Written questions

2,538 written questions tabled, most recent first.

1 Jun 2018 · Department for Transport

Railways: Timetables

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to tackle the disruption caused by the introduction of the new (a) Govia Thameslink Railway and (b) Southeastern timetable.

21 May 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that rented properties in the private rented sector which are not subject to formal (a) tenancies and (b) licences are adequate

18 May 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Landlords

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to include lodger landlords in the national database of rogue landlords and property agents.

18 May 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Private Rented Housing: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to require landlords renting a private room in their home to register with the Residential Tenancies Board.

18 May 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Private Rented Housing: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the risk that independent room renting websites which are not part of an accreditation body expose potential tenants to.

18 May 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Private Rented Housing: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to support the establishment of a lodger landlords’ association to champion best practice in the sector.

18 May 2018 · Home Office

Sexual Offences: Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the risk of sexual exploitation that lodgers and those renting private rooms are exposed to.

18 May 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Private Rented Housing: Dispute Resolution

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has plans to simplify the settlement of disputes between landlords and tenants renting private rooms.

18 May 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Tenancy Deposit Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to introduce a deposit protection scheme for lodgers.

18 May 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has plans to work with the English Housing Survey to gather information on private room renting in England.

14 May 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mark Group

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people who had work that they consider defective undertaken in their homes by the Mark Group under the Green Deal are (a) compen

14 May 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mark Group

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information his Department holds on the number of people who had work that they consider defective completed by the Mark Group under the Green Deal.

10 May 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Chemicals: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to ensure that the framework for the regulation of chemicals provided by the EU Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation & Restriction of Chemicals regulation will be

17 Apr 2018 · Home Office

Immigration: Windrush Generation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Commonwealth citizens who arrived in the UK before 1973 have been (a) deported, (b) placed in immigration detention and (c) denied recourse to public funds since 2012.

13 Apr 2018 · Cabinet Office

Senior Civil Servants: Dismissal

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Government's policy is on the pension rights of senior civil servants who have been convicted of a criminal offence connected to their work and subsequently dismissed from the civil service.

13 Apr 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Lumacaftor/ivacaftor

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions his Department has had with Vertex on the cost supplying the drug Orkambi to the NHS.

29 Mar 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Pyramid Selling

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that misleading claims about the financial benefits of multi-level marketing schemes are tackled.

26 Mar 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Pyramid Selling: Bankruptcy and Debt Relief Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the number of participants in multi-level marketing schemes that have applied for debt relief or bankruptcy orders since 2010.

26 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Pyramid Selling: Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions there have been relating to pyramid selling schemes under the (a) Fraud Act 2006 and (b) Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 since 2010.

13 Mar 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money has been spent on commissioning non-NHS tier 4 mental health inpatient beds for young people aged under 18 in each of the last ten years.

13 Mar 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Respiratory System: Health Hazards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of taking steps to protect cleaners from lung damage due to exposure to cleaning products; and if he will make a statement.

13 Mar 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Respiratory System: Health Hazards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to research by the Department of Clinical Science at Bergen University, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the findings that exposure to cleaning p

5 Feb 2018 · Home Office

Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have limited leave to remain, who (a) are prohibited from working and (b) are not eligible for access to public funds.

25 Jan 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pyramid Selling: New Enterprise Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of the new enterprise allowance has been granted to people wishing to participate in multi-level marketing schemes with (a) Herbalife UK, (b) Forever Living, (c) Younique, (d) Arbonne, (e

25 Jan 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pyramid Selling: New Enterprise Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much money from the new enterprise allowance has been granted to people to participate in multi-level marketing schemes with (a) Herbalife UK, (b) Forever Living, (c) Younique, (d) Arbonne, (e) Life

15 Jan 2018 · HM Treasury

Cider: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the new duty band for high strength white cider on the lives of homeless people.

8 Jan 2018 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Housing: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the proportion of new homes built since 2015 which are in accordance with the voluntary policy requirement for adaptable and accessible homes.

8 Jan 2018 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Housing: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of local authorities have adopted the voluntary policy requirement for adaptable and accessible homes.

8 Jan 2018 · HM Treasury

Cider: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the new duty band for high strength white cider on rates of liver disease.

27 Nov 2017 · Department of Health

Accountable Care Organisations

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to introduce Accountable Care Organisations within the NHS; and if he will make a statement.

Source: official written-questions record.