Written questions

457 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Jul 2016 · Department for Education

Students: Hearing Impaired

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of sign language interpreters and electronic note takers registered with the Disabled Students Allowance Quality Assurance Group to provide support to deaf students from

3 Jun 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprentices enrolled on a Level 7 (Master's) apprenticeship for (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17.

24 May 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Support Agency: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much expenditure was incurred by the Child Support Agency in making ex-gratia or special payments as a result of poor service or errors by that agency in each of the last three years.

24 May 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Sign Language

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will bring forward legislative proposals to apply provisions equivalent to those of the British Sign Language (Scotland) Act 2015 to England.

24 May 2016 · Department of Health

Nutrition: Surveys

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the next set of National Diet and Nutrition Survey data is planned to be published.

24 May 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Warships: South Atlantic

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to deploy a Type 23 Frigate or Type 45 Destroyer as part of the South Atlantic Patrol Tasking.

24 May 2016 · HM Treasury

Soft Drinks: Taxation

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data or research by industry analysts were used to inform the decision to introduce a soft drinks industry levy.

24 May 2016 · HM Treasury

Soft Drinks: Taxation

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how he plans to fund the cost of implementation of the soft drinks industry levy in its first year.

24 May 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Audit: Competition

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to increase levels of competition in the auditing sector.

24 May 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Audit: EU Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reasons the Government is not proceeding with joint auditing or increased tendering in its transposition of EU Regulation No. 537/2014 on statutory auditing of public-interest ent

22 Apr 2016 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will create a register of ownership for motor vehicles for victims of theft to help prove ownership of their vehicles.

22 Apr 2016 · Home Office

Hizb Ut Tahrir

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her most recent assessment was of whether Hizb ut-Tahrir should be proscribed.

22 Apr 2016 · Department of Health

IVF: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on patient welfare of proposals made by some clinical commissioning groups to discontinue funding IVF treatment.

20 Apr 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answers of 8 March 2016 to Questions 30341 and 30342 and with reference to the Answers of 5 December 2013 to Question 179450 and 21 January 2014 to Question 182897, when his Department (

20 Apr 2016 · Ministry of Justice

County Courts: Bedford

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost of moving Bedford County Court from Shire Hall, St Paul's Square, Bedford, to the Employment Tribunal building in Howard Street, Bedford.

20 Apr 2016 · Department of Health

IVF

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to reduce the cost of IVF treatment to the NHS in England.

20 Apr 2016 · Department of Health

IVF

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which clinical commissioning groups in England fund (a) no, (b) one, (c) two, (d) three and (e) more than three cycles of IVF treatment.

20 Apr 2016 · HM Treasury

Employee Ownership

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will commission independent research on the potential effect on employee share ownership scheme take-up of planned withdrawal of the HM Revenue and Customs' valuation check service on 31 March 2016.

20 Apr 2016 · HM Treasury

Employee Ownership

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings or consultations his Department had with companies and industry groups offering and promoting employee share ownership schemes before announcing the withdrawal of HM Revenue and Customs' valuation check

20 Apr 2016 · HM Treasury

Employee Ownership

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs plans to withdraw the valuation check services for the validation of valuation estimates of works of art and antiques as part of the withdrawal of the valuation check service for employ

8 Mar 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many cases of benefit fraud were identified in each of the last three years; and what proportion of such cases were prosecuted in court.

8 Mar 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people found to be committing benefit fraud and not prosecuted in court in each of the last two years (a) have repaid monies due in full, (b) are actively making repayments, (c) are i

8 Mar 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received a criminal conviction for defrauding (a) £0 to £1,000, (b) £1,101 to £5,000, (c) £5,001 to £10,000 and (d) over £10,000 in benefits in each of the last three years.

8 Mar 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with a criminal conviction for benefit fraud were given a (a) custodial and (b) non-custodial sentence for that fraud in each of the last three years.

8 Mar 2016 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Wheelchairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2016 to Question 23178, if he will announce a date for the introduction of section 165 of the Equality Act 2010.

8 Mar 2016 · Department for Transport

Govia Thameslink Railway

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has agreed the terms of the Remedial Plan with Govia Thameslink Railway since the issue of a Remedial Plan Notice in December 2015; and if he will publish that plan.

8 Mar 2016 · Department for Transport

Govia Thameslink Railway

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what deadline Govia Thameslink Railway Ltd has been set to meet the terms of its Remedial Plan.

8 Mar 2016 · Cabinet Office

Ombudsman

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to introduce a Bill for the reform and modernisation of the public service ombudsman sector as provided for in the 2015 Queen's Speech.

4 Mar 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Continuing Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of personal independence payment claimants have received an NHS Continuing Healthcare assessment to date.

4 Mar 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability Living Allowance: Continuing Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of disability living allowance claimants have received an NHS Continuing Healthcare assessment to date.

Source: official written-questions record.