Written questions

1,037 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Jun 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will develop a single and clear set of guidelines for micro-businesses who will be required to automatically enrol their employees with a pension scheme for the first time to ensure th

8 Jun 2015 · Scotland Office

Sovereignty: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made of the benefits of enabling 16 and 17 year olds to vote in the Scottish Referendum in 2014.

8 Jun 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

UK Membership of EU: Referendums

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received on the age of suffrage for the referendum on membership of the EU.

3 Jun 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to promote the completion of full and detailed references by employers for their former employees.

3 Jun 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Internet: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions his Department has had with Nominet on the stakeholders who would be consulted on the sale of .uk domain names to .co.uk domain name holders.

29 May 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Seals: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will review the effectiveness and adequacy of current legislation on the protection and conservation of seals.

27 May 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Adult Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes to the Adult Skills Budget on the number of (a) disadvantaged students able to study further education courses and (b) adult students a

27 May 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to reply to the letters from Michael Hadfield on receipts and payments between the UK and the rest of the EU.

24 Mar 2015 · Home Office

Criminal Proceedings: Diplomatic Immunity

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number and proportion of criminal cases which could not proceed owing to diplomatic immunity in each of the last three years.

19 Mar 2015 · Home Office

Asylum: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that women are informed about all of their specific rights and entitlements within the asylum process.

19 Mar 2015 · Department of Health

NHS: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the financial position of the NHS trust and foundation trust sector at the end of the current financial year; and if he will make a statement.

19 Mar 2015 · Department of Health

Patients: Travel

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of patients attending A&E departments arrive by car.

19 Mar 2015 · Department of Health

Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the change in prescription charges has been in real terms in each year since 2009-10.

19 Mar 2015 · Department of Health

Nurses: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of nurses registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council were from overseas in each of the last five years.

19 Mar 2015 · Department of Health

Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on interior decoration since May 2010.

12 Mar 2015 · Department of Health

Prescriptions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the evidential basis is for the limit of three months on the length of time GPs can prescribe medications to patients with existing conditions who are leaving the country.

12 Mar 2015 · Department of Health

Prescriptions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on extending beyond three months the length of time for which that GPs can prescribe medications to patients with existing conditions who are leaving the country.

12 Mar 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Welfare: Convictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people have been convicted of animal abuse since 2005.

26 Feb 2015 · Home Office

Criminal Proceedings: Diplomatic Immunity

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many criminal cases were abandoned between January 2014 and January 2015 as a result of diplomatic immunity.

26 Feb 2015 · Home Office

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the enquiries of the hon. Member for Chesterfield on behalf of Mr S Jackson, passed to her Department by the Prime Minister on 12 january 2015, reference JACK03010/0314192

26 Feb 2015 · Department of Health

Gastrointestinal Cancer: Regorafenib

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of taking Regorafenib off the Cancer Drugs Fund list on the health outcomes of gastrointestinal stromal tumour cancer patients.

26 Feb 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Embassies: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received on the abuse of women in foreign embassies in the UK.

5 Feb 2015 · Department for Education

Teachers: Working Conditions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government plans to take to reduce teacher workload.

5 Feb 2015 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average length of time taken to provide a Civil Service pension estimate by (a) Capita and (b) myCSP was.

5 Feb 2015 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many retired civil servants are awaiting a pension estimate from myCSP.

5 Feb 2015 · Department of Health

Nursing and Midwifery Council

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of Nursing and Midwifery Council fees on the quality of teaching and facilities for nurses and midwives.

21 Jan 2015 · Home Office

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to enquiries emailed to her office by the constituent of the hon. Member for Chesterfield, Gillian Norman, on 28 September, 13 October, 21 October 2014 and 9 January 2015 con

21 Jan 2015 · Department of Health

Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what parliamentary oversight there is of changes to the list of the specialised commissioned services within the NHS in England.

21 Jan 2015 · Department of Health

Dialysis Machines

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what basis his Department and NHS England decided to remove the specialised commissioned service status from dialysis.

21 Jan 2015 · Department of Health

Dialysis Machines

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which bodies his Department and NHS England consulted before deciding to remove specialised commissioned service status from dialysis and passing down the commissioning of that treatment to clinical commissioning

Source: official written-questions record.