Written questions

1,447 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Jun 2019 · Department for Transport

Great Western Railway: Trains

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to include in the requirement for a buffet card on all Intercity Express trains in the next franchise contract for the Great Western franchise.

23 May 2019 · Home Office

Immigration: Enforcement

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people where subject to immigration enforcement action in each of the last five years.

23 May 2019 · Department for Education

Children: Food Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children that went to school hungry at least once in the 2017-18.

23 May 2019 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Zero Hours Contracts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of outsourced roles relating to buildings run by the Government are employed on zero hours contracts.

23 May 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Coroners: Legal Representation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent from the public purse on legal representation for the Government at Inquests for each year since 2010.

23 May 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Business Premises: Change of Use

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2019 to Question 254216 on Business Premises: Change of Use, how many breaches of building regulations resulted in enforcement actions for houses

22 May 2019 · Wales Office

Economic Situation: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether his Department has (a) prepared, (b) commissioned, (c) collaborated on and (d) awareness of any quantitative future projections that show that any form of leaving the EU will be directly beneficial either i

22 May 2019 · Treasury

Public Expenditure

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what date has been set for the conclusion of the next spending review.

22 May 2019 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Department for Exiting the European Union: Brexit

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how much his Department has spent on preparing for leaving the EU without a deal since March 2019.

22 May 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Metro Newspaper

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department has paid to the Metro Newspaper for each of its advertorials over the next nine weeks.

22 May 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Probate: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's reform of probate regulations.

20 May 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Royal Mail: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment the Department has made of the performance of Royal Mail in relation to the (a) number of deliveries, (b) number of failed deliveries and (c) number of deliveries

20 May 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of applicants were refused legal aid in 2018.

20 May 2019 · House of Commons Commission

Parliamentary Estate: Food

To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, what proportion of food stuffs sourced for food outlets on the Parliamentary estate were produced in the UK in the latest period for which figures ar

20 May 2019 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Vox

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have met with representatives of the Spanish political party Vox.

20 May 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensioners: Fuel Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of pensioners who forewent heating as a result of a lack of funds in the last four months of 2018.

16 May 2019 · Home Office

Crime: Business Premises

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes took place on commercial premises in 2018.

16 May 2019 · Home Office

Police Custody

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many custody suites there were in England and Wales in each year since 2010.

16 May 2019 · Department for Education

Teachers: Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of short-term contracts for academics on the health and wellbeing of those staff.

16 May 2019 · House of Commons Commission

Palace of Westminster: Industrial Health and Safety

To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, on how many occasions falling debris has been recorded at the Palace of Westminster in the last 12 months.

16 May 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Government has spent on promoting and advertising universal credit since it was introduced.

15 May 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Homosexuality: Capital Punishment

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of people put to death for contravening laws on homosexuality globally in 2018.

15 May 2019 · Home Office

Home Office: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department has received in fees for (a) indefinite leave to remain, (b) naturalisation and (c) status renewable applications in each of the last five years.

15 May 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effectiveness of planning by (a) clinical commissioning groups and (b) hospitals in England for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.

15 May 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has assessed the potential cost of providing transitional protection to mixed-age couples moving from pension credit and housing benefit to universal credit.

15 May 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether an equality impact assessment has been undertaken on the potential effect of changes to the eligibility rules for (a) pension credit and (b) housing benefit on women in mixed-age couples.

14 May 2019 · Cabinet Office

Asthma

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what comparative assessment his Department has made of trends in the rate of death from asthma per 100,000 people in the UK and other European countries.

14 May 2019 · Home Office

Nigeria: Extradition

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been extradited from the UK to Nigeria in each of the last five years.

14 May 2019 · Department for Transport

Great Western Railway: Trains

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has for the alteration of Great Western Intercity Express trains so that they comply with section 6.2.6 of the Intercity Express Programme technical specification on catering provision

14 May 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Business Premises: Change of Use

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has estimated the (a) number and (b) proportion of homes created under permitted development rights enabling change of use from offices to housing which do not meet na

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