Written questions
549 written questions tabled, most recent first.
13 Apr 2016 · Department for Education
Pupil Exclusions: Halton
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were excluded from academy schools in Halton in each year since 2010.
13 Apr 2016 · Department for Education
Teachers: Vacancies
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teacher vacancies there were in schools in (a) Halton, (b) Merseyside and (c) Cheshire on 31 March 2016.
13 Apr 2016 · Department for Education
Teachers: Vacancies
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teacher vacancies there have been in (a) secondary and (b) primary schools in England in each year since 2010.
23 Mar 2016 · Department of Health
General Practitioners: Halton
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GPs retired in Halton constituency in the last 12 months; and how many GPs in that constituency have given notice of their intention to retire in 2016.
23 Mar 2016 · Department of Health
General Practitioners: Labour Turnover
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to increase the retention rate of doctors working in general practice.
23 Mar 2016 · Department of Health
Steroid Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of the use of steroids on the physical and mental health of people using such drugs.
23 Mar 2016 · Department of Health
General Practitioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions his Department has had with NHS England on increasing the amount of funding available to GP practices.
23 Mar 2016 · Department for Transport
Mersey Gateway Bridge: Tolls
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his visit to the Mersey Gateway on 23 April 2015, what progress has been made on ensuring support will be provided to small businesses in Runcorn and Widnes when that bridge opens in 2017 rela
2 Mar 2016 · Department for Transport
Halton Curve Railway Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress has been made on reopening the Halton Curve railway line.
2 Mar 2016 · Department for Transport
Motor Vehicles: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles late licensing penalties have been issued in each year since 2010.
2 Mar 2016 · Department of Health
Agency Nurses: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many agency nurses were employed by each hospital trust in Merseyside and Cheshire in each year since 2010.
2 Mar 2016 · Department of Health
Hospitals: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which hospitals in Merseyside and Cheshire carry out planned surgical procedures at weekends.
9 Dec 2015 · Department of Health
Autism
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to promote compliance by clinical commissioning groups with the NICE Quality Standard on Autism.
9 Dec 2015 · Department of Health
Autism
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department and NHS England are taking to ensure that autism diagnosis waiting times for (a) children and (b) adults meet NICE guidance (a) in Halton and (ii) nationally.
3 Nov 2015 · Department of Health
Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for a cognitive behavioural therapy appointment was in (a) Halton, (b) Merseyside and (c) England in the latest period for which figures are available.
3 Nov 2015 · Department of Health
Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many publicly-funded cognitive behavioural therapy appointments took place in each clinical commissioning group area in England in each year since 2010.
3 Nov 2015 · Department for Energy and Climate Change
Electricity Interconnectors
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that new interconnector capacity is supported by robust cost analyses.
3 Nov 2015 · Department for Energy and Climate Change
Electricity Interconnectors
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) all UK electricity generators and operators and (b) developers of gas plants are able to compete on a level playing field after the planned
3 Nov 2015 · Department for Education
Secondary Education: Uniforms
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the average cost of a new uniform for secondary school students.
3 Nov 2015 · Department for Education
Schools: Textbooks
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the average amount spent on new school textbooks in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each year since 2010.
3 Nov 2015 · Ministry of Defence
Army: Resignations
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers left the army voluntarily in each year since 2010.
2 Jul 2015 · Home Office
Police: Cheshire
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were employed in Cheshire on 31 March 2015.
1 Jul 2015 · Department for Transport
River Mersey: Bridges
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding he is making available to (a) Warrington and Cheshire West and (b) Chester councils to enable residents to travel toll-free across the Silver Jubilee Bridge and Mersey Gateway Bridge when those bri
1 Jul 2015 · Department for Energy and Climate Change
Wind Power: Subsidies
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of the number of jobs that will be lost as a result of the closure of the subsidy scheme for new onshore wind farms.
9 Jun 2015 · Home Office
Police: Cheshire
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were employed in Cheshire in each year since 1997.
19 Mar 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Halton
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Halton constituency waited more than (a) one month, (b) three and (c) six months for a decision on their personal independence payment claim in the last three years.
19 Mar 2015 · Department of Health
Strokes
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have had a stroke or a transient ischemic attack in each clinical commissioning group area since April 2012.
19 Mar 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Waste Disposal: Fires
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many fires were recorded at regulated and unregulated recycling or waste sites in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014.
19 Mar 2015 · Ministry of Defence
Army Reserve
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the progress on recruitment of Army reservists against his Department's target of 30,000 by 2019.
11 Feb 2015 · Department of Health
NHS: Cost Effectiveness
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cumulative efficiency factor for NHS foundation trusts and trusts in 2015-16, taking into account (a) the proposed 3.8 per cent efficiency factor, (b) the proposed marginal rate fo
Source: official written-questions record.