Written questions

934 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 Jun 2016 · HM Treasury

Child Benefit

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in (a) Bristol South constituency and (b) England have had child benefit stopped for a young person because that person took up an apprenticeship.

6 Jun 2016 · HM Treasury

Child Benefit

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in (a) Bristol South constituency and (b) England have re-applied for child benefit for a young person following that person's dropping out of an apprenticeship.

3 Jun 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Universities: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the higher education entry rate data, published in December 2015, what steps his Department is taking to increase the rate of entry to university from young people in (a)

26 May 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that young people who receive summer assessment results in September (a) 2017 and (b) 2018 will have improved prospects of securing an apprenticeship as a

26 May 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will publish a detailed timeline for the introduction of the apprenticeship levy to assist small and medium-sized enterprises to develop future apprentice and training plans.

23 May 2016 · Department of Health

Health Professions: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of applications for registration to the Nursing and Midwifery Council were accepted within 90 days for candidates trained in (a) in England, (b) in the European Economic Area (EEA) and (c) outside

23 May 2016 · Department of Health

Health Professions: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average length of time taken by the Nursing and Midwifery Council was to process applications for registration from candidates trained in (a) in England, (b) in the European Economic Area (EEA) and (c) ou

23 May 2016 · Department of Health

Health Professions: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many applications for registration to the Nursing and Midwifery Council were rejected from candidates trained (a) in England, (b) in the European Economic Area (EEA) and (c) outside the EEA in each year since

23 May 2016 · Department of Health

Health Professions: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many applications for registration to the Nursing and Midwifery Council were withdrawn by the applicant before they were assessed from candidates trained (a) in England, (b) in the European Economic Area (EEA)

18 May 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Offenders: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to increase employment opportunities for people (a) on community sentences and (b) released from prison.

4 Jan 2016 · Home Office

Offences against Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional steps her Department is taking to ensure that all victims of historic child abuse are encouraged to come forward with evidence which may result in the prosecution of offenders.

4 Jan 2016 · Department of Health

Pancreatic Cancer: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department plans to make a decision on whether to refer for consideration by NICE PRRNT treatment for pancreatic cancers.

14 Dec 2015 · Prime Minister

NHS: Standards

To ask the Prime Minister, what NHS performance statistics were made available to him through the Number 10 Dashboard in December (a) 2015 and (b) 2014.

14 Dec 2015 · Department of Health

Hospitals: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) outpatient appointments and (b) elective operations took place in England in each week of 2014-15.

14 Dec 2015 · Department of Health

GP Surgeries: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department or NHS England holds on the number and proportion of GP premises that have been refurbished or replaced since May 2010.

14 Dec 2015 · Department of Health

Department of Health: Visits Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, who he was accompanied by at a cost to the public purse on each of his official overseas trips since his appointment.

14 Dec 2015 · Department of Health

Health Services: Weather

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of the communication between Ministers and officials in his Department about NHS England's decision to change the amount of NHS performance data published the Winter Daily Si

10 Dec 2015 · Department for International Development

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make it her policy to continue to invest in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

26 Nov 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carers: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the number of personal assistants who provide care to people formerly in receipt of the Independent Living Fund who will be entitled to pension scheme auto-enrolment; and

4 Nov 2015 · Department of Health

Junior Doctors: Working Hours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received about the level of junior doctor cover at weekends.

4 Nov 2015 · Department of Health

Junior Doctors: Working Hours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of junior doctors who have opted out of the European Working Time Directive.

4 Nov 2015 · Department of Health

Junior Doctors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on employing junior doctors in each of the last five years; and how many junior doctors were employed in each of those years.

4 Nov 2015 · Department of Health

Junior Doctors: Working Hours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his contribution of 28 October 2015, Official Report, column 429, on junior doctors hours, if he will publish the evidential basis for the proposition that hospitals are not rostering enough junior doc

28 Oct 2015 · Cabinet Office

Termination of Employment: Bristol South

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people resident in Bristol South constituency whose employment was terminated through ill health in each year from 2005 to 2014.

28 Oct 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Vacancies: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many duplicate jobs were removed from Universal Jobmatch in each of the 12 months to August 2015.

28 Oct 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Benefit: Bristol

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people affected by the under-occupancy penalty in the Bristol City Council area.

28 Oct 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Andargachew Tsege

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what requests were made in his letter of 17 August 2015 to his Ethiopian counterpart on the detention of Andargachew Tsege.

28 Oct 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Andargachew Tsege

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what concerns he raised in his letter of 17 August 2015 to his Ethiopian counterpart on the release of videos of Andargachew Tsege in custody.

28 Oct 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Andargachew Tsege

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the consistency with domestic Ethiopian and international law on the right to a fair trial of the sentences imposed on Andargachew Tsege by the Ethiopian au

28 Oct 2015 · Home Office

Asylum: Bristol

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been moved to the Bristol City Council area in each of the last five years.

Source: official written-questions record.