Written questions

4,615 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Dec 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Apprenticeship Levy: Civil Society and Public Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the Apprenticeship Levy will apply to public and third sector organisations.

14 Dec 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Schools: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons school reserves are included in local authority balance sheet reserves.

14 Dec 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Benefit: Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what transitional arrangements are being made for local authority employees who administer housing benefit when responsibility for that benefit moves to universal credit.

11 Dec 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Cybercrime

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of making penalties for data breaches a criminal act in which negligence is involved.

11 Dec 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Institute of Coding

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues on setting up the Institute for Coding; and how applications for the £20 million funding can be made.

10 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Fraud: Solicitors

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to raise awareness amongst solicitors of the risks of their clients being targeted in scams by people purporting to operate in the name of their solicitor requesting transfer of funds; and

10 Dec 2015 · Home Office

Fraud: Convictions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many convictions resulted from reports to Action Fraud in each year since it was set up.

10 Dec 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Communication Service Providers: Cybersecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with (a) Talk Talk and (b) other internet service providers on measures that can be taken to prevent breaches of security relating to customer data.

9 Dec 2015 · Home Office

Action Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what Action Fraud's budget has been in each year of its existence; how many cases it has pursued in each such year; and what proportion of such cases involved cybercrime.

9 Dec 2015 · Home Office

Fraud: Criminal Investigation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what basis Action Fraud determines which reported frauds to pursue for investigation; and whether the amount defrauded influences such decisions.

9 Dec 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what additional funding allocations have been provided to each local authority as a result of declared claw back from BT under the National Broadband Scheme.

9 Dec 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of the total declared claw back from BT under National Broadband Scheme contracts has been reallocated to local authorities for additional roll-out under the Scheme.

8 Dec 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2015 to Question 18148, if he will provide a breakdown of public appointments by his Department its executive agencies and non-governmental bodies by (a) gend

8 Dec 2015 · HM Treasury

Manufacturing Industries: Finance

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment on the financial effect on the UK manufacturing sector of reductions to (a) capital allowances and (b) corporation tax since 2010.

8 Dec 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Cybersecurity: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the level of take-up by (a) micro, (b) small and (c) medium-sized enterprises has been of the cyber essentials programme.

7 Dec 2015 · Department for Transport

Newcastle Station

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November 2015 to Question 17745, whether provision was made for investments in Newcastle Station with a payback period longer than the East Coast Franchise Agreement, when his Depar

7 Dec 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which suppliers will accept rural satellite broadband vouchers.

7 Dec 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the planned budget is for the rural satellite broadband voucher scheme; and from which of his Department's funding headings that budget has been allocated.

7 Dec 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to his Department's rural satellite broadband voucher scheme, what estimate he has made of the average cost of (a) installation and (b) a 12 months subscription to 2 megabit rural

7 Dec 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Cybersecurity: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the level of awareness among (a) micro, (b) small and (c) medium-sized enterprises of the Cyber Essentials programme.

4 Dec 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment the Government undertook of consumer needs before announcing its plan to introduce a 10Mbps universal broadband speed.

3 Dec 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when the Government plans to publish its final findings from the eight market test pilots under the Exploring superfast coverage beyond 95 per cent programme.

3 Dec 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Public Service Broadcasting

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of whether the must offer provision of the Communications Act 2003 is sufficient to ensure access to public service broadcast channels on non-discriminatory terms for

3 Dec 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Digital Broadcasting

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for what reasons DTT platforms were excluded from the scope of his Department's balance of payments consultation.

2 Dec 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Talktalk Group: Cybersecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information he has received from TalkTalk concerning the cause of its recent cyber-security breach and the measures it has put in place to prevent another such breach.

30 Nov 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Funeral Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Funeral Payment provision for funeral expenses.

30 Nov 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

National Lottery

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish National Lottery income statistics for each region in England.

30 Nov 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

National Lottery

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for what reasons statistics on National Lottery good causes expenditure has not been updated on the gov.uk website since December 2014; and when he plans to publish those updated statistics.

30 Nov 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish equality and diversity monitoring statistics on public appointments by his Department's executive agencies and non-governmental bodies.

27 Nov 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Bowes Museum: Paintings

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for what reasons the portrait of Oliver Porter by Sir Anthony van Dyck donated to the nation by the Duke of Northumberland is hung in Bowes Museum; and what discussions were held on hanging that

Source: official written-questions record.