Written questions

1,113 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 Nov 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients: Bolton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the interim report of the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act on the rate of detentions under that Act in the NHS Bolton clinical commissioning

31 Oct 2018 · Department for International Development

Yemen: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps her Department has taken to ensure that (a) food, (b) fuel and (c) medical supplies reach hard to access parts of Yemen.

31 Oct 2018 · Home Office

Social Security Benefits: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the time taken for decisions to be made on asylum seekers claims before being eligible to find employment.

31 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Suffolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of court closures in (a) Bury St Edmunds and (b) Lowestoft on access to justice in Suffolk.

26 Oct 2018 · Department for International Development

Yemen: Cholera

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department has allocated to tackle the cholera outbreak in Yemen.

26 Oct 2018 · Home Office

Asylum: Unemployment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effect on the mental health of asylum seekers of extended periods without employment.

9 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Judges: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment the Government has made of the rising caseloads of judges on their mental wellbeing.

9 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Divorce

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the rise in the number of couples seeking divorce does not lead to delays in the family justice system.

8 Oct 2018 · Department for Education

Family Drug and Alcohol Court

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the continuation of Family Drug and Alcohol Courts.

8 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Private Rented Housing: Tenancy Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to meet the demand for longer tenancies for private tenants.

8 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Coroners: Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of abolishing means-testing for legal aid at inquests.

8 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Right to Buy Scheme: Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policy on right to buy of the large-scale regional pilot in the Midlands of extending the right to buy to housing associat

11 Sep 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Right to Buy Scheme: Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the timescale is for the publication of the outcome of the large-scale regional pilot scheme in the Midlands of extending the right to buy to housing association tenants.

3 Sep 2018 · Department for Transport

Euston Station: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the provision of alternative transport during the closures at Euston station in the last three weeks of August 2018.

3 Sep 2018 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans the Government has in place to mitigate the disruption caused by HS2 works on London to Manchester train routes.

18 Jul 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Magistrates

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure magistrates courts are adequately staffed with magistrates.

18 Jul 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that geographic accessibility to courts does not become a barrier to access to justice as a result of the courts closure programme.

18 Jul 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has commissioned research on the effect of court closures on (a) non-attendances of defendants and (a) staff morale.

18 Jul 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of trends in staffing levels in prisons over the last five years.

17 Jul 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Video Conferencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2018 to Question 127570, on Courts: Video Conferencing, what proportion of witnesses have appeared in court proceedings via video link in each year since 2000.

17 Jul 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Video Conferencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2018 to Question 127570, on Courts: Video Conferencing, what proportion of defendants have appeared in court proceedings via video link from (a) police stations and (b) priso

17 Jul 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Telephones

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to publishing in full the report into the pilot scheme which put phones into prison cells in a number of prisons.

17 Jul 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the proportion of drugs smuggled into prisons by drones.

17 Jul 2018 · Department for Education

Family Drug and Alcohol Court

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the closure of the Family Drug and Alcohol Court on rates of substance abuse by people who would otherwise have gone through that Court.

17 Jul 2018 · Department for Education

Family Drug and Alcohol Court

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps are being taken to ensure that the graduation rate of the Family Drug and Alcohol Court is maintained beyond September 2018.

17 Jul 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of granting anonymity to female and male victims of image-based sexual abuse.

29 Jun 2018 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans hold discussions with the National Deaf Children’s Society on changes to funding for deaf children’s education.

26 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Right to Buy Scheme: Housing Associations

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the timescale is for extending the right to buy housing scheme to tenants of housing association properties.

26 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Right to Buy Scheme: Housing Associations

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to extend the right to buy scheme to tenants of housing association properties.

4 Jun 2018 · Department for Transport

Railways: Overcrowding

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the merits for passenger safety of a maximum ratio of passengers to seats in trains.

Source: official written-questions record.