Written questions

807 written questions tabled, most recent first.

7 Jan 2019 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: EEA Nationals

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to change paragraph 1.20 of the civil service nationality rules guidance in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.

18 Dec 2018 · Treasury

Off-payroll Working

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2018 to Question 201166 on Tax Avoidance, what estimate his Department has made of the level of self-employment to produce those projections.

11 Dec 2018 · Treasury

Off-payroll Working

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what projections his Department has produced of the tax receipts arising from the changes to IR35 rules as announced in Budget 2018.

10 Dec 2018 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: EEA Nationals

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to change paragraph 1.20 of the civil service nationality rules in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.

7 Dec 2018 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: EEA Nationals

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what restrictions there would be on the employment by civil service of EEA in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.

7 Dec 2018 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Migrant Workers

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse would be of not charging for applications for Settled Status from non-UK EU nationals employed directly by the Government.

7 Dec 2018 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Migrant Workers

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the number non-UK EU citizens employed by in each Government Department as a (a) civil servant and (b) contractor.

23 Oct 2018 · Wales Office

Industry: North Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on industry in North Wales.

22 Oct 2018 · Treasury

Broadband: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what funding his Department plans to allocate to the provision of ultra-fast broadband in each region of the UK in each of the next two years.

22 Oct 2018 · Treasury

Infrastructure: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding his Department plans to allocate to infrastructure development in each region of the Uk in each if the nest two years.

2 Jul 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families with three or more children received (a) tax credits and (b) universal credit from April 2017 in (i) Wirral, (ii) Merseyside, (iii) the North West and (iv) the UK.

2 Jul 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Walk-in Centres: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS walk-in centres have closed in England in each year from 2010 to 2018.

2 Jul 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Workers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the (a) mean average hourly pay (b) median average hourly pay and (c) most common rate of hourly pay for social care workers in each year from 2010 to 2018.

2 Jul 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Workers: Zero Hours Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of social care staff who are on a zero hours contract.

28 Jun 2018 · Department for Transport

Railways: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to improve travelling times between Wirral and Manchester.

28 Jun 2018 · Department for Transport

Borderlands Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to increase the frequency of trains on the Wrexham to Bidston line.

28 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Retail Trade: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what capital expenditure his Department has made available for town centre regeneration in each year since 2010 in (a) England, (b) the North West, (c) Merseyside, (d) Wirral loc

8 Jun 2018 · Treasury

Public Sector Debt: Interest Rates

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the assumptions are of his Department, the Office for Budget Responsibility and the Bank of England on the interest rates to be paid on the stock of national debt, in terms of debt repayment and total debt, in e

20 Feb 2018 · Women and Equalities

Equal Pay: Females

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many staff employed by the Equality and Human Rights Commission are working on the gender pay gap.

20 Feb 2018 · Women and Equalities

Equal Pay

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many (a) public sector organisations, (b) businesses and (c) charities are required to report gender pay gap information this year; and how many (i) public sector organisations, (ii) businesses and (iii) c

20 Feb 2018 · Women and Equalities

Equal Pay

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the resources available to the Equality and Human Rights Commission to check gender pay gap data.

20 Feb 2018 · Women and Equalities

Equal Pay

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Equality and Human Rights Commission will have a role in checking the accuracy of gender pay gap data.

23 Oct 2017 · Department for International Development

Syria: Internally Displaced People

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what role the Government plans to play in facilitating the safe return home of internally displaced people in Syria; and what criteria will be used to establish whether their homes are safe enou

23 Oct 2017 · Department for International Development

Syria: Reconstruction

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate her Department has made of the timescale for (a) commencing reconstruction work in Syria and (b) the UK's involvement in that work.

23 Oct 2017 · Department for International Development

Syria: Reconstruction

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what role the Government has in (a) assessing the level of reconstruction of homes, physical infrastructure and administrative systems required in Syria and (b) carrying out that reconstruction.

23 Oct 2017 · Department for International Development

Syria: Reconstruction

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate her Department has made of the potential cost of reconstruction work in Syria (a) to the public purse and (b) overall.

10 Oct 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints his Department received in relation to the delay to a payment of benefit owing to the lack of an appropriately trained healthcare professional in the latest period for which figures

10 Oct 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the current mean time is for a claimant to apply, be assessed and receive their first ESA payment.

9 Oct 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Self-employed

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2017 to Question 9283, on universal credit: self employed, what assessment he has made of the (a) effect of the roll-out of universal credit on the creative sector

6 Sep 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Self-employed

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will commission an independent review of the universal credit minimum income floor to improve its responsiveness to the conditions of people in self-employment; and if he will suspend the introduc

Source: official written-questions record.