Written questions

902 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 May 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the level of support needed by community sports groups and clubs during the covid-19 pandemic.

18 May 2020 · Home Office

Immigration: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has revised her Department's targets for the processing of immigration cases during the covid-19 outbreak.

18 May 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many reports in relation to the safety of workplaces were received by the HSE in (a) the UK, (b) England (c) the North East and (d) Wansbeck constituency in each month in 2020.

18 May 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many reports on the safety of workplaces were received by the Health and Safety Executive on each day since 23 March 2020.

18 May 2020 · Department for Transport

Bus Services and Railways: Commuters

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how long the average commute to work is by (a) bus and (b) train in (a) Wansbeck constituency, (b) the North East, (c) England and (d) the UK.

18 May 2020 · Department for Transport

Commuters

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how long the average commute to work is for employees in (a) Wansbeck constituency, (b) the North East, (c) England and (c) the UK.

12 May 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Health and Safety: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, in the event that businesses are unable to ensure the safety of their workers during the covid-19 outbreak, what steps the Government plans to take to support those businesses and

12 May 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Markets: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking as part of the international response to the continued existence of wet markets in (a) China and (b) other countries throughout the world.

6 May 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) businesses are using the furlough scheme and (b) employees have been furloughed in (i) Wansbeck, (ii) Northumberland, (iii) the North East and (iv) the UK.

29 Apr 2020 · Department for International Development

Developing Countries: Debts

What steps she is taking to cancel the debt of countries in the Global South affected by the covid-19 pandemic.

21 Feb 2020 · Treasury

Freeports: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether companies operating within free ports will be subject to (a) tax and (b) other financial incentives.

21 Feb 2020 · Treasury

Freeports: Crime

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made for the implications for his policies on free ports of the potential risk of (a) tax avoidance, (b) money laundering and (c) other illegal activities taking place in those ports.

21 Feb 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mining: Floods

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the risk of floodwater to coal slag heaps in ex-mining communities in England.

13 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Landfill

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the remaining capacity of landfill sites; and whether he has made an assessment of the timeframe for that capacity to be reached.

13 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Landfill

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been spent from the public purse on dealing with problem arising from historical landfill sites in each of the last 10 years.

13 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Waste Management

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the capacity of waste processing facilities.

13 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Landfill

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the amount of land-filled waste that was recyclable in each of the last 10 years.

13 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Landfill

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much waste was land-filled in the UK in each of the last five years.

13 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Energy: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many waste to energy plants were operating in (a) the UK and (b) the North East in each of the last five years.

13 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Energy: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the level of emissions from waste to energy plants in each of the last five years.

13 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Energy: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of household recycling that was burned for energy in each of the last 10 years.

13 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of commercial recycling waste that was re-purposed in each of the last 10 years.

13 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fuels: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of commercial recycling waste that became solid recovered fuel in each of the last 10 years.

13 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Energy: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of commercial recycling waste that became refuse derived fuel in each of the last 10 years.

11 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Waste: Landfill

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the amount of commercial recycling waste that went to landfill in each of the last 10 years.

11 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Domestic Waste: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the amount of household recycling that was repurposed in each of the last 10 years.

11 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Energy: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the amount of household recycling that became solid recovered fuel in each of the last 10 years.

11 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Energy: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the amount of household recycling that became refuse derived fuel in each of the last 10 years.

11 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Domestic Waste: Landfill

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the amount of household recycling that went to landfill in each of the last 10 years.

11 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Justice

HM Prison Service: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of staffing levels in prisons.

Source: official written-questions record.