Written questions
667 written questions tabled, most recent first.
29 Jan 2015 · Department for Education
Schools: Transport
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the average cost of transport to school or college for 16 to 18 year olds.
29 Jan 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeship starts have been made by young people aged (a) between 16 and 18, (b) between 19 and 24 and (c) 25 years and above living in (i) Tower Hamlets, (ii) London and (iii
29 Jan 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of apprenticeship starts have been at (a) Level 2, (b) Level 3 and (c) Level 4 in (i) Tower Hamlets, (ii) London and (iii) the UK in each of the last five years.
29 Jan 2015 · Department for Education
Unemployment: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of young people are not in education, employment or training aged 16, 17, 18 and 19 to 24 in (i) Tower Hamlets, (ii) England and (iii) the UK.
28 Jan 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Income
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the median income in (a) Tower Hamlets, (b) London and (c) the UK in each of the last five years.
28 Jan 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions
Poverty: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Bethnal Green and Bow constituency and (b) London have been classified as living in absolute poverty in each of the last five years.
28 Jan 2015 · Cabinet Office
Unemployment: Young People
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many young people aged between 18 and 24 have been unemployed for longer than (a) 6 months, (b) 12 months and (c) 2 years in (i) Tower Hamlets, (ii) London and (iii) the UK in each of the last five years.
28 Jan 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Social Rented Housing: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of introduction of Florrie's law on total cumulative costs charged to leaseholders in (a) Tower Hamlets, (b) London and (c) the UK.
28 Jan 2015 · Cabinet Office
Young People: Greater London
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2015 to Question 221825, what estimate his Department has made of the number and proportion of people aged 16 to 18 who have had an unknown educational status in London in ea
26 Jan 2015 · Department of Health
Royal London Hospital
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel is meeting the four-hour A&E waiting times target.
26 Jan 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Department for Communities and Local Government: Written Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when his Department plans to answer Question 219077, tabled on 17 December 2014.
26 Jan 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Social Rented Housing: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department issues to local authorities on collecting payments for repairs to leasehold properties covered by the Decent Homes programme.
23 Jan 2015 · Cabinet Office
Young People
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of young people aged 16 to 18 living in (a) Bethnal Green and Bow constituency and (b) England had a working or educational status classified as unknown in each year since 2010.
18 Dec 2014 · Department for International Development
Burma
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether officials of her Department have been instructed not to use the word Rohingya when discussing the Rohingya people in meetings with the Burmese government.
18 Dec 2014 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Burma
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether officials in his Department have been instructed not to use the word Rohingya when discussing the Rohingya people in meetings with the Burmese government.
17 Dec 2014 · Department for International Development
Burma
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what guidance her Department issues to staff on terminology to be used when referring to ethnic groups in meetings with the Burmese government.
17 Dec 2014 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Burma
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what guidance his Department issues to staff on terminology to be used when referring to ethnic groups in meetings with the Burmese government.
17 Dec 2014 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Council Housing: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to protect leaseholders charged with excessive charges for repairs levied before the new cap for council house repairs came into force in August 2014.
15 Dec 2014 · Department of Health
Hepatitis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the potential costs of hepatitis C and the consequences of that disease to the NHS in the next 20 years.
15 Dec 2014 · Department of Health
Hepatitis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps NHS England has taken to reduce the prevalence of hepatitis C.
15 Dec 2014 · Department for Education
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what mechanisms her Department has put in place to ensure that all its policies are consistent with the UK's commitment to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
15 Dec 2014 · HM Treasury
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what mechanisms his Department has put in place to ensure that all its polices are consistent with the UK's commitment to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
18 Nov 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of housing costs on levels of child poverty.
18 Nov 2014 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Admissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many nursery places have been available in (a) Bethnal Green and Bow constituency, (b) Tower Hamlets, (c) London and (d) England in each year since 2010.
18 Nov 2014 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the provision of nursery care for children with disabilities.
18 Nov 2014 · HM Treasury
Freezing of Assets
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which Minister in his Department has responsibility for overseeing investigations into freezing assets of people suspected of funding international terrorism.
18 Nov 2014 · HM Treasury
Freezing of Assets
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure harmonisation of the approaches of the UK, the US and the EU in freezing assets of people suspected of funding international terrorism.
23 Oct 2014 · Department for Education
Families
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2013 to Question 210316, if she will publish the minutes of her meetings with her Cabinet colleagues on the proposed contents of the Family Test announced by the Prime Minis
22 Oct 2014 · Department for Education
Children's Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2014 to Question 210316, if she will publish the child rights impact assessments made in respect of the legislative proposals leading to the Education Act 2011 and the Child
22 Oct 2014 · Department for Education
Children's Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2014 to Question 210316, if she will publish the outcome of considerations of the potential effect of government policy proposals and government proposals for legislation on
Source: official written-questions record.