Written questions

3,264 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Nov 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 assessment she has made of the economic effect of the England Coast Path on each area through which opened sections of that path pass.

10 Nov 2015 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Offshore Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when she plans to (a) launch a public consultation on her Strategy to Maximise Economic Recovery of North Sea oil and gas reserves, and (b) lay the final version of that strategy before Parliame

10 Nov 2015 · Department for Education

Classroom Assistants: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of establishing a national pay scale for teaching assistants.

10 Nov 2015 · Department for Education

Autism: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the skills of and training for school staff working with autistic children.

10 Nov 2015 · HM Treasury

Tax Allowances: Offshore Industry

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which companies have signed decommissioning relief deeds with his Department.

10 Nov 2015 · HM Treasury

Tax Allowances: Offshore Industry

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many decommissioning relief deeds relating to decommissioning activity in the UK Continental Shelf have been signed to date; and what the total value of such deeds is to the (a) public purse and (b) decommissioni

10 Nov 2015 · HM Treasury

Offshore Industry: Finance

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of fiscal support for the offshore oil and gas sector on (a) employment and (b) pay rates in that sector since 2010-11.

10 Nov 2015 · HM Treasury

Infrastructure: Easington

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the Government spent on each infrastructure project in Easington constituency in each of the last five years.

6 Nov 2015 · Department of Health

Cardiovascular Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to (a) reduce the effects of and (b) improve outcomes for (i) coronary heart disease and (ii) cardiovascular disease.

6 Nov 2015 · Department of Health

Cardiovascular Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to update the Cardiovascular Disease Outcome Strategy, published in March 2013.

6 Nov 2015 · HM Treasury

Rates and Rating: Appeals

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many rating assessment appeals are outstanding with the Valuation Office Agency.

6 Nov 2015 · HM Treasury

Rates and Rating: Appeals

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average time taken was for a rating assessment appeal to be considered by the Valuation Office Agency in the last 12 months.

6 Nov 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Rates and Rating: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had about reducing the time taken by the Valuation Office Agency to consider rating assessment appeals.

6 Nov 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Rates and Rating: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues on reviewing the Valuation Office Agency process for considering rating assessment appeals.

29 Oct 2015 · Department of Health

Junior Doctors: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost to the NHS is of educating and training a junior doctor.

29 Oct 2015 · Department of Health

Junior Doctors: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the potential numbers for junior doctors who may leave the NHS should a new contract for that role be imposed.

29 Oct 2015 · Department of Health

Doctors: Retirement

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what analysis his Department has conducted or commissioned on the number of doctors likely to retire in the next five years; and what assessment his Department has made of whether sufficient numbers of doctors are

29 Oct 2015 · Department of Health

Medicine: Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to encourage young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to pursue a career in medicine.

29 Oct 2015 · Department of Health

General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what regions he has identified as having a shortage of GPs; and what steps he is taking to address those shortfalls.

29 Oct 2015 · Department of Health

General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on the merits of including GPs on the occupation shortage list.

29 Oct 2015 · Department of Health

Doctors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many doctors have requested a certificate of current professional status in each of the last five years.

28 Oct 2015 · Department of Health

Radiotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospitals in England treat arteriovenous malformations and pituitary ademomas with stereotactic radiosurgery.

28 Oct 2015 · Department of Health

Radiotherapy: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospitals in the North East are treating brain tumour patients with stereotactic radiosurgery; and how many patients have been treated in each such hospital in each year since NHS England was created.

28 Oct 2015 · Department of Health

Radiotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons NHS England is proposing to have only two cancer centres using stereotactic radiosurgery to treat the most complex brain tumours.

27 Oct 2015 · Department for Transport

Transport: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of recent trends in the cost of bus and rail travel.

27 Oct 2015 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's policies on increasing access to public transport for disabled passengers.

27 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Human Rights Act 1998

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which articles contained in the Human Rights Act are planned to be omitted from the proposed British Bill of Rights.

27 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to improve services for victims and witnesses of crime.

27 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Just Solutions International

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his plans are for Just Solutions International; and if he will make a statement.

27 Oct 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Slaughterhouses: CCTV

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with animal welfare groups on the mandatory use of CCTV in slaughterhouses.

Source: official written-questions record.