Written questions
2,704 written questions tabled, most recent first.
8 Mar 2016 · Home Office
Deportation: Vietnam
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many removals of former, unaccompanied asylum-seeking children to Vietnam in the last three years were for offences relating to (a) drugs, (b) prostitution and (c) people trafficking.
8 Mar 2016 · Department of Health
Department of Health: Civil Servants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of his Department's (a) Senior Civil Servants and (b) core policy civil servants are based in London.
8 Mar 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Civil Servants
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of his Department's (a) Senior Civil Servants and (b) core policy civil servants are based in London.
8 Mar 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Civil Servants
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of her Department's (a) Senior Civil Servants and (b) core policy civil servants are based in London.
8 Mar 2016 · Department for Energy and Climate Change
Department for Energy and Climate Change: Civil Servants
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of her Department's (a) Senior Civil Servants and (b) core policy civil servants are based in London.
8 Mar 2016 · Department for Education
Department for Education: Civil Servants
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of her Departments (a) Senior Civil Servants and (b) core policy civil servants are based in London.
8 Mar 2016 · Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence: Civil Servants
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of his Department's (a) Senior Civil Servants and (b) core policy civil servants are based in London.
8 Mar 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Civil Servants
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of his Department's (a) Senior Civil Servants and (b) core policy civil servants are based in London.
8 Mar 2016 · HM Treasury
Treasury: Civil Servants
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of his Department's (a) Senior Civil Servants and (b) core policy civil servants are based in London.
8 Mar 2016 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Civil Servants
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of his Department's (a) Senior Civil Servants and (b) core policy civil servants are based in London.
7 Mar 2016 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Senior Civil Servants
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of Senior Civil Servants in each department in each year since 2010.
3 Mar 2016 · Department of Health
Nursing and Midwifery Council
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department's policy is on the abolition of the Nursing and Midwifery Council's statutory Midwifery Committee.
3 Mar 2016 · Department of Health
Midwives
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with Ministers of the devolved administrations on proposals to end the statutory supervision of midwives.
2 Mar 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of changes in his Department's headcount in each financial year of the 2015 Spending Review.
2 Mar 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department spent on salaries for (a) senior Civil Servants and (b) all other grades at (i) St Paul's Place, Sheffield and (ii) 1 Victoria Street, London in (A) 2014-15 and (B)
2 Mar 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Sheffield
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will publish the impact assessment carried out by his Department's board on the closure of St Paul's Place, Sheffield; and what account his Department took of the diversity implicati
1 Mar 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions
Centre for Health and Disability Assessments: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of whether Maximus met the appropriate standards under EU procurement guidelines in tendering for the Work Capability Assessment contract.
1 Mar 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions
Centre for Health and Disability Assessments: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what declarations under EU procurement guidelines Maximus made in tendering for the Work Capability Assessment contract.
1 Mar 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Rents
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what annual rent his Department paid at (a) 1 Victoria Street, London and (b) St Paul's Place, Sheffield in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
1 Mar 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average cost of floor space is at his Department's office at (a) St Paul's Place, Sheffield and (b) 1 Victoria Street, London.
1 Mar 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average salary is of officials at (a) Senior Civil Service and (b) all other grades at (i) St Paul's Place, Sheffield and (ii) 1 Victoria Street, London.
1 Mar 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Rohingya: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps the Government has taken to tackle human rights violations against the Rohingya.
29 Feb 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Department for Communities and Local Government: Civil Servants
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of his Department's core policy civil servants are based in London.
29 Feb 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Department for Communities and Local Government: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of senior civil servants in his Department are based in London.
29 Feb 2016 · Cabinet Office
Proof of Identity: Internet
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) individuals and (b) businesses are registered for the gov.uk Verify programme; and what the average number of authentications is for each such group interacting with Verify supported services.
29 Feb 2016 · Cabinet Office
Proof of Identity: Internet
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate has been made of uptake of the gov.uk Verify programme for each socioeconomic group.
29 Feb 2016 · Cabinet Office
Public Sector: Personation
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the scale of fraud carried out against the public sector by (a) individuals and (b) serious and organised criminals by means of (i) identity theft and (ii) creation of fake identitie
25 Feb 2016 · Department for Transport
High Speed 2 Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to bring forward legislative proposals to enable the construction of the Eastern Leg of High Speed 2.
25 Feb 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Unpaid Work
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the prevalence of the exploitation of unpaid trials in at-risk sectors.
25 Feb 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Unpaid Work
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many representations he has received on the exploitation of unpaid trials in the (a) service, (b) print and (c) retail sector.
Source: official written-questions record.