Written questions

988 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 Feb 2015 · Department of Health

IVF

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his Department's policy on the effects of mitochondrial donation techniques on the characteristics of children born as a result of those techniques of research

9 Feb 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds about costs incurred by people using the Disability Living Allowance helpline; and if he will make a statement.

9 Feb 2015 · Department of Health

Hereditary Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) treatments for mitochondrial disease involving mitochondrial donation and (b) treatments for mitochondrial disease that do not involve mitochondrial

9 Feb 2015 · Department of Health

IVF

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department plans to take to monitor the long-term health and wellbeing of (a) people born following mitochondrial donation who have passed the age of 18 and choose not to remain part of a clinical t

13 Jan 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many hardship payments were made to sanctioned jobseeker's allowance claimants in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available.

8 Jan 2015 · Department of Health

IVF

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for public safety in relation to his policy on mitochondrial transfer of the study by Professor John Zhang et al, published in Fertility and Sterility, Vol 80, Suppl

8 Jan 2015 · Department of Health

IVF

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of whether eggs used in the creation of embryos through maternal spindle transfer or pronuclear transfer have had their mitochondrial or nuclear genes altered in the process

8 Jan 2015 · Department of Health

IVF

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to put contingency arrangements in place to ensure support for recipients of mitochondrial donation techniques in the event of failure or abnormal development in the resulting child.

5 Jan 2015 · Ministry of Justice

HM Courts and Tribunals Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff were employed by HM Courts and Tribunals Service on fine collection in each of the last five years.

10 Dec 2014 · Ministry of Justice

Confiscation Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what measures are in place to ensure that the relationship between HM Courts and Tribunals Service confiscation units and the Police and Crown Prosecution Service is maintained when confiscation units are privati

10 Dec 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Ministers' Private Offices

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff in ministerial offices in her Department were appointed from (a) the Civil Service and (b) other bodies (i) between May 2005 and May 2010 and (ii) since May 2010.

10 Dec 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rivers: North Tyneside

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to expedite the licence application made by North Tyneside Council to the Marine Management Organisation to enable repair work to the quay walls and the dredging

21 Oct 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff employed by contractors working for her Department are paid below the Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation; and if she will estimate the cost to the publ

21 Oct 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff employed by contractors working in her Department's central offices are paid below the London Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation; and what estimate she

10 Sep 2014 · Ministry of Defence

Iraq

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make representations to his counterpart in the federal government in Iraq on allowing inspections of aid and arms shipments to be made by their officials in the international airports of the Kurdistan

9 Sep 2014 · Department of Health

NHS: Negligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS has paid out for wrongful birth claims in each year between 2003 and 2013; how many successful claims for wrongful birth were made in each year between 2008 and 2012.

9 Sep 2014 · Department of Health

NHS: Negligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the neonatal conditions were that accounted for successful wrongful birth claims between 2003 and 2013.

5 Sep 2014 · Department of Health

Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2014, Official Report, columns 156-7W, on ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS), if he will make it his policy that all cases of OHSS are recorded in official statistics and no

5 Sep 2014 · Department of Health

IVF

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the increase in the number of donor eggs that is needed to make mitochondrial transfer techniques practicable.

5 Sep 2014 · Department of Health

IVF

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the authorisation of mitochondrial transfer techniques on the incidence of ovarian hyper stimulation syndrome; and if he will make a statement.

26 Aug 2014 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Qatar

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions the Government has had with Qatar's Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy on the safety and wellbeing of migrant workers preparing that country for the 2022 World Cup

17 Jul 2014 · House of Commons Commission

Parliament: Security

To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, when the procurement process for a new provider of the search and screening functions at Parliament's three main entrances is expected to commen

17 Jul 2014 · House of Commons Commission

Parliament: Security

To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, how much the contract with Metropolitan Police Service to provide search and screening functions at the Houses of Parliament is expected to cost

17 Jul 2014 · House of Commons Commission

Parliament: Security

To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what the timetable is for the Security Arrangements Renewal Programme Board to draw up the specifications for the new contract to provide for se

17 Jul 2014 · House of Commons Commission

Parliament: Security

To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, if she will publish the business case for the Security Arrangements Renewal Programme Board's recommendation that when the security contract wit

15 Jul 2014 · Department for Education

Pupils: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on closing the attainment gap between pupils receiving free school meals and others; and if she will make a statement.

24 Jun 2014 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the spending power of local authorities in relation to the level of demand for their statutory services.

11 Jun 2014 · Department of Health

Sunbeds

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department will reply to the report by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Skin into sunbed regulation in England.

Source: official written-questions record.