Written questions
4,009 written questions tabled, most recent first.
15 Jul 2015 · Department for Education
Mathematics: GCSE
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department issues on the teaching of additional mathematics GCSE in schools.
14 Jul 2015 · Department for Education
Mathematics: GCSE
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to monitor the availability in schools of additional mathematics GCSE.
20 Feb 2015 · Department of Health
Meningitis: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the meningitis B vaccine to be made available on the NHS; and what steps he is taking to make progress on price negotiations with Novartis for that vaccine.
11 Feb 2015 · Department for International Development
South Asia
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department disbursed to projects in (a) Pakistan and (b) Azad Kashmir in each of the last 10 years.
21 Nov 2014 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Malaysia
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking with the Malaysia authorities with the aim of preventing inappropriate activity on the wrecks of HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales.
20 Nov 2014 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Malaysia
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports his Department has received of theft of metal and other valuable items from HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales which were sunk off the coast of Malaysia in December 1941.
5 Nov 2014 · Department of Health
Ophthalmic Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to support behavioural optometry services.
16 Oct 2014 · HM Treasury
Business: Loans
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assistance the Government provides to enable a person to remain in a home against which a bank loan for a business has been secured when they have defaulted on that loan.
14 Oct 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who have applied for personal independence payments are waiting to receive a decision.
14 Oct 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to ensure that personal independence payments applications are not delayed to the extent that supporting medical information becomes outdated.
14 Oct 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for personal independence payments have taken longer than 26 weeks to receive a decision.
14 Oct 2014 · Ministry of Justice
Office of the Public Guardian
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Office of the Public Guardian.
14 Oct 2014 · HM Treasury
Repossession Orders
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's policy is on the introduction of restrictions on the ability of banks and other mortgage lenders to repossess a home where that would make a family homeless.
13 Oct 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the current time being taken to award personal independence payments.
10 Oct 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many appeal cases are delayed because his Department has not submitted the required information to HM Courts and Tribunal Service in time.
10 Oct 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the causes of delays by his Department in providing paperwork to the HM Courts and Tribunal Service; and what guidance his Department issues on the number of times an appe
10 Oct 2014 · Ministry of Justice
Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the processing times are for an appeal where an individual is contesting a personal independence payment decision from the start of the appeal to its conclusion.
10 Oct 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence payment cases are in payment; and how many applications for such payments have been made.
10 Oct 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions
Work Capability Assessment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what limit his Department has set on waiting times for work capability assessments; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure this limit is not exceeded.
10 Oct 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions
Work Capability Assessment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are currently waiting to see a nurse or physiotherapist health care professional for the purposes of a work capability assessment in (a) Hemsworth constituency and (b) the UK.
10 Oct 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions
Work Capability Assessment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are currently waiting to see a doctor health care professional for the purposes of a work capability assessment in (a) Hemsworth constituency and (b) the UK.
10 Oct 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions
Work Capability Assessment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what comparative assessment he has made of the (a) demand and (b) waiting times for work capability assessments conducted by a (i) doctor and (ii) nurse or physiotherapist health care professional.
10 Oct 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions
Funeral Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to monitor the average costs of funerals; and what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of funeral payments to meet the average cost of a funeral.
10 Oct 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions
Funeral Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how the value of help for funeral costs is calculated; what factors those calculations take into account; and what account is taken in such calculations of the income of the next of kin.
10 Oct 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many enquiry forms for assessment for personal independence payments have been sent to people in (a) Hemsworth constituency and (b) the UK; and how many of those who have applied have been waiting f
10 Oct 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions
Work Capability Assessment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the ratio of doctor health care professionals to nurse or physiotherapist health care professionals currently carrying out work capability assessments is in (a) Hemsworth constituency and (b) the U
10 Oct 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what pilot or feasibility studies were carried out by his Department on managing the change over from disability living allowance to personal independence payment.
10 Oct 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of cases in which disability living allowance payments have ceased before personal independence payment is received; and what steps he is taking to ensure that pe
10 Oct 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the current average waiting time is for applicants for personal independence payments for a face-to-face assessment if required.
10 Oct 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the current average waiting time is for personal independence payments from application to the date of award.
Source: official written-questions record.