Written questions

1,014 written questions tabled, most recent first.

9 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport

Parking: Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2019 to Question 227145 on Parking: pedestrian areas, by what date his Department plans to (a) publish the findings of the review into pavement parking which began in summer 20

27 Mar 2019 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Nurses

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the salary exemption for nurses working in the UK under Tier 2 visas will continue after the UK has left the EU; and if he will make a statement.

20 Mar 2019 · Department for Transport

East Coast Main Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the whole of the East Coast Main Line is ready for the delivery of High Speed Two by 2033.

20 Mar 2019 · Department for Transport

East Coast Main Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will provide an update on (a) the work of (b) decisions taken by and (c) the membership of the East Coast Partnership; and if he will make a statement.

20 Mar 2019 · Department for Transport

East Coast Main Line: Trains

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons the new Azuma trains will not be operational on the East Coast Main Line other than between London and Leeds from May 2019.

20 Mar 2019 · Department for Transport

East Coast Main Line: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons Network Rail accounted for 60 per cent of delays to East Coast Main Line services in the year to February 2019.

20 Mar 2019 · Department for Transport

East Coast Main Line: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) performance and (b) passenger satisfaction figures for the East Coast Main Line; and if he will make a statement.

20 Mar 2019 · Department for Transport

Railways: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which of the rail improvement projects proposed by Network Rail’s East Coast Main Line Route Study will be prioritised for investment; and how those projects will be funded.

12 Mar 2019 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether it is his policy to support the inclusion of investor-state dispute settlement-style measures in future trade agreements.

12 Mar 2019 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether it is the Government's policy to support future trade agreement which will reduce existing (a) consumer, (b) environmental and (c) animal welfare protections.

12 Mar 2019 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: Public Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether it is his policy to exclude contracts for the delivery of (a) NHS and social care services and (b) other public services from future trade negotiations after the UK leaves the EU.

5 Feb 2019 · Prime Minister

Brexit

To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to her oral contribution of 21 January 2019, Official Report, column 27, on Leaving the EU, with which representatives of the English regions she has since engaged; and what form those discussions took.

1 Feb 2019 · Department for International Development

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on the UK’s international development sector.

31 Jan 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Multiple Sclerosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people with multiple sclerosis are in receipt of (a) income-related employment support allowance and (b) severe disability premium.

31 Jan 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Multiple Sclerosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people with multiple sclerosis have lost the severe disability payment as a result of natural migration to universal credit.

31 Jan 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance: Multiple Sclerosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with multiple sclerosis in receipt of employment support allowance are in the (a) support and (b) work-related activity group.

28 Jan 2019 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what account his Department takes of inflation when allocating funding for apprenticeships.

28 Jan 2019 · Department for Education

Apprentices: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether EU nationals undertaking an apprenticeship in the UK will be able to complete their apprenticeship in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a withdrawal agreement.

21 Jan 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons the NHS Long Term Plan did not include commitments on waiting time targets for (a) treatment in Accident & Emergency, (b) routine operations and (c) cancer treatment.

16 Jan 2019 · Department for Education

Managers: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department undertook an impact assessment of its recently approved reductions in funding bands for management apprenticeships.

16 Jan 2019 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to publish a long-term strategy for the apprenticeships sector.

10 Jan 2019 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions his Department has had with stakeholders from the apprenticeships sector on the apprenticeship funding band reviews.

10 Jan 2019 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the meetings (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have held with stakeholders from the apprenticeships sector in the last 12 months; and what the princi

10 Jan 2019 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) skills and (b) economic sectors his Department has classified as priority for the apprenticeships sector.

10 Jan 2019 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is his Department’s policy to prioritise the take-up of higher-level apprenticeship programmes at Levels 4-7, over programmes at Levels 2-3.

10 Jan 2019 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the stated aims are of the apprenticeship funding band review; and how those aims align with Government policy on apprenticeships.

10 Jan 2019 · Department for Education

Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the (a) dates of and (b) principal topics for discussion at the meetings that (i) he, (ii) Ministers in his Department and (iii) officials in his Department have had with the Institute for Ap

10 Jan 2019 · Department for Education

Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of Apprenticeship Levy (a) funding and (b) spending for 2018-19.

10 Jan 2019 · Department for Education

Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much Apprenticeship Levy funding has been (a) spent, (b) drawn down by Levy contributor employers, (c) spent on apprenticeships training by non-Levy contributor employers, (d) allocated in incentives and pa

5 Dec 2018 · Department for Education

Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing greater flexibility for apprenticeship levy paying employers by allowing them to transfer levy funds to more than one employer.

Source: official written-questions record.