Written questions

3,020 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Oct 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to change the hierarchy of the distributions for payments made through the Child Maintenance Service so that unpaid child maintenance is better favoured for repayment; and if she will

14 Oct 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to reduce the maximum travel times for claimants of Personal Independence Payment which are set out in the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Assessment Service – Service Requirement

14 Oct 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Personal Independence Payment claimants are not required to travel for longer than is set out in the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Assessment Ser

14 Oct 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Workplace Pensions: Barnsley Central

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in Barnsley Central constituency have (a) opted out after being auto-enrolled into a workplace pension and (b) saved more than the auto-enrollment minimum contribu

14 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assistance Veterans UK is providing to members of the Armed Forces Pension Scheme who incurred loss of their pension benefits following a transfer out of that scheme.

14 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made an estimate of the monetary value lost by members of the Armed Forces Pension Scheme who transferred pension benefits out of that scheme to non-defined benefit schemes prior to the

14 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many complaints Veterans UK has received from members of the Armed Forces Pension Scheme who transferred pension benefits to non-defined benefit schemes prior to the public service pensions reforms of 2015 co

14 Oct 2019 · Department for Transport

Rolling Stock

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that support is in place for customers using Pacer trains who have special assistance needs.

14 Oct 2019 · Department for Transport

Rolling Stock: Sheffield City Region

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps to support Northern Rail’s retiring of Pacer trains in the Sheffield City region; and if he will make a statement.

14 Oct 2019 · Department for Transport

Rolling Stock

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Pacer trains are due to be in operation on 1 January 2020; and on which routes those trains are planned to be in operation on that date.

14 Oct 2019 · Department for Transport

Northern: Rolling Stock

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the planned end-date is for Northern Rail’s replacement of Pacer trains.

14 Oct 2019 · Department for Transport

Rolling Stock: Sheffield City Region

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking in response to Northern Rail’s confirmation of delays to the replacement of Pacer trains in Sheffield City Region.

14 Oct 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Forests: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will support the delivery of the Northern Forest; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of supporting that delivery through (a) the development of green inv

14 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the Armed Forces Pension Scheme transferred their pension benefits from that scheme to non-defined benefit schemes prior to the public service pensions reforms of 2015 coming into force.

14 Oct 2019 · Department for Education

Adult Education: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to extend full fee remission for adult education courses to full time carers under Adult Education Budget rules.

14 Oct 2019 · Treasury

Motorhomes: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 9 September 2019 to Question 284157, what assessment he has made of the economic effect on the UK motorhome industry of reclassifying motorhomes as cars for tax purposes.

14 Oct 2019 · Department for Education

Vocational Education: Class Sizes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to reduce class sizes in vocational further education courses.

14 Oct 2019 · Department for Education

Vocational Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to increase funding for vocational further education courses; and if he will make a statement.

14 Oct 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to permit Universal Credit claimants to backdate a claim due to ill health in circumstances where medical evidence is provided by a GP.

27 Sep 2019 · Department for Transport

Roads

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to improve road connectivity between South Yorkshire and Greater Manchester.

26 Sep 2019 · Department for Transport

Hope Valley Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on the capacity improvement scheme planned for the Hope Valley Line; and what recent discussions he has had with Network Rail to ensure that work is completed as quickly as

26 Sep 2019 · Department for Transport

Railways: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to improve rail connectivity between South Yorkshire and Greater Manchester.

2 Sep 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of reduced allowances for universal credit claimants who are under 25 years old on the financial wellbeing of those claimants.

2 Sep 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on the consultation into flexibility in the NHS Pension Scheme.

2 Sep 2019 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on delivering disability and equality training to taxi and minicab drivers.

2 Sep 2019 · Ministry of Defence

World War II: Prisoners of War

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has any plans to introduce a national day of remembrance for UK prisoners of war held by Japan during the Second World War.

25 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of compensation available under the Vaccine Damage Payment scheme.

25 Jul 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Welfare Assistance Schemes: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which local authorities in (a) Yorkshire and (b) Humberside have local welfare assistance schemes in place.

25 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2019 to Question 276194, how many former armed service personnel who have declared their membership of those services are serving a sentence in each prison in the UK.

25 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Air Ambulance Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many applications from air ambulance charities his Department received for the air ambulance capital fund.

Source: official written-questions record.