Written questions

Peter Kyle

963 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Oct 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the funds generated through the proposed apprenticeship levy which will be required for its administration costs.

19 Oct 2015 · HM Treasury

Railways: South East

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress has been made on the feasibility study into the Brighton Main Line 2 proposals announced as part of the Summer Budget 2015 on 8 July 2015.

19 Oct 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people completed more than one apprenticeship at the same qualification level between May 2010 and May 2015.

14 Oct 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of how many Hove residents who have taken out student loans since 2012 will be affected by proposals to freeze the repayment threshold of the loans at £21,000.

14 Oct 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many of his Department's target of three million apprenticeship starts by 2020 he expects to be at Level 3 and above.

12 Oct 2015 · Home Office

Visas: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa applications to her Department's super premium service have been rejected in the last 12 months.

12 Oct 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department's target of three million apprenticeship starts by 2020 includes people starting more than one apprenticeship during that time period.

12 Oct 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Regional Growth Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 22 September 2015 to Question 9932, what total amount of funding was not drawn down by beneficiaries by mutual agreement under each round of the Regional Growth F

15 Sep 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Brighton

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received an assessment for both employment and support allowance and personal independence payment in (a) 2014 and (b) the first six months of 2015 in Brighton and Hove local authority a

4 Sep 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average cost of an individual assessment for (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payment was in the last period for which figures are available.

4 Sep 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received assessments for both employment and support allowance and personal independence payment in (a) 2014 and (b) the first six months of 2015.

20 Jul 2015 · HM Treasury

Self-employed

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of self-employed people to achieving the objectives set out in his Department's document, Fixing the Foundations: Creating a more prosperous nation, published

16 Jul 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions: Self-employed

16 Jul 2015 · Department of Health

General Practitioners: Working Hours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will pay the costs of medical indemnity cover required by GP practices when providing an out of regular hours service.

16 Jul 2015 · Department of Health

General Practitioners: Working Hours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the cost of medical indemnity cover required by GP practices to operate outside regular out of hours services on the availability of out of hours provision.

15 Jul 2015 · Department for Transport

Railways: South East

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Class 313 trains in operation on Southern's West Coastway services will be replaced with newer rolling stock.

15 Jul 2015 · Department for Transport

Railways: South East

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many complaints his Department has received from customers about the lack of toilet facilities on Class 313 trains that run services between Hove and West Coastway stations since their introduction in 2010.

15 Jul 2015 · Department for Transport

Railways: South East

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the operation of Class 313 trains on Southern services from Hove Station to West Coastway destinations on passenger satisfaction levels.

14 Jul 2015 · Department for Transport

Railways: Season Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2015 to Question 5776, whether the routes covered by the existing Southern and Gatwick Express franchise, which will be migrating into Govia Thameslink Railway franchise on 26

13 Jul 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect on the estimated RAB charge on student loans of replacing university maintenance grants with maintenance loan support up to £8,400 per year.

8 Jul 2015 · Department for Transport

Lewes-Uckfield Railway Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 69 of Summer Budget 2015, HC264, if he will provide the timescale for the extended Lewes to Uckfield study looking at improving rail links between London and the South Coast.

8 Jul 2015 · Department for Transport

Railways: Brighton

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 69 of the Summer Budget 2015, HC264, if he will publish his Department's original feasibility study on Brighton Main Line 2.

7 Jul 2015 · Department for Transport

Southern: Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2015 to Questions 4931 and 4940, on railways: tickets, if he will place in the Library a copy of the report that Southern Railway produced on its flexible ticketing trial.

7 Jul 2015 · Department for Transport

Railways: Season Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2015 to Questions 4931 and 4940, on railways: tickets, what flexible ticketing products (a) Govia Thameslink Railways and (b) c2c are obliged to introduce.

7 Jul 2015 · Department for Transport

Railways: Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when Ministers in his Department last met train operating companies to discuss flexible ticketing products.

7 Jul 2015 · Cabinet Office

Voluntary Work: Young People

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if his Department will publish the data it holds on the background of young people participating in the National Citizen Service.

7 Jul 2015 · Cabinet Office

Voluntary Work: Young People

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking with the Troubled Families Programme to ensure that young people in that Programme are able to access the National Citizen Service.

30 Jun 2015 · Department for Transport

Railways: Season Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made in discussions with train operating companies on the introduction of flexible rail season ticket options.

30 Jun 2015 · Department for Transport

Railways: Season Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the results were of his Department's 2014 pilot study of how rail season tickets could be better tailored towards part-time workers.

25 Jun 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Welfare Tax Credits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of removing tax credits on in-work poverty in Hove.

Source: official written-questions record.