Written questions

Sir Nicholas Dakin

959 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 Oct 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Iron and Steel

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2017 to Question 9980, on iron and steel: procurement, what progress her Department has made on delivering greater UK steel content in line with th

6 Oct 2017 · Ministry of Defence

Government Departments: Iron and Steel

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2017 to Question 9980, on iron and steel: procurement, what progress his Department has made on delivering greater UK steel content in line with the public procurement guide

6 Oct 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Department for Communities and Local Government: Iron and Steel

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2017 to Question 9980, on iron and steel: procurement, what progress his Department has made on delivering greater UK steel content in line with the

6 Oct 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Iron and Steel

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2017 to Question 9980, on iron and steel: procurement, what progress his Department has made on delivering greater UK steel content in line with

6 Oct 2017 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Iron and Steel

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2017 to Question 9980, on iron and steel: procurement, what progress her Department has made on delivering greater UK steel content in line with the public procurement gui

11 Sep 2017 · Cabinet Office

Iron and Steel: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2017 to Question 9289, on iron and steel: procurement, what progress each Government department is making in delivering greater UK steel content in line with the Government

11 Sep 2017 · Department of Health

Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure cancer waiting time targets are met.

6 Sep 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Iron and Steel: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the announcement made by his Department on 3 April 2016, New public sector boost for UK steel, when he plans to announce the list of approved steel suppliers; an

6 Sep 2017 · Department for Education

Schools: Vocational Guidance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Careers and Enterprise Company on providing careers education to more schools than the 1,700 that have signed up for the scheme to date.

6 Sep 2017 · Department for Education

Schools: Scunthorpe

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many secondary schools in Scunthorpe constituency have been allocated a careers and enterprise company adviser.

6 Sep 2017 · Department for Education

Careers and Enterprise Company

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the work of the Careers and Enterprise Company to help young people into work; and whether her Department plans to provide support to that company in future.

6 Sep 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Discretionary Housing Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people who want to access Discretionary Housing Payments are not blocked by overly strict criteria set by local authorities.

6 Sep 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Discretionary Housing Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Discretionary Housing Payments are being spent for the intended purpose by local authorities.

6 Sep 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Discretionary Housing Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much each local authority was allocated in Discretionary Housing Payment funding in each of the last three years; and how much each authority has spent from that funding in each such year.

4 Sep 2017 · Home Office

Animal Experiments: Primates

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government has taken to reduce the use of monkeys in regulatory testing for human medicines since 2016.

4 Sep 2017 · Home Office

Animal Experiments: Primates

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many primates used in experiments for the first time in 2016 came from Asia or Africa; and what steps the Government is taking to ensure that there is a reduction in the importation of monkeys for

4 Sep 2017 · Home Office

Animal Experiments: Primates

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the primates used in experimental procedures in 2016 were F1, born from wild parents, or F2 greater, born from parents who were also born in captivity; and how she plans to monitor the reducti

4 Sep 2017 · Home Office

Animal Experiments: Primates

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Table 2.3 of the Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals, Great Britain, 2016, how her Department ensures that the colonies from which 1,739 primates used for th

4 Sep 2017 · Home Office

Animal Experiments: Cats

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Table 4 of the Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals, Great Britain, 2016, what the experiments carried out on the 190 cats were.

4 Sep 2017 · Home Office

Animal Experiments: Primates

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what experiments accounted for the 50 per cent increase in 2016 in the number of experiments on new world monkeys, marmosets and tamarins.

14 Jul 2017 · Department for Education

Sixth Form Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2017 to Question 1097, how much funding was allocated to 16-to-19 education in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.

10 Jul 2017 · Department for Transport

Railways: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment the Government has made of the effectiveness of Network Rail's re-planning of Control Period 5.

10 Jul 2017 · Department for Education

Sixth Form Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of her Department's budget allocated to 16 to 19-year old education was reallocated to other budgets in the financial years (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.

7 Jul 2017 · Department for Education

Sixth Form Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department allocated to 16 to 19-year-old education in each financial year since 2014-15.

7 Jul 2017 · Department for Education

Sixth Form Education: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department spent on 16 to 19-year-old education in each financial year since 2014-15.