Written questions
4,009 written questions tabled, most recent first.
27 Nov 2017 · HM Treasury
Public Finance
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which Department will have oversight of the Balance Sheet Review announced in Autumn Budget 2017.
27 Nov 2017 · Cabinet Office
Government Digital Service: Staff
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many members of staff will be employed in the GovTech catalyst in Government Digital Service.
27 Nov 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions: Telephone Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 November 2017 to Question 111488, on Department for Work and Pensions: telephone services, which and how many of his Department's phonelines fall within the parameters laid
27 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Justice: Telephone Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November to Question 111484, on Ministry of Justice: telephone services, for what reason his Department does not hold information on phonelines transferred to arms-length bodies.
27 Nov 2017 · Department for International Trade
Department for International Trade: Telephone Services
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to Answer of 17 November 2017 to Question 111483, on Department for International Trade: telephone services, whether that Answer refers to all of his Department's public telephone lines.
27 Nov 2017 · Department of Health
Department of Health: Telephone Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 15 November to Question 111480, on Department of Health: Telephone Services, whether that Answer also applies to his Department's arm's-length bodies.
27 Nov 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Telephone Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November to Question 111476, on departmental telephone services, whether the same is the case for services provided by his Department's arms-length bodies.
27 Nov 2017 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Telephone Services
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 111594, on Government Departments: Telephone Services, when he plans to provide a substantive Answer.
27 Nov 2017 · Cabinet Office
Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 26 October 2017 to Question 108814, on senior civil servants recruitment, whether the information referred to in that Answer is available.
23 Nov 2017 · Cabinet Office
Carillion
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, , what risk was identified during the procurement process that identified Carillion as a service delivery supplier, to (a) the operation of public services and (b) value for money in the event of any strategic s
23 Nov 2017 · Cabinet Office
Carillion
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what risk was identified during the procurement process that identified Carillion as a service delivery contractor to (a) the operation of public services and (b) value for money of the potential effect of Caril
23 Nov 2017 · Cabinet Office
Government Chief Scientific Adviser: Public Appointments
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the criteria for the recruitment of the position of Government Chief Scientific Adviser.
23 Nov 2017 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Staff
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to Answer of 14 November 2017 to Question 111108 on Department for Exiting the European Union: Staff, what estimate he has made of the number of staff to be recruited in each Department; the grade at wh
22 Nov 2017 · Cabinet Office
Public Sector: Procurement
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the risk of a strategic supplier to the Government folding on the (a) the operation of public services and (b) value for money.
22 Nov 2017 · Cabinet Office
Carillion
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether a Crown Representative has been assigned to Carillion.
22 Nov 2017 · Cabinet Office
Public Sector: Procurement
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effect of the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 set at in Procurement Policy Note 04/15 on restricting the taking into account of past performance in awarding
22 Nov 2017 · Cabinet Office
Behavioural Insights Team
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what data the Behavioural Insights Team holds on those people it can reach with its Predicitiv product; how many such people there; and what the origin of that data is.
22 Nov 2017 · Department of Health
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHs Trust
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust will be required to take in the event that it is unable to accrue those savings required by the current cost improvement programme.
21 Nov 2017 · Department for Education
Wakefield City Academies Trust
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons the Regional Schools Commissioner for East Midlands and Humber did not announce plans to rebroker academies run by the Wakefield City Academies Trust until September 2017.
21 Nov 2017 · Department for Education
Wakefield City Academies Trust
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Wakefield City Academies Trust has made a claim under her Department's risk protection arrangement in (a) the last three months and (b) the last year.
21 Nov 2017 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Contracts for Services
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department issues on the contractual obligations of private companies delivering Government services and the complaints procedures available to the public when those obligations are not met.
20 Nov 2017 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Procurement
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance is given to departments on the size of profit margins given to private contractors when awarding contracts.
20 Nov 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Commercial Secrets: EU Law
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to introduce any new criminal offence in UK law as a result of the transposition into UK law of the European Trade Secrets Directive.
20 Nov 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Commercial Secrets: EU Law
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the timetable is for transposing the European Trade Secrets Directive into UK law.
20 Nov 2017 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Procurement
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the National Audit Office report, Managing Government Suppliers, HC 811 of Session 2013-14, published on 11 November 2013, how many strategic suppliers to the Government have been rated as (a)
20 Nov 2017 · Cabinet Office
Crown Representatives
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) qualitative and (b) quantitative information is collected on Strategic Supplier perceptions of Crown Representatives.
20 Nov 2017 · Cabinet Office
Government Chief Scientific Adviser: Public Appointments
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many candidates were considered for the position of Chief Scientific Adviser.
16 Nov 2017 · Department for Transport
High Speed 2 Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the High Speed 2 environmental impact study to (a) begin, (b) conclude and (c) be published.
16 Nov 2017 · Department for Education
Wakefield City Academies Trust: Outwood Grange Academies Trust
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the feedback on the transfer of Wakefield City Academy Trust schools to Outwood Grange Academy Trust collected during the listening period will be published.
16 Nov 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Post Offices
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information his Department holds on the number of post offices which have (a) closed, (b) been moved into co-location with another business and (c) reduced their level of ava
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