Written questions

1,750 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 Feb 2017 · Cabinet Office

Electoral Register

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people are registered to vote in more than one constituency because they have not de-registered after moving house.

21 Feb 2017 · Cabinet Office

Voting Rights: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress has been made on introducing legislative proposals to remove the 15-year time limit on British people living abroad being able to vote in elections.

21 Feb 2017 · Cabinet Office

Voting Rights: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate the Government has made of the number and proportion of UK citizens living abroad who would apply to be overseas electors for a UK parliamentary election or national referendum in the event that th

21 Feb 2017 · Cabinet Office

Voting Rights: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment the Government has made of the potential practical implications for the processing time required for overseas applicants to vote in UK elections of removing the 15-year rule for UK citizens livin

20 Feb 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Supermarkets: British Overseas Territories

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will commission research into the operation of zero-waste grocery shops in overseas territories to identify potential benefits that such shops could bring to the UK.

17 Feb 2017 · Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

Polling Stations: Internet

To ask the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, with reference to the Electoral Commission's Electoral Administration Bulletin Issue 173, published in December 2016, what discussi

17 Feb 2017 · Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

Polling Stations: Internet

To ask the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, with reference to the Electoral Commission's Electoral Administration Bulletin Issue 173, published in December 2016, for what reas

8 Feb 2017 · Department of Health

Ovarian Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the ovarian cancer-specific service specification submitted for approval by the Complex Gynaecological Services Clinical Reference Group in 2015.

8 Feb 2017 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Youth Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that the new youth policy statement (a) takes account of changes in and (b) increases funding for youth services.

8 Feb 2017 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which organisations she has consulted on the Government's proposed new youth policy statement.

8 Feb 2017 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to announce the Government's new youth policy statement before the 2017 Spring Budget.

2 Feb 2017 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff of her Department at what grade were employed in the youth policy team in July 2014.

2 Feb 2017 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff of her Department at what grades are employed in the youth policy team.

2 Feb 2017 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Staff

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff of his Department at what grade were employed in the Cabinet Office youth policy team in July (a) 2014, (b) 2015 and (c) 2016.

25 Jan 2017 · Department of Health

Pregnancy: Sodium Valproate

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions section 35 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 has been applied to cases where Valporate has been prescribed to pregnant women.

17 Jan 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Subsidies

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether partial Basic Payment Scheme payments to customers made by the Rural Payment Agency are included in the Agency's published performance results.

17 Jan 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Common Agricultural Policy: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions the UK has incurred EU disallowance fines relating to the Common Agricultural Policy in the last five years.

17 Jan 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Common Agricultural Policy: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether EU disallowance fines relating to the Common Agricultural Policy are paid for through Common Agricultural Policy funds.

17 Jan 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Stun Guns: Convictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there have been for the possession, purchase or acquisition without authority of (a) stun guns and (b) tasers under the Firearms Act 1968 in each of the last 10 years.

16 Jan 2017 · Department of Health

General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the GP-to-patient ratio was in (a) North Lancashire Community Care Group (CCG), (b) Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre CCG and (c) England in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (v) 2014.

9 Jan 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Transgender People

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress her Department has made on implementing the recommendations of the review on the care and management of transgender offenders, published in November 2016 on the safeguarding of transgender prisoners

6 Jan 2017 · Department for Education

Medicine: Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with UK higher education institutions about the nine per cent drop in applications for medicine courses in UK universities for the 2017-18 academic year.

6 Jan 2017 · Department for Transport

Bus Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the cost to passengers of public bus services.

6 Jan 2017 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of trends in the cost of public bus services on school services to passengers.

6 Jan 2017 · Department for Transport

Northern: Rolling Stock

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the age of railway rolling stock operated by Northern in Lancashire and Cumbria.

6 Jan 2017 · Department for Transport

Northern: Rolling Stock

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of compliance with disability legislation of railway rolling stock operated by Northern in Lancashire and Cumbria.

6 Jan 2017 · Department for Transport

Railways: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the reliability of the Class 37 locomotives that run between Barrow and Preston; and how many journeys were delayed or cancelled in (a) 2016 and (b) 2015 due to engine failure.

6 Jan 2017 · Department for Transport

Roads: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Northern Trans-Pennine Routes strategic study: stage 3 report, paragraph 1.4.1, published on 28 November 2016, for what reasons there is an error for the position of the Port of Heysham on

6 Jan 2017 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of trends in usage of public bus school services.

6 Jan 2017 · Department of Health

Ophthalmic Services: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time has been for a follow-up appointment at eye clinics in (a) Morecambe Bay NHS Trust and (b) Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in each of the last three years.

Source: official written-questions record.