Written questions

3,264 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 Jun 2017 · Home Office

Nurses: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visas to work in the UK have been issued for people taking up nursing positions in the NHS in each of the last five years.

21 Jun 2017 · Cabinet Office

Voting Rights: Young People

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to lower the voting age to 16.

21 Jun 2017 · Department of Health

Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to (a) improve mental health provision and (b) support the needs of children and young people.

21 Jun 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mineworkers' Pension Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will enter into negotiations with the Mineworkers Pension Scheme Trustees to discuss the current surplus sharing arrangements.

21 Jun 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on benefits for disabled people over the course of this Parliament.

21 Jun 2017 · Department of Health

Paracetamol

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the public purse is for a prescription of paracetamol.

21 Jun 2017 · Department of Health

Paracetamol: General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to allow GP surgeries to directly provide patients with paracetamol, and other low cost readily available drugs, rather than issuing such medication via a prescriptio

21 Jun 2017 · Department of Health

Paracetamol

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS has spent in prescribing paracetamol in each of the last five years.

24 Apr 2017 · Department for Transport

A19: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2017 to Questions 70174, on A19: accidents, what assessment he has made of the causes of the increase in the number of accidents on the A19 between Seaham and the Testos round

24 Apr 2017 · Department for Transport

A19: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answers of 20 April 2017 to Questions 70176 and 70174, on A19: accidents, what steps he is taking to increase patrols and speeding enforcement at accident black spots on the A19.

24 Apr 2017 · Department for Transport

A19: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2017 to Question 70174, on A19: accidents, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of accidents on the A19 between Seaham and the Testos roundabout.

19 Apr 2017 · Department of Health

Pharmacy: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding his Department provides for minor ailments services provided by community pharmacies.

19 Apr 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Letting Agents: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he made of disparities in regional housing markets prior to publishing the consultation paper, Banning letting agent fees paid by tenants, published on 7 April 2017.

18 Apr 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Letting Agents: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to introduce a requirement for all letting agents to register with a regulatory body.

18 Apr 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Benefit: Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will bring forward proposals to ensure that housing benefit is paid direct only to landlords, or letting agents, who are Propertymark Protected.

18 Apr 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Letting Agents: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that banning upfront fees will not change private sector rent levels.

13 Apr 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carer's Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who are eligible for carer's allowance currently (a) receive that benefit and (b) have an underlying entitlement without payment.

13 Apr 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carer's Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of paying carer's allowance to all those eligible for that benefit, including those with an underlying entitlement.

13 Apr 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment Schemes: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish a list of private sector organisations that provide back to work support services for claimants of (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) employment and support allowance and (c) universal cr

13 Apr 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will bring forward proposals to change the child maintenance calculations from gross to net income.

13 Apr 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will bring forward proposals to take into consideration pension deductions prior to calculating child maintenance payments.

13 Apr 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Debt Collection

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2017 to Question 68373, if she will make it her policy to mandate the use of voice recorders or body cameras for (a) bailiffs carrying out enforcement activity for public bodies

13 Apr 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will introduce guidance for prison authorities on safe staffing levels setting out a specific prisoner to staff ratio required per shift; and if she will make a statement.

13 Apr 2017 · Department of Health

Clinical Commissioning Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy that clinical commissioning groups must undertake a public consultation when decommissioning health and support services.

13 Apr 2017 · Department of Health

Strokes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that patients recovering from stroke have access to specialist stroke recovery services such as those provided by the Stroke Association.

13 Apr 2017 · Department of Health

NHS: Job Satisfaction

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of morale in the NHS workforce; and if he will make a statement.

13 Apr 2017 · Department of Health

NHS: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of trends in the real terms pay of people working in the NHS since the introduction of pay restraint in 2011.

13 Apr 2017 · Department of Health

Pharmacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether new funding will be made available for NHS England to commission new advanced services under the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework in 2017-18.

13 Apr 2017 · Department for Education

GCE A-level

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 29 March 2017 to Question 68556, what her policy is on the provision of resources and revision materials by exam boards for students taking reformed A-level courses.

13 Apr 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Letting Agents: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will host additional workshops in the North East on letting agents' fees.

Source: official written-questions record.