Written questions

457 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 Feb 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Africa: Overseas Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent progress has been made on the High Level Prosperity Partnership in Africa.

2 Feb 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken to tackle homelessness.

20 Jan 2016 · HM Treasury

Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans the Government has to review the amount of compensation for losses paid to Equitable Life policy holders over the course of the current Parliament.

19 Jan 2016 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Wheelchairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to bring into force section 165 of the Equality Act 2010.

19 Jan 2016 · Home Office

Visas: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many standard visitor visas granted on appeal to the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum) have been issued by UK Visas and Immigration (a) within one month, (b) between one to three months

19 Jan 2016 · Home Office

Visas: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many settlement visas granted on appeal to the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum) have been issued by UK Visas and Immigration (a) within one month, (b) between one to three months, (c)

19 Jan 2016 · Attorney General

Fraud: Prosecutions

To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions have been brought under the Fraud Act 2006 in each year since 2009.

9 Dec 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

New Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to encourage business start-ups and entrepreneurship.

9 Nov 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Veterinary Services: Nurses

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will assess the potential merits of providing legal protection to the professional title of veterinary nurse.

4 Nov 2015 · Department for International Development

Department for International Development: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on introducing a facility for rolling over funding in her Department's budget in order to avoid expenditure being concentrated a

27 Oct 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the benefit cap on the number of workless households.

4 Sep 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Pregnancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many pregnant women have begun a prison sentence in each of the last five years.

4 Sep 2015 · Home Office

Asylum: Pregnancy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 24 February 2014, to Question 187811, when she plans to publish the revised guidance relating to procedures for dispersing and accommodating pregnant women who seek asy

4 Sep 2015 · Department for International Development

Africa: Overseas Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her Department's (a) total expenditure and (b) expenditure on governance, democracy and human rights projects has been in each country in Africa in each of the last five years.

15 Jul 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average time was for an appeal to the Planning Inspectorate to be validated in each of the last (a) 12 months and (b) five years.

15 Jul 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average time was for an appeal to the Planning Inspectorate to be heard following validation in each of the last five years.

24 Jun 2015 · HM Treasury

Welfare Tax Credits

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information he holds on which companies have the largest total amount of tax credits paid to their employees.

24 Jun 2015 · HM Treasury

Welfare Tax Credits

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total amount of tax credits paid to employees of each of the FTSE 100 companies.

23 Jun 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Licensed Premises: Noise

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to introduce an agent of change principle into existing planning law regulations to ensure that pre-existing pubs and entertainment venues are not adversely

19 Jun 2015 · Department for Transport

Taxis

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish a response to the Law Commission report, Reforming the law on taxis and private hire services, Cm 8864, published in May 2014.

19 Jun 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

World War I: Sikhs

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress his Department is making on determining a permanent memorial to mark the Sikh contribution to the First World War.

17 Mar 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people who have committed benefit fraud whose cases were not prosecuted in court (a) have repaid, (b) are repaying, (c) are in arrears with repayments of and (d) have been subsequentl

17 Mar 2015 · Department for Transport

Driving: Epilepsy

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to reduce the length of time a person who has had a seizure while asleep must surrender their driving licence from one year to three months without further seizure

17 Mar 2015 · Home Office

Migrants: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to end the immigration detention of people over the age of 65.

17 Mar 2015 · Home Office

Migrants: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to end the immigration detention of pregnant women.

17 Mar 2015 · Home Office

Asylum: Bedford

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum legacy cases are outstanding in the MK40, MK41 and MK42 postcode areas.

17 Mar 2015 · Department for Education

Schools: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will amend the School Admissions Code to allow schools to take into account the length of time a child has been on a waiting list in instances when that length of time has been longer than one year and t

17 Mar 2015 · HM Treasury

National Savings Bonds: Pensioners

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons Pensioner Bonds are not included in the Tax Deduction Scheme for Interest.

3 Feb 2015 · Department for Education

Schools: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons the Schools Admissions Code precludes admissions authorities from taking into account how long a child has been on the waiting list for a school place.

20 Jan 2015 · Home Office

Naturalisation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of naturalisation applications took (a) less than 6 months, (b) between 6 and 9 months, (c) between 9 and 12 months and (d) more than 12 months to be concluded in each of the last thre

Source: official written-questions record.