Written questions

3,264 written questions tabled, most recent first.

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

Insulation: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much the Government spent on funding for cavity wall insulation schemes in the last ten years.

30 Nov 2017 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Ownership

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2017 to Question 113639, on shipping: ownership, how many of the vessels on each of the three routes in the table are registered on (a) the UK Ship Register, (b) a Red Ensi

30 Nov 2017 · Department for Transport

Tonnage Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2017 to Question 113639, on shipping: ownership, how many of the vessels on each of the three routes in the table are in company groups which qualify for the Tonnage Tax sc

30 Nov 2017 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the new Approved Driving Instructor Part 3 Test will be introduced.

30 Nov 2017 · Department for Education

Supply Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will bring forward proposals regulate teaching supply agencies and cap costs charged for the provision of supply teachers.

30 Nov 2017 · Department for Education

Supply Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will bring forward legislation to ban finders fees being imposed by teaching supply agencies where a school seeks to appoint on a permanent basis a supply teacher originally provided by those agencies.

30 Nov 2017 · Department for Education

Supply Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of reintroducing the Local Educational Authority supply pool for schools in England.

29 Nov 2017 · Home Office

Drugs: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of (a) evidence and (b) recommendations regarding Drug Consumptions Rooms reported by the (i) Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs and (ii) Volteface report,

27 Nov 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Epilepsy

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to undertake a review the effectiveness of the (a) Employment Support Allowance and (b) Personal Independence Payment medical assessments for people with epilepsy.

27 Nov 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department plans to allocate to Homes England for the (a) identification and (b) clearing of sites suitable for housing developments.

27 Nov 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the remit of Homes England includes housing regeneration in areas of low housing demand.

27 Nov 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department plans to make allocate to Homes England for the (a) compulsory purchase and (b) demolition of unsuitable housing to provide larger areas of housing regener

16 Nov 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Offshore Industry: North Sea

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many vessels currently chartered to work on projects in the decommissioning sector of the North Sea oil and gas industry are owned in (a) the UK, (b) the EEA, and (c) outside

16 Nov 2017 · Department for Transport

Shipping: North Sea

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vessels normally trading on routes in the North Sea oil and gas industry are owned in (a) the UK, (b) the EEA and (c) outside the EEA.

16 Nov 2017 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Ownership

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vessels normally trading on routes in the UK coastal cargo sector are beneficially owned in (a) the UK, (b) the European Economic Area (EEA) and (c) outside the EEA.

16 Nov 2017 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Ownership

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vessels normally trading on routes in the UK passenger ferry sector are beneficially owned in (a) the UK, (b) the European Economic Area (EEA) and (c) outside the EEA.

16 Nov 2017 · Home Office

Police: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will increase (a) funding for and (b) the number of police officers.

16 Nov 2017 · Home Office

Offenders

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the detection rate for each offence group recorded by the Police has been in each of the last five years.

16 Nov 2017 · Department of Health

Clinical Commissioning Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what powers he has to intervene in clinical commissioning groups in the event that there are concerns about commissioning policies.

16 Nov 2017 · Department of Health

Clinical Commissioning Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who is responsible for (a) appointing and (b) removing chief clinical officers of Clinical Commissioning Groups.

7 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the average time taken to complete vetting processes for a prison officer recruit.

7 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the number of prison officers required to maintain safe staffing levels in prisons.

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

Minimum Wage: Enforcement

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will place a copy in the Library of the service level agreement between his Department and the HM Revenue and Customs National Minimum Wage Enforcement Team.

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

Shipping: Minimum Wage

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reasons officials of his Department did not attend the meeting of the Legal Working Group on seafarers and the national minimum wage held at the Department for Transport

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

Shipping: Minimum Wage

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will update the guidance to HM Revenue and Customs National Minimum Wage Enforcement Team officials on seafarers and the national minimum wage.

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

Boilers: Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will introduce a boiler replacement scheme for terminally ill people in receipt of a contribution-based benefit who are denied access to existing schemes where eligibility i

6 Nov 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Veterans: Means-tested Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of applying a disregard for Armed Forces Pensions when considering the eligibility for income-related benefits for former members of the Armed Forces.

6 Nov 2017 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Minimum Wage

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the final recommendations from the Legal Working Group on seafarers and the national minimum wage are.

6 Nov 2017 · Department of Health

Knee Replacements: Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how long is the average waiting time for a double knee replacement operation on the NHS.

6 Nov 2017 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Minimum Wage

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the Legal Working Group on Seafarers and the national minimum wage.

Source: official written-questions record.