Written questions

403 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 Jun 2016 · Department of Health

Respiratory Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people diagnosed with lung diseases.

24 May 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Health Hazards: EU Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions he has had with (a) his EU counterparts and (b) other stakeholders on proposed changes to the Carcinogens and Mutagens Directive (2004/37/EC); and if he will make a statement.

24 May 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Occupational Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Health and Safety Executive on pro-active inspection of the management of work-related psychosocial risk.

24 May 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carcinogens

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of funding the collection of modern exposure data on occupational carcinogens.

24 May 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Military Exercises

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he plans to take to ensure improved risk assessment training and a more effective reporting culture for military training exercises.

24 May 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the annual societal costs of occupational cancer.

19 May 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Industrial Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for workplace inspections by the Health and Safety Executive in the next four years.

19 May 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Industrial Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Health and Safety Executive's effectiveness strategy on reducing deaths from work-related respiratory illnesses.

19 May 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Industrial Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of implementation of the Health and Safety Executive's strategy, Helping Great Britain work well on the number of workplace accidents.

18 May 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Industrial Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Health and Safety Executive has made of the effect of an ageing workforce on safety at work in the UK.

18 May 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Industrial Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many safety inspections the Health and Safety Executive carried out in the last year for which figures are available; and what estimate he has made of the number of such inspections the Executive wi

21 Mar 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 17 March 2016 to Question 30986, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children who will be lifted out of poverty as a result of universal credit before any ef

18 Mar 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Impact Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will conduct a revised impact assessment for universal credit on the effect of reforms to its design since 2012.

18 Mar 2016 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Home Energy and Lifestyle Management

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what representations she has received on accusations of mis-selling by Home Energy and Lifestyle Management.

16 Mar 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work and Health Programme: Offenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to ensure the early referral of ex-offenders on day one of release onto specialist employment support provision under the proposed work and health programme from 2017.

16 Mar 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether unemployed 18 to 21 year olds will be referred to specialist employment support providers under the Youth Obligation from 2017 if they are unemployed after one year of claiming benefits.

16 Mar 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will break down the £22 million spent by his Department on recruiting presenting officers to support his Department in personal independent payment and employment and support allowance tribunals.

16 Mar 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Civil Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of cases being dealt with by the courts which could be resolved through a form of Alternative Dispute Resolution.

14 Mar 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of universal credit on the number of children in relative poverty.

14 Mar 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the minimum income floor on levels of relative child poverty.

10 Mar 2016 · Department of Health

College of Social Work

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the public purse was of winding up the College of Social Work.

10 Mar 2016 · Department of Health

General Social Care Council

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the public purse was of closing down the General Social Care Council.

10 Mar 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Industrial Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what public awareness campaigns his Department has planned to improve awareness of work-related respiratory illness.

10 Mar 2016 · Department of Health

General Social Care Council

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost was of transferring the services previously provided by the General Social Care Council (GSCC) to the Health and Care Professions Council after the GSCC was abolished in 2012.

9 Mar 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Industrial Health and Safety: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the number of deaths at work related to (a) respiratory diseases and (b) mesothelioma.

9 Mar 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Industrial Health and Safety: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many health and safety inspections of workplaces in the UK took place in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14.

9 Mar 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Industrial Health and Safety: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the number of deaths at work.

9 Mar 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of children in each age group that will be in households in receipt of universal credit once it is fully introduced.

9 Mar 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Consumers: Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that non-approved, sub-standard or fake safety products are not sold or passed on to the consumer.

24 Feb 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Apprentices: Degrees

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which universities have (a) introduced and (b) committed to introduce degree apprenticeships since September 2015; how many such degree apprenticeships each such university has introduced

Source: official written-questions record.