Written questions

Dan Jarvis

3,020 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 Mar 2018 · Department for Education

Digital Technology: Curriculum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to improve digital skills in the national curriculum.

6 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Sleeping Rough

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to reduce rough sleeping.

6 Mar 2018 · Department for Education

Universities Superannuation Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of potential merits of indemnifying the Universities Superannuation Scheme against university bankruptcy.

5 Mar 2018 · Department for International Development

Developing Countries: Voluntary Work

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to vet people who volunteer for overseas placements on Government-backed schemes.

5 Mar 2018 · Home Office

Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will assess the potential merits of expanding the definition of refugees to include people displaced by environmental factors.

5 Mar 2018 · Cabinet Office

Electoral Register

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans his Department has to promote voter registration.

5 Mar 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Young People: Voluntary Work

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Youth Full Time Social Action Review published in January 2018, what steps he is taking to widen participation in youth full-time social action programmes, particul

28 Feb 2018 · Department for International Development

Department for International Development: Voluntary Work

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to widen participation in her Department's volunteer programmes, particularly by people from low income backgrounds.

28 Feb 2018 · Home Office

Neighbourhood Policing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to improve (a) trust and (b) confidence between police and local communities.

28 Feb 2018 · Home Office

Neighbourhood Policing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to improve the visibility of police officers in local communities.

28 Feb 2018 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Charter of Fundamental Rights (EU)

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what his Department's policy is on maintaining the rights and entitlements of children under the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights after the UK has left the EU.

26 Feb 2018 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Recruitment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of Civil Service Fast Stream applicants in each year since 2010-11 attended a private school.

26 Feb 2018 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Recruitment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of successful Civil Service Fast Stream applicants in each financial year since 2010-11 attended a private school.

26 Feb 2018 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Recruitment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to promote civil service career opportunities to people who did not attend University.

26 Feb 2018 · Cabinet Office

Politics and Government: Public Participation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to engage people on low incomes with politics.

26 Feb 2018 · Cabinet Office

Politics and Government: Young People

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to engage young people with democracy.

21 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Bed and Breakfast Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how the ban on local authorities accommodating homeless families and pregnant women in B&B accommodation for longer than 6 weeks is being enforced.

21 Feb 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government plans to exclude children's benefits including child benefit and the child element of universal credit from the scope of the benefit cap.

21 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

First Aid: Curriculum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of making the teaching of first aid a compulsory part of the curriculum in schools.

20 Feb 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: Barnsley

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of properties with access to ultrafast broadband in Barnsley.

20 Feb 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

New Businesses: Barnsley

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of business start-ups in Barnsley.

20 Feb 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of climate change to the UK agricultural sector.

20 Feb 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Recycling: Incentives

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of using monetary incentives to encourage people to recycle.

19 Feb 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Youth Social Action Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when his Department plans to respond to the recommendations made by the youth full-time social action review.

7 Feb 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Lone Parents

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will make an assessment of the adequacy of the current level of the lone parent work allowance.

7 Feb 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Lone Parents

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the level of the lone parent work allowance.

7 Feb 2018 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Sheffield

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to provide financial support for Sheffield City region to fund non-statutory concessions for bus travel.

6 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Magistrates

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to increase the diversity of magistrates.

6 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Magistrates

6 Feb 2018 · Department for Transport

Railways: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to improve rail travel for disabled passengers.

Source: official written-questions record.