Written questions
1,066 written questions tabled, most recent first.
13 Apr 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, on what grounds the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority decided to appeal the decision Energysolutions EU Ltd v Nuclear Decommissioning Authority [2016] EWHC 1988 (TCC); and whether
13 Apr 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: Termination of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reasons the employment contract of the previous Chair and Chief Executive of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority was terminated; and if he will make a statement.
13 Apr 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the reason was for the time taken to make the decision to withdraw the appeal of Energysolutions EU Ltd v Nuclear Decommissioning Authority [2016] EWHC 1988 (TCC).
13 Apr 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the oral contribution of 27 March 2017, Official Report, columns 25 to 27, on Magnex: early contract terminations, whether the investigation will include an investigat
13 Apr 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the oral contribution of 27 March 2017, Official Report, column 25, on Magnex: early contract terminations, for what reasons the mismatch referred to was not foreseen
30 Mar 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Natural Gas
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has for further reforms to the Capacity Market as a result of the revision of new gas generation capacity in his Department's 2016 Energy and Emissions Projections r
30 Mar 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government took after judgment, Energysolutions EU Ltd v Nuclear Decommissioning Authority [2016] EWHC 1988 (TCC), was handed down in 2016 to investigate the proble
30 Mar 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Written Statement of 27 March 2017, HCWS 554, when the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority became aware that there was a significant mismatch between the work that w
30 Mar 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: Redundancy Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the previous Chair and Chief Executive of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority were given a severance payment upon the termination of their contract of employment.
30 Mar 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Renewable Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will provide the amount of projected renewable energy capacity by technology set out in his Department's updated Energy and Emissions Projections 2016 report, published in M
30 Mar 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Wind Power
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of the forecasts for new renewable energy capacity in his Department's updated Energy and Emissions Projections 2016 report, published in March 2017, is comprised
8 Mar 2017 · Department for Transport
Road Traffic Offences: Mobile Phones
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the introduction of alternative penalties to fines for drivers using mobile telephones.
8 Mar 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Non-domestic Rates: Schools
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the Government's policy is on exempting (a) state, (b) free and (c) private schools from the planned increase in business rates due in April 2017.
7 Mar 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions
Bereavement Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending widower's pension allowance to widowed partners who were (a) engaged and due to be married, (b) co-habiting and (c) co-habiti
7 Mar 2017 · Department for Transport
Road Traffic Offences: Mobile Phones
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of current penalties for drivers using mobile telephones.
6 Mar 2017 · Department of Health
Neurological Diseases: Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to increase specialist neuromuscular consultant support for children attending Royal Manchester Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
6 Mar 2017 · Department of Health
Health Professions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effect that the UK leaving the EU will have on the number of (a) nurses and (b) midwives in the NHS.
6 Mar 2017 · Department of Health
Health Professions: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) nurses and (b) midwives in full-time study.
6 Mar 2017 · Department of Health
Neurological Diseases: Salford
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure there is a care advisor to support adults in the neuromuscular service at Salford Royal NHS Trust.
6 Mar 2017 · Department of Health
Midwives: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of removing NHS bursaries for student midwives on the number of university applications.
6 Mar 2017 · Department of Health
Health Professions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) nurses and (b) midwives are working in the NHS.
6 Mar 2017 · Department of Health
Midwives: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of midwives who will be required in (a) Salford and (b) the UK by 2020.
6 Mar 2017 · Department of Health
Nurses: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of nurses who will be required in (a) Salford and (b) England by 2020.
17 Feb 2017 · HM Treasury
Stamp Duty Land Tax: Tax Allowances
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) people and (b) businesses have received reconstruction relief from Stamp Duty Land Tax in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15.
17 Feb 2017 · HM Treasury
Stamp Duty Land Tax: Tax Allowances
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) people and (b) businesses have received Stamp Duty Land Tax relief for compulsory purchase facilitating development in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15.
17 Feb 2017 · HM Treasury
Stamp Duty Land Tax: Tax Allowances
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) people and (b) businesses have received disadvantaged area relief from Stamp Duty Land Tax in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15.
17 Feb 2017 · HM Treasury
Stamp Duty Land Tax: Tax Allowances
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) people and (b) businesses have received part exchange relief from Stamp Duty Land Tax in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15.
17 Feb 2017 · HM Treasury
Petroleum Revenue Tax: Tax Allowances
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) people and (b) businesses have received Petroleum Revenue Tax relief for unrelieved field loss in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15.
17 Feb 2017 · HM Treasury
Petroleum Revenue Tax: Tax Allowances
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) people and (b) businesses have received Petroleum Revenue Tax relief for research expenditure in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15.
9 Feb 2017 · HM Treasury
Double Taxation
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many businesses received double taxation relief in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
Source: official written-questions record.