Written questions

814 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Soft Drinks: Taxation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what effect the Soft Drinks Industry Levy has had on consumption rates for people on low incomes.

19 Jun 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Television Licences: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of providing free television licences to people over the age of 75 for qualifying residents in Norwich South constituency in (a) 2017-18 and (b) 2018-19.

3 Jun 2019 · Department for International Trade

Export Credit Guarantees: Libya

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the UK’s international commitments to the Paris Agreement, if he will confirm that UK Export Finance will not be used to support a deal to explore for oil and gas in Libya.

13 May 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Renewable Energy: Feed-in Tariffs

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the closure of the feed-in tariff scheme to new applicants, what proportion of Levy Control Framework funding across the lifetime of that scheme will be allocate

13 May 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Wind Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many onshore wind turbine applications have been approved in each region since 2015.

13 May 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Wind Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many onshore wind turbine applications have been referred to and (b) approved by his Department in each year since 2015.

7 May 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Wind Power: Neighbourhood Plans

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many areas in the UK have been designated as suitable for onshore wind in (a) local and (b) neighbourhood plans in England since the Written Statement of 18 June 2015, Officia

26 Mar 2019 · Home Office

Radicalism

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the increase in right-wing extremism.

25 Mar 2019 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Care Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure that care workers from EU Member States can work in the UK after the UK leaves the EU.

25 Mar 2019 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Nurses

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the salary exemption for nurses on Tier 2 visas will remain his policy after the UK leaves the EU; and what plans he has to extend that exemption to EEA citizens.

25 Mar 2019 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: NHS and Care Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) NHS workers and (b) care workers can be recruited from (i) EU and (ii) non-EU countries after the UK leaves the EU.

7 Mar 2019 · Department for Education

European University Institute

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2019 to Question 224488, what the evidential basis is the statement in that answer that the UK’s EU membership is inextricably linked to its current membership of the Europ

28 Feb 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Voluntary Work: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent progress he has made in commissioning the National Citizen Service 2.0.

28 Feb 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Artificial Intelligence: Public Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that human biases are not replicated in artificial intelligence technologies used in public services.

28 Feb 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Digital Technology: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on teaching digital skills in schools.

28 Feb 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Electronic Programme Guides: Public Service Broadcasting

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of changing the rules on prominence to support public service broadcasters on digital platforms.

25 Feb 2019 · Department for Education

Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how he plans to ensure that (a) Ofsted inspectors (i) know what good quality relationships and sex education and relationships education is, (ii) are trained in that education and (iii) are able to maintain sch

25 Feb 2019 · Department for Education

Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his oral contribution of 25 February 2019, Official Report, how much funding in addition to that £6 million will be available to schools to enable them to (a) deliver high-quality (i) relationships

4 Feb 2019 · Department for Education

Sure Start Programme: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, under what circumstances his Department will request the return of funding allocated to local authorities that dispose of or change the use of buildings or assets funded wholly or partly through Sure Start capi

8 Jan 2019 · Cabinet Office

Pay: Norfolk

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the number of people in each parliamentary constituency in Norfolk that are paid the (a) national minimum wage and (b) national living wage.

12 Dec 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Care Quality Commission report of November 2018, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust; and if he will make a stat

12 Dec 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Air Pollution: Norfolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to monitor air pollution in Norfolk.

12 Dec 2018 · House of Commons Commission

Parliamentary Estate: Charitable Donations

To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2018 to Question 149683, what estimate has been provided by the Royal British Legion of the amount of money raised

12 Dec 2018 · Treasury

Energy: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to respond to his Department's consultation on VAT on energy-saving materials which closed in December 2015.

5 Dec 2018 · Treasury

North Sea Oil: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what sums the Government (a) received in tax revenues from North Sea oil production and (b) paid out in decommissioning-related tax breaks in each of the last three years for which figures are available.

5 Dec 2018 · Treasury

Offshore Industry: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Part 2, paragraph 5d of Schedule 14 on Clause 36 of the Finance Bill 2018, what assessment he has made of the potential of the decommissioning costs doubling over the life-cycle of transferable tax

5 Dec 2018 · Treasury

Offshore Industry: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the costs of the transferable tax history policy in the ten years after April 2024.

5 Dec 2018 · Treasury

Offshore Industry: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government has established a decommissioning fund to ensure funding for the transferable tax history policy.

4 Dec 2018 · Treasury

Offshore Industry: North Sea

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of the UK’s remaining 7.5 billion barrels of discovered undeveloped oil and gas resources can be exploited if the UK is to contribute to meeting the climate change goals set out in the Paris Agreemen

4 Dec 2018 · Treasury

Offshore Industry: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of Transferable Tax History and the Paris climate agreement.

Source: official written-questions record.