Written questions

1,682 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Sep 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of employment and support allowance payment levels; and if he will undertake a review of the adequacy of the financial support provided for people who

5 Sep 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Knives: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions there have been for knife crimes in each London borough in each of the last seven years.

5 Sep 2017 · Attorney General

Motorcycles: Crime

To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions there have been for moped-enabled crimes in each London borough in each of the last seven years.

5 Sep 2017 · Department for International Development

Rwanda: Overseas Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to monitor the use of UK Foreign Aid in Rwanda.

5 Sep 2017 · Home Office

Home Office: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many new staff her Department plans to employ to manage immigration to the UK after the UK leaves the EU; and how many staff she plans to redeploy from within her Department to work on registratio

5 Sep 2017 · Home Office

Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are currently awaiting decisions on visas to enter the UK; how many officials work on the decision-making process for those visas; and what the average waiting time for a decision is i

5 Sep 2017 · Department for International Development

Rwanda: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how the findings of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative report on Rwanda, published in 2009, have affected policy on (a) aid to Rwanda and (b) Rwanda's continued membership of the Commonwea

5 Sep 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Rwanda: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the accuracy of reports of disappearances, political arrests and assassinations and government brutality in Rwanda.

5 Sep 2017 · HM Treasury

Terrorism

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to update the 1993 Reinsurance Act and the process of certifying terror attacks.

4 Sep 2017 · HM Treasury

Business: Terrorism

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that businesses affected by terrorism do not experience unnecessary delays in receiving payments from insurance providers.

4 Sep 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Supported Housing: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the effect has been of changes in the timetable for introducing supported housing funding on the availability of new accommodation.

4 Sep 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how his Department monitors claimant commitment obligations placed on disabled people to ensure that they are reasonable obligations.

4 Sep 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Surveys

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to undertake a new universal credit satisfaction survey in roll-out areas.

4 Sep 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment Schemes: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to replace funding from the European Social Fund for employment programmes after the UK leaves the EU.

4 Sep 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Construction: Industrial Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to improve health and safety standards and risk assessment processes on contractors working in the construction industry when drawing up construction plans.

4 Sep 2017 · Department for Transport

Industrial Health and Safety: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that contractors working in the construction industry are in possession of all appropriate licenses before being allowed to operate in public areas and walkways.

4 Sep 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensioners: Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people over state retirement age have applied for personal independence payments; and how many of those people are now in receipt of that benefit.

4 Sep 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensioners: Work Capability Assessment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people over retirement age in receipt of disability living allowance have been called in for a review in the last four years.

4 Sep 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Toys and Games: Counterfeit Manufacturing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to stop the sale of counterfeit toys online.

4 Sep 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Certification Quality Marks

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the UK will continue to mandate the use of the CE mark for goods sold in the UK after the UK leaves the EU.

4 Sep 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Comite Europeen de Normalisation and Comite Europeen de Normalisation Electrotechnique: Membership

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his Department plans for UK membership of the CEN and CENELEC committees after the UK leaves the EU.

4 Sep 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average wait time is for personal independence payment appeals to be heard by the Courts and Tribunals Service.

4 Sep 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Conservation Areas: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to create more conservation areas across London.

19 Jul 2017 · Home Office

Entry Clearances

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July to Question 4282, how many people waiting beyond the normal standard response times currently have no estimate of when their decision will be made.

18 Jul 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average difference is in points awarded at initial assessment and on appeal for those who claim personal independence payment following an appeal.

18 Jul 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect on disabled full-time students of the introduction of universal credit.

18 Jul 2017 · Department for Education

Construction: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she expects agreed apprenticeship standards related to construction at levels 4 and 6 to be published.

18 Jul 2017 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Engineering

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she expects agreed apprenticeship standards for consultancy in (a) level 6 building services design engineering and (b) level 6 civil engineering design engineering to be published.

18 Jul 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Fire Prevention: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that disabled people being evacuated from buildings that fail fire safety inspections are found suitably accessible housing.

18 Jul 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Fires: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if the Grenfell public enquiry will give due regard to the needs of disabled people and make recommendations on their protection and means of escape in case of fire.

Source: official written-questions record.