Written questions

1,447 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Jul 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Public Houses: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of recent trends in the number of pubs closing on the night time economy.

24 Jul 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

EU Grants and Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Shared Prosperity Fund is planned to be allocated on the basis of the Barnett formula.

24 Jul 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which foreign armed forces the UK armed forces has trained in the last 12 months.

24 Jul 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fires: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of climate change on the prevalence of wildfires in the UK.

20 Jul 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Subsidies

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans for the UK wide frameworks on agriculture to cover a joint agreement on the permissibility of the allocation of subsidies to farms that are not commerciall

20 Jul 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

EU Grants and Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many times he and Ministers of his Department have formally met with the Welsh Government since the announcement that his Department will be overseeing the Shared Prosperity

19 Jul 2018 · Department for Transport

Season Tickets: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect the recent decline of season tickets sales will have on the current franchise model.

19 Jul 2018 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many free trade agreements with non-EU countries the Department plans to have signed by the 29 March 2019.

19 Jul 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadcasting: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of international broadcasting companies based in the UK that broadcast to the rest of the EU.

19 Jul 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Dangerous Driving

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to review the legal definitions for the offences of (a) careless and (b) dangerous driving.

18 Jul 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Video Games

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has made any assessment of recent trends in growth of the independent video game development sector.

18 Jul 2018 · Department for Education

Universities: Hate Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has estimated the number of hate crimes reported on university property in the 2016-17 academic year.

18 Jul 2018 · Department for Transport

Railways: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of money rail franchises have paid out in compensation to ticket holders in each of the last 12 months for which data is available.

18 Jul 2018 · Treasury

VAT: Internet

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department has taken to help small businesses cover the costs of making the mandated transition to online VAT returns in April 2019.

17 Jul 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Modern Working Practices Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish the Government’s response to the Taylor Report consultations.

17 Jul 2018 · Department for Transport

Great Western Railway: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much money Great Western Railway has been fined for not meeting performance targets in each of the last eight years for which data is available.

17 Jul 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Conditions of Employment: EU Action

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government plans to support the proposal for a Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions Directive.

16 Jul 2018 · Department for Transport

Railway Stations: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent from the public purse on improving Welsh rail stations since 2015.

16 Jul 2018 · Department for Transport

Railways: Electrification

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the savings accrued to the public purse as a result of the cancellation of rail electrification projects since 2015.

16 Jul 2018 · Department for Transport

Railways: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much rail track in Wales has been electrified since 2010.

16 Jul 2018 · Department for Transport

Railways: Electrification

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the reasons are for the delay to the electrification of the mainline between Cardiff and London; and if he will make a statement.

16 Jul 2018 · Department for Transport

Railways: Electrification

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to complete the electrification of the mainline between Cardiff and London.

12 Jul 2018 · Women and Equalities

Civil Partnerships: Heterosexuality

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals in response to the Supreme Court's recent ruling on heterosexual civil partnerships.

5 Jul 2018 · Department for International Trade

Overseas Trade: Developing Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a scheme of tariff-free trade for less developed countries after the UK leaves the EU similar to the Generalised S

5 Jul 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Shorthold Tenancies: Evictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of households evicted under section 21 of the Housing Act 1998 during the course of 2017.

5 Jul 2018 · Home Office

British Nationality: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money has been received by his Department as a result of fees for applications by British-born children to register their right to British citizenship in each of the last five years.

4 Jul 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Restraint Techniques

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people with mental health diagnoses have died as a result of being placed physical restraint in the last five years.

4 Jul 2018 · Home Office

Deportation: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were subject to removal by the Home Office to Afghanistan in 2017.

4 Jul 2018 · Home Office

Firearms: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the use of firearms to commit crimes in the UK.

26 Jun 2018 · Department for Transport

Shipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 25 June 2018 to Question 155833 on Shipping: Bristol Channel, whether there are any industry representatives working with the Maritime Modal Connectivity Team in his Department.

Source: official written-questions record.