Written questions
873 written questions tabled, most recent first.
7 Oct 2016 · Home Office
Crime: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the correlation between people who commit crimes against animals and go on to commit crimes against the person.
7 Oct 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Animal Welfare: Convictions
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to introduce an animal abuse register to record the names of people who have been found guilty of crimes against animals.
7 Oct 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Company Accounts: Climate Change
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the Financial Reporting Council on ensuring that companies follow the law when reporting on climate risk.
7 Jul 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department carried out an assessment prior to the introduction of personal independence payments for existing disability living allowance recipients of the effect of that introduction on adv
7 Jul 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of his Department's capacity to manage the appeals and review process for personal independence payments.
7 Jul 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are concurrently claiming employment and support allowance and personal independence payments for long-term and degenerative conditions.
15 Jun 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Turkey: Syria
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 May 2016 to Question 37099, if the Government will support a public call on the government of Turkey to end the closure of its border with Syria.
15 Jun 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Turkey: Syria
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 May 2016 to Question 37099, if the Government will support an independent investigation into allegations of attacks on Syrian asylum seekers by Turkish border
15 Jun 2016 · Cabinet Office
Lobbying
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has discussed with the devolved administrations inserting the new anti-lobbying clause into their government grants.
15 Jun 2016 · Cabinet Office
Duke of York
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any Government official or Minister discussed with the Crown Estate its decision not to report the incident of 13 March 2016 at Windsor Great Park involving Prince Andrew to the police.
7 Jun 2016 · HM Treasury
Tax Havens
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will introduce measures to prevent companies based in tax havens from purchasing assets during privatisations.
7 Jun 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
HM Land Registry: Privatisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether account is being taken in the proposed sale of the Land Registry of whether interested bidders are based in tax havens; what assessment his Department made in the awarding of such
19 May 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Turkey: Syria
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of recent reports that Turkish border guards have shot and killed Syrians crossing the border to seek asylum in Turkey.
18 May 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Turkey: Syria
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his Turkish counterpart to (a) re-open Turkey's borders to Syrian asylum seekers and (b) conduct independent investigations on alleged attacks on Syrian
14 Apr 2016 · Wales Office
Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 13 April 2016 to Question 904364, whether he has contacted customers of Tata Steel's strip products division in order to secure the order book; and which customers he has so contacted.
23 Mar 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Service: Telephone Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent representations he has received on the effectiveness of the Pension Service helpline.
23 Mar 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Trade: EU Action
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the reasons are for the government policy not to support the progress of the European Commission's proposed reforms to (a) trade and defence instruments and (b) the lesser duty rule.
22 Mar 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions
EU Globalisation Fund: Iron and Steel
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2016 to Question 24713, if he will apply to the EU's Globalisation Adjustment Fund for funding for the UK steel industry.
19 Feb 2016 · Department of Health
Blood: Contamination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Prime Minister's oral statement of 26 March 2015, Official Report, column 1423, on the Penrose Report on contaminated blood, when the Government plans to respond to the findings of that repor
19 Feb 2016 · Department of Health
Blood: Contamination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Quality of 20 July 2015, Official Report, column 1227, for what reasons dependent children are not included in the consultation s
19 Feb 2016 · Department of Health
Blood: Contamination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2016 to Question 22461, on blood: contamination, how many cases of liability have been established for people with haemophilia infected with HIV and/or hepatitis C through NHS-
1 Feb 2016 · Home Office
Asylum: Goytre
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to (a) provide information to and (b) consult the (i) local community and (ii) local authority on plans to establish a reception centre for asylum seekers in Goytre
28 Jan 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions
EU Globalisation Fund: Iron and Steel
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to apply to the EU's Globalisation Adjustment Fund for funding for the UK steel industry.
13 Jan 2016 · Department of Health
Blood: Contamination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2015 to Question 19788, in how many cases liability has been established for people infected by contaminated blood.
13 Jan 2016 · Department of Health
Blood: Contamination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will commission an inquiry into contaminated blood in England and Wales.
5 Jan 2016 · Home Office
Asylum: Goytre
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what risk assessment has been made of the proposed centre for destitute asylum seekers in Goytre.
5 Jan 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will suspend all licences permitting UK-produced arms to be sold to Saudi Arabia.
14 Dec 2015 · Department of Health
NHS: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on trends in the number of medicines supplied to the NHS of each of the three options set out in its recent consultation, Changes to the Statutory Scheme to Co
14 Dec 2015 · Department of Health
Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the financial effect of companies leaving the voluntary pharmaceutical price regulation scheme in the 2015-16 financial year.
14 Dec 2015 · Department of Health
Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which companies have left the voluntary pharmaceutical price regulation scheme in each month since January 2014 to date; and if he will make a statement.
Source: official written-questions record.