Written questions

1,014 written questions tabled, most recent first.

12 Sep 2018 · Home Office

Immigration: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for the proportion of his Department's appeals against immigration rulings which are refused; and if he will make a statement.

12 Sep 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Support for Mortgage Interest

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time is for a Support for Mortgage Interest payment to be transferred to a loan.

12 Sep 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Support for Mortgage Interest

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of Support for Mortgage Interest before April 2018 continue to receive that benefit.

12 Sep 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of affordable homes that are built in the UK.

12 Sep 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Sleeping Rough: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to improve support for people who sleep rough who are non-UK nationals.

6 Sep 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Sleeping Rough

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of people who reach the point of rough sleeping.

6 Sep 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there are any plans to increase the level of available training for NHS staff on Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.

6 Sep 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Manufacturing Industries: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate the Government has made of the proportion of the manufacturing workforce in (a) the UK and (b) the North East which is made up of non-UK EU nationals.

6 Sep 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Manufacturing Industries: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on the number of skilled workers in the UK manufacturing sector.

6 Sep 2018 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his Department's target is for apprenticeship starts by 2020.

5 Sep 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Judiciary: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that women are better represented in the UK judicial system.

5 Sep 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Family Courts: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has plans for an independent statutory inquiry into the family courts’ handling of domestic abuse.

5 Sep 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure special protection measures are implemented for all victims of domestic abuse across all UK jurisdictions.

5 Sep 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Women against State Pension Inequality

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2018 to Question 162589 on WASPI, whether she plans to meet with representatives of the WASPI campaign in the future.

5 Sep 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of women (a) receiving jobseeker's allowance and (b) in rent arrears as a result of changes to the state pension age.

24 Jul 2018 · Department for Education

T-levels

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made contingency plans for the implementation of the first three T Levels in the event that the planned timetable is not met.

24 Jul 2018 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Business

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether his Department has conducted an impact assessment of the potential effects on businesses in (a) the North East and (b) the UK of leaving the EU VAT area.

24 Jul 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Voluntary Work

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the timetable is for the publication of his Department’s civil society strategy; and what the scope of that strategy will be.

24 Jul 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Family Courts: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing an independent statutory inquiry on the family courts’ handling of domestic abuse.

24 Jul 2018 · Department for Transport

Rolling Stock

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2018 to Question 163101 on Rolling Stock, if he will list the specific economic benefits.

23 Jul 2018 · Department for Transport

East Coast Main Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the £780 million investment in the East Coast Main Line announced on 23 July 2018, whether that funding has been ring-fenced for investment in that line; to what specific projects that funding

23 Jul 2018 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2018 to Question 133797 on Asylum: Housing, how many asylum seekers have been placed into forced bedroom sharing in dispersed asylum accommodation in each of the las

23 Jul 2018 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2018 to Question 133797 on Asylum: Housing, which regions have not secured compliant bids under the tendering process for the new asylum accommodation contracts.

23 Jul 2018 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2018 to Question 133797 on Asylum: Housing, what information his Department holds on the number of incidences of forced room sharing of asylum seekers in dispersed a

23 Jul 2018 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2018 to Question 133797 on Asylum: Housing, what criteria (a) his Department and (b) accommodation providers use to assess the particular circumstances and vulnerabi

19 Jul 2018 · Department for Transport

Motorways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has undertaken an impact assessment of the risks associated with the roll-out smart motorways.

19 Jul 2018 · Department for Transport

Parking: Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) timescale and (b) scope is of the research his Department is conducting on Traffic Regulation Orders in relation to pavement parking.

19 Jul 2018 · Treasury

Brexit: Costs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has identified costs in addition to the estimation of a settlement of £35-39 billion that the UK will need to pay as a result of leaving the EU.

19 Jul 2018 · Treasury

Personal Savings

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to promote personal savings and investments in (a) the North East and (b) England.

19 Jul 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Learning Disability: Nurses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 July 2018 to Question 164427 on learning disability: nurses, in what format his Department collects data.

Source: official written-questions record.