Written questions
9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.
16 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of the 530 key local infrastructure assets identified by her Department as vulnerable to flooding in circumstances envisaged by the Environment Agency's Extreme Flood Outlines
16 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what flood risk assessment she has received from the water telecommunications industries since the publication of the national Flood Resilience Review in September 2016; how many key l
16 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Control: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made in establishing the new ResilienceDirect database; how many flood defence assets are recorded in that database; and how many new subscribers have been grant
16 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the £12.5 million allocated to the Environment Agency for temporary flood defences, as set out in the National Flood Resilience Review, has been spent by the Environ
16 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her most recent estimate is of the number of lead local flood authorities which (a) have and (b) have not published a local flood risk strategy.
15 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Agriculture: Subsidies
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of Basic Payment Scheme claims made in 2016 to date have been paid.
15 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Agriculture: Subsidies
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Basic Payment Scheme claims made in 2015 are yet to be fully resolved by the Rural Payments Agency; and how many such claims were resolved by that agency in each of the last 1
15 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Agriculture: Subsidies
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people who made a claim to the Basic Payment Scheme in (a) 2015 and (b) 2016 are yet to receive a payment for either claim.
15 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Floods
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total (a) budget and (b) full-time equivalent workforce was of her Department's Flood Management Team in each of the last six years.
15 Dec 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Department for Communities and Local Government: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the total (a) budget and (b) full-time equivalent workforce was of his Department's Resilience and Emergencies Division in each of the last six years.
15 Dec 2016 · Cabinet Office
Civil Contingencies Secretariat
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were seconded to the Civil Contingencies Secretariat from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and its associated agencies, during (a) 2015 and (b) 2016; and in what capacity s
15 Dec 2016 · Cabinet Office
Civil Contingencies Secretariat
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total (a) budget and (b) full-time equivalent workforce was of the Civil Contingencies Secretariat in each of the last six years.
14 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Ivory: Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to launch its consultation on proposals for a limited ban on the ivory trade; and whether she plans to include in that consultation a question on whether item
14 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Ivory: Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans for her Department's consultation on proposals for a limited ban on the ivory trade to include a question on the feasibility of enforcing a ban which continues to per
13 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of animal welfare standards in animal sanctuaries; what plans she has to provide for regulatory oversight of animal sanctuaries; and if she will mak
13 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Construction: Waste
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the UK rate of recovery from non-hazardous construction and demolition waste for each of the next three years.
13 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Soil: Carbon
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to collect soil organic carbon level data on farms.
13 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of household waste she estimates will be recycled in each of the next three years.
13 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to increase the number of local authorities providing food waste collections.
13 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Packaging: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2016 to Question 56277, whether the figures provided for recycled and recovered waste in 2019 have been transposed in that Answer.
13 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Packaging: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2016 to Question 56277, when she expects data on the proportion of packaging waste recycled in 2016 to become available.
12 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Waste Management
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the UK rate of recovery was from non-hazardous construction and demolition waste in each year since 2010.
12 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of household waste was recycled in each year since 2010.
12 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Wildlife: Smuggling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to bring forward new Control of Trade in Endangered Species Regulations.
12 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Waste
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many million tonnes of total waste she estimates the UK will generate in each of the next three years.
12 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Waste
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many million tonnes of total waste the UK generated in each year from 2010.
8 Dec 2016 · Department of Health
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the findings of the Care Quality Commission in its quality reports on the Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, published in November 2016, what assessment he has made of the adequacy
8 Dec 2016 · Department of Health
Surgery: Vale of York
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will instruct the Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group to end its policy on postponing surgery for patients who smoke or have a BMI over 30.
8 Dec 2016 · Department of Health
Smoking
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of recent reductions in funding for smoking cessation services on rates of smoking.
8 Dec 2016 · Department of Health
NHS Improvement
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the criteria are for NHS Improvement to intervene in the governance of NHS trusts.
Source: official written-questions record.