Written questions

3,264 written questions tabled, most recent first.

26 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Music: Curriculum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of schools which have removed music from their curriculum in each of the last five years.

26 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Music: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to improve the standards of music provision in (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools.

26 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Music: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to provide access to specialist music teachers in all schools.

26 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Music: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will provide additional funding to schools in areas of high deprivation to provide all children the opportunity to learn a musical instrument.

26 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Music: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the Government’s policy is on the provision of music lessons in schools.

21 Feb 2018 · Home Office

Pets: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance and training her Department provides to police forces on recording and investigating cases of pet theft.

21 Feb 2018 · Cabinet Office

Productivity

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will discuss with Cabinet colleagues the potential use by government departments of the what3words geocoding addressing system to improve departmental efficiency.

21 Feb 2018 · Home Office

Emergency Calls

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to allow callers contacting 999 control rooms to use the what3words geocoding addressing system to provide more precise location data for emergency services.

21 Feb 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Productivity

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the what3words geocoding addressing system for improving productivity in the UK.

21 Feb 2018 · Department for Transport

Northern: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, to list each of the franchise commitments to improve passenger services on Northern rail; and by what date those commitments are scheduled to be delivered.

21 Feb 2018 · Department for Transport

Driving Instruction: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will extend Potential Driving Instructor licenses for people who were unable to take the Approved Driving Instructor part 3 test within the six month period because of delays to the roll-out of that test.

7 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Fentanyl

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what strategy the Government has put in place to (a) support people affected by Fentanyl and (b) reduce the harm associated with that drug.

6 Feb 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Fireworks: Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many prosecutions there have been under the Fireworks Regulations 2004 in the last five years.

5 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Records: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish NHS Digital's assessment of the performance of EMIS against its service level agreement governing the supply of electronic patient record systems.

31 Jan 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will remove the Child Maintenance Service fees for the parent with care in cases where a pay and collect arrangement is required due to non-payment by the non-resident parent.

22 Jan 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria are applied to decide whether a claimant can have a home assessment for (a) employment and support allowance, (b) personal independence payment and (c) universal credit.

18 Jan 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure equality of access to heart attack treatment for women.

15 Jan 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Email

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will provide an email address for the submission of personal independence payments claim forms and medical evidence.

15 Jan 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Manufacturing Industries: Easington

To ask the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions his Department has had with the company INEOS on the suitability of Easington constituency as a location for (a) advanced manufacturing and (b) the automotive industry.

15 Jan 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will change the rules for the audio recording of medical assessments for employment and support allowance, personal independence payments, and universal credit to allow claimants to record assessm

15 Jan 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it possible for people to claim for Personal Independence Payments through an online platform in line with the Government’s digital by default agenda.

8 Jan 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Manufacturing Industries: Easington

To ask the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if the Government will provide incentives to (a) businesses and (b) the automotive industry to locate manufacturing facilities in the Easington constituency.

8 Jan 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Forms

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will provide (a) Hon. Members and (b) claimants with an email address by which personal independence payments claim forms can be sent to his Department in an electronic format, from which a proof

20 Dec 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Ahed Tamimi

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if his Department will make any representations to its Israeli counterpart on the arrest of Ahed Tamimi.

13 Dec 2017 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Minimum Wage

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who in the Government will be responsible for considering the recommendations made by the Legal Working Group on Seafarers and the National Minimum Wage.

11 Dec 2017 · Department for Transport

East Coast Main Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the rate of return to the public purse was on the East Coast Main Line (a) in each year from November 2009 to February 2015 and (b) from March 2015 to date.

11 Dec 2017 · Department for Transport

East Coast Rail Franchise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 11 of Stagecoach Group plc’s analyst and investor presentation of 27 November 2014 on award of the Inter City East Coast franchise, what effect the recent changes to the franchise agreeme

11 Dec 2017 · Home Office

Misuse of Drugs Ministerial Group

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date the Inter Ministerial Group on Drugs last met, and what the timetable is for the appointment of a Recovery Champion.

6 Dec 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Housing: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what representations he has received on companies using funding from the public purse to install sub-standard and faulty cavity wall insulation; and if he will make a statement.

5 Dec 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Insulation: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will introduce an independent dispute mechanism for consumers related to companies which have installed defective or unsuitable cavity wall insulation.

Source: official written-questions record.