Written questions
3,264 written questions tabled, most recent first.
23 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport
Durham Coast Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 April 2019 to Question 241019, what the expected operational lifespan is of the refurbished Sprinter trains to be used on the Durham Coast line.
23 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport
Durham Coast Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 April 2019 to Question 241019, what trains will replace the refurbished Sprinter trains destined for the Durham Coast line.
23 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport
Durham Coast Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 April 2019 to Question 241019, what service the refurbished Sprinter trains destined for the Durham Coast line have been taken from.
23 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport
Durham Coast Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 April 2019 to Question 241019, how long the refurbished Sprinter trains destined for the Durham Coast line will have been in service prior to being sent for refurbishment.
23 Apr 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential for non-resident parents with irregular variable income to abuse the Child Maintenance Service dispute system and avoid paying children maintenance.
18 Apr 2019 · Home Office
Fire and Rescue Services: County Durham
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many specialist (a) aerial ladder platforms and (b) high rise platforms are available in County Durham to respond within 15 minutes of a fire at (i) world heritage sites and (ii) high rise buildin
18 Apr 2019 · Home Office
Fire and Rescue Services: County Durham
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what fire protection plans are in place to protect world heritage sites in County Durham.
11 Apr 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit: Dupuytren's Contracture
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if the Minister will take steps to ensure that no recipient will be financially disadvantaged by the delay to including Dupuytren's Contracture in the list of prescribed diseases for Industrial Injuries
11 Apr 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit: Dupuytren's Contracture
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Budget 2018: Policy Costings document, for what reasons the Minister did not lay a Statutory Instrument to include Dupuytren's Contracture in the list of prescribed diseases for Indust
11 Apr 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit: Dupuytren's Contracture
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to lay the Statutory Instrument to include Dupuytren's Contracture in the list of prescribed diseases for Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit.
11 Apr 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Naloxone: Prisoners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2018 to Question 158990 on Naloxone: Prisoners, which prisons provided take-home Naloxone in 2017-18.
11 Apr 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Air Pollution
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the (a) Government's clean air strategy and (b) roll-out of clean air zones of enabling the provision of (i) car clubs, (ii) dail
10 Apr 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Press Freedom: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, as part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s 2019 Media Freedom Campaign, what steps is the Minister taking to address Amnesty International concerns about press freedom being at risk
10 Apr 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Press Freedom
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps with Amnesty International UK to ensure that the UK maintains the highest standards of press freedom free from police interference, as part of the Foreign and Common
10 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport
Department for Transport: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many direct entrants identified as (a) White, (b) BAME or (c) Black in his Department, started on a higher salary level than the relevant grade minimum in (i) 2015, (ii) 2016, (iii) 2017, (iv) 2018 and (v)
10 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport
Department for Transport: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many direct entrants identified as (a) White, (b) BAME or (c) Black at Grade 7 level in his Department started on a higher salary level than the Grade 7 minimum in (i) 2015, (ii) 2016, (iii) 2017, (iv) 2018
10 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport
Department for Transport: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many male direct entrants at Grade 7 level in Resources and Strategy in his Department, started on a higher salary level than the Grade 7 minimum in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017, (d) 2018 and (e) 2019.
8 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport
Department for Transport: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) male and (b) female direct entrants at Grade 7 level in DfT Rail started on a higher salary level than the Grade 7 minimum in (i) 2015, (ii) 2016, (iii) 2017, (iv) 2018 and (v) 2019.
8 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport
Department for Transport: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) male and (b) female direct entrants at Grade 7 level in his Department started on a higher salary level than the Grade 7 minimum in (i) 2015, (ii) 2016, (iii) 2017, (iv) 2018 and (v) 2019.
8 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport
Department for Transport: Overtime
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March to Question 232554 on Department for Transport: Overtime, on what dates (a) trades unions wrote to the Department, (b) his Department replied and (c) his Department met with t
8 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport
Department for Transport: Trade Unions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March to Question 233002 on Government Departments: Trade Unions, what assessment he has made of the effect of restrictions placed on trade unions during a dispute on compliance wit
8 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport
Department for Transport: Trade Unions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March to Question 232553 on Department for Transport: Trade Unions, how many induction meetings for new entrants were held in his Department in 2018; in how many of those meetings w
4 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Defence
Defence: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the UK's capacity to manufacture the specialised cabling required under his Department's contracts.
4 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government has a policy is on the coalescence of villages and towns through house building on green wedges between settlements.
4 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what statutory requirements are placed on local authorities to ensure (a) education, (b) health, (c) highways and (d) retail and leisure facilities and infrastructure is adequate
4 Apr 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Working Links
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April 2019 on Working Links, if he will commission a public inquiry into the financial risk to sub-contractors undertaking work for her Department following the (a) collapse
4 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport
Durham Coast Line: Easington
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what additional capacity will be provided on train services in the Easington constituency following the replacement of pacer trains on the Northern Rail, Durham Coast Line.
4 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport
Durham Coast Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date pacer trains will be removed from the Northern Rail Durham Coast Line.
4 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport
Tyne and Wear Metro
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with (a) Nexus and (b) other relevant organisations on the expansion of the Tyne and Wear Metro system in the last 12 months.
4 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport
Tyne and Wear Metro
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2019 to Question 238325, if will establish a fund specifically for the extension of the Tyne and Wear Metro that can be drawn down by Nexus to improve connectivity and further
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