Written questions
457 written questions tabled, most recent first.
19 Mar 2020 · Department for Transport
Blue Badge Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he plans to introduce changes to the Blue Badge parking scheme to provide eligibility for applicants with temporary disabilities or conditions.
19 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coeliac Disease: Prescriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which clinical commissioning groups provide funding for prescriptions for the purchase of food for patients diagnosed with coeliac disease; and what proportion of clinical commissioning groups that
19 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Gluten-free Foods: Prescriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect on patient care of the variation in prescribing policies for coeliac disease across clinical commissioning groups.
19 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Freehold: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 18 February 2020 to Question 14608, when he plans to introduce the legislation to repeal Section 121 of the Law of Property Act 1925.
19 Mar 2020 · Department for Transport
Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding will be available to the On-Street Residential Chargepoint Grant Scheme in the financial year 2020-21 and in each of the subsequent five financial years.
19 Mar 2020 · Department for Transport
Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to increase the funding of the On-Street Residential Grant Scheme, and how many grant applications for that scheme (a) have been approved since that scheme began and (b) were successfully made
19 Mar 2020 · Department for Transport
Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of electric vehicle charging points in (a) North East Bedfordshire constituency, (b) Bedford Borough Council local authority area and (c) Central Bedfordshire loca
19 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken since 11 February 2020 to maintain the supply of over the counter non-prescription medicines during the covid-19 outbreak.
17 Mar 2020 · Treasury
Business: Unpaid Taxes
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance he had issued to HMRC on the (a) eligibility for and (b) operation of the Time To Pay service during the covid-19 outbreak.
17 Mar 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the (a) guidance and (b) eligibility criteria are for the covid-19 Business Interruption Loan Scheme.
17 Mar 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Self-employed: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of covid-19 on sole traders; and what steps he is taking to support sole traders with reduced income during the covid-19 outbreak.
17 Mar 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Discretionary Housing Payments: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether people with a reduced income after following guidance on coivd-19 are eligible for assistance with rented housing costs through the Discretionary Housing Payments scheme; and whether additional
17 Mar 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Rents: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she plans to take through the benefits system to support tenants to meet their rent payments during the covid-19 outbreak.
21 Feb 2020 · Department for Education
Schools: North East Bedfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of schools in the North East Bedfordshire constituency were rated by Ofsted as (a) good and (b) outstanding in (i) 2010 and (ii) at their last inspection.
21 Feb 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
New Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of business start-ups in (a) North East Bedfordshire constituency, (b) Bedfordshire and (c) the UK in each year since 2010.
21 Feb 2020 · Treasury
Help to Buy Scheme: North East Bedfordshire
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information he holds on the number of people who have taken up a Help to Buy ISA in the North East Bedfordshire constituency.
21 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Help to Buy Scheme: North East Bedfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many homes have been purchased through the Help to Buy scheme in North East Bedfordshire constituency in each of the last six years.
21 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Doctors and Nurses: Bedfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of full-time equivalent (a) general practitioners, (b) other doctors and (c) nurses employed by the NHS in Bedfordshire in (a) 2010 and (b) the most recent y
21 Feb 2020 · Home Office
Police: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many additional police officers (a) have been recruited nationally in the last 12 months and (b) she plans to allocate to Bedfordshire constabulary in the next 12 months.
21 Feb 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Mobile Phones: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to improve mobile phone coverage in (a) North East Bedfordshire constituency and (b) other rural areas.
21 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Public Lavatories: Business Rates
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals in respect of the non-domestic rating of public lavatories in Parliament 2019.
13 Feb 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband: North East Bedfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to improve broadband coverage in North East Bedfordshire constituency.
13 Feb 2020 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of alternative curricula for children with special educational needs.
13 Feb 2020 · Department for Transport
Railway Stations: East of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the accessibility improvements that have been made to train stations in (a) the East of England and (b) Bedfordshire in each of the last five years.
29 Mar 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Nuclear Disarmament
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2017 to Question 66495, what steps he plans to take to communicate with the participants at the organisational meeting on negotiating a treaty to prohib
20 Mar 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the introduction of fees in the Child Maintenance Service on collection rates of child maintenance.
20 Mar 2017 · Department of Health
General Practitioners: Surveys
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the public purse was of carrying out the GP Patient Survey in each of the last three years.
20 Mar 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Non-domestic Rates: Public Houses
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 4.5 of the Spring Budget 2017, what estimate the Government has made of the number of public houses that will be eligible for the £1,000 business rate discount
28 Feb 2017 · Department for International Development
HIV/AIDS
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which (a) HIV bilateral programmes and (b) DFID country offices account for the decline in funding coded as HIV prevention treatment and care between 2014-15 and 2016-17.
28 Feb 2017 · HM Treasury
Tax Avoidance
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax avoidance cases HM Revenue and Customs has litigated in each of the last five years; and in how many of these it was successful.
Source: official written-questions record.