Written questions
1,447 written questions tabled, most recent first.
23 Jul 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Parental Leave: Childbirth
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will conduct an impact assessment of the potential effects of extending statutory maternity and paternity leave for parents with ill or premature babies.
23 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of instances where a driver’s details have been released to a controlled third party by the DVLA in each year since 2010.
23 Jul 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Public Footpaths: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the gross amount was of funding made available for footpath maintenance in England in the 2018-19 financial year.
23 Jul 2019 · Department for Education
Universities: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Office for Students has taken since its establishment to assess the adequacy of provision of mental health services and student support at universities.
23 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Nurses: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the removal of student bursaries on differences in trends of the number of (a) students, (b) mature students and (c) part-time students on n
22 Jul 2019 · Treasury
Imports
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to operate a triage system for imports in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
22 Jul 2019 · Home Office
European Arrest Warrants: British Nationals Abroad
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contingency plans he has for the repatriation of UK defendants from the EU in the event the UK leaves the EU without a withdrawal agreement and is therefore no longer party to the European Arrest
22 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Autism and Learning Disability: Psychiatric Hospitals
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of people in England subject to an order under the 1983 Mental Health Act (a) have a learning disability or autism and (b) only have a learning disability or autism and
22 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Autism and Learning Disability: Psychiatric Hospitals
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of orders for assessment and treatment under the 1983 Mental Health Act on patients with learning disabilities or autism.
22 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Autism and Learning Disability: Psychiatric Hospitals
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department will review the use of orders for assessment and treatment under the 1983 Mental Health Act in cases where the patient only has a learning disability or autism.
19 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Fish: Hygiene and Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the safety and food hygiene rules for the transport of smoked fish (a) within and (b) to the UK is governed by (i) UK or (ii) EU regulations.
18 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport
Ports: Wales
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what level of funding his Department has allocated to contingency planning at the ports (a) Holyhead and (b) Pembroke Dock in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
18 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care: Brexit
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has allocated for contingency plans in the event that the UK leaves the EU without an agreement.
18 Jul 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sheep Meat: UK Trade with EU
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency funding he has allocated for the (a) slaughter, (b) burial and (c) disposal of lamb carcasses in the event that there is a decrease in the export of lamb if the UK lea
18 Jul 2019 · Home Office
Immigration: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what comparative estimate he has made the proportion of non-UK EU citizens who have applied to the settled status scheme in (a) Wales and (b) the UK.
17 Jul 2019 · Department for International Trade
UK Trade with EU: Food
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of tariffs imposed by the EU on the competitiveness of the UK's export of (a) eggs, (b) cereals, (c) fruit and (d) vegetables to the EU;
17 Jul 2019 · Department for International Trade
Import Duties: Food
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential response from the EU on the Government's plan to maintain zero tariffs on (a) eggs, (b) cereals, (c) fruit and (d) vegetables impor
17 Jul 2019 · Department for International Trade
Trade Agreements: USA
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of negotiating as part of a trade agreement between the UK and the US a change in the level of actionable limits for foreign
17 Jul 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sheep Meat: Import Duties
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Department for International Trade's draft tariff schedule, Temporary rates of custom duty, published on 13 March 2019, what assessment his Department has made of
17 Jul 2019 · Treasury
Freeports
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the role of free ports in tackling global tax avoidance and evasion.
16 Jul 2019 · Department for International Trade
Trade Agreements: USA
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether it is his Department's policy that food which meets the standards of the US Food and Drug Administration’s food defect levels handbook guidance will be saleable in the UK in the event of a fre
16 Jul 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Racial Discrimination
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has recently worked with the US Administration on tackling racism globally.
15 Jul 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Terminal Illnesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for support under the special rules for terminal illness have been received by her Department in each year since the introduction of those rules.
15 Jul 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken was to process a claim for personal independence payment in the last 12 months for which information is available.
15 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport
Rail Accident Investigation Branch: Zero Hours Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many of the investigations undertaken by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch since 2010 have involved people working under a zero hours contract.
15 Jul 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have received under-occupancy penalty charges in each year since the introduction of those charges.
11 Jul 2019 · Home Office
Asylum: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children applied for asylum in 2018 whose age was disputed.
11 Jul 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
USA: Diplomatic Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to announce the new ambassador to the United States.
11 Jul 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Sports: Public Participation
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the role of free to air sport on public participation in sport.
11 Jul 2019 · Home Office
Domestic Abuse: Telephone Services
To ask the Secretary for of State for the Home Department, what information he holds on the number of people who used the National Domestic Violence helpline in the last 12 months.
Source: official written-questions record.