Written questions

963 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 Sep 2017 · 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, whether his Department plans to employ additional staff in response to demands placed on his Department by the EU exit process.

5 Sep 2017 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Social Security Benefits: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many times his Department raised the issue of the co-ordination of social security entitlements for people moving within the EU during the negotiations on the UK leaving the EU; and if he w

5 Sep 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints the Child Maintenance Service received in the first six months of 2017 on the 25 per cent threshold for payment reassessment.

5 Sep 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Bahrain: Capital Punishment

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 21 March 2017 to Question HL5901, on Bahrain: capital punishment, when his Department expects the findings of the Ombudsman and Special Investigations Unit

5 Sep 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gaming Machines: Reviews

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 12 September 2016 to Question 45539 from the right hon. Member for East Ham, on gaming machines, when the Triennial Review of Stakes and Prizes will be pu

5 Sep 2017 · Department for Education

Self-employed: Adoption

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 29 March 2017 to Question 69018, for what reasons the Government consultation on the case for introducing an adoption allowance similar to maternity allowance for self-employed a

5 Sep 2017 · Department of Health

Health Professions: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the statement from the Royal College of Nursing of 4 March 2017 on the number of nurses and healthcare assistants who applied for hardship grants

4 Sep 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 12 September 2016 to Question 44265, if the Government will respond to the second Independent review of the personal independence payment assessment, published on 30 Mar

4 Sep 2017 · Department for Transport

Rolling Stock: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to procure more Class 700 trains.

4 Sep 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work Capability Assessment: Audio Recordings

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 5 April 2017 to Question 69482, on work capability assessments, when he expects the results of the pilot to test audio recording of personal independence payment face-to-

4 Sep 2017 · Department of Health

NHS: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to fill vacancies in the NHS.

4 Sep 2017 · Department for Education

Pupils: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 6 of the Education Policy Institute report, Closing the gap? Trends in educational attainment and disadvantage, published in August 2017, if she will make an assessment of the implication

20 Jul 2017 · Home Office

Refugees: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Government's commitment to transfer 480 unaccompanied child refugees to the UK will be met.

18 Jul 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

BT Group: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department plans to issue guidance to clarify the extent to which the Crown guarantee covers (a) existing pension payments of BT employees and (b) future pension payments of BT

14 Jul 2017 · Department of Health

Nurses: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 5 July 2017 to Question 2280 on nurses: training, what estimate his Department has made of the number of additional nursing training places that will be available for each year until 2020

13 Apr 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dairy Farming

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of intensive indoor dairy farms operating in the UK.

28 Mar 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Non-domestic Rates: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of charging business rates for properties with solar panels on state schools in England and Wales.

27 Mar 2017 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Pregnancy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to case 507/12, heard at the European Court of Justice, if she will take steps to ensure that EEA female citizens residing in the UK who give up work or seeking work because of the phys

27 Mar 2017 · Home Office

Right of Abode: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 February 2016 to Question 28086, when the decision on whether to grant the right of abode to former British-Hong Kong servicemen is expected to be made.

14 Mar 2017 · Department for Transport

Govia Thameslink Railway: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to Question 60337, on Southern: standards, when the full report and recommendations of Chris Gibb's project board into rapid improvements of Southern Rail will be published.

13 Mar 2017 · Department for Transport

Railways: South East

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the London and South Coast Rail Corridor Study, published on 2 March 2017, what further work his Department has agreed should be undertaken in relation to Network Rail's plans to upgrade the B

30 Jan 2017 · Women and Equalities

Relationships and Sex Education

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if the Government will introduce statutory sex and relationships education to tackle homophobic bullying and sexual harassment in schools.

19 Jan 2017 · Department for Transport

Railways: Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish details of the monthly monitoring reports provided to him by the working group created to implement the Action Plan for Information on Rail Fares and Ticketing, published on 13 December 2016.

18 Jan 2017 · Department for Transport

Railways: Dispute Resolution

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that independent alternative dispute resolution is provided in the rail sector that adequately supports passenger complaints.

18 Jan 2017 · Department for Transport

Train Operating Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to work with the rail regulator to ensure that each train operating company is complying with its obligations under the Consumer Rights Act 2016.

16 Jan 2017 · Department for Transport

Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern Rail Franchise: Rolling Stock

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2017 to Question 59594, how many trains ran with fewer than the scheduled number of carriages during peak-time hours across the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern franc

11 Jan 2017 · Department for Transport

Govia Thameslink Railway: Rolling Stock

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Southern Rail services ran with fewer than their scheduled number of carriages in December 2016.

11 Jan 2017 · Department for Transport

Railways: South East

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 October 2016 to Question 46666, when he plans to publish the findings of the London and South Coast Rail Corridor Study.

10 Jan 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Small Businesses: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much has been committed to the North East's fund for small and medium-sized enterprises under the Northern Powerhouse Plan; and from which Government programme or agency such

10 Jan 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Regional Planning and Development: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, by what competitive bidding process N8 was established as the delivery partner for the creation of urban transformation centres under the Northern Powerhouse Plan.

Source: official written-questions record.