Written questions

1,903 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 Feb 2019 · Ministry of Justice

HMP/YOI Feltham

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether a custody support plan that provides each young offender with a weekly review by a nominated officer is in place at HM Young Offenders Institute Feltham.

21 Feb 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offenders: Rehabilitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many young people are subject to a Youth Rehabilitation Order in (a) the Feltham and Heston constituency and (b) England and Wales.

21 Feb 2019 · Ministry of Justice

HMP/YOI Feltham

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has been made in implementing the Secure STAIRS framework at HM Young Offenders Institute Feltham; and what assessment he has made on the potential effect of that framework on the levels of (a) viol

21 Feb 2019 · Department for Education

Pupils: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to tackle the disparity in attainment between white British pupils of key stage 4 age who (a) are and (b) are not eligible for free school meals.

21 Feb 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to tackle the comparatively high rates of unemployment among adults from (a) Black and (b) Pakistani and Bangladeshi ethnic groups in each (i) region and (ii) nation of the UK.

15 Feb 2019 · Department for Education

Pupils: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that teachers are able to identify young children who require visual impairment support in early years education.

15 Feb 2019 · Department for Education

Pupils: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of Qualified Teachers of the Visually Impaired in each local authority in England and Wales; and what assessment he has made of whether those numbers are sufficient to me

15 Feb 2019 · Department for Education

Pupils: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that each young person with vision impairment has received appropriately adapted (a) national tests and exam papers and (b) past papers without charge.

15 Feb 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Civil Society

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Civil Society Strategy, what progress his Department has made on establishing a regular forum for social enterprises to coordinate relations with government; and wh

15 Feb 2019 · Department for Education

Children and Young People: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he plans to take to ensure that there is a sufficient capacity in education and habilitation vision impairment specialists to allow for the assessment of all young people and children with vision imp

15 Feb 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to train, recruit and resource the breast cancer staff needed to fulfil the commitment in the NHS Long Term Plan to increase breast screening uptake.

8 Feb 2019 · Department for Transport

Heathrow Airport: Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2019 to Written Question 207579 on Heathrow Airport: Railways, what plans the Government has for undertaking a Grip 1-2 study of a Southern Rail Access to Heathrow.

8 Feb 2019 · Department for Transport

Heathrow Airport: Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2019 to Written Question 207580 on Heathrow Airport: Railways, how much funding has been allocated for the next stage of development for a Southern Rail Access to Heathrow.

29 Jan 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Beverage Containers: Deposit Return Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to include community groups in the planned consultation on a deposit return scheme; and if he will make a statement.

22 Jan 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he plans to hold with BAME communities on the development of a new alcohol strategy.

22 Jan 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Government plans to begin work on a new alcohol strategy.

22 Jan 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Beverage Containers: Deposit Return Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect on the level of recycling of the (a) cans and bottles return system using ReturPack in Sweden; (b) deposit charge for drinks bottl

22 Jan 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Beverage Containers: Deposit Return Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made on the consultation for a deposit return scheme as announced by his Department on 28 March 2018.

11 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offender Institutions: Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of young offenders in each Young Offenders Institution were allowed (a) weekly visits, (b) a visit every two weeks and (c) more than one visit a week in the last calendar month for which figures a

11 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offenders: Solitary Confinement

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many young offenders have been kept in solitary confinement for 22 hours a day in each Young Offenders Institution in the last month for which figures are available.

11 Jan 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Immunotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of patients who have (a) used Immunotherapy treatments under the NHS and (b) had Immunotherapy treatments ended after two years in each of the last five year

11 Jan 2019 · Department for Transport

Heathrow Airport: Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding for the next stage of development of the Southern Rail Link to Heathrow.

11 Jan 2019 · Department for Transport

Heathrow Airport: Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the report entitled, Southern Rail Link to Heathrow Market Sounding, published by his Department in December 2018, what progress his Department has made on the publication of a (a) process and

8 Jan 2019 · Treasury

Electric Vehicles: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what tax incentives are in place to support the development and take-up of electric vehicles.

8 Jan 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Electric Vehicles: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what grants the Government has made available for supporting the transition to electric vehicles; and what the take up of those grants has been to date.

8 Jan 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Electric Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the transition to electric vehicles in local communities.

8 Jan 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he he has made of the level of demand for (a) home electricity generation and (b) a domestic energy storage unit.

8 Jan 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Electric Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has (a) convened and (b) any plans to convene a Cabinet sub-committee on supporting the development and take up of electric vehicles.

5 Dec 2018 · Department for Education

Schools: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the total school workforce for the most recent period for which figures are available; and what estimate he has made of the change in the level of that workforce in the

5 Dec 2018 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Borders: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for a hard border on the island of Ireland of the UK leaving the EU without a deal and trading on WTO terms.

Source: official written-questions record.