Written questions
1,768 written questions tabled, most recent first.
20 Jan 2016 · Department for Transport
Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to section 3.3 of his recently published British Road Safety Statement, how the incentive element of local roads maintenance funding will operate.
20 Jan 2016 · Home Office
Visas: Married People
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the rationale is for people on spousal visas resident in the UK being required to pay a health surcharge as part of their visa.
20 Jan 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Neonicotinoids
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy that there will be no further emergency authorisations of the use of neonicotinoid pesticides.
20 Jan 2016 · Department for Transport
Public Transport: Exhaust Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to co-ordinate steps to enhance public transport and accelerate the transition to ultra-low emission vehicles.
19 Jan 2016 · Home Office
Visas: Married People
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to equalise fees for spousal visas for spouses of UK citizens and such fees for spouses of EU citizens resident in the UK.
19 Jan 2016 · Department for Education
Teachers: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to (a) include understanding of the signs for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in teacher training and (b) encourage earlier identification, assessment and positive intervention i
19 Jan 2016 · Department for Education
Children: ADHD
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support the academic and socio-emotional needs of children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
13 Jan 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Air Pollution
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which local authorities received funding from her Department's air quality grant scheme in each year of the last 10 years.
12 Jan 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Air Pollution
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will set standards for the implementation of a low emission strategy in those areas currently exceeding EU nitrogen dioxide emissions limits which will not be part of the five C
12 Jan 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Clean Air Zones
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding will be allocated to local authorities to undertake scoping studies related to the establishment of Clean Air Zones.
12 Jan 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Clean Air Zones
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to issue guidance on the maximum length of time that a charging Clean Air Zone could be operated on a voluntary basis.
12 Jan 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Air Pollution
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of particulate matter pollution; and what account her Department took of such trends when developing its air quality plan.
11 Jan 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of nitrogen dioxide pollution in the UK is caused by emissions from private cars.
11 Jan 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Clean Air Zones
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to announce details of the responsibilities to be imposed on the five cities in which clean air zones will be introduced.
11 Jan 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Clean Air Zones
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to empower local authorities in proposed clean air zones to charge private cars which do not comply with EU vehicle emission standards.
11 Jan 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Clean Air Zones
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason passenger cars have been exempted from the proposed clean air zones in her Department's plan to reduce nitrogen dioxide emissions.
11 Jan 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Clean Air Zones: Impact Assessments
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to publish a full impact assessment of the Government's proposal for clean air zones.
6 Jan 2016 · Department for Transport
Cycle to Work Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the contribution of the cycle to work scheme to meeting the Government's objective to double the number of journeys made by bicycle by 2020.
6 Jan 2016 · Department for Transport
Cycle to Work Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the cycle to work scheme on the number of non-cyclists taking up cycling.
6 Jan 2016 · Department for Education
Pupils: Bullying
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2015 to Question 19591, what alternative provision is available for bullied children who subsequently develop complex needs; and what steps her Department is taking to ensu
5 Jan 2016 · Department for Transport
Roads: Litter
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the powers local councils hold to prevent littering on roads.
5 Jan 2016 · Department of Health
ME/CFS: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of service provision for people affected by myalgic encephalopathy/chronic fatigue syndrome.
5 Jan 2016 · Department of Health
ME/CFS: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of people diagnosed with myalgic encephalopathy/chronic fatigue syndrome were referred to a specialist within three months in the last 15 months.
5 Jan 2016 · Department of Health
UnitingCare Partnership
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to investigate the termination of the contract between Cambridgeshire Clinical Commissioning Group and the Uniting Care Partnership.
5 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Defence
Veterans: Mesothelioma
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to give veterans affected by mesothelioma the choice between receiving a traditional War Pension or a lump sum payment that is comparable to the awards given to civi
16 Dec 2015 · Department of Health
Department of Health: Bus Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on bus services in each of the last five years.
16 Dec 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Cats: Tagging
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to introduce compulsory microchipping of owned cats.
16 Dec 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Cats: Animal Breeding
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of the application in the UK of elements of best practice in regulation of commercial cat breeding in other EU member states.
16 Dec 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Cats: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward amendments to regulations under the Pet Animals Act 1951 to include a ban on the sale of kittens in pet shops.
15 Dec 2015 · HM Treasury
Exercise: Tax Allowances
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2015 to Question 15349, if HM Revenue and Customs will expand the tax exemption associated with the Cycle to Work scheme to provide employees with access to tax-free physical act
Source: official written-questions record.