Written questions
3,020 written questions tabled, most recent first.
11 Jan 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many responses his Department received to its consultation on the Housing White Paper; and how many of those responses were about better protection of ancient woodland.
9 Jan 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Jobcentres: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December to Question 118098, what proportion of work coaches received the mental health training set out in the Government's paper, Improving Lives: the Future of Work, Heal
9 Jan 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment Independent Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December to Question 117820, when her Department plans to respond to the recommendations of the second independent review of Personal Independent Payments.
9 Jan 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Forests
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2017 to Question 117148 on forests: conservation, what criteria are used to decide whether the benefits of development outweigh the loss of a
8 Jan 2018 · Department of Health
Respiratory System: Diseases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of the 4 December 2017 to Question 116582, if his Department will carry out an assessment of the long-term cost to the NHS of health problems and preventable deaths caused by cold homes.
8 Jan 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Modern Working Practices Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of the 4 December 2017 to Question 116592, when the Government plans to publish its response to the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices.
8 Jan 2018 · Home Office
Radicalism
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November 2017 to Question 115050, what progress the Government is making on the appointment of a Lead Commissioner for Countering Extremism.
8 Jan 2018 · Home Office
Short-term Holding Facilities
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the North and Midlands Independent Monitoring Board for Short-Term Holding Facilities can annual report, submitted to her Department in March 2017.
21 Dec 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Charities: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2017 to Question 117774, whether the youth full-time social action review's report and recommendations will be published in advance of the Governmen
18 Dec 2017 · Department for Education
Children's Centres
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 112696, if the Government will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to make the provision of children's cen
18 Dec 2017 · Department of Health
Gluten-free Foods: Prescriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of the 16 November 2017 to Question 112718, what the timetable is for the publication of a response to the consultation on the availability of gluten free foods.
18 Dec 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions
Local Housing Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2017 to Question 111137, on local housing allowance, if he will make such an assessment.
18 Dec 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions
Unemployed People: Families
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of the 3 November 2017 to Question 110631, what steps the Government is taking to deliver the framework set out in Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families, published in April 2
12 Dec 2017 · Department for Transport
Travel: Concessions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November 2017 to Question 110158 on Travel: Concessions, what the timetable is for his Department to respond to the consultation on a draft Accessibility Action Plan.
12 Dec 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions
Food Banks
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26 October to Question 109156, if he will make it his policy to collect statistics on food bank usage since the start of the roll-out of universal credit.
12 Dec 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions
Food Banks
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons his Department has no plans to collect or publish statistics on food bank usage since the roll-out of universal credit.
11 Dec 2017 · Department for Education
Pupil Premium
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans automatically to enrol children on the pupil premium.
11 Dec 2017 · Department for Education
Schools: Vocational Guidance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in England and Wales have a dedicated careers adviser.
7 Dec 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions
Jobcentres: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work coaches have not yet received the training set out in the the Government's publication entitled Improving Lives: the Future of Work, Health and Disability, published on 30 November 2017.
6 Dec 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons Jobcentre Plus implementation of regulation 99 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 defaults to a 14-day unfit period rather than the number of days specified in a fit note.
6 Dec 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times Jobcentre Plus staff have applied the discretion defined in regulation 99 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013.
6 Dec 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions
Work Capability Assessment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons work capability assessments are given greater weight than a GP's fit note when a Job Centre considers whether someone is able to search for work or undertake work-related activity.
6 Dec 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Forests: Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the protection of ancient woodland in England.
6 Dec 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the findings of the Disability Benefits Consortium Survey, published in September 2017, that over 71 per cent of respondents found t
6 Dec 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Charities: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department plans to respond to the consultation on the Full-time social action review.
5 Dec 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tree Planting
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of tree planting rates.
5 Dec 2017 · Department of Health
Shingles: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to increase the rates of uptake of the shingles vaccine
5 Dec 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will assess the merits of implementing the Disability Benefits Consortium's recommendations on PIP assessors.
4 Dec 2017 · Department for Transport
Railways: Concessions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of the pilot scheme for the 26-30 rail card.
4 Dec 2017 · Department for Transport
Railways: Concessions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason the proposed railcard for ages 26 to 30 years will be available only for off-peak travel.
Source: official written-questions record.