Written questions

959 written questions tabled, most recent first.

9 Oct 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints on pensions have been received from women born in the 1950s.

9 Oct 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Sudan: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Sudanese counterpart on proposals by President Bashir to amend the Sudanese constitution to allow him to stand for election in 2020; and if he will ma

9 Oct 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Peter Ajak

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date officials in his Department last discussed the case of Peter Biar Ajak with the South Sudanese Government.

9 Oct 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Sudan: Freedom of Expression

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress he has made in the UK-Sudan Strategic Dialogue on protecting freedom of speech in Sudan.

9 Oct 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Noura Hussein

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Attorney General in the Sudanese Government to intervene in the case of Noura Hussein and to prevent the death penalty being reinstated.

9 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what arrangements the Government plans to introduce to monitor the effect of the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 (a) nationally and (b) regionally.

9 Oct 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the NHS commissioning pathway is for the tumour profiling test Oncotype DX which is used for certain breast cancer patients.

9 Oct 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the tumour profiling test Oncotype DX has not been included in NHS England’s National Genomic Test Directory.

9 Oct 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Bangladesh: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the fairness of the recent local elections in Bangladesh.

8 Oct 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Bangladesh: Political Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations has he made to the Secretary General of the Commonwealth on the relationship between the Commonwealth's core values on human rights and the rule of law and the creati

8 Oct 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Bangladesh: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to encourage the Government of Bangladesh to hold a free and fair general election later this year.

8 Oct 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Bangladesh: Political Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to the Government of Bangladesh on the decision to create a special court within the prison in which the Bangladesh Opposition Leader, Khaleda Zia, is

11 Sep 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints from women born in the 1950s are being considered by the Independent Case Examiner.

11 Sep 2018 · Department for Transport

Motorway Service Areas: Public Lavatories

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made to increase the number of changing places toilets in service stations.

11 Sep 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Public Lavatories

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made in increasing (a) the number of and (b) access to Changing Places toilets in hospitals and other health settings.

11 Sep 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Public Lavatories: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress the Government has made in increasing (a) the number of and (b) access to Changing Places toilets.

11 Sep 2018 · Department for Education

Teachers: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2018 to Question 153261 on Teachers: Recruitment, if he will provide the finalised (a) total spending and (b) under-spend on teacher training bursaries in the 2017/18 academic

3 Sep 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of Subject Access Requests to GPs in each of the last 12 months.

3 Sep 2018 · Department for Education

Mathematics: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will amend the eligibility criteria to lead a basic maths Centre for Excellence so that it is based on the total number of students with low prior attainment in maths rather than the number of students con

3 Sep 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Magistrates: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the effect of the reduction in magistrates' training costs from £110 per magistrate in 2008-09 to £36 in 2015 on (a) the consistent application of law in magistrates court tri

24 Jul 2018 · Home Office

Home Office: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to answer Questions 146839 and 163094, on criminal proceedings, tabled on 22 May and 11 July 2018 respectively by the hon. Member for Scunthorpe; and for what reasons he has so far not r

19 Jul 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Lyme Disease

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) GPs and (b) other health professionals have adequate training for the early diagnosis of Lyme Disease.

18 Jul 2018 · Home Office

CCTV

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he is taking steps to ensure a consistent standard of video surveillance systems and readers so that all CCTV recordings are accessible (a) to the police and security services and (b) during c

12 Jul 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to respond to Question 150069, on CCTV recordings, tabled by the hon. Member for Scunthorpe on 4 June 2018.

12 Jul 2018 · Attorney General

Magistrates' Courts: Convictions

To ask the Attorney General, with reference to tables three and seven of the Crown Prosecution Service Annual Report 2016-17, what the reasons are for conviction rates in Magistrates Courts being higher than those in Crown Court; and what assessment his D

12 Jul 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Capita: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) objectives and (b) milestones his Department set relating to the decision to tender all justice related interpretation services to Capita Translation and Interpreting between 2012 and 2016; and what asse

11 Jul 2018 · Home Office

Home Office: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to respond to Question 146839, on criminal proceedings, tabled by the hon. Member for Scunthorpe 22 May 2018.

3 Jul 2018 · Department for Education

Teachers: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2018 to Question 156624, how many and what proportion of teachers of subjects other than maths are still in teaching after (a) three, (b) four and (c) five years.

3 Jul 2018 · Department for Education

Mathematics: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2018 to Question 156624, how many and what proportion of maths teachers in receipt of bursaries are still teaching after (a) three, (b) four and (c) five years.

3 Jul 2018 · Department for Education

Teachers: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2018 to Question 153261, on teachers: recruitment, how his Department plans to use the money within the remaining budget.

Source: official written-questions record.