Written questions

2,337 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Feb 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Ministerial Committee for Syrian Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many times the Ministerial Committee for Syrian Refugees has met.

19 Feb 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Regional Planning and Development: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has spent any money on advertising the Northern Powerhouse policy since May 2015.

19 Feb 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Regional Planning and Development: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of full-time members of staff in his Department work on the Northern Powerhouse initiative.

19 Feb 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Regional Planning and Development: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many official visits he has made to local authorities since May 2015 where the primary purpose of the visit was in connection with the Northern Powerhouse policy.

19 Feb 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Help to Buy Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support Help to Buy applicants whose new build completion has been delayed.

11 Feb 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how the Transitional Grant in the local government spending review is funded.

25 Jan 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Autism

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of adults with autism are in full-time employment; and what steps his Department is taking to help adults on the autism spectrum into work.

12 Jan 2016 · Home Office

Disclosure and Barring Service: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 September 2015 to Question 8917, what recent assessment she has made of the performance of the Disclosure and Barring service; and what the average processing time is for

17 Dec 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Powers

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to review the effectiveness of the general power of competence.

17 Dec 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Council Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to conduct a revaluation of council tax bands in 2016.

15 Dec 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken in response to the recommendations and key findings of the National Audit Office's report, Financial sustainability by local authorities 2014, publishe

15 Dec 2015 · Department for Transport

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the level of local authority preparedness and funding for winter road maintenance.

15 Dec 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Social Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of (a) the level of funding required to cover local authority spending on social care in the period to 2020 and (b) how much the proposed two per cent increase i

15 Dec 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Social Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how his Department plans to monitor whether income from the proposed two per cent rise in council tax intended to contribute to the social care levy is being spent on social care.

15 Dec 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Devolution

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how his Department plans to enable the sharing of best practice from current and completed devolution deals.

18 Nov 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Clothing: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of product safety guidance for manufacturers of children's fancy dress costumes; and what assessment he has made of the effect on safety of reta

17 Nov 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Homelessness: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department provided in Homelessness Prevention Grant to each local authority in London in (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14, (c) 2014-15 and (d) 2015-16.

13 Nov 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Local Government Transparency Code 2015; and if he will make a statement.

9 Nov 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Kurds: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the political situation in Kurdistan and the effect this situation has on the threat from Islamic State; and if he will make a statement.

3 Nov 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Homelessness: Croydon

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department provided to Croydon Council in Homeless Prevention Grant in (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14, (c) 2014-15 and (d) 2015-16.

27 Oct 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Adult Education: Croydon

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of (a) current and (b) forecast adult learner demand in Croydon.

16 Oct 2015 · Home Office

Refugees: Calais

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons humanitarian organisations do not operate inside the refugee camps at Calais.

16 Oct 2015 · Home Office

Refugees: Calais

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the prevalence of sexual abuse of women in the Calais refugee camp; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure that women's safety in that camp is protected.

16 Oct 2015 · Home Office

Refugees: Calais

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to work with her French counterpart to allow increased access by humanitarian organisations to the refugee camp at Calais.

15 Sep 2015 · Home Office

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding to support unaccompanied asylum seeking children was provided to each local authority and gateway authority in the last financial year.

8 Sep 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to implement all the powers set out in the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007.

4 Sep 2015 · Home Office

Disclosure and Barring Service: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the performance of the Disclosure and Barring Service.

4 Sep 2015 · Home Office

Metropolitan Police: Disclosure and Barring Service

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that vacancies in the Metropolitan Police Service's Disclosure Unit are filled.

4 Sep 2015 · Home Office

Disclosure and Barring Service: Police

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding was provided to each police force by the Disclosure and Barring Service in each of the last two financial years.

4 Sep 2015 · Home Office

Taxis: Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on reducing the time taken for disclosure checks for taxi drivers in London.

Source: official written-questions record.