Written questions
3,020 written questions tabled, most recent first.
27 Mar 2019 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Teachers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the findings of the National Deaf Children’s Society’s press release of 18 March 2019, A system in crisis: the daily battle for specialist teachers, if his Department will increase support for
27 Mar 2019 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Teachers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the findings of the National Deaf Children’s Society’s press release of 18 March 2019, A system in crisis: the daily battle for specialist teachers, what steps his Department is taking to impr
27 Mar 2019 · Department for Education
Teachers: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason his Department has cancelled the further education teacher bursaries scheme.
25 Mar 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to ensure the use of previous tribunal decisions in the event of (a) new assessments or (b) re-assessments.
25 Mar 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that arrears are not discarded without the permission of the parent to whom the arrears are owed when cases are migrated from the Child Support Agency to the Child Mai
25 Mar 2019 · Department for Education
Teachers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the February 2019 Sutton Trust report which found that disadvantaged young people are more likely to be taught by teachers with less exp
25 Mar 2019 · Home Office
Knives: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of knife crime there were in (a) Barnsley and (b) Sheffield City Region in each of the last five years.
25 Mar 2019 · Home Office
Violence: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to reduce youth-related violence in (a) Barnsley and (b) Sheffield City Region.
25 Mar 2019 · Home Office
Immigration: Commonwealth
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing visa charges for Commonwealth armed forces personnel applying for indefinite leave to remain.
20 Mar 2019 · Home Office
Passports: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to remove fees for the European passport return service.
20 Mar 2019 · Ministry of Defence
D-Day Landings: Anniversaries
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans the Government has to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day.
20 Mar 2019 · Cabinet Office
Devolution: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans his Department has to review the way Government shares information with the devolved administrations.
5 Mar 2019 · Women and Equalities
Equal Pay: Age
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that workers receive equal pay regardless of age.
20 Feb 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Community Development: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Prime Minister's letter to the Leader of the Opposition of 10 February 2019, what steps he plans to take to provide further financial support to communities
19 Feb 2019 · Home Office
Deportation: Zimbabwe
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment his Department has made of the risk to Zimbabwean nationals facing deportation to Zimbabwe.
19 Feb 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Zimbabwe: Sanctions
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the sanctions against the Zimbabwean Government and other Designated Persons from Zimbabwe.
19 Feb 2019 · Home Office
Benjamin Gudza
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department has taken to make adjustments for Benjamin Gudza’s learning difficulties and mobility problems, while he is in detention at Morton Hall.
19 Feb 2019 · Home Office
Benjamin Gudza
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to safeguard the welfare of Benjamin Gudza, a resident of the Barnsley Central constituency, who has been detained at Morton Hall detention centre and is due to be
18 Feb 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government Finance: South Yorkshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2019 to Question 215579, by what process those funds were allocated.
15 Feb 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Devolution: Yorkshire and the Humber
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his letter to the Mayor of the Sheffield City Region of 12 February 2019, if he will publish the Government’s devolution criteria.
14 Feb 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Devolution: Yorkshire and the Humber
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his letter to the Mayor of the Sheffield City Region of 12 February 2019, for what reasons the One Yorkshire deal did not meet the Government’s devolution crite
14 Feb 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Barnsley
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2019 to Question 216297, for what reasons the funding allocated to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council for adult social care decreased between 2016-17 and 201
14 Feb 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Culture: Barnsley
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2019 to Question 216298 on culture: Barnsley, for what reasons there has been a decrease in funding between 2016-17 and 2018-19.
14 Feb 2019 · Department for Transport
Taxis: Electric Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's 5 February 2019 news story, Thousands of green taxis to benefit from new chargepoints, if any of the new chargepoints for green taxis will be located in (a) Barnsley and (b) t
12 Feb 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Landlords: Sheffield City Region
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2019 to Question 216296 on Landlords: South Yorkshire, for what reasons (a) Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council and (b) Doncaster Metropoli
12 Feb 2019 · Department for Education
Education: North of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Northern Powerhouse Partnership’s report, Educating the North, published May 2018, what steps his Department is taking to improve the quality of education in (a) the North and (b) the Shef
12 Feb 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to find a cure for Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
7 Feb 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Brain: Injuries
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for children who have suffered brain injuries.
7 Feb 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the announcement entitled Dentists welcome official investigation into fines hitting vulnerable NHS patients, published by the British Dental Association on 30 January 2019, what
7 Feb 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press release entitled, Dentists welcome official investigation into fines hitting vulnerable NHS patients, published on 30 January 2019 by the British Dental Association; wha
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