Written questions

1,447 written questions tabled, most recent first.

1 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Administration of Justice: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the ability of people living in rural areas to access justice.

1 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the number of solicitors’ firms accepting Criminal Legal Aid cases in the last five years.

1 Apr 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Learning Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much has been paid from the public purse to private companies for the management of Assessment and Treatment Units in England in each financial year since 2011.

1 Apr 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Learning Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients at Assessment and Treatment Units in England are placed more than 100 miles from their referring hospital or GP practice.

1 Apr 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Learning Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Department has taken to assess the number of (a) minor and (b) severe injuries sustained at Assessment and Treatment Units in England in each of the last five years.

29 Mar 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Commonwealth: LGBT+ People

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to promote LGBT+ rights and safety in the Commonwealth.

29 Mar 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Commonwealth: LGBT+ People

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to raise the issue of LGBT+ rights with other Commonwealth nations.

29 Mar 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Brunei: LGBT+ People

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government plans to take to protect British citizens who identify as LGBT+ who are working and travelling in Brunei.

29 Mar 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Brunei: LGBT+ People

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department plans to update their travel advice to LGBT+ identifying British citizens working and visiting Brunei.

29 Mar 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Brunei: Homosexuality

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government has taken any steps to raise concerns with the Government of Brunei on the Sultan prescribing death by stoning as a punishment for gay sex.

28 Mar 2019 · Department for Education

Pupils: Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the level of in-school hunger among children in England.

28 Mar 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Business: Intellectual Property

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government plans to charge businesses to re-register for intellectual property protection in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.

28 Mar 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to assess the level of in-work poverty in the UK.

28 Mar 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Multiple Sclerosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of personal independence payment applications were (a) refused and (b) withdrawn in the last 12 months.

28 Mar 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Grenfell Tower: Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many people who were made homeless by the Grenfell Tower fire have not been found permanent accommodation.

27 Mar 2019 · Wales Office

Economic Situation: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what forecasts the Government has made of the potential effect on the Welsh economy of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.

27 Mar 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Discipline

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions (a) police officers and (b) other additional support has had to be brought in to prisons in each of the last five years.

27 Mar 2019 · Home Office

Police: Firearms

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total number of incidents have been where firearms officers were deployed by Police Forces in England and Wales in each of the last five years.

27 Mar 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Life Expectancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to close the life expectancy gap between socio-economic groups.

27 Mar 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Life Expectancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in life expectancy over the last ten years.

26 Mar 2019 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Department for Exiting the European Union: Sick Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many officials in his Department were on long term paid sick leave as of 1 March 2019.

26 Mar 2019 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Department for Exiting the European Union: Termination of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how officials in his Department have (a) retired, (b) transferred it to a different Department and (c) left the civil service in each year since the Department’s creation.

26 Mar 2019 · Department for Education

Schools: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many violent incidents directed at teachers at schools there were in each of the last five academic years.

26 Mar 2019 · Department for Education

Schools: Homophobia

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of homophobic abuse of pupils in schools.

25 Mar 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Finance: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions his Department has had with the Welsh Government on the adequacy of the funding settlement.

25 Mar 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Stronger Towns Fund: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the Barnett consequentials for Wales of the introduction of the Stronger Towns Funds.

21 Mar 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Solar Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the total amount of solar energy captured in the UK is for each of the last five years.

21 Mar 2019 · Home Office

British Nationality: Naturalisation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many M1N1 application forms have been submitted in each of the last three years; and what proportion were (a) refused and (b) withdrawn.

21 Mar 2019 · Home Office

British Nationality: Naturalisation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department has taken to estimate the number of people in the UK who are entitled to British citizenship but have not yet been naturalised.

21 Mar 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of (a) conducting tribunal cases on personal independence payments and (b) providing legal representation at tribunal cases on personal independence payments in the

Source: official written-questions record.