Written questions
2,061 written questions tabled, most recent first.
9 May 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Supported Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many specially adapted homes for (a) disabled and (b) elderly people there were in (i) Sunderland, (ii) the North East and (iii) England in 2014-15.
9 May 2016 · Department for Education
Department for Education: Freedom of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many responses to freedom of information requests have been reviewed by her Department's special advisers before being issued to the individual or organisation requesting information in each of the last fiv
4 May 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions
Supported Housing: Housing Benefit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is taking steps to provide support for people living in supported housing who will be affected by the cap of housing benefit at the same level as local housing allowance.
4 May 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions
Local Housing Allowance: Supported Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of capping housing benefit to the same level as local housing allowance on the number of specialist homes in (a) Sunderland, (b) the North
4 May 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions
Supported Housing: Housing Benefit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department plans to publish its response to its public consultation on housing benefit reform and supported housing.
8 Apr 2016 · Department for Transport
Bus Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to present the new Buses Bill to Parliament.
10 Mar 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Family Courts: Domestic Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2016 to Question 27240, on family courts: domestic violence, when his Department last reviewed the security standards referred to in that Answer.
10 Mar 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Written Questions: Government Responses
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to answer Question 28906, tabled on 3 March 2016 by the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, on the living wage.
8 Mar 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Family Courts
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which family courts have a designated safe space for victims of domestic abuse and other vulnerable individuals.
8 Mar 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Family Courts: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many criminal offences were committed on family court premises in each year since 2010.
29 Feb 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Living Wage: Advertising
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2016 to Question 24849, how much of the budget allocated for the National Living Wage advertising campaign has been allocated to advertisements on the
23 Feb 2016 · Department of Health
Junior Doctors: Conditions of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has allocated funding to defend a legal challenge against his decision to impose a new junior doctors contract.
19 Feb 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Family Courts: Domestic Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the safety of the family court estate for victims of domestic abuse during cases involving child contact.
11 Feb 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Domestic Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many family courts have special access measures in place for victims of domestic violence attending the court for child contact cases.
11 Feb 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Domestic Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to paragraph 1.26 of the National Audit Office report, Implementing reforms to civil legal aid reports, published in November 2014, what assessment he has made of the effect of the increase in the
11 Feb 2016 · Department of Health
NHS Property Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2016 to Question 25882, if he will list the (a) 27 categories of information held in the Asset Management data set, (b) 13 categories of information held in the Facilities Man
9 Feb 2016 · HM Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) on that body's record of (a) call waiting times, (b) call handling and (c) the steps HMRC plans to take to increase the level of service to teleph
4 Feb 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Community Rehabilitation Companies: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answers of 2 February 2016 to Questions 23949 and 24848, for what reasons the action plans and operational assurance audit referred to are commercially sensitive.
4 Feb 2016 · Department of Health
NHS Property Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what data sets are maintained by NHS Property Services.
3 Feb 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Devolution: North East
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2016 to Question 24228, on public transport: North East, what his Department's role is in finalising monitoring arrangements.
3 Feb 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Community Rehabilitation Companies
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2016 to Question 23948, what the names are of the seven community rehabilitation companies referred to.
3 Feb 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Community Rehabilitation Companies: South Yorkshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2016 to Question 24848, on the South Yorkshire Community Rehabilitation Company, what areas of that company's activities the action plan referred to covers; in what way his De
3 Feb 2016 · Department of Health
NHS Litigation Authority
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what data sets are maintained by the NHS Litigation Authority.
1 Feb 2016 · Scotland Office
Abortion: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with (a) ministers in the Scottish Government and (b) women's organisations on devolving competence for abortion legislation to Scotland.
28 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Community Rehabilitation Companies: South Yorkshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library the improvement plan developed by South Yorkshire Community Rehabilitation Company in response to the audit conducted by his Department.
28 Jan 2016 · HM Treasury
Child Tax Credit: North East
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2015 to Question 19012, how many households in the North East and Houghton and Sunderland South constituency are in receipt of child tax credits (a) not equal to but higher than
28 Jan 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Living Wage: Publicity
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what costs have been incurred by his Department for the current advertising campaign on the national living wage.
26 Jan 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Public Transport: North East
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2015 to Question 19988, what progress he has made on finalising monitoring arrangements; and if he will support monitoring of the use of public tran
25 Jan 2016 · Department for Transport
Bus Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2015 to Question 19489, when the Buses Bill will be introduced into Parliament.
25 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Community Rehabilitation Companies
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2016 to Question 22251, which (a) community rehabilitation companies have been issued with informal remedial action plans and (b) companies contracted to run probation service
Source: official written-questions record.