Written questions
9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.
8 Dec 2016 · Department of Health
Surgery: Vale of York
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the decision of the Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group's policy to postpone surgery for patients who smoke or have a BMI over 30.
8 Dec 2016 · Department of Health
Joint Replacements
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has conducted on the ability of people awaiting joint replacement surgery to participate in exercise.
8 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Secondment
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff are seconded to her Department from other companies or organisations; and from which organisations and companies they have been seconded.
8 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff her Department has recruited in each month of 2016.
6 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Floods: Insurance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with representatives of the insurance industry on creating a flood insurance scheme for businesses.
6 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Packaging: Waste
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of packaging waste was recycled or recovered in each year since 2010.
6 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Packaging: Waste
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the proportion of packaging waste which will be recycled or recovered in each of the next three years.
6 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Dairy Products: Labelling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to introduce food labelling for pasture-based milk and dairy products.
5 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Meat: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what definition her Department uses of the term grass-fed; and what guidance her Department issues to farmers on the use of the term grass-fed when marketing meat.
5 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Land: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will establish a Land Reform Review Group for England.
5 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she plans to take to ensure that the UK meets the EU target to reuse and recycle 50 per cent of household waste by 2020.
5 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether temporary flood barriers, mobile water pumps and incident command vehicles were deployed during Storm Angus.
5 Dec 2016 · Department for Transport
Storms
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what mobilisation of the UK's national resources took place during Storm Angus; which bridges were so protected during that Storm; what infrastructure was so protected during that Storm; and whether the Army wa
2 Dec 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Flood Control: EU Grants and Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made on the Government's application to the EU Solidarity Fund for flood relief.
2 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Control: Utilities
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of utility assets she plans will be covered by National Flood Resilience Plan.
2 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Ivory: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the amount of ivory that will no longer be bought and sold in the UK market as a result of the ban of post-1947 ivory sales.
2 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Control: Yorkshire and the Humber
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been spent from the public purse on flood (a) defence and (b) prevention schemes in (i) North and (ii) West Yorkshire in each of the last 10 years.
2 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
National Flood Resilience Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department had with the devolved administrations in the development of the National Flood Resilience Review.
1 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Ivory: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the worked ivory sales in the UK market is post-1947 ivory.
1 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Control: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has spent on flood defences in the last 12 months.
1 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which flood defence and resilience projects are currently in (a) construction, (b) development and (c) pipeline phase.
1 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Ivory: Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had at (a) international, (b) EU and (c) UK forums on ending the trade in historic and antique ivory.
1 Dec 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Floods: Insurance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress she has made on formulating a flood insurance scheme for businesses.
7 Oct 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Social Rented Housing: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department spent on new social housing for rent in (a) the City of York and (b) England in each year since 2010; and how much it expects to spend for such purposes in each ye
7 Oct 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Social Rented Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much social housing for rent was built in (a) York, (b) North Yorkshire and (c) England in each year since 2010; and how much social housing in each such area he expects to be built i
2 Sep 2016 · Ministry of Defence
Defence Fire and Rescue Service: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the net pay deductions from the salaries of Ministry of Defence fire fighters and fire officers reflect the full difference in the value of pension benefits accrued compared with staff of similar grades w
2 Sep 2016 · Ministry of Defence
Defence Fire and Rescue Service: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total amount of pay deducted from the salaries of Ministry of Defence fire fighter and fire officer grades through net pay deductions was in each year since 2008-09.
2 Sep 2016 · Ministry of Defence
Defence Fire and Rescue Service: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse of reviewing the level of net pay deductions from the salaries of Ministry of Defence fire fighters and fire officers was in each year since 2008-09.
2 Sep 2016 · Ministry of Defence
Defence Fire and Rescue Service: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how net pay deductions from the salaries of Ministry of Defence fire fighters and fire officers are calculated.
18 Jul 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Environment Protection: Plastics
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to bring forward legislative proposals on banning microbeads and microplastics in all personal care products, washing powders, household cleaners and industrial blas
Source: official written-questions record.