Written questions
315 written questions tabled, most recent first.
3 Jun 2016 · Department for Education
Truancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the current guidance for schools and local authorities on emotionally-based school refusal; and if her Department will publish distinct statutory guidance on emotionally-based sc
3 Jun 2016 · Department for Education
Truancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to provide support to parents of children experiencing emotionally-based school refusal.
24 May 2016 · Department of Health
Kidneys: Transplant Surgery
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost to the NHS has been of providing a kidney transplant in (a) England and (b) Teesside in each year from 2010.
24 May 2016 · Department of Health
Dialysis Machines
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average cost to the NHS was of supporting a patient on dialysis in (a) England and (b) Teesside in each year since 2010.
24 May 2016 · Department of Health
Kidneys: Transplant Surgery
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time on the organ waiting list for a kidney transplant was for people in Teesside in each year from 2010; and what that average such waiting time was for people from BAME backgrounds in th
24 May 2016 · Department of Health
Kidneys: Transplant Surgery
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people received a kidney transplant in Teesside in each year since 2010; and how many of those people were from BAME backgrounds.
24 May 2016 · Department for Energy and Climate Change
Green Deal Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the performance of the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund.
24 May 2016 · Department for Transport
London Airports
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment the Government has made of the potential effect of expansion at (a) Heathrow and (b) Gatwick Airport on the number of jobs that will be created in the North East by (i) 2030 and (ii) 2050.
23 May 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions
EU Globalisation Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria the Government considers before making an application to the European Globalisation Fund.
23 May 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions
Sahaviriya Steel Industries UK: Redcar
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons the Government did not apply to the European Globalisation Fund to secure financial support for those affected by the closure of SSI Redcar in 2015.
23 May 2016 · Department for Transport
Aviation: North East
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many annual flight movements between airports in the North East and (a) Heathrow and (b) Gatwick Airport took place in each year between 2000 and 2015.
23 May 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions
EU Globalisation Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Government has applied to the European Commission Globalisation Adjustment Fund; and whether each such application was successful.
23 May 2016 · Department for Energy and Climate Change
Green Deal Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what support her Department is providing to recipients of Green Deal funding who have had their home improvements interrupted because the contracting companies have ceased trading.
23 May 2016 · Department for Energy and Climate Change
Green Deal Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what support her Department is providing to recipients of Green Deal funding whose vouchers expired before their home improvements were completed.
23 May 2016 · Department for Transport
Foreign investment in UK: North East
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of airport expansion at (a) Heathrow and (b) Gatwick Airport on the level of foreign direct investment to the North East.
27 Apr 2016 · Department of Health
Pregnancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the proportion of pregnancies that are unplanned.
27 Apr 2016 · Department of Health
Congenital Abnormalities
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the potential benefits for public health and the economy of introducing a birth defects prevention month and a folic acid awareness week similar to those operating in the United St
27 Apr 2016 · Department of Health
Nutrition: Surveys
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings Ministers in his Department has had with industry since publication of the blood folate results in the National Diet and Nutrition Survey on 20 March 2015.
27 Apr 2016 · Department of Health
Abortion: Neural Tube Defects
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of pregnancies affected by neural tube defects are terminated after the 20 week scan.
27 Apr 2016 · Department of Health
Abortion: Neural Tube Defects
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the socio-economic groups to which those deciding to have a termination of pregnancy after the 20 week scan of a neural tube defect-affected pregnancy belong.
27 Apr 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Redundancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to extend the statutory obligation for employers to consult appropriate representatives of employees being made redundant when that employer
27 Apr 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Redundancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will extend the protective award to employees made redundant at a company which dismisses more than 20 people across the organisation but fewer than 20 people in individual working e
26 Apr 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Redundancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will bring forward legislative proposals on redundancy to specify that the word establishment applies to a whole business rather than an individual working environment.
26 Apr 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Redundancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to ensure the protective award is made to employees made redundant who worked across several establishments within one business.
25 Apr 2016 · Prime Minister
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Prime Minister, when he plans to respond to the letter of 9 March 2016 from the hon. Member for Redcar relating to a donation given to the Minister for the Cabinet Office.
20 Apr 2016 · Department of Health
Neural Tube Defects: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has commissioned on the causes and consequences of neural tube defect-affected pregnancies.
19 Apr 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on a person providing child maintenance having their payments regarded for the purpose of an income assessment for means-tested benefit.
19 Apr 2016 · Department of Health
Neural Tube Defects: EU Countries
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what comparative information his Department holds on the rate of pregnancies affected by neural tube defects in the UK and in other EU member states.
19 Apr 2016 · Department of Health
Congenital Abnormalities
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what date he expects that the population of England will be covered by the National Congenital Anomaly and Rare Disease Registration Service.
19 Apr 2016 · Department of Health
Neural Tube Defects
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions Ministers of his Department have had with counterparts in non-EU states on policies and steps to reduce the number of neural tube defect-affected pregnancies.
Source: official written-questions record.