Written questions

1,768 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Dec 2015 · Department for Transport

Cycling: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2015 to Question 18104, how much funding will be allocated to the (a) Cycling Ambition City programme, (b) Highways England cycling programme, (c) Bikeability cycle training

14 Dec 2015 · HM Treasury

Help to Buy Scheme

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will revise the eligibility criteria for first time buyers under the Help to Buy ISA scheme to £450,000 in areas outside London where the average house price is above £250,000.

14 Dec 2015 · Cabinet Office

Natural Resources

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will commission an assessment of the effect on the economy of resource insecurity.

11 Dec 2015 · Department for Transport

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to assess the condition and future requirements for maintenance of the local roads network.

11 Dec 2015 · Department for Transport

Recreation Spaces: Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of investment in public spaces and walking infrastructure on (a) footfall in those spaces and (b) trading levels for businesses situated on or near those spaces

11 Dec 2015 · Department for Transport

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the reasons for regional variation in the condition of local authority A roads that merit the indicator which states that they are roads where maintenance should be considered.

10 Dec 2015 · Department for Transport

Road Traffic Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to give local authorities the power to enforce moving traffic contraventions under the provisions of the Traffic Management Act 2004.

10 Dec 2015 · Department for Education

Pupils: Bullying

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will introduce additional support for children experiencing bullying.

10 Dec 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department's policy remit on off-street parking includes parking for healthcare facilities, railway stations and local authority housing estates.

10 Dec 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Parking: Unfair Practices

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he will respond to the submissions to his Department's consultation, Parking reform: tackling unfair practices, of March 2015.

10 Dec 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Parking: Private Property

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will establish a standards setting body with a code of practice and an appeals service for all accredited trade associations for the management of parking on private land.

9 Dec 2015 · Department for Transport

Transport: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 2 of the Government response to the Fifth Report from the Transport Committee, Session 2013-14, on Access to transport for disabled people, HC870, whether he plans to review his Departmen

9 Dec 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dogs: Smuggling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the efficacy of existing legislation to stop the illegal importation of puppies into the UK.

9 Dec 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pet Travel Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to require enforcers of the Pet Travel Scheme to carry out visual checks on dogs entering the UK.

9 Dec 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Zoonoses

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the risk to the UK of (a) rabies, (b) the Echinococcus multilocularis tapeworm and (c) other zoonotic diseases.

9 Dec 2015 · Department for Education

Truancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many parents have taken their children off the school roll after being threatened with prosecution for their child truanting in (a) academies and (b) local authority schools in the last three years.

9 Dec 2015 · Cabinet Office

Assessments: Freedom of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to ensure equitable application of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 across all UK exam boards.

8 Dec 2015 · Department of Health

Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with which external stakeholders his Department has discussed contingency planning for provider failure in the social care market.

8 Dec 2015 · Department of Health

Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish his Department's contingency plans for provider failure in the social care market.

8 Dec 2015 · Department of Health

Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of councils have had at least one residential, domiciliary or specialist care provider fail in the last 12 months.

8 Dec 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Social Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 3.15 of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, what steps he plans to take to address the effects of regional variation in council tax revenue on fundi

8 Dec 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Apprentices: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his most recent estimate is of the proportion of people in apprenticeships who have a disability.

3 Dec 2015 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Competition

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications for competition in the bus market of (a) voluntary partnership agreements and (b) statutory quality partnerships; and what account he plans to take of those impli

3 Dec 2015 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Wheelchairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will implement a nationwide campaign asking people to make space for wheelchairs in wheelchair areas of buses.

3 Dec 2015 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will introduce financial incentives for bus and coach companies to bring forward capital investment in Passenger Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations-compliant vehicles ahead of the deadline for com

3 Dec 2015 · Department for Education

Children's Centres: Antenatal Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to increase the role of children's centres in supporting expectant parents and improving integrated working among antenatal support services.

2 Dec 2015 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent monitoring he has undertaken of the Accessibility Action Plan; and if he will make it his policy to publish annual updates on such monitoring.

2 Dec 2015 · Department for Transport

Buses

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of buses in England are (a) zero-emission capable, (b) Euro 4 or above and (c) hybrid diesel-electric.

2 Dec 2015 · Department for Transport

Cycling: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to spread the £300 million for cycling announced in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015 over five or six years.

2 Dec 2015 · Department for Education

GCE A-level and GCE AS-level

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information she holds on the proportion of A Level students who have chosen to take an AS Level in 2015-16 under the reformed AS Level and A Level system.

Source: official written-questions record.