Written questions
1,447 written questions tabled, most recent first.
18 Jan 2018 · Ministry of Justice
Amey and Carillion
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made any comparative assessments of the perfomance of Carillion and Amey under regional contracts for prison maintenance services.
18 Jan 2018 · Ministry of Justice
Carillion
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department took in response to reports issued between 2015 and 2017 by Independent Monitoring Boards on Carillion's execution of prison maintenance contracts.
17 Jan 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pharmacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will review corporate governance and corporate social responsibility in the pharmacy sector.
17 Jan 2018 · Department for International Trade
Bombardier: Import Duties
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when he last raised with the US administration the issue of the 300 per cent tariff imposed on Bombardier by the its Department of Commerce.
17 Jan 2018 · HM Treasury
Child Tax Credit
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of families whose tax credits have been altered by the two-child limit on tax credits since its introduction on 6 April 2017.
17 Jan 2018 · Department for Exiting the European Union
Brexit
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, for what reasons the Government did not conduct regional alongside sectoral analyses of the impact of the UK of leaving EU.
17 Jan 2018 · Home Office
NHS: Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa applications that were sponsored by an NHS Trust or hospital were rejected by her Department in each of the first three quarters of 2017.
15 Jan 2018 · Department for Transport
Unmanned Air Systems: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Written Statement of 27 November 2017, HCWS269, how many crimes or recorded incidents involved drones flying above 400 feet in 2017.
15 Jan 2018 · Department for Education
Office For Students: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of establishing and maintaining the Office for Students in each of the next five years.
15 Jan 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Sports: Clubs
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the financial viability of amateur sports clubs involved in (a) cycling, (b) rugby and (c) football.
15 Jan 2018 · Wales Office
Apprentices: Wales
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if his Department will ensure that the number of apprenticeships funded in Wales through EU funding programmes is matched by the number of apprenticeships funded in Wales under the Shared Prosperity Fund.
11 Jan 2018 · Home Office
Football: Police
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Culture, Media and Sport, what information her Department holds on the amount contributed by Premier League football clubs toward crowd policing at football matches in each football season since 2010-
11 Jan 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Embassies: EU Countries
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK embassises and consulates were open in those EU Member States which were full member states in 2010 in each year since 2010.
11 Jan 2018 · HM Treasury
Tax Evasion: Fines
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many civil penalties were issued for the evasion of (a) customs duty, (b) community import duty, (c) import VAT, (d) customs duty of a preferential tariff country in the 2017 calendar year.
11 Jan 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Furs: Import Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to make an assessment of the effect on animal welfare of banning the import of furs.
11 Jan 2018 · Cabinet Office
Impact Assessments
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will place place in the Library a list of impact assessments carried out by Government departments in on each policy area or sector in the last 12 months.
10 Jan 2018 · Home Office
Sexual Harassment: Females
To ask Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government has made an assessment the effect of street harassment on the quality of life of women and girls in the UK.
10 Jan 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Tidal Power: Swansea Bay
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Stragety, when the Government plans to respond to the First Minister of Wales' request for a statement on the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon and the Hendry Report.
9 Jan 2018 · Ministry of Defence
Veterans: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate his Department has made of the employment levels of veterans (a) 6 months, (b) one year and (c) five years after leaving the armed forces.
9 Jan 2018 · Department for Education
Universities Superannuation Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to encourage Universities UK to resolve the dispute over the Universities Superannuation Scheme.
9 Jan 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Medicine: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the yearly gross amount of public funding currently being invested in health research.
9 Jan 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Crimes Against Humanity: Arrest Warrants
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to support the arrest and apprehension of those individuals with outstanding ICC Arrest Warrants.
9 Jan 2018 · Department for Education
Academic Freedom: Radicalism
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his Department's policy is on the no-platforming at universities of (a) Al-Muhajiroun, (b) the British National Party, (c) the English Defence League, (d) Hizb-ut-Tahir, (e) the Muslim Public Affairs Commi
8 Jan 2018 · Department for Education
Assessments: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the security of examination answers as a result of Ofqual's recent decision to void a number of examinations due to the answers being leaked online.
8 Jan 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Israel: Palestinians
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps the UK Government has taken to reaffirm its commitment to a two state solution in light of the non-adoption of UN Security Council Resolution S/2017/1060 on the status o
8 Jan 2018 · Department for International Trade
Trade Agreements
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether his Department plans to carry out impact assessments on future bilateral trade deals prior to their ratification.
8 Jan 2018 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Overcrowding
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to reduce overcrowding on the prison estate in the last six months.
21 Dec 2017 · Wales Office
EU Grants and Loans: Wales
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his Answer of 21 December 2017 to Question 119948, on Wales Office, whether the regular meetings with Cabinet colleagues included discussion of the Shared Prosperity Fund with the Secretary of State for
21 Dec 2017 · Department of Health
Mental Health: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment his Department has made of the risk that cyber bullying poses to the mental health of children.
21 Dec 2017 · Department for International Trade
Trade Agreements
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2017 to Question 118985, on trade agreements, how many trades unions he has met with; and how many times he has met with each of those trades unions.
Source: official written-questions record.