Written questions
1,037 written questions tabled, most recent first.
19 Nov 2015 · Department for Energy and Climate Change
Renewable Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress the Government has made on the UK commitment to ensure 20 per cent of its energy will come from renewables by 2020.
19 Nov 2015 · Department for Energy and Climate Change
Housing: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether the Government plans to create a new national scheme to improve home energy efficiency to replace the Green Deal scheme.
18 Nov 2015 · Ministry of Defence
Single Source Regulations Office
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role he expects the Single Source Regulation Office to have in the procurement of the Successor class submarine.
18 Nov 2015 · Ministry of Defence
Single Source Regulations Office
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total expenditure was on the Single Source Regulation Office in each quarter since its formation.
10 Nov 2015 · Department for Energy and Climate Change
Housing: Heating
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps she is taking to ensure homes are adequately heated over the winter and protect against deaths due to the cold weather.
10 Nov 2015 · HM Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the budget was for staff answering calls to tax offices in each year since 2007-08.
10 Nov 2015 · HM Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Staff
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the staff budget for HM Revenue and Customs was in each year since 1997-98.
10 Nov 2015 · HM Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government plans to take in response to the Sixth Report of the Public Accounts Committee, HM Revenue and Customs performance in 2014-15, HC 393.
10 Nov 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Overseas Companies: Ethics
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department plans to include measures as part of the National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights to promote ethical practices of UK businesses operating abroad.
2 Nov 2015 · HM Treasury
Multinational Companies: Tax Avoidance
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the establishment of a UN body to lead the re-writing of tax rules to help prevent multinational companies from avoiding paying tax in developing countries.
2 Nov 2015 · HM Treasury
Multinational Companies: Tax Avoidance
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to prevent British multinational companies avoiding tax in developing countries.
30 Oct 2015 · Home Office
Refugees
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will ensure that at least 1,000 refugees are resettled in the UK before Christmas 2015.
28 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Community Rehabilitation Companies
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the extent to which community rehabilitation companies (a) tailor their services to and (b) meet the needs of female offenders.
28 Oct 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment and Support Allowance: Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to provide support to people diagnosed with cancer in the work-related activity group of employment and support allowance who will be affected by the proposed reductions in benefit
28 Oct 2015 · Department of Health
Stem Cells: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Government funding for research into stem cell transplantation.
28 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Defence
Military Aircraft: Helicopters
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to UK Defence in Numbers, published by his Department in August 2015, in what capacity the four Wessex Combat support helicopters referred to in that document may be used.
28 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Defence
Tornado Aircraft
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to UK Defence in Numbers, published by his Department in August 2015, how many of the 125 Tornado Combat aircraft referred to in that document are combat ready.
28 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Defence
Military Aircraft
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to UK Defence in Numbers, published by his Department in August 2015, in what capacity the seven Jet Provost training aircrafts referred to in that document may be used; and when those aircraft wer
28 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Defence
Defence Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which of the items of equipment referred to in UK Defence in Numbers, published by his Department in August 2015, are (a) not capable of use on the front line and (b) have been retired.
28 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Defence
Typhoon Aircraft
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the consequences for the UK's capability of the retirement in 2018 of the 53 Typhoon aircraft purchased in tranche 1; and if he will reverse this decision in the 2015 Strategic Defe
28 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Defence
Air Force: Canada
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to hold discussions with the Canadian government on future Royal Canadian Air Force procurement policy.
22 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Defence
Defence Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which pieces of equipment included in his Department's Defence in Numbers publication of August 2015 are used only for training or ceremonial use.
22 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Defence
Type 26 Frigates
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it is his policy to procure 13 Type 26 frigates.
12 Oct 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Public Footpaths: Coastal Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress the Government is making towards ensuring that 3,000 miles of the England Coast Path will be open by 2020.
9 Oct 2015 · Department of Health
Doctors: Conditions of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to reopen negotiations with the British Medical Association on proposed contract changes for doctors.
9 Oct 2015 · Department of Health
Doctors: Conditions of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect that the proposed contract changes will have on the NHS's ability to retain doctors.
9 Oct 2015 · Department of Health
Doctors: Conditions of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of proposed new NHS contract arrangements on areas where doctors routinely work long hours.
9 Oct 2015 · Department for Energy and Climate Change
Solar Power: Feed-in Tariffs
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what representations she has received on the potential effect on jobs and investment in the solar industry of a more gradual reduction in feed-in-tariff subsidies than is proposed.
9 Sep 2015 · Department of Health
Palliative Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to implement the recommendations of What's Important to me: A review of Choice in End of Life Care, published in February 2015.
9 Sep 2015 · Department of Health
Palliative Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to page 6 of What's Important to me: A review of Choice in End of Life Care, whether he will invest £130 million in palliative and end of life care as recommended in the previous Government's review
Source: official written-questions record.