Written questions

503 written questions tabled, most recent first.

15 Feb 2019 · Ministry of Defence

Radar: Wind Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that potential interference with air defence radar does not prevent the future development of offshore wind sites.

14 Feb 2019 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps are being taken to ensure that those who tender for government contracts for his department are kept informed of the status of their tender throughout the process.

14 Feb 2019 · Ministry of Defence

MOD Boscombe Down: Aviation

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received on the procurement of emergency airfield cover at Boscombe Down airfield.

16 Jan 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has undertaken to ensure that health services such as access to continuing healthcare plans are available to people with hearing impairments or profound deafness.

16 Jan 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to reduce patient notification errors due to NHS bodies having different communication systems.

20 Dec 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Disabled Facilities Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the timetable is for the publication of the independent review of disabled facilities grants.

18 Dec 2018 · Treasury

Child Tax Credit: Kinship Care

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many kinship carers who applied for child tax credit were exempt from the two-child limit in 2017-18; and how many of those people were financially affected by the benefit cap in that period.

17 Dec 2018 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Training

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) training and (b) guidance has been provided to HMRC staff in relation to the variation in the two child limit exemption for kinship carers and adopters applying for child tax credit.

17 Dec 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Kinship Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many kinship carers that applied for universal credit were exempt from the two child limit in 2017-18; and what proportion of those carers were affected by the benefit cap.

17 Dec 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Kinship Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many kinship carers were affected by the benefit cap of (a) £20,000 and (b) £23,000 in 2017-18.

17 Dec 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) training and (b)guidance has been provided to staff in her Department on the variation in the two child limit exemption for kinship carers and adopters applying for (i) child tax credit and (ii

17 Dec 2018 · Treasury

Child Tax Credit: Kinship Care

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what processes are in place to compensate kinship carers that are unable to claim child tax credit for their birth child in the period between 1 April 2017 and 28 November 2018 as a result of the two child exemption

14 Dec 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Learning Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2018 to Question 199449, what assessment his Department has made of whether the number of avoidable deaths of people with learning disabilities in the care of

14 Dec 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Learning Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2018 to Question 199449, what steps his Department is taking to assess whether NHS Trusts have adopted the guidance published by NHS Improvement, Learning Disa

14 Dec 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Learning Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government assesses complaints made to the NHS by people with learning disabilities.

14 Dec 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Learning Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on publishing data on case reviews of the death of people with learning disabilities in NHS care, as announced in May 2018.

14 Dec 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2018 to Question 199449 on Health Services: Learning Disability, what his policy is on introducing a national disabled people’s healthcare strategy to help ens

6 Dec 2018 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve assisted travel for disabled people across public transport.

6 Dec 2018 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will accompany a person with disabilities on public transport in order to gain first-hand experience of the difficulties disabled people can face when accessing public transport.

5 Dec 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Learning Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to ensure that people with learning difficulties are adequately supported to receive medical treatment through the NHS.

5 Dec 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Learning Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people with learning difficulties are not discriminated against when receiving medical care.

20 Nov 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Wind Power: Seas and Oceans

What steps he is taking to support the offshore wind sector.

9 Nov 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the (a) supply and (b) availability of the drug Methotrexate after the UK leaves the EU.

6 Nov 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of student nurses experiencing financial hardship as a result of travel costs incurred during training placements.

30 Oct 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Humber Estuary: Wind Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June to Question 146924 ABLE Humber Port, what further steps he is taking to support the growth of on-shore wind on the South Bank of the Humber.

30 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

ABLE Humber Port

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2018 to Question 146924 on ABLE Humber Port, what steps he is taking to monitor the effect of the Government’s investment in the Able Marine Ener

30 Oct 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of NHS England contracts to third party companies go to companies based outside of the Government’s jurisdiction for corporation tax purposes.

30 Oct 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of payments for NHS England contracts to third party companies go to companies based outside of the Government’s jurisdiction for corporation tax purposes.

10 Sep 2018 · Department for Transport

Unmanned Air Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals on drones.

19 Jul 2018 · Department for Education

Children: Day Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children are eligible for 30 hours free childcare in north each Lincolnshire.

Source: official written-questions record.