Written questions

1,903 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Nov 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Degrees

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Government's report, Fixing the Foundations; creating a more prosperous nation, Cm 9098, published in July 2015, what assessment he has made of the effect on producti

4 Nov 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Adult Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans the Government has to move away from the funding per qualification model for adult learners as set out in the HM Treasury report, Fixing the foundations: Creating a more prosper

4 Nov 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Degrees

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how the introduction of a faster route to degree-awarding powers set out in the HM Treasury report, Fixing the foundations: Creating a more prosperous nation, published in July 2015, will

4 Nov 2015 · HM Treasury

Higher Education: Productivity

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what evidential basis there is for there being a link between enabling students from low and middle income backgrounds to attend university and improving UK productivity set out in his report, Fixing the foundations:

4 Nov 2015 · Department for Education

School Leaving

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government has taken to (a) improve destination data for school leavers and (b) develop online portals to help advise school leavers of all post-16 learning options.

3 Nov 2015 · Home Office

Police: Per Capita Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the average cost to a police authority of employing a (a) police officer and (b) police community support officer; and what estimate she has made of that cost in e

3 Nov 2015 · Department of Health

Health Professions: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent estimate he has made of the average cost to the NHS of employing a (a) nurse, (b) midwife and (c) doctor; and what forecast he has made of that cost in each year from 2016-17 to 2019-20.

3 Nov 2015 · Department for Education

Classroom Assistants and Teachers: Per Capita Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the average cost to a (a) school and (b) local authority of employing a (i) teacher and (ii) classroom assistant; and what forecast she has made of that cost in each year fr

3 Nov 2015 · Department for Education

Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to implement the conclusions of Fixing the foundations: creating a more prosperous nation, Cm 9098, published in July 2015, and simplify and streamline the number of qualific

3 Nov 2015 · HM Treasury

Productivity

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effects (a) to date and (b) in the future of the institutes of technology on UK productivity.

30 Oct 2015 · HM Treasury

UK Economic Statistics Independent Review

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish the interim recommendations of Sir Charles Bean's review of the quality, delivery and governance of local statistics.

30 Oct 2015 · HM Treasury

Infrastructure

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish an update on the delivery of the National Infrastructure Plan.

30 Oct 2015 · HM Treasury

Business: Taxation

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to publish his Department's Business Tax Roadmap.

30 Oct 2015 · HM Treasury

Apprentices

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Government's report, Fixing the Foundations: creating a more prosperous nation, Cm9098, published July 2015, what steps he has taken to increase the quantity and quality of apprenticeships in ac

28 Oct 2015 · Department for Education

Respite Care: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to secure continued funding for the Short Breaks pathfinder initiative.

26 Oct 2015 · Home Office

Immigration: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing parents over the age of 65 to emigrate to the UK as adult dependents.

26 Oct 2015 · HM Treasury

Living Wage: Young People

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the potential additional tax revenues accruing to the public purse of paying 18 to 21 year olds the national living wage.

26 Oct 2015 · HM Treasury

Welfare Tax Credits

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish a distributional analysis of the effect of the changes to thresholds and taper rates for tax credits for each income decile.

2 Jun 2015 · Department for International Development

Nigeria: Female Genital Mutilation

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she plans to take to support the implementation of the ban on female genital mutilation in Nigeria.

2 Jun 2015 · Department for International Development

Female Genital Mutilation

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to support anti-FGM measures.

20 Mar 2015 · Home Office

Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the date was of each meeting of the Sexual Violence Against Children and Vulnerable Adults National Task Force since it was set up; and which government departments (a) were invited to and (b) at

10 Mar 2015 · Home Office

Rape

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of reported rape cases were referred to the Crown Prosecution Service for a decision on prosecution in each of the last five years.

10 Mar 2015 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many incidents of domestic violence were reported to the military police in each of the last five years.

10 Mar 2015 · Home Office

Police: Emergency Calls

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) 999 calls and (b) 999 calls to report incidents of domestic violence were made to the police in each of the last five years.

10 Mar 2015 · Home Office

Stalking

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of stalking have been reported to the police since the implementation of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012; and how many of those incidents led to an (a) arrest, (b) prosecution a

9 Mar 2015 · Home Office

Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Government plans to ratify the Council of Europe's Istanbul Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence.

24 Feb 2015 · Women and Equalities

UN Commission on the Status of Women

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the Government’s objectives are for the fifty ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women; and if she will make a statement.

24 Feb 2015 · Women and Equalities

UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent progress she has made on implementing the recommendations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the UK's record on women's rights and services.

24 Feb 2015 · Women and Equalities

UN Conference on Women

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when her Office plans to publish the results of its survey to mark the twentieth anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.

28 Jan 2015 · Home Office

Offences against Children and Vulnerable Adults

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how she plans to incorporate the views of hon. Members and key stakeholders into the terms of reference of her Department's consultation on mandatory report of abuse of children and vulnerable adults.

Source: official written-questions record.