Written questions

1,447 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 Dec 2017 · Department for Transport

Railways: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the total amount spent on UK railways was raised through passenger fares for each year since 2010.

6 Dec 2017 · Home Office

Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to have a public consultation on the functioning of the visa system for those coming to the UK to work before the publication of the Immigration Bill.

6 Dec 2017 · Home Office

Visas: Sponsorship

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the suitability of the current visa sponsorship process for non-EU workers in small companies.

6 Dec 2017 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been raised from the immigration skills charge since its introduction.

6 Dec 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the reliance of the UK creative industry sector on non-UK EU citizens in the (a) visual effects artists, (b) video game designers and (c) arts

5 Dec 2017 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Department for Exiting the European Union: Travel

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will publish the travel costs incurred by (a) Ministers and (b) staff in his Department since his Department was established.

5 Dec 2017 · Department for International Trade

Iron and Steel: China

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2017 to Question 116341, whether his Department plans to replicate the 19 trade remedies currently in force against Chinese steel to which the UK adheres through i

5 Dec 2017 · Department for International Trade

Overseas Trade: Sudan

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what account his Department took of outstanding indictments in the International Criminal Court before agreeing to the joint trade conference with Sudan set for 12 December 2017.

5 Dec 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Food Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the (a) two child limit element in child tax credits and(b) the equivalent element in universal credit on the use of food banks families over the next 5 year

4 Dec 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Sudan: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the Sudanese Government’s performance against the UN (Ruggie) Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; and if he will make a state

4 Dec 2017 · Department for Transport

Network Rail

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent proposals he has received from Network Rail on (a) maintenance and (b) operational efficiencies.

4 Dec 2017 · Department for Transport

Network Rail

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what Network Rail’s total labour costs were for (a) maintenance delivered in-house and (b) works delivery in each of the last five years.

4 Dec 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria were used to determine which job centres in Wales would have their full transition to universal credit delayed as set out in the Universal Credit Transition to Full Service Guidance update

1 Dec 2017 · Department for Transport

Network Rail: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the total value of efficiency savings achieved by Network Rail over (a) Control Period 3, (b) Control Period 4 and (c) Control Period 5 to date; and what proportion of that saving was from (i) d

1 Dec 2017 · Department for Transport

Network Rail: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of Network Rail's expenditure in each year of (a) Control Period 4 and (b) the current Control Period 5 to date was on (i) in-house and (ii) third-party or contingent labour.

1 Dec 2017 · Department for Transport

Network Rail: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of Network Rail's expenditure on its top 20 supplier companies in each year of the current Control Period was on (a) maintenance, (b) works delivery, (c) renewals, (d) operations and (e) station

1 Dec 2017 · Department for Transport

Railways: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Personal Track Safety cardholders are (a) currently employed by Network Rail and (b) employed by Network Rail’s top 20 suppliers.

1 Dec 2017 · Department for Transport

Railways: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Personal Track Safety cards issued by Network Rail are currently valid

30 Nov 2017 · Wales Office

Brexit: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2017 to Question 114746, what specific issues he discussed with the Welsh Government, other than at the Joint Ministerial Committee, on the UK leaving the EU in the last six mo

30 Nov 2017 · Wales Office

Wales Office: Brexit

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will place in the Library the full list of documents on planning for leaving the EU that have been sent from his Department to (a) the Joint Ministerial Committee and (b) the European Union Exit and Trade Co

30 Nov 2017 · Wales Office

Wales Office: Brexit

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2017 to Question 114746 and the Answer of 20 November to Question 11334, if he will deposit in the Library a list of the documents his Department provided for the formulation o

30 Nov 2017 · Wales Office

European Investment Bank: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the ability of organisations in Wales to secure low-cost, long- term and large-scale loans once European Investment Bank loans are no longer available.

29 Nov 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing: Charities

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether additional resources will be made available to housing charities for retraining advisers to deal with the effect of the roll-out of universal credit.

29 Nov 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been awarded to local authoiities for the improvement of fire safety in their housing stock since the Grenfell Tower disaster.

29 Nov 2017 · Department for International Trade

Iron and Steel: China

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the Government has made an assessment of whether the Chinese Government has been involved in steel dumping in the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.

29 Nov 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Iran: Baha'i Faith

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Iranian counterpart on the suppression and imprisonment of Baha’i people in Iran; and if he will make a statement.

28 Nov 2017 · Wales Office

EU Grants and Loans: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether he has had any meetings with the Welsh Government on the future operation of the Shared Prosperity Fund.

28 Nov 2017 · HM Treasury

EU Grants and Loans: Wales

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of underwriting EU projects in Wales that extend beyond the UK's period of membership of the EU.

28 Nov 2017 · Wales Office

EU Grants and Loans: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what his policy is on the status of West Wales and the Valleys under the Governments new Shared Prosperity Fund; and if he will consider that area's status as eligible to receive the highest level of support under

28 Nov 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

EU Grants and Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Government plans to undertake a public consultation before the launch of the Shared Prosperity Fund.

Source: official written-questions record.