Written questions
1,037 written questions tabled, most recent first.
26 Feb 2020 · Treasury
Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2020 to Question 1971, when the EU Commission requested the UK’s observations regarding post duty paid dilution and its compatibility with EU Law; when his Department responded
26 Feb 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support an increase in the number of local authorities providing electric charging points in their car parks.
26 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to encourage local authorities to provide electric charging points in local authority owned car parks.
26 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Parking: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many fee-paying car parks in each local authority in England are owned by (a) local authorities and (b) private companies.
26 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding each local authority in England has (a) allocated to planning services and (b) raised in planning fees and charges in 2018-19.
26 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Parking: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the total surplus earned through car parking charges was by each local authority in 2018-19; and what proportion of the total annual income that surplus was for each of thos
26 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Parking: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the (a) lowest and (b) average car parking price in council owned car parks in town centres was in 2018-19 in each local authority area.
21 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Defence
War Widow(er)s: Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of people who surrendered their war widow's pension on remarrying or cohabiting before before 1 April 2015.
21 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the timeframe is for the coming into force of the provisions of the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019.
13 Feb 2020 · Treasury
Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the EU has instigated infringement proceedings against the UK over its post production dilution duty regime; and if he will make a statement.
10 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether additional funding is being allocated to NHS trusts in preparation for a potential outbreak of the coronavirus.
10 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of NHS preparedness for an outbreak of the coronavirus in the UK.
10 Feb 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of legal challenges to her Department's policy to remove (a) severe disability premium and (b) enhanced disability premium payments from claimants transferring to u
10 Feb 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the timescale is for all universal credit claimants who previously received (a) severe disability premium and (b) enhanced disability premium to (i) have their payments reinstated and (ii) receive
10 Feb 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants who transferred from (a) severe disability premium and (b) enhanced disability premium payments to universal credit are waiting for their payments to be (i) reinstated and (ii) backda
28 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was his Department's performance against Departmental Expenditure Limits in 2018-19 for (a) salaries, (b) accommodation and (c) equipment.
28 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Defence
Army: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department underspent on (a) salaries, (b) accommodation and (c) equipment in 2019 through not achieving its target of a British Army standing strength of 82,000.
28 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the people recruited by the (a) British Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force in 2019 resided in (i) Chesterfield constituency, (ii) Derbyshire and (iii) the East Midlands.
27 Jan 2020 · Department for Transport
Roads: Chesterfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a Chesterfield to Staveley A619-A6192 link road.
21 Jan 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Alcoholic Drinks: Exports
What discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for International Trade on support for UK alcoholic beverage manufacturers to export their products.
15 Jan 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Control: Chesterfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government (a) has taken and (b) proposes to take to reduce flooding from (i) the River Rother and (ii) the River Hipper.
15 Jan 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Inland Waterways: Chesterfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to support the regeneration plans being developed by the Chesterfield Canal trust.
15 Jan 2020 · Treasury
Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to encourage consumers to drink lower ABV beverages; and whether he plans to change the rates of taxation on alcohol.
15 Jan 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Alcoholic Drinks: Exports
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of (a) beer, (b) gin, (c) whisky, (d) made-wines and (e) cider produced in the UK was exported in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
15 Jan 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Business: Billing
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress has been made in tackling the late payment of invoices by businesses.
15 Jan 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Business: Billing
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate she has made of the number of businesses that went into administration as a result of the cashflows of those businesses being affected by outstanding invoices in the
19 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Hospital Beds
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of occasions when a patient was transported to a mental-health bed in a different area because none were locally available in each CCG area in (a
19 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Hospital Beds
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of occasions when a patient needed a mental-health bed but none were available in each CCG area in (a) 2018 and (b) 2019.
19 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Hospital Beds
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of occasions when there have been mental-health beds available in hospital wards in England in (a) 2018 and (b) 2019.
19 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport
Road Works: Small Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals on compensation for businesses for revenue lost as a result of roadworks or road closures.
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