Written questions

3,020 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Nov 2018 · Department for Education

Degrees

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his planned timeframe is for two-year degree courses to be rolled out in universities.

20 Nov 2018 · Home Office

Antisocial Behaviour

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of whether local authorities have sufficient power to tackle anti-social behaviour.

20 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the mental health and wellbeing of serving personnel and veterans.

19 Nov 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Self-employed

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that the calculation of universal credit for self-employed people (a) accurately reflects (i) the amount that they allocate to expenses to maintain their business and

19 Nov 2018 · Department for Education

Schools: Uniforms

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister for School Standards of 9 October 2018, Official Report column 65WH, what his planned timescale is for putting guidance on school uniform prices on a statutory

16 Nov 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gambling: Rehabilitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 November 2018 to Question 186383 on Gambling: Rehabilitation, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that local authorities are able to adequately support people

16 Nov 2018 · Department for Education

Universities: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 23 of the report of the Education Committee, Value for money in higher education, published on 5 November 2018, HC 343, what steps he is taking to increase the number of state school-educ

16 Nov 2018 · Department for Education

Students: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 8 of the report of the Education Committee, Value for money in higher education, published on 5 November 2018, if will take steps to require universities to publish a breakdown of how tui

16 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to paragraph 77 on page 27 of the report of the Health and Social Care Committee Prison Health, published on 1 November 2018, HC 963, what steps he plans to take to prevent prisoners from developin

14 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Synthetic Cannabinoids

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents related to the drug Spice have been reported in prisons in South Yorkshire in the last two years.

14 Nov 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Zero Hours Contracts: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Youth unemployment down 50% since 2010, published on gov.uk on 16 October 2018, what proportion of recorded employment was under a zero-hours co

14 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: South Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison officers in South Yorkshire prisons have less than two years experience in that career.

14 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Re-employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to Answer of 31 October 2018 to Question 184426 on Prisons: Crimes of Violence; how many prison officers were re-hired who had previously left.

13 Nov 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Suicide: Accident and Emergency Departments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the proportion of people admitted to A&E for attempted suicide who have later attempted it again in the last three years.

13 Nov 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Self-harm: Sheffield City Region

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people under the age of 18 were admitted to A&E for deliberate self harm in (a) the Sheffield City Region combined authority area and (b) Barnsley in the last two years.

13 Nov 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Trees: Sheffield City Region

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote the use of the Urban Tree Manual announced by Government Tree Champion Sir William Worsley on 19 October 2018 in (a) Sheffield city region and (b) Ba

13 Nov 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: South Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the 31 October 2018 Government news release £200 million to kickstart full fibre broadband across the UK, how much of that funding will be allocated to South Yorkshire.

12 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: South Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Ministry of Justice secures extra £52 million for targeted expenditure, published in 30 October 2018, how much of the £52 million for targeted expenditure

12 Nov 2018 · Department for Education

Music: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's news story entitled Record numbers learning instruments in class thanks to music hubs, published on 24 October 2018, how many schools benefited from such music hubs in each of

12 Nov 2018 · Department for Education

Music: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's news story entitled Record numbers learning instruments in class thanks to music hubs, published on 24 October 2018, how many of those music hubs are located in each region.

12 Nov 2018 · Department for Education

Music: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's news story entitled Record numbers learning instruments in class thanks to music hubs, published on 24 October 2018, how many pupils were taught an instrument in class in each

6 Nov 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Learning Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people with a learning disability have a role in the (a) development and (b) delivery of training for NHS doctors and nurses.

6 Nov 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Learning Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS Staff receive adequate training on learning disabilities.

6 Nov 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Learning Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS Doctors receive adequate training on learning disabilities.

6 Nov 2018 · Department for Transport

East Coast Main Line: Trains

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for the new Azuma Trains to commence services on the East Coast Main Line Service between London and Doncaster.

5 Nov 2018 · Treasury

Air Ambulance Services: South Yorkshire

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference paragraph 5.11 of Budget 2018 Red Book, how much and what proportion of the additional funding for air ambulance services will be allocated to South Yorkshire.

5 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: South Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 4.56 of the Budget 2018 Red Book, what estimate he has made of the number of new homes that will be built in South Yorkshire.

5 Nov 2018 · Department for Education

Schools: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the announcement in Budget 2018, how much of the £400 million capital payment to schools will be allocated to schools in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) Yorkshire and the Humber.

2 Nov 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Smoking: Barnsley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the statistics from the Smoking Data Guide, published by Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council's research and business intelligence team in August 2016, that 21.2 per cent of adul

2 Nov 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tobacco: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government plans to introduce licensing laws for the sale of tobacco in England.

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