Written questions

1,447 written questions tabled, most recent first.

27 Jun 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what impact assessment her Department has conducted on the effect of leaving the EU without a deal on people with disabilities.

26 Jun 2019 · Treasury

Sovereign Grant

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the £37.8 million spent by the Sovereign on property maintenance was spent on (a) Buckingham Palace, (b) St James's Palace, (c) Windsor Castle, (d) Hampton Court Mews, (e) Windsor Home Park and (f

26 Jun 2019 · Treasury

Sovereign Grant

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the difference between the expenditure of the Royal Household and the amount of the Sovereign Grant allocated in each year since its introduction.

26 Jun 2019 · Treasury

Sovereign Grant

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the revenue forgone to the public purse from the recalculation of the Sovereign-Grant from 15 per cent to 25 per cent of the Crown Estate profits for the financial years 2017-18 to 2027-

26 Jun 2019 · Treasury

Sovereign Grant

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of trends in the Sovereign Grant and Sovereign Grant Reserve over the last three years.

25 Jun 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Pupils: Sports

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of schoolgirls aged between 11 and 18 participated in at least 30 minutes of sport at least once a week in 2018.

25 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what percentage of people aged over 65 receive some form of social care.

25 Jun 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people had their benefit payments reduced to (a) less than £6 per day, (b) less than £5 per day and (c) zero due to the imposition of sanctions by her Department in each year since 2010.

20 Jun 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Television Licences: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of providing free TV licences to people over the age of 75 for qualifying residents in (a) Cardiff Central constituency and (b) Cardiff local authority area in (i)

18 Jun 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the implications for her Department's policies on universal credit assessment period and earned income are of the High Court judgment of 11 January 2019 in R (on the application of Johnson and othe

18 Jun 2019 · Cabinet Office

Licensed Premises: Closures

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) pubs and bars and (b) nightclubs that closed in each month in 2018.

18 Jun 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment his Department has made of the proportion of homeless people in England who (a) are veterans of the armed services, (b) have recently been released from pr

18 Jun 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Young Offender Institutions: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many recorded violent incidents per head of population in young offender institutions there have been in each year for which figures are available.

17 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what impact assessment his Department has conducted of the effect on people with disabilities of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.

17 Jun 2019 · Treasury

Customs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of forms hauliers travelling from the UK to the EU would be required to submit daily to maintain current levels of trade with the EU in the event of full customs f

17 Jun 2019 · Treasury

Customs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of offices of transit that will be required for full customs formalities in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal on the 31 of October 2019.

17 Jun 2019 · Treasury

Customs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of firms have signed up to the no-deal customs facilitation scheme.

12 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many invoices were sent to NHS patients as a result of proactive data sharing by the Home Office.

12 Jun 2019 · Home Office

Immigration: Enforcement

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases his Department has shared proactively shared data with other Departments for the purposes of immigration enforcement for each year for which figures are available.

12 Jun 2019 · Home Office

Windrush Compensation Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department has spent on advertising the Windrush Compensation scheme.

12 Jun 2019 · Home Office

Immigration: Windrush Generation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money from the public purse has been spent on urgent and exceptional support in relation to victims of the Windrush scandal in each month that figures are available.

11 Jun 2019 · Cabinet Office

Contracts: Public Sector

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the number of contractors across the public sector who do not recognise an independent trade union.

11 Jun 2019 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Sick Leave

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the amount of sick leave taken by civil servants in 2018.

11 Jun 2019 · Home Office

High Rise Flats: Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of fires in residential blocks in 2018.

11 Jun 2019 · Home Office

Visas: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department uses an algorithm to stream UK visa applications.

11 Jun 2019 · Home Office

Home Office: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the purchase of algorithms used by his Department in each of the last five years.

5 Jun 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Discharge Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the Discharge Grant for prisoners in respect of (a) inflation and (b) the five week waiting period for universal credit.

5 Jun 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Probation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the cost inclusive of staff hours of (a) planning, (b) implementing and (c) reversing parts of the Transforming Rehabilitation programme over that programme's lifetime.

4 Jun 2019 · Department for Transport

Great Western Railway: Trains

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to Answer of 16 May 2019 to Question 254217 on Great Western Railway Line: Catering, what assessment his Department made of the potential merits of offering catering option H, a trolley service, on Gre

4 Jun 2019 · Department for Transport

Great Western Railway: Trains

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2019 to Question 253626 on Great Western Railway Line: Catering, whether the specification of the Great Western Intercity Express trains designed by his Department stated that a

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