Written questions

3,264 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Oct 2017 · Department of Health

NHS: Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have received an overpayment from the NHS Pension Scheme in each of the last five years.

18 Oct 2017 · HM Treasury

Beer: Excise Duties

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of changes in beer duty on the cost of beer production.

18 Oct 2017 · HM Treasury

Beer: Excise Duties

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the beer duty increases announced in the March 2017 Budget on beer consumption in the (a) on-trade and (b) off-trade.

16 Oct 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will provide hon. Members with a direct telephone contact number for benefit centres in their and neighbouring constituencies.

16 Oct 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of levels of co-operation between employers and the Child Maintenance Service to process deductions of earnings in a timely manner.

16 Oct 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will bring forward proposals for additional powers of enforcement to ensure that employers comply with deductions of earnings issued by the Child Maintenance Service.

16 Oct 2017 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Easington

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to increase the number of electric vehicle charging points in the Easington constituency.

16 Oct 2017 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Peterlee

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will provide funding for the installation of an electric vehicle rapid-charging point in Peterlee.

16 Oct 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Beverage Containers: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to increase the level of recycling of single use drinks containers.

16 Oct 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce the use of single use plastics.

13 Oct 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance: County Durham

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many decision-makers considering employment and support allowance claims are employed in County Durham.

13 Oct 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of decisions that individual decision-makers have overturned at tribunal in each of the last five years.

13 Oct 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to reduce the number of working days it takes his Department to respond to hon. Members' enquiries.

6 Oct 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations his Department has received on the effect of the closure of jobcentre plus offices on local communities.

14 Sep 2017 · Department for Transport

A19: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will review road safety on the A19.

13 Sep 2017 · Department for Transport

Diesel Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to introduce any incentive schemes to encourage people to stop using the most polluting diesel cars.

13 Sep 2017 · Home Office

Police: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will introduce measures to ensure that retired police officers cannot refuse to engage with police standards investigations if there is a complaint about their conduct during their time in serv

13 Sep 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2017 to Question 7318, if she will make it her policy to include more women's sports events, including domestic football, cricket and rugby matches

13 Sep 2017 · Department for Transport

Economic Growth: Easington

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will make an assessment of the value of the A19 to the promotion of economic growth and regeneration in Easington constituency.

7 Sep 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Companies: Ownership

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many companies have not met the most recent Persons of Significant Control reporting deadline.

7 Sep 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Companies: Ownership

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much has accrued to the public purse from fines and penalties from companies failing to report their Persons of Significant Control in the last 12 months.

7 Sep 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mineworkers' Pension Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2017 to Question 6201, if he will meet a trustee from the Mineworkers Pension Scheme to discuss the surplus-sharing arrangement.

7 Sep 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will introduce a free telephone number for benefit claimants to contact his Department to discuss benefit inquiries and short-term benefit advance.

7 Sep 2017 · Prime Minister

Housing: Horden

To ask the Prime Minister, if she will visit Easington constituency to discuss housing issues in Horden.

7 Sep 2017 · Prime Minister

Domestic Visits: Easington

To ask the Prime Minister, what the last occasion was that a serving Prime Minister visited Easington constituency.

7 Sep 2017 · Department of Health

Drugs: Rehabilitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on drug rehabilitation services in each of the last five years.

7 Sep 2017 · Department of Health

Hospital Beds

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the public purse was of the NHS accommodating patients who cannot be discharged due to the lack of disabled housing in each of the last five years.

7 Sep 2017 · Department of Health

General Practitioners: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress the Government has made towards meeting its commitment to recruit 5,000 additional GPs by 2020.

7 Sep 2017 · Department of Health

Durham City Council: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding Durham County Council has received from the public health grant in each of the last five years.

7 Sep 2017 · Department for Education

Unemployment: County Durham

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what additional funding and resources her Department is providing to reduce the number of people not in education, employment and training in (a) Easington constituency and (b) County Durham.

Source: official written-questions record.