Written questions

3,264 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Sep 2018 · Department for Transport

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the additional staff required to work at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency to cover work related to the UK leaving the EU.

13 Sep 2018 · Home Office

Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will outline the scope of the consultation exercise to be undertaken in preparation for the forthcoming alcohol strategy.

12 Sep 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Easington

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS Digital General and Personal Medical Services workforce data, for what reason the number of patients per FTE GP has increased in Easington constituency since March 2016.

12 Sep 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Offshore Industry: Continental Shelf

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many (a) subsea and (b) platform wells were decommissioned on the UK Continental Shelf in each year since 2015.

12 Sep 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Offshore Industry: Continental Shelf

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to section 3.8, page 28 of Oil and Gas UK’s Economic Report 2018, published on 11 September 2018, what steps he is taking to encourage an increase in drilling activ

12 Sep 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2018 to Question 167995 on Football: Females, how much and what proportion of that funding was allocated to programmes in Easington constituency.

12 Sep 2018 · Department for Education

Pupil Premium

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 September 2018 to Question 170788 on Schools: Fees and Charges, what information his Department holds on the use of the pupil premium by schools to support children from low-income

11 Sep 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will collect and publish the average time taken to respond to a message that a universal credit claimant has posted in their journal.

11 Sep 2018 · Department for Education

Schools: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will assess the (a) effect of pupil-led funding on the financial viability of small rural schools in sparsely populated areas and (b) effectiveness of all other aspects of the school funding formula.

11 Sep 2018 · Department for Education

Schools: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will conduct a review of (a) the financial sustainability of rural secondary schools and (b) contingency planning for communities and pupils in the event that such a school should be financial

11 Sep 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicine: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS spends on (a) supporting and (b) promoting careers in medicine to young people from deprived communities.

11 Sep 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to minimise the use of automated telephone messages by (a) the NHS and (b) general practices.

10 Sep 2018 · Cabinet Office

Electorate: Personation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many cases of voter impersonation have been identified in each of the last five years.

10 Sep 2018 · Cabinet Office

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of voters who were turned away from polling stations at the local government elections 2018 in the voter ID pilot areas because they did not have appropriate identificatio

10 Sep 2018 · Cabinet Office

Voting Behaviour

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to increase the level of participation in elections.

10 Sep 2018 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of apprenticeship starts since the introduction of the apprenticeship levy in April 2017.

10 Sep 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Walk-in Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of walk-in centres and urgent treatment centres for reducing the number of patients presenting to A&E.

10 Sep 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the cost to the public purse of the abolition of prescription charges.

10 Sep 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional resources he has provided to GP surgeries to manage the extra administrative burden since the introduction of General Data Protection Regulation.

10 Sep 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support the Government provided to GP surgeries to prepare for the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation.

10 Sep 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to his Answer of 24 July 2018 to Question 166138 on NHS: Data Protection, if he will make an assessment of the financial effect on the NHS of the introduction of the General Data Protectio

10 Sep 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offenders: Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to reduce reoffending rates amongst young people aged 18-24 in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

10 Sep 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Civil Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make (a) legal aid and (b) a legal advice and guidance helpline available for people representing themselves in civil court.

10 Sep 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the underlying causes of violence within HM Prisons Service; and if he will make a statement.

10 Sep 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many trained search teams are available to HM Prison Service.

10 Sep 2018 · Department for Transport

Cycling and Walking

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to improve infrastructure for cycling and walking.

10 Sep 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Social Security Benefits: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time is for a social security tribunal hearing in each of the last five years for people living in the Easington constituency.

10 Sep 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will introduce an automatic quality check on personal independence payment applications where a claimant has a reduction of 20 or more points in comparison to a previous assessment.

10 Sep 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

New Businesses: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will introduce small business loans for social security claiments who have a viable business plan for self employment.

10 Sep 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department retains the capacity to revert to the legacy benefit systems.

Source: official written-questions record.