Written questions

450 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 Apr 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Dairy Products

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of dairy products procured for his Department was sourced from British producers in the last period for which figures are available.

21 Apr 2016 · Department of Health

Food: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) incidents have been reported to trading standards teams of and (b) prosecutions have taken place for food with falsely-labelled ingredients in the most recent period for which figures are available.

17 Mar 2016 · Department of Health

National Food Crime Unit

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many reports of food fraud have been made to the Food Crime Unit through the official website since its creation.

17 Mar 2016 · Department of Health

National Food Crime Unit

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many prosecutions have been made as a result of information supplied by the Food Crime Unit since its creation.

17 Mar 2016 · Department of Health

National Food Crime Unit

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on establishing an investigative capability for the Food Crime Unit.

17 Mar 2016 · Department of Health

National Food Crime Unit

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) establishment and (b) running costs of the Food Crime Unit have been to date; and what resources have been allocated to that Unit in each of the next five years.

23 Feb 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

School Milk

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department is making on helping implement the European School Milk Scheme.

23 Feb 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

School Milk

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has for the UK to participate in the revised European School Milk Scheme due to be implemented from August 2017.

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

Welfare Tax Credits: Farmers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the effect of tax credits on farmers.

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

Solar Power: Arable Farming

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the area of land occupied by solar panel arrays that was previously arable land usable for economically farmed fruits or vegetables.

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

Agriculture: Subsidies

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons the Rural Payments Agency was not able to make advance basic payments from 16 October 2015.

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

Common Agricultural Policy

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what cost was incurred by her Department as a result of the withdrawal of the CAP-D programme in March 2015.

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

Agriculture: Subsidies

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will place in the Library the report on the suspension of the digital service for the Basic Payment Scheme for farmers which was commissioned by her Department and the Rural Pay

19 Oct 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Tickets: Touting

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that fans buying tickets for sporting and cultural events are not disadvantaged by organised gangs of online touts in the secondary ticket market.

21 Jul 2015 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what legal duties local authorities have to support early years settings in the identification of, and support for, children with speech, language and communication needs.

21 Jul 2015 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support is available for early years settings where Ofsted inspections have identified a need to improve provision for children with speech, language and communication needs; and from which sources such su

20 Jul 2015 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many special educational needs co-ordinators were employed in each financial year since 2009.

20 Jul 2015 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what training and development is provided to staff in early years settings in (a) the identification of and (b) support for children with speech, language and communication needs.

1 Jul 2015 · HM Treasury

Banks: Greece

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his contribution of 29 June 2015, Official Report, column 1221, on Greece, how many UK citizens resident in (a) the UK and (b) Greece hold accounts with Greek banks.

18 Mar 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Embassies: Home Country Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of staff in each British (a) Embassy, (b) High Commission and (c) Consulate is classified as locally-engaged.

18 Mar 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Trade Promotion

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the (a) total cost and (b) cost per area of expenditure was of the GREAT campaign launch in Los Angeles in February 2015; and who the attendees were at that launch.

18 Mar 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Trade Promotion

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the total cost was of the GREAT campaign launch in Shanghai; what the cost was of each element of that launch; and if he will publish a list of attendees at that launch.

18 Mar 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Secondment

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff in his Department have been seconded to which other Government departments, for what time periods and at what cost to his Department in each year since 2010.

5 Feb 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total advertising budget is for the campaign to urge benefits claimants to report changes in their circumstances; and how much has been spent on (a) television, (b) newspaper, (c) online, (d) r

5 Feb 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total advertising budget is for the Your Future Your Pension campaign; and how much has been spent on (a) television, (b) newspaper, (c) online, (d) radio and (e) other advertising including th

5 Feb 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

New Enterprise Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total advertising budget is for the campaign to promote the New Enterprise Allowance; and how much has been spent on (a) television, (b) newspaper, (c) online, (d) radio and (e) other advertisi

5 Feb 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the total advertising budget is for the GREAT Business campaign; and how much has been spent on (a) television, (b) newspaper, (c) online, (d) radio and (e) other advertising using th

5 Feb 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the total advertising budget is for the Get In. GO Far campaign; and how much has been spent on (a) television, (b) newspaper, (c) online, (d) radio and (e) other advertising using th

21 Jan 2015 · HM Treasury

Welfare Tax Credits

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of recipients of tax credits are in employment.

18 Dec 2014 · Deputy Prime Minister

Electoral Register

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when the Government will report on the findings of the pilot scheme allowing councils to use DVLA data to match voters during the transition to individual electoral registration; and what plans he has to extend that schem

Source: official written-questions record.