Written questions
667 written questions tabled, most recent first.
8 Jan 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Bethnal Green and Bow
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of assessments for (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payments went to appeal in Bethnal Green and Bow constituency in each year since 2010.
8 Jan 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Libya: Slavery
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help tackle reported slave auctions in detention camps in Libya.
18 Jul 2017 · Home Office
Crimes of Violence: Corrosive Substances
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the recorded number of (a) attackers and (b) victims of an incident involving a corrosive substance was by gender in (i) 2015, (ii) 2016 and (iii) 2017.
18 Jul 2017 · Home Office
Hate Crime: Corrosive Substances
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many attacks involving a corrosive substance were treated as a hate crime in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017.
28 Feb 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Circle Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Housing of 12 January 2017, on the interaction between the ombudsman and regulator, what the (a) timeline, (b) terms o
30 Nov 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Youth Offending Teams
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she plans to take to maintain the capacity of the Youth Offending Service to help reduce youth crime.
27 Oct 2016 · Home Office
Sexual Offences: Social Media
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to counter threats of rape and sexual violence made through (a) social media networks, (b) Whatsapp and (c) Twitter.
27 Oct 2016 · Home Office
Firearms: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many gun-related homicides have taken place in (a) London and (b) Bethnal Green and Bow in each year since 2005.
27 Oct 2016 · Home Office
Knives: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests for knife crimes have taken place in (a) London and (b) Bethnal Green and Bow in each year since 2005.
27 Oct 2016 · Home Office
Knives: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people under the age of 18 have been found in possession of a knife in (a) London and (b) Bethnal Green and Bow constituency in each year since 2010.
9 Sep 2016 · Department for Exiting the European Union
Department for Exiting the European Union: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many of his Department's staff he plans to have working on environmental and climate change negotiations in each of the next three years.
9 Sep 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Air Pollution: Schools
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the Government will take steps to work with local authorities to install air pollution monitoring facilities outside primary and secondary schools in (a) London and (b) England.
9 Sep 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Air Pollution: Monitoring
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding the Local Air Quality Management team in her Department awarded to local authorities for monitoring air quality in the last year.
9 Sep 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Air Pollution
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to replace existing clean air EU directives with equivalent UK legislation.
9 Sep 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Local Air Quality Management: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff of her Department work on Local Air Quality Management support matters.
2 Sep 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Housing Associations: Tower Hamlets
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library a copy of the advice provided to the Housing Minister prior to authorisation of the stock transfer of the Parkside estates to Old Ford Housing Association.
2 Sep 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Housing Associations: Tower Hamlets
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Government was involved in the legal agreement drawn up in 1998 to transfer the estates involved in the Tower Hamlets Housing Action Trust to Old Ford Housing Association.
2 Sep 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Social Rented Housing: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 3 May 2016 to Question 35113, what powers his Department can exercise if the Social Housing Regulator is failing to protect tenants from serious detriment
20 Jun 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions
Food Banks
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to monitor the provision and use of food banks.
20 Jun 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions
Food Banks
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies on benefits eligibility of the conclusion in the University of Hull report, entitled Mapping hunger, published in April 2016, that food
20 Jun 2016 · Home Office
Vetting
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to (a) monitor and (b) improve the performance of police forces in completing applications to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
20 Jun 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
River Thames: Pollution
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to reduce (a) plastic packaging consumer waste and (b) other forms of pollution in the River Thames.
20 Jun 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Housing Ombudsman Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many cases referred to the Housing Ombudsman since 2015 have (a) not yet been concluded and (b) been awaiting consideration for more than 12 months.
20 Jun 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
British Home Stores
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the UK's trade relationship with (a) Bangladesh and (b) other Commonwealth countries of BHS going into administration.
13 Jun 2016 · Home Office
Domestic Abuse
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding the Government has allocated to tackle domestic violence in each year since 2010.
13 Jun 2016 · Home Office
Migrants: Detainees
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people from (a) Burma, (b) Afghanistan and (c) Syria are held in immigration removal centres in England.
13 Jun 2016 · Home Office
Detainees: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children in England have been detained in immigration removal centres in each year since 2015; how many of those children so detained have been deported; and how many children are still in de
13 Jun 2016 · Department of Health
Brain: Tumours
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many applications for brain tumour research were made to the National Institute for Health Research in the last 24 months; and how many of those applications were successful.
13 Jun 2016 · Department for Energy and Climate Change
Energy: Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps the Government is taking to bring the cost of pre-payment meters into line with other payment methods such as direct debit.
13 Jun 2016 · Department for Education
Languages: Qualifications
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many foreign languages have been available at (a) GCSE and (b) A-Level in each of the last 10 years; and how many such languages will be available at both levels of examination in each of the next three aca
Source: official written-questions record.