Written questions

873 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Apr 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Travel

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department has collected data on the average (a) distance travelled by claimants to attend jobcentre and Jobcentre Plus appointments and (b) costs of travel incurred by claimants in attending app

30 Mar 2017 · Home Office

Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the recent case of fraud committed at the Reading branch of HBOS, what plans she has to establish a (a) National Fraud Investigation Service and (b) central fund to reimburse local p

20 Mar 2017 · Wales Office

City Deals: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he plans to announce his decision on the Swansea Bay City Deal to the House before any other public forum.

17 Mar 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Tidal Power: Swansea Bay

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if the Government will announce its decision on the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon to the House before announcing it in any other public forum.

16 Mar 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Tidal Power: Swansea Bay

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to announce a decision on the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon.

15 Mar 2017 · Home Office

Immigration: Health Insurance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on the level of comprehensive sickness insurance required as a qualifying criterion for permanent residency.

15 Mar 2017 · Home Office

Immigration: Health Insurance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether legal advice was sought on the changes made to comprehensive sickness insurance for non-UK nationals applying for permanent residency.

13 Mar 2017 · Home Office

Immigration: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to ensure there are sufficient staff in her Department to process the increase in applications for permanent residency in the UK from citizens of other EU member states.

13 Mar 2017 · Home Office

Immigration: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to expedite the process of permanent residency applications from nationals of other EU member states.

13 Mar 2017 · Home Office

Immigration: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of applications for permanent residency from EU citizens were successful (a) before and (b) after 23 June 2016.

13 Mar 2017 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of applications for permanent residency made by (a) non-UK EU nationals and (b) non-EU nationals were processed within official target times in the last 12 months.

13 Mar 2017 · Home Office

Overseas Students: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether EU nationals studying in the UK at an (a) undergraduate, (b) post-graduate and (c) doctoral or PhD level are classified as economically non-active as it relates to the need for comprehensive s

13 Mar 2017 · Home Office

Treaty On the Functioning of the European Union

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, at what stage the infringement proceedings against the UK launched by the European Commission under Article 258 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union on 11 June 2011 are.

9 Mar 2017 · Ministry of Defence

War Memorials: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria were used to determine who was invited to the unveiling of the Iraq and Afghanistan Memorial on 9 March 2017.

6 Mar 2017 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces Covenant

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the Government is taking to support and uphold the Military Covenant.

22 Feb 2017 · Department for International Trade

EU External Trade: Developing Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Government will continue to apply the standards forming the basis of the EU's Everything But Arms programme in UK trade with the world's least-de

22 Feb 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons people who are in receipt of employment and support allowance and who live with a relative are unable to claim a disability premium if they meet all other relevant assessment criteria.

22 Feb 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Sentences

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the consistency and proportionality of imprisonment for public protection sentencing.

2 Feb 2017 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Brexit

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to ensure that the civil service has the number of people it needs in each Department to deal with the implications of the UK leaving the EU.

25 Jan 2017 · Cabinet Office

Veterans: Military Decorations

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 25 April 2016 to Question 34745, if his Department will take steps to recognise the contributions of veterans by introducing a National Defence Medal.

11 Jan 2017 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Military Decorations

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent meetings he has had with campaign groups on the potential introduction of the National Defence Medal to recognise the contribution of veterans.

14 Dec 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy Intensive Industries: Trade Competitiveness

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to secure contingency funding for the continuation of compensation for the indirect costs of the Renewables Obligation and small-scale Feed-in Tariffs for

14 Dec 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Terminal Illnesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what procedures are in place to notify terminally ill personal independence payment claimants of the DS1500 form.

14 Dec 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence payment claimants have died within six months of receiving their claim.

14 Dec 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Terminal Illnesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what procedures are in place to identify people who are terminally ill when they apply for personal independence payment.

14 Dec 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Terminal Illnesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what procedures are in place to transfer personal independence payment claimants on the fast-track system when it becomes clear they have a terminal illness.

13 Dec 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy Intensive Industries: Trade Competitiveness

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to (a) progress the Government's application to the European Commission to exempt and (b) bring forward legislative proposals related to the exemption of e

13 Dec 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy Intensive Industries: Trade Competitiveness

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans the Government has to provide contingency funding for the continuation of compensation for the indirect costs of the renewables obligation and small scale feed-in-tarif

1 Nov 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

British Steel: Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to publish his Department's response to the British Steel Pension Scheme Consultation.

31 Oct 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Iron and Steel

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the level of procurement of British steel by his Department in the last 12 months.

Source: official written-questions record.