Written questions

434 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 Nov 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Burma: Elections

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

4 Nov 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Iron and Steel: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that the skills of steel industry employees are maintained.

20 Oct 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Funerals: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the level of charges levied by funeral directors for their goods and services.

16 Oct 2015 · Home Office

Members: Surveillance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Wilson Doctrine has been consistently applied to the communications of the hon. Member for Walsall South; and whether that hon. Member has been subject to surveillance.

9 Oct 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the costs of automatic-enrolment of pensions on small businesses.

9 Oct 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the merits of providing concessions to ease the cost of automatic-enrolment pensions for small businesses.

9 Oct 2015 · Department of Health

Bladder Cancer: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the BCG vaccines for non-invasive grade 3 aggressive bladder cancer.

17 Sep 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Marine Conservation Zones

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to announce her decision on the designation of the 23 marine conservation zones proposed in tranche 2.

17 Sep 2015 · HM Treasury

Freezing of Assets: Syria

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assets of (a) President Assad and (b) the Syrian government have been frozen in the UK; and what the value is of those assets.

11 Sep 2015 · Department for International Development

Burma: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her Department's policy is on the provision of funding for education through religious organisations in Burma.

11 Sep 2015 · Home Office

Burma: Exclusion Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Burmese Home Affairs Minister, Lt. Gen. Ko Ko, is excluded from entering the UK.

11 Sep 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Burma: Crimes against Humanity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the implication for his policies of the Harvard Law School report entitled War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity in Eastern Myanmar published in November

11 Sep 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Burma: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information he holds on whether Burmese army soldiers who have received training from the UK Government are serving in conflicts in (a) Kachin and Shan states or (b) Kokang areas.

21 Jul 2015 · Department for Transport

Chase Line: Electrification

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether electrification of the Chase Line from Walsall to Rugeley Trent Valley is included in the projects paused as part of the assessment of the High Level Output Specification.

21 Jul 2015 · Department for Transport

Chase Line: Electrification

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) work has been carried out and (b) expenditure has been made on work to electrify and upgrade the Chase Line from Walsall to Rugeley Trent Valley to date.

6 Jul 2015 · Cabinet Office

Electronic Government

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how members of the public can access Government-commissioned reports on the gov.uk website which have been archived.

4 Jun 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Burma: Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Burmese counterpart seeking the release of Philip Blackwood, Tun Thurein and Htut Ko Ko Lwin from prison in that country.

4 Jun 2015 · Department for International Development

Burma: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance her Department has provided to the government of Burma on the drafting of legislative proposals in that country on education reform.

4 Jun 2015 · Department for International Development

Burma: Overseas Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department provides to religious organisations in Burma for education programmes; and what conditions her Department places on such funding.

18 Mar 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Burma

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications of the recent crackdown on protesting students in Burma for the credibility of Burma's reform process; and if he will make a statement.

4 Mar 2015 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) occupational pensions payments and (b) lump sum pensions payments from the Civil Service Pensions Scheme have been paid after the due date since the transfer of administration of that scheme from Ca

2 Feb 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Burma

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of providing training courses for the Burmese Army to date; and what funding for that purpose has been allocated for (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.

29 Jan 2015 · Department of Health

Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS England will remain the sole budget-holder and accountable commissioner for all specialised services.

29 Jan 2015 · Department of Health

Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when NHS England will publish details of the co-commissioning of specialised services.

29 Jan 2015 · Department of Health

Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether joint committees of NHS England and clinical commissioning groups are permitted to deviate from national service specifications for specialised services.

28 Jan 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Burma

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom's Report, Burma: Religious Freedom and Related Hum

22 Jan 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Burma

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to support the establishment of an independent, international inquiry to investigate allegations of crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing and genocide in

16 Jan 2015 · Department for Education

Chemistry: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of secondary school chemistry teachers hold a chemistry degree in each local authority in England.

16 Jan 2015 · Department for Education

Physics: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of secondary school physics teachers hold a physics degree in each local authority in England.

16 Jan 2015 · Department for Education

Mathematics: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of secondary school mathematics teachers hold a mathematics degree in each local authority in England.

Source: official written-questions record.