Written questions

Dan Jarvis

3,020 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 Apr 2016 · Department for Education

Education: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to publish the terms of reference for Sir Nick Weller's report into transforming education across the Northern Powerhouse.

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 under the Northern Powerhouse schools strategy to expand the best academy chains in the North; what the timetable is for that expansion; and how much funding will be allo

12 Apr 2016 · Department of Health

Epilepsy: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission a National Clinical Audit of avoidable deaths in epilepsy.

12 Apr 2016 · Department of Health

Formaldehyde

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2016 to Question 31000, what assessment the NHS has made of the potential causal link between formaldehyde contained in everyday products and eczema and other atopic conditions.

12 Apr 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to encourage enlistment from people from ethnic minority backgrounds.

12 Apr 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of (a) Royal Navy, (b) British Army excluding Gurkhas and (c) Royal Air Force personnel are from an ethnic minority background.

24 Mar 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

World War I: Anniversaries

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to commemorate the First World War in 2016.

23 Mar 2016 · Home Office

UK Membership of EU

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the contribution of the UK's membership of the EU to the Government's aims of tackling terrorist and criminal networks.

23 Mar 2016 · Home Office

UK Membership of EU

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the contribution of the UK's membership of the EU to the UK's work in (a) preventing and (b) identifying and detaining terrorists.

23 Mar 2016 · Cabinet Office

Cybersecurity: UK Membership of EU

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the contribution of the UK's membership of the EU to the protection of the UK's critical national information infrastructure from cyber-attack.

23 Mar 2016 · Home Office

UK Membership of EU

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the contribution of the UK's membership of the EU to the UK's work in identifying and detaining criminals.

23 Mar 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how the UK economy has benefited from defence technology research and development.

22 Mar 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

South Korea: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the South Korean government on animal welfare as part of the preparations for the Winter Olympics in 2018.

22 Mar 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Partnerships

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many partnerships are in operation between UK and non-UK EU-based companies in the area of defence; and what the total value of those partnerships is.

21 Mar 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Terrorism: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what powers the EU has to freeze the assets of suspected terrorist groups or individuals suspected of involvement in terrorism; and what assessment he has made of the benefits to the UK o

21 Mar 2016 · Department for International Development

EU Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what international humanitarian aid exercises her Department has been involved in that have (a) involved EU member states and (b) been EU-led.

21 Mar 2016 · Department for International Development

EU Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which humanitarian aid operations the Government has been involved in that (a) have involved other EU member states and (b) have been EU-led.

21 Mar 2016 · Home Office

Intelligence Services: EU Action

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which EU intelligence-sharing agreements the UK is part of; and which intelligence-sharing agreements the UK has with other EU countries.

21 Mar 2016 · Home Office

UK Membership of EU: Immigration Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the contribution of the UK's membership of the EU to the protection of the UK's borders.

21 Mar 2016 · Department for International Development

EU Aid: Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the EU is taking to tackle poverty in (a) the Middle East, (b) South Asia and (c) Africa; and what the Government's contribution is to those steps.

21 Mar 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Radicalism: EU Action

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the EU is taking to counter extremism and radicalisation in (a) the Middle East, (b) South Asia and (c) Africa; and in what way the Government is contributing to those steps.

21 Mar 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

EU Common Foreign and Security Policy

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the EU's decision-making process is for (a) humanitarian and (b) military interventions; who is involved in those decision-making processes; and what the timetable for those processe