Written questions

902 written questions tabled, most recent first.

12 Dec 2016 · Department of Health

Health Professions: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) trainee doctors and (b) nurses are from (i) Wansbeck constituency, (ii) the North East and (iii) the UK.

12 Dec 2016 · Department of Health

Nutrition: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to (a) increase the amount of healthy food and (b) improve the quality of dietary advice accessible to people on low incomes.

12 Dec 2016 · Department for Education

Schools: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools have received a reduced Ofsted status over the last three years in England.

12 Dec 2016 · Department for Education

Children: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children living in (a) Wansbeck constituency and (b) the North East of England and (c) England received free school meals in each of the last three years.

12 Dec 2016 · Department for Education

Teachers: Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many newly qualified teachers have remained in the teaching profession in state schools in (a) Wansbeck constituency and (b) England after (i) one year, (ii) two years, (iii) three years, (iv) four years an

12 Dec 2016 · Cabinet Office

Shipping: Average Earnings

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average weekly wage is for UK-domiciled seafarers.

12 Dec 2016 · Cabinet Office

Average Earnings: North East

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average weekly wage was for women in (a) full and (b) part-time employment in (i) Wansbeck constituency and (ii) the North East region in each year since 2010 according to the Office of National Statist

12 Dec 2016 · Cabinet Office

Average Earnings: North East

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average weekly wage was for men in (a) full and (b) part-time employment in (i) Wansbeck constituency and (ii) the North East region in each year since 2010 according to the Office of National Statistic

12 Dec 2016 · Cabinet Office

Shipping: Average Earnings

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average weekly wage is for workers in the water transport sector.

28 Nov 2016 · Department of Health

Occupational Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the recent report from the all-party parliamentary group on occupational safety and health entitled Occupational medical workforce crisis, what steps he plans to take to ensure the occupational m

23 Nov 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

BBC Monitoring

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what risk assessments government departments have carried out of the proposed restructuring of BBC monitoring services and the closure of Caversham Park; and if he will make a statement.

23 Nov 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

BBC Monitoring

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many meetings Ministers and officials of his Department have had with Ministers and officials of the (a) Ministry of Defence, (b) Foreign and Commonwealth Office and (c) Department fo

7 Oct 2016 · Ministry of Justice

HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Debt Collection

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many civilian enforcement officers were employed by HM Courts and Tribunal Service in each year since 2010; and if she will make a statement.

13 Jul 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Defence Business Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to include a fully-resourced in-house option in value for money tests on potential outsourcing of Defence Business Services.

13 Jul 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Defence Business Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department plans to publish the business case relating to the tender of the CSIIP contract within Defence Business Services; and if he will make a statement.

13 Jul 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Defence Business Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will put in place measures to ensure that future CSIIP providers do not offshore work, data and processes which are currently within the remit of Defence Business Services.

6 Jul 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Emergency Calls

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many 999 calls were made by each prison establishment as a result of substance misuse including alcohol and new psychoactive substances in the last six months; and if he will make a statement.

6 Jul 2016 · Department of Health

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list the prison establishments that currently run drug treatment programmes for inmates with addictions; and what estimate he has made of the annual cost of running such programmes.

6 Jul 2016 · Department of Health

Prisoners: Methadone

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the estimated cost to the public purse is of prescribing methadone to prisoners in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

14 Jun 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Arson

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse was of repairs to cells and prisoner accommodation required because of acts of arson in the latest period for which figures are available.

14 Jun 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish the Prison Reform Bill.

14 Jun 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the criteria used to select the six early adopter reform prisons.

14 Jun 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what reforms have been put in place in the six early adopter reform prisons to tackle (a) self-harm, (b) prisoner on prisoner violence, (c) assaults on staff and (d) use of new psychoactive substances; and if he

13 Apr 2016 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding was available to employers from the Support for Maritime Training (SMarT) budget for trainee seafarer ratings in each year since 2013-14; what proportion of the budget was spent in each such year;

13 Apr 2016 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funds were available to employers from the Support for Maritime Training (SMarT) budget for rating to officer conversion training in each year since 2013-14; what proportion of that budget was spent in eac

16 Mar 2016 · Cabinet Office

Emergencies: Industrial Accidents

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Government's policy is on contingency planning for potential major industrial accidents.

14 Mar 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

National Flood Resilience Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress the National Flood Resilience Review team has made on assessing the damage that extreme rainfall could cause across England.

14 Mar 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

National Flood Resilience Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the National Flood Resilience Review will assess the (a) maintenance requirements of flood assets and (b) capacity of the Environment Agency to maintain flood defences.

14 Mar 2016 · Cabinet Office

National Flood Resilience Review

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the membership of the National Flood Resilience Review team is.

14 Mar 2016 · Cabinet Office

National Flood Resilience Review

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what dates the National Flood Resilience Review met; what the dates are for future meetings of that review; and if he will publish the (a) agendas for and (b) minutes of meetings of that review.

Source: official written-questions record.