Written questions

1,682 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 Mar 2016 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Nurses

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what advice her Department has received from the Migration Advisory Committee on whether nurses should remain in the occupation shortfall list; and when she next plans to issue a revised list.

16 Mar 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Benefit: Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures he is taking to mitigate the effect of the housing benefit cap in the social sector on homeless people or those at risk of homelessness.

16 Mar 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance: Shared Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will review the way in which the shared accommodation rate is calculated to mitigate the effect of the housing benefit cap in the social sector.

16 Mar 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will ensure that his proposals to limit 18 to 21 year olds' access to the housing element of universal credit take into account all the reasons young people may need support with their housing cos

16 Mar 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment Schemes: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which non-governmental organisations have been involved in developing training materials for the training and accreditation of work coaches.

15 Mar 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his contribution of 14 March 2016, HC Deb, column 640, how many people he expects to be migrated on to universal credit by 2020.

14 Mar 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 14 March 2016, Official Report, on unemployment, if he will publish the Government's employer engagement strategy referred to in that Answer.

9 Mar 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on short-term benefit advances in the last 12 months; how much was spent by each jobcentre last year; and how much was spent in the last year of the crisis loan scheme.

9 Mar 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on sending letters in each of the last three years.

9 Mar 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to ensure that pension obligations on local authority funded personal budget or direct payment users are met.

7 Mar 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carer's Allowance: Uprating

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will uprate the income threshold for carer's allowance in line with the forthcoming increase in the minimum wage.

7 Mar 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to deliver hyper-speed broadband coverage in urban areas.

2 Mar 2016 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Transport for London on the installation of rapid charging points; and what progress has been made on plans to install 150 rapid charging points by 2018.

2 Mar 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she plans to take to meet the target of reaching a national recycling rate of 50 per cent by 2020.

1 Mar 2016 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect on Ofsted's budget of the expansion of Ofsted's control over early years inspectors.

1 Mar 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes to local authority funding on levels of homelessness.

24 Feb 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of how many disabled people will move into work as a result of changes to the employment and allowance work-related activity group; and what research he has conducted into the

24 Feb 2016 · HM Treasury

Gin

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to support the British gin industry.

23 Feb 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of planned changes to pay and allowances on the morale of the armed forces.

22 Feb 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Higher Education: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps the Government is taking to close the higher education attainment gap between BME students and other students.

22 Feb 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Intelligence Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure there are sufficient safeguards to respect individual privacy in place in respect of intelligence gathered by GCHQ.

22 Feb 2016 · Department of Health

NHS: Cybersecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to prepare for RansomWare attacks on NHS facilities.

22 Feb 2016 · HM Treasury

Rents: Greater London

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to reduce domestic rent prices in London.

22 Feb 2016 · HM Treasury

Working Hours

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of people who want to work full-time who are in part-time rather than full-time work.

22 Feb 2016 · HM Treasury

Productivity

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to reduce the productivity gap.

22 Feb 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

English Language: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans his Department has to publish a national strategy for English for speakers of other languages for England.

19 Feb 2016 · Attorney General

Knives: Crime

To ask the Attorney General, what steps the CPS is taking to ensure a higher rate of prosecution for knife crimes.

10 Feb 2016 · Home Office

Migration Advisory Committee

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the Migration Advisory Committee did not provide its report by the end of January 2016.

10 Feb 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Post Offices: Southwark

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much the Post Office has spent refurbishing the premises of the Crown Post Office in Walworth Road since January 2010.

10 Feb 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Post Office: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on benefit and tax credit demand from workers at franchises of former post offices; and what estimate his Department has made of the p

Source: official written-questions record.