Written questions

2,061 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 Oct 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

HM Land Registry

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has responsibilities for the Land Registry; and if he will make a statement.

17 Oct 2016 · Home Office

Religious Buildings: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how her Department plans to allocate £2.4 million for the security measures at vulnerable faith institutions in Action Against Hate: the UK Government's plan for tackling hate crime, published in July

17 Oct 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Iraq: Islamic State

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what responses he plans to give to the request by the Iraqi Kurdish forces in Mosul for equipment to protect them from an ISIL/Daesh chemical attack; and if he will make a statement.

14 Oct 2016 · Home Office

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2016 to Question 37587, how many child refugees are planned to be resettled in the UK in the next year in accordance with subsection (1) of 67 of the Immigration Act o

14 Oct 2016 · Home Office

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2016 to Question 37587, what progress the Government has made on consulting local authorities to identified a specified number of children refugees to be resettled in

13 Oct 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of moving the Child Support Agency to the Child Maintenance Service on (a) single-parent families, (b) low-income families, (c) survivors of domesti

13 Oct 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to review the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the Child Maintenance Service for families which use that service.

13 Oct 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families in the North East received child maintenance through the (a) Child Support Agency and (b) Child Maintenance Service in 2015-16; and how many of those families were (i) single-parent fa

11 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Extended Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect of the level of parental contributions required to fund extended school activities on participation of pupils pupils from low-income families in such activities.

11 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Extended Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect the availability of childcare provision of extended schools has had on reducing (a) the gender pay gap, (b) child poverty, and (c) workless households in England.

11 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Extended Services: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve participation rates in extended school activities of primary school pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds.

11 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Extended Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will estimate the proportion of funding for extended school activities in primary schools in 2015-16 which came from parental contributions in (a) England, (b) the North East and (c) Sunderland.

11 Oct 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Private Rented Housing: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will review the operation of the scheme requiring letting agents to publicise their fees to consumers.

7 Oct 2016 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Foreign Companies: Japan

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether he has had discussions with representatives of Japanese businesses operating in the UK pursuant to the memorandum presented by the Japanese government to the Prime Minister at the recen

7 Oct 2016 · Department for International Trade

Foreign Companies: Japan

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions he has had with representatives of Japanese businesses operating in the UK on the memorandum presented by the Japanese government to the Prime Minister at the recent G20 summit.

7 Oct 2016 · Department for International Development

Overseas Aid: Infectious Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding the Government has committed to the Global Fund Investment Case, Fifth Replenishment 2017-19 for fighting infections.

7 Oct 2016 · Home Office

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied child refugees are in the process of seeking asylum to be reunited with family members who are already in the UK, under the terms of the Immigration Act 2016.

7 Oct 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Japan: Foreign Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has had discussions with representatives of Japanese businesses operating in the UK on the memorandum presented by the Japanese government to the Prime Minister at the recent G

7 Oct 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Welfare: Trapping

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to ban the manufacture, sale, possession and use of animal snares.

7 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Academies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what definition of underperforming local authorities, or other measures of performance her Department will use in a decision to convert a school to academy status.

7 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Schools: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that the introduction of a new national funding formula will prioritise schools in disadvantaged areas for the allocation of funding.

7 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Academies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to bring forward legislation to allow for the forcible conversion of schools to academy status in underperforming local authority areas.

20 May 2016 · Department of Health

Endometriosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he makes of the proportion of women with endometriosis who do not receive the correct (a) diagnosis of and (b) treatment for that condition.

20 May 2016 · Department of Health

Endometriosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the future level of funding for researching the causes of and treatments for endometriosis.

20 May 2016 · Department of Health

Endometriosis: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women have been diagnosed with endometriosis in (a) Sunderland, (b) the North East and (c) England.

19 May 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Family Courts: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of the cross-examination of survivors of domestic abuse by their abusers on the ability of such survivors to provide their best evidence in family court proceedings.

19 May 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Family Courts: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will take steps to end the cross-examination of self-representing survivors of domestic abuse by their abusers in family court proceedings.

19 May 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Family Courts: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of stopping survivors of domestic abuse from being cross-examined by their abusers in family court proceedings.

19 May 2016 · Department of Health

Endometriosis: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what is the average time taken for women with endometriosis to receive that diagnosis.

19 May 2016 · Department of Health

Endometriosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of endometriosis among (a) the general public and (b) primary care doctors in England.

Source: official written-questions record.