Written questions

Jim Shannon

9,460 written questions tabled, most recent first.

15 Sep 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Tour de France

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will hold discussions with his French counterpart to ensure that cyclists are not attacked by spectators when participating in the Tour de France.

15 Sep 2015 · HM Treasury

Personal Savings: Pensioners

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what financial advice his Department provides to pensioners on investment of savings.

11 Sep 2015 · Home Office

Motor Vehicles: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will take steps to reduce the number of thefts of hi-tech vehicles.

11 Sep 2015 · Department of Health

Dementia

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria NICE has set for new dementia treatments to be recommended for provision by the NHS.

11 Sep 2015 · Department of Health

Alzheimer's Disease: Dental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission a study to investigate potential links between dental treatment and Alzheimer's disease.

11 Sep 2015 · Department of Health

Smoking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on how many people of what age ranges gave up smoking in each of the last five years.

11 Sep 2015 · Department of Health

Statins

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure patients prescribed statins can make a choice on what type of statins they receive.

11 Sep 2015 · Department of Health

Eyesight: Testing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were diagnosed with (a) a brain tumour and (b) other conditions as a result of symptoms noticed during examinations by opticians in the last 12 months.

11 Sep 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Non-native Species

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to prevent the (a) escape and (b) illegal release of non-native wild animals from captivity.

11 Sep 2015 · Department for Education

Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure pupils are able to share information about their backgrounds and cultures as part of personal, social and health education.

11 Sep 2015 · HM Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with HM Revenue and Customs on the process for target-setting for call answering times at the income tax helpline.

8 Sep 2015 · Department for Transport

Unmanned Air Systems: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to (a) monitor the usage of and (b) prevent accidents involving unmanned drones in airspace over the UK.

8 Sep 2015 · Home Office

Female Genital Mutilation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to tackle female genital mutilation.

8 Sep 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Knives: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to tackle knife crime; and if he will bring forward legislative proposals to prohibit the carrying of a knife.

8 Sep 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Africa: Wildlife

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with his counterparts in (a) Kenya, (b) Uganda, (c) South Africa, (d) Namibia and (e) other countries in Africa on measures to stop the killing of

8 Sep 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

British Nationals Abroad: Police Custody

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British nationals have died in police custody in other countries in each of the last five years.

8 Sep 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Exercise and Sports

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions Ministers in his Department have had with regional and devolved administrations on promoting sport and exercise in local communities.

7 Sep 2015 · Department for Transport

Airlines: Alcoholic Drinks

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will work with airlines to limit the amount of alcohol consumed on flights in and out of the UK.

7 Sep 2015 · Northern Ireland Office

Kincora Children's Home

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when the Government papers containing reference to Kincora Boys Home, Belfast that were recently given to the Northern Ireland Historical Abuse Inquiry will be made available for public viewing.

7 Sep 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Hate Crime: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will strengthen the penalties for disability hate crimes.

7 Sep 2015 · Home Office

Fraud: Nigeria

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to protect UK citizens from telephone scams from Nigeria.

7 Sep 2015 · Home Office

Hate Crime: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce the number of disability hate crimes.

7 Sep 2015 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Calais

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with her counterpart in the French government on the provision of security at the Port of Calais.

7 Sep 2015 · Home Office

Travel: Syria

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to stop the internet being used to attract Muslims to travel to Syria.