Written questions
1,768 written questions tabled, most recent first.
19 Apr 2016 · Department of Health
Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish an annual report on the UK Five Year Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy in 2016; and when he expects the next five year report on that strategy to be published.
19 Apr 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Local Enterprise Partnerships
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the National Audit Office report of March 2016 on Local Enterprise Partnerships, HC887.
19 Apr 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Local Enterprise Partnerships
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the quality of local assurance frameworks prepared by local enterprise partnerships.
19 Apr 2016 · Home Office
Asylum: Detainees
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to (a) end the indefinite detention of asylum-seekers in the UK and (b) introduce a limit on such detention in line with other European countries.
18 Apr 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) accountability of internet service providers to their customers and (b) role of the regulator in upholding the rights of those customers.
18 Apr 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Local Growth Deals
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how funding is allocated for the Local Growth Fund; and if he will publish formal guidance on the bidding process for local enterprise partnerships.
18 Apr 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Transport: Sustainable Development
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to ensure that the £500 million Access Fund is spent on sustainable transport projects.
18 Apr 2016 · Cabinet Office
Science: Finance
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of representations from the science community to his Department's plans to insert a new clause into all new and renewed grant agreements.
18 Apr 2016 · Home Office
Fire and Rescue Services: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the level of transparency and scrutiny used by fire and rescue authorities during their recruitment processes.
12 Apr 2016 · Department for Transport
Motorcycles: Accidents
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the causes of the number of motorcyclists killed or seriously injured in (a) London and (b) England outside London.
12 Apr 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Local Growth Deals
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much of the Local Growth Fund has been earmarked for (a) housing loan finance and (b) flexible grant funding.
12 Apr 2016 · Home Office
Fire and Rescue Services: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of adequacy of the level of transparency in the recruitment process for Chief Fire Officers.
11 Apr 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions
Attendance Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure that people who qualify for attendance allowance have been made aware of that scheme and of their eligibility for it.
11 Apr 2016 · Department for Transport
Cycling and Walking: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cycling and walking projects will be funded annually by the (a) Government's £80 million five-year Access Fund and (b) Local Sustainable Transport Fund.
11 Apr 2016 · Department for Transport
Walking: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy consultation document does not contain measureable targets for walking.
11 Apr 2016 · Department for Transport
Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to (a) announce the criteria and (b) begin the bidding process for allocating the funding available through the Pothole Action Fund.
11 Apr 2016 · Department for Transport
Transport: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's current projections are for Government annual spending on the (a) Cycle City Ambition Grant, (b) Bikeability cycle training, (c) Highways England Funding, (d) Access Funds and (e) any othe
23 Mar 2016 · Department for Transport
Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to Question 31603, from which funding stream the additional £130 million funding for repair of roads and bridges damaged by Storms Desmond and Eva will be taken.
22 Mar 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
SMART Awards
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reasons applicants for the fifth round of the SMART scheme will not be able to apply for a sixth round as initially advised.
22 Mar 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Small Businesses: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect on small and medium-sized enterprises of the decision to replace research grants for companies with loans.
22 Mar 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Science: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an assessment of the effect of ring fencing funding from his Department for the Global Challenges Fund on other scientific research for which his Department provides fundin
22 Mar 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
SMART Awards: Cambridge
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many SMART awards have been made to companies in Cambridge in each year since the introduction of that scheme.
21 Mar 2016 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: Fares
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to collect and publish data on bus fares by local authority; and if he will plan for that data to include fares information in prices rather than according to the retail prices ind
21 Mar 2016 · Department for Transport
Bus Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2016 to Question 29611, in what specified format the Buses Bill will require data on routes, timetables, punctuality and fares to be published; and whether this format will di
21 Mar 2016 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: Competition
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the proposed Buses Bill, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on competition in the bus services market of bus operators retaining vehicle fleets, depots and other strategic ass
21 Mar 2016 · Department for Transport
Bus Service Operators Grant
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2016 to Question 30285, whether the working assumption that benefits from the Bus Service Operators Grant are passed on to passengers 50 per cent through lower fares and 50 pe
21 Mar 2016 · Department for Transport
Bus Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which bus operators his Department has had discussions with on the Buses Bill; and how many meetings his Department has had with each of those bus operators.
9 Mar 2016 · Department for Transport
Cycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2016 to Question 24092, what steps his Department is taking to tackle regional differences in cycling funding across England and for the (a) East Midlands, (b) North East an
9 Mar 2016 · Department for Transport
Transport: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2016 to Question 26735, how many schemes he expects to be funded (a) by the Local Sustainable Transport Fund in 2015-16, (b) during the Sustainable Travel Transition Year i
8 Mar 2016 · Department for Transport
Bus Service Operators Grant
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2016 to Question 28284, how much the Business Rate Retention Scheme has raised for the Greater London Authority in each year since the scheme's introduction.
Source: official written-questions record.