Pakistan.

18 Feb 2019 · Department for Transport

Crossrail Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps are being taken to reduce the cost to the public purse of delays in the construction of Crossrail.

Source: official written-questions record.