Written questions

753 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 Jun 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Capital Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress his Department has made on investment in flood defences.

19 Apr 2017 · HM Treasury

Tax Allowances: Schools

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax and business rates private and public schools saved as a result of their charitable status in each of the last five years.

18 Apr 2017 · Department for Education

Pupils: Attendance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school attendance orders have been issued in England since 2000.

13 Apr 2017 · Department for International Development

Department for International Development: Private Education

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff of her Department based (a) in the UK and (b) overseas are in receipt of support for private school fees for children.

13 Apr 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Private Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much was spent by his Department on private school fees for children of staff who are based (a) in the UK and (b) overseas in 2016-17.

13 Apr 2017 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Private Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent by his Department on private school fees for children of staff who are based (a) in the UK and (b) overseas in 2016-17.

20 Mar 2017 · Department for Education

Schools: Asbestos

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the accuracy of information provided by (a) schools, (b) local authorities and (c) academy trusts in response to freedom of information requests related to asbestos exposure.

17 Mar 2017 · Department for Education

Schools: Asbestos

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Education Funding Agency plans to carry out asbestos surveys where further investigations are warranted ahead of the purchases of new school buildings.

15 Mar 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Non-domestic Rates

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether shared workspaces for the self-employed and small businesses will be eligible for the proposed business rate relief discretionary support.

14 Mar 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Self-employed: Sick Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government plans to improve access to sick pay for the self-employed.

14 Mar 2017 · Women and Equalities

Hereditary Peers: Gender

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the effect of male primogeniture on the gender balance of hereditary peers in the House of Lords.

14 Mar 2017 · HM Treasury

Maternity Pay: Self-employed

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans for self-employed mothers to have access to statutory maternity pay as a result of the rise in Class 4 national insurance contributions.

14 Mar 2017 · HM Treasury

Self-employed: Fraud

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the effect on the public purse of bogus self-employment arising from there being no equivalent provision to employer national insurance contributions for self-employed.

14 Mar 2017 · HM Treasury

National Insurance Contributions: Self-employed

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to introduce a measure comparable to employer national insurance contributions to provide an equivalent provision to such existing contributions for the self-employed on account of the la

14 Mar 2017 · HM Treasury

Jobseeker's Allowance: Self-employed

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the rise in Class 4 national insurance contributions will result in the self-employed having increased access to contribution-based job seeker's allowance.

14 Mar 2017 · HM Treasury

Employment and Support Allowance: Self-employed

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the rise in Class 4 national insurance contributions will result in the self-employed having increased access to contribution-based employment support allowance.

14 Mar 2017 · HM Treasury

Paternity Pay: Self-employed

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to develop a paternity allowance similar to maternity allowance for self-employed fathers as a result of the rise in Class 4 national insurance contributions.

14 Mar 2017 · HM Treasury

Adoption Allowance: Self-employed

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to develop an adoption allowance similar to maternity allowance for self-employed people who adopt a child as a result of the rise in Class 4 national insurance contributions.

13 Mar 2017 · HM Treasury

Universal Credit: Self-employed

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the start-up period under universal credit exempting self-employed people from the minimum income floor in their first year of trading.

13 Mar 2017 · HM Treasury

Pensions: Self-employed

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to ensure that more self-employed people pay into a private pension scheme.

13 Mar 2017 · HM Treasury

Mortgages: Self-employed

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to improve the access of self-employed people to a mortgage.

13 Mar 2017 · HM Treasury

National Insurance Contributions: Self-employed

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to reform the minimum income floor in universal credit for self-employed people as a result of the planned increase in Class 4 national insurance contributions.

24 Feb 2017 · HM Treasury

Inheritance Tax

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer of lost revenue resulting from changes to inheritance tax thresholds announced in Budget 2015 in the (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19, (c) 2019-20 and (d) 2020-21

23 Feb 2017 · HM Treasury

Small Businesses: Cash Dispensing

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of reduced access to free ATMs on small businesses in (a) England, (b) the Yorkshire and the Humber region and (c) Leeds West constituency.

17 Feb 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Sick Leave: Musculoskeletal Disorders

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) England and (b) Leeds have been signed off work permanently as a result of disability related to a musculoskeletal condition in the last three years.

17 Feb 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance: Musculoskeletal Disorders

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) England and (b) Leeds are in receipt of employment and support allowance as a result of disability related to a musculoskeletal condition.

17 Feb 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will set out a timetable for the automatic enrolment review.

17 Feb 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Sick Leave: Musculoskeletal Disorders

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many fit notes were issued to people as a result of musculoskeletal conditions in (a) England and (b) Leeds in (i) 2015 and (ii) 2016.

25 Jan 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Statistics

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons 74 is the maximum age at which occupational data include a teacher death.

25 Jan 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Statistics

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will increase the maximum age for teacher deaths in occupational data beyond the age of 74.

Source: official written-questions record.