Written questions

2,538 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Mar 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Laboratory Scientific Officers: Resignations

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many biomedical scientists left hospital screening laboratories in (a) 2018 and (b) 2019; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure laboratories retain highly skilled staff.

18 Mar 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has (a) made and (b) commissioned on the effect of the roll-out of universal credit on trends in the level of rent arrears for social housing tenants.

18 Mar 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Stamp Duty Land Tax: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of a one per cent surcharge on non-UK resident homebuyers on trends in the level of (a) homelessness and (b) affo

18 Mar 2019 · Treasury

Stamp Duty Land Tax: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the potential revenue to be accrued to the public purse of the (a) proposed non-UK resident stamp duty surcharge rate of one per cent and (b) a three per cent surcharge rate.

11 Mar 2019 · Home Office

Crimes of Violence and Police

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans his Department has to (a) increase frontline police numbers and (b) ensure police have sufficient resources to tackle knife crime and other forms of violent crime.

11 Mar 2019 · Home Office

Police

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimates his Department has made of the reduction of frontline police officers in each year since 2015 in (a) Lambeth and Southwark BCU, (b) London and (c) England.

11 Mar 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Youth Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans his Department has to provide additional funding and support to youth services and projects engaging with young people at risk of violence.

11 Mar 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Social Services: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of youth services and social services on reducing youth violence; and if he will make a statement.

11 Mar 2019 · Department for Education

Schools: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) more parents are able to access a place at their preferred school and (b) permanently excluded children are able to access places at alternative mainstream schools.

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

Climate Change: International Cooperation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions his Department has had with international counterparts to promote a global co-ordinated approach on tackling climate change.

7 Mar 2019 · Department for International Development

Developing Countries: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans she has in place to support (a) countries increasingly affected by extreme weather linked to climate change and (b) refugees displaced by the effects of climate change.

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

Renewable Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has in place to ensure that the proportion of renewable resources in the UK's energy mix continues to increase year on year.

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

Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has in place to ensure that UK carbon emissions continue to fall year on year.

7 Mar 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Sentences

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a presumption against the use of custodial sentences of less than six months for non-violent crimes; and if he will make a statement.

7 Mar 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Sentences

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) men and (b) women have (i) been imprisoned for less than six months and (ii) been imprisoned for less than six months and reoffended within a year of release in each year since 2015.

6 Mar 2019 · Department for Education

Students: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress his Department has made in its review of student finance; and when he plans to report on that review to the House.

6 Mar 2019 · Department for Education

Schools: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to (a) increase school funding and (b) support secondary schools to reduce debts.

6 Mar 2019 · Department for Education

Schools: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to ensure more students are allocated places at their preferred schools.

6 Mar 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the National Audit Office report entitled Investigation into the management of Health Screening, published 1 February 2019, what steps his Department is taking to ensure NHS scree

6 Mar 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of eligible adults who have received (a) abdominal aortic aneurysm, (b) bowel, (c) breast and (d) cervical screening in (i) Lambeth CCG (ii)

4 Mar 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to ensure that databases and IT systems for health screenings are fit for service.

4 Mar 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to bring the performance of screening programmes in London in line with the rest of England and Wales.

4 Mar 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

What steps his Department is taking to ensure that safety standards are maintained when residences are created under permitted development.

27 Feb 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to reduce homelessness in London.

27 Feb 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) repayments and (b) interest paid on interim financial support loans by each NHS Trust and Foundation Trust in (i) London and (ii) England in each ye

27 Feb 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his department has made of the total amount in interim financial support loans given to NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts and the associated interest rates in (a) London and (b) Englan

27 Feb 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Sleeping Rough

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the total spending under the Rough Sleeping Initiative in each month in the financial year 2018-19 in (a) London Boroughs and (b) England

26 Feb 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to increase the number of social care workers trained to level Tier 2 of the Dementia Training Standards Framework.

26 Feb 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS Long Term Plan, what proportion of the £4.5 billion allocated to community care will be disbursed to support dementia patients.

26 Feb 2019 · Home Office

Sexual Offences: Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans his Department has to improve evidence gathering and ensure that the Crown Prosecution Service receives actionable evidence in cases of historic childhood sexual abuse.

Source: official written-questions record.