Written questions
1,014 written questions tabled, most recent first.
17 Jul 2018 · Treasury
Children: Day Care
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the number of parents applying for tax-free childcare.
17 Jul 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Breast Cancer: Surgery
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commission a new national mastectomy and breast reconstruction audit.
17 Jul 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Breast Cancer: Surgery
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report entitled Rebuilding My Body: Breast reconstruction in England, published by Breast Cancer Now on 18 June 2018, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his
17 Jul 2018 · Treasury
Children: Day Care
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of tax-free childcare on employer engagement.
16 Jul 2018 · Treasury
Electronic Publishing: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to reduce VAT on digital editions of magazines, books and newspapers.
16 Jul 2018 · Department for Education
Pupils: Disadvantaged
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2018 to Question 136545 on Pupils: Disadvantaged, and the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education of 14 May 2018, Official Report, column
16 Jul 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Learning Disability: Nurses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many learning disability nurses were employed in the North East in each year since 2010.
16 Jul 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Learning Disability: Nurses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many unfilled vacancies there are for learning disability nurses.
11 Jul 2018 · Department for Transport
Rolling Stock: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what contracts for manufacturing rolling stock in the UK there have been in each of the last five years; and what assessment he has made of the effect of such contracts on the North East.
11 Jul 2018 · Department for Transport
Rolling Stock
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the economic benefit for the (a) North East and (b) UK of UK-based manufacturing of new rolling stock in the last five years.
11 Jul 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Railways: North East
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of a rail sector deal to the North East.
11 Jul 2018 · Department for Transport
Railways: North East
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps his Department has taken to support the growth of the rail supply chain in the North East.
10 Jul 2018 · Department for Transport
Railways: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has held (a) meetings and (b) discussions with business groups in the North East on support for rail manufacturing.
10 Jul 2018 · Department for Transport
Intercity Express Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the economic contribution of the Intercity Express Programme to the (a) UK, (b) North East and (c) South West.
10 Jul 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 21 June 2018 to Question 154700 on 21 June 2018 on Social Rented Housing, what information her Department holds on universal credit claimants in rent arrears.
10 Jul 2018 · Ministry of Justice
Social Security Benefits: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2018 to Question 154703 on Social Security Benefits: Appeals, how many decisions made on (a) personal independence payment, (b) employment support allowance and (c) universal cre
10 Jul 2018 · Department for International Development
Burma: Rohingya
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Memorandum of Understanding with Myanmar signed by the UNHCR and UNDP to support the creation of conditions for the return of Rohingya refugees currently in Bangladesh, wha
3 Jul 2018 · Department for Education
Apprenticeship Levy
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of apprenticeship levy-paying employers in England that have used that funding to pay for MBA courses.
3 Jul 2018 · Treasury
Children: Day Care
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2018 to Question 155282, when the programme of research and analysis related to the tax-free childcare scheme will be complete.
3 Jul 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government Finance: Somerset
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2018 to Question 142845 on Social Rented Housing, and the Answer of 15 June 2018 to Question 152763 on Local Government Finance: Somerset, what a
3 Jul 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Social Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2018 to Question 152765 on Social Rented Housing, what other sources of local authority borrowing used for the purpose of the provision of housi
3 Jul 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Overseas Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has taken steps to determine the reasons for his Department being ranked 40 of the 45 major aid donors in the Aid Transparency Index, published on 20 June 2018 by Publish What
20 Jun 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the survey conducted by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Care (ADASS) entitled ADASS Budget Survey 20
19 Jun 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much has been spent on social care in each local authority in England in each year since 2010.
19 Jun 2018 · Treasury
Children: Day Care
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will list what assessments his Department has conducted since the Government announced its extension of Childcare Vouchers that determine whether low-income families will benefit more from either Childcare Vouc
18 Jun 2018 · Treasury
Children: Day Care
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of whether single parents in England would benefit most from either (a) childcare vouchers or (b) tax-free childcare.
18 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Justice
Social Security Benefits: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time is for an appeal on decisions relating to (a) personal independence payment, (b) employment support allowance and (c) universal credit was at the Newcastle Social Security Tribunal i
18 Jun 2018 · Department for Education
Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department holds data on the number of apprenticeship training courses currently awaiting approval.
18 Jun 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the implications are for her policies of the findings of the National Audit Office report entitled Rolling out Universal Credit, published on 15 June 2018.
18 Jun 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of universal credit claimants living in social housing in (a) the North East of England and (b) England are currently in rent arrears.
Source: official written-questions record.