Written questions
3,020 written questions tabled, most recent first.
8 Jun 2016 · HM Treasury
Taxation
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings Ministers of his Department had to discuss tax evasion and avoidance between (a) 5 April 2016 and 5 May 2016 and (b) 6 May 2016 and 6 June 2016.
8 Jun 2016 · Cabinet Office
Taxation
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many meetings Ministers of his Department had to discuss tax evasion and avoidance between (a) 5 April 2016 and 5 May 2016 and (b) 6 May 2016 and 6 June 2016.
6 Jun 2016 · Department for Education
Schools: North of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to close attainment gaps within schools in the north of England that are rated good or outstanding.
3 Jun 2016 · Department for Energy and Climate Change
Energy Company Obligation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will set out a timeline for consulting on the Energy Company Obligation.
26 May 2016 · Department of Health
Carers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the financial effect on people caring for family members of the closure of the Independent Living Fund and the introduction of the Care Act 2014.
26 May 2016 · Cabinet Office
Voluntary Work: Young People
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether provisions will be made as part of the planned National Citizen Service Bill to create a new legal status to recognise those participating in full-time long-term volunteering programmes.
26 May 2016 · Cabinet Office
Voluntary Work: Young People
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a programme which provides legal recognition for a year of full-time voluntary service by young people similar to such programmes operating in
24 May 2016 · Department of Health
HIV/AIDS: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will direct the NHS to review its decision on the expansion of access to pre-exposure prophylaxis treatment for people most at risk of contracting HIV.
23 May 2016 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the Government plans to become a founding donor of the Education Cannot Wait fund for education in emergencies when it is launched at the World Humanitarian Summit 2016.
23 May 2016 · Department of Health
Lumacaftor/ivacaftor
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust's proposal for collaboration between the NHS and Vertex to widen access to the treatment Orkambi on the treatment of the patients
23 May 2016 · Department of Health
Ovarian Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will take steps to ensure that the proposals to more closely align the approval process for the new cancer drugs fund with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence do not limit acces
23 May 2016 · Department of Health
Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will take steps to ensure that the medical exemption criteria for determining prescription charges is suitable to allow for the changing nature and improving prognosis of many medical conditions.
23 May 2016 · HM Treasury
Supply Teachers: Tax Allowances
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on supply teachers of new restrictions on tax relief for travel and subsistence expenses for workers engaged through an employment intermediary.
18 May 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
UK Membership of EU
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on the UK's influence in the world of the UK leaving the EU.
18 May 2016 · Department for Education
Academies: Uniforms
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department gives to schools which are converting to academy status on whether that school should adopt a new uniform; and what information she holds on the number of schools which have adopted
9 May 2016 · Home Office
Orgreave
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of a public inquiry related to the miners' strike and events at Orgreave in 1984.
3 May 2016 · Home Office
Psychoactive Substances Act 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 April 2016 to Question 33406, when the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016 will come into force in its entirety.
27 Apr 2016 · Department for Energy and Climate Change
Housing: Insulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps her Department is taking to increase the installation of home insulation.
27 Apr 2016 · Department for Education
Residence Orders
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) introducing a Standardised Means Test for Residence Order Payments and (b) making the use of such a test a statutory requirement for loca
26 Apr 2016 · Department of Health
Epilepsy: Death
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2016 to Question 33552, if he will make an assessment of the extent of regional variation in premature death from epilepsy.
26 Apr 2016 · Department of Health
Epilepsy: Death
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2016 to Question 33552, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policy of the Epilepsy Society's longitudinal study on epilepsy mortality.
26 Apr 2016 · Department of Health
Epilepsy: Death
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2016 to Question 33552, if the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme will audit the number of avoidable deaths from epilepsy in adults.
26 Apr 2016 · Department of Health
Death: Weather
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to develop a national cross-departmental strategy for reducing and eliminating excess winter deaths.
26 Apr 2016 · Department for Energy and Climate Change
Energy: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps her Department is taking to reduce consumer energy prices.
26 Apr 2016 · Department for Energy and Climate Change
Energy: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps her Department is taking to ensure consumers are placed on the cheapest tariff available by their energy supplier.
25 Apr 2016 · Department for Education
Academies
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with which local authorities her Department has held discussions on the possibility of local authorities running multi-academy trusts.
21 Apr 2016 · Department for Education
Schools: North of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding she plans to make available for turnaround activity as part of the Northern Powerhouse Schools Strategy; and what formula or method she plans to use to allocate funding.
21 Apr 2016 · Department for Education
Academies: North of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to facilitate new academy sponsors in the North as part of the Northern Powerhouse Schools Strategy.
21 Apr 2016 · Department for Education
Schools: North of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how her Department intends to support and mentor weaker schools as part of the Northern Powerhouse schools strategy.
21 Apr 2016 · Department for Education
Schools: North of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how the Northern Powerhouse schools strategy plans to fast-track the best (a) schools to become teaching schools and (b) local heads to become national leaders of education.
Source: official written-questions record.