Written questions

3,020 written questions tabled, most recent first.

1 Feb 2017 · Department of Health

Organs: Donors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to increase organ donation.

31 Jan 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Food Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2017 to Question 58293, what steps his Department is taking to end food poverty and reliance on food banks.

31 Jan 2017 · Prime Minister

USA: Travel Restrictions

To ask the Prime Minister, whether, during her recent visit to the US, (a) the issue of the US Administration's intention to issue an executive order to restrict immigration and (b) any potential impact of that order on British citizens were discussed.

31 Jan 2017 · Prime Minister

USA: Travel Restrictions

To ask the Prime Minister, whether her Government had advance knowledge of the intention of the US Administration to issue an executive order to restrict immigration on 27 January 2017.

30 Jan 2017 · Department for International Development

Developing Countries: Water

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she plans to increase her Department's spending on water, sanitation and hygiene projects.

30 Jan 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rivers: Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to reduce river pollution in the UK.

27 Jan 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Dangerous Driving: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of current sentencing for causing a death by dangerous driving.

27 Jan 2017 · Department of Health

Arthritis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made on the suitability of support provided for people living with arthritis.

27 Jan 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will provide a comprehensive list of the public policy targets established by his Department (a) between 2010 and May 2015 and (b) since May 2015.

27 Jan 2017 · Ministry of Defence

Reserve Forces: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made on the effect on reservist recruitment and retention of paying reservists a quarter day's pay as opposed to a half day's pay for their evening's training.

26 Jan 2017 · HM Treasury

EU Grants and Loans

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Government's current policy is on maintaining similar levels of funding to that delivered through the European Regional Development Fund and European Social fund after the UK leaves the EU.

26 Jan 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will launch a public consultation on setting a target to reduce child poverty.

26 Jan 2017 · Prime Minister

Social Reform Committee

To ask the Prime Minister, on what date the Social Reform Committee last met; and how many meetings of that committee have taken place since it was established.

26 Jan 2017 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's annual recruiting target was for each year from 2010-11 to 2015-16; and what that target is in each of the next five years.

26 Jan 2017 · Ministry of Defence

Army: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps are being taken to increase army recruiting prior to the introduction of the Army Recruiting Partnership Project.

25 Jan 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Low Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will support the establishment of local low pay commissions.

25 Jan 2017 · Department for Education

After School Clubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of school-age children regularly attend an after-school club.

25 Jan 2017 · Department for Education

Breakfast Clubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of school-age children regularly attend a school breakfast club.

24 Jan 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Children: Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will hold discussions with business representatives on steps to reduce the additional costs on low income consumers as highlighted in the report published by End

24 Jan 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Low Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will introduce local low pay commissions.

24 Jan 2017 · HM Treasury

Social Security Benefits: Children

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to review annually the effectiveness of the current freeze on child benefit and child tax credit.

23 Jan 2017 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many early-learning and childcare settings Ofsted has inspected in each of the last five years, by type of setting.

23 Jan 2017 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to publish the metrics which are being used in its audit of public services to reveal racial disparities.

23 Jan 2017 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many full-time equivalent staff the Government has employed to work on the audit of public services to reveal racial disparities.

23 Jan 2017 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date the Government plans to publish its audit of public services to reveal racial disparities.

23 Jan 2017 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether a dedicated unit has been established to undertake the audit of public services to reveal racial disparities.

19 Jan 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of whether child poverty rates will (a) increase, (b) remain the same or (c) decrease during the current Parliament.

19 Jan 2017 · Department for Education

Children's Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Sure Start children's centres closed in England in 2016.

19 Jan 2017 · Department for Education

Children's Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Sure Start children's centres have been opened in each of the last five years.

18 Jan 2017 · Northern Ireland Office

Armed Forces: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the peace process in Northern Ireland of pursuing prosecutions against former members of the armed forces for activities in Northern Ireland which o

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