Written questions

Jim Shannon

9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Jan 2017 · Department for Education

Schools: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to improve educational standards in schools.

24 Jan 2017 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Mobile Phones: Radio Frequencies

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to improve 4G coverage in the UK.

24 Jan 2017 · Department of Health

Social Services: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the cost of social care for elderly people.

23 Jan 2017 · Home Office

Bicycles: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce bicycle theft; and what estimate her Department has made of the number of such thefts in each of the last five years.

23 Jan 2017 · Home Office

Hunt Saboteurs: Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to regulate the wearing of face coverings by hunt saboteurs; and if she will make a statement.

23 Jan 2017 · Home Office

Firearms: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with shooting organisations on EU proposals on gun control.

23 Jan 2017 · Department of Health

Older People: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps his Department has taken to issue guidance on how people aged 50 years and older might reduce the risk of their suffering strokes and heart attacks.

23 Jan 2017 · Department of Health

Cancer: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support his Department gives to people who want their embryos frozen before the commencement of cancer treatments.

23 Jan 2017 · Department of Health

Acne: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps NHS England has taken to reduce the incidence of acne in young people.

23 Jan 2017 · Department of Health

Infectious Diseases: Drug Resistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS England has had discussions with Dr David Brown on recent innovations to tackle superbugs.

23 Jan 2017 · Department of Health

Norovirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of trends in the incidence of norovirus in the last five years; and what recent steps he has taken to tackle outbreaks of norovirus.

23 Jan 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Poaching

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the number of poaching incidents in the UK in each of the last five years.

23 Jan 2017 · Ministry of Defence

Army: Republic of Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to increase levels of recruitment to the army from the Republic of Ireland; and how many soldiers have been recruited to the army from that country in each of the last five yea

23 Jan 2017 · HM Treasury

Productivity

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure continuing growth in productivity and manufacturing output in 2017.

23 Jan 2017 · HM Treasury

Inflation

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps he has taken to put in place measures to improve Government control over the rate of inflation.

19 Jan 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Tree Planting

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that air quality standards are improved across the UK by the planting of trees.

19 Jan 2017 · Church Commissioners

Churches: Theft

To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, if the Church of England will take steps to ensure efforts to tackle theft of lead from church buildings do not lead to reduced accessibility to those buildings.

19 Jan 2017 · Church Commissioners

Prisons: Religion

To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England is taking to increase provision of spiritual guidance in prisons.

19 Jan 2017 · Church Commissioners

Church of England: Vulnerable Adults

To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England is taking to support the police in dealing with vulnerable people.