Written questions
2,582 written questions tabled, most recent first.
28 Nov 2018 · Department for Transport
High Speed 2 Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with HS2 Ltd on the use of target cost contracts instead of geotechnical baseline reports; and what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the level of compensation ari
28 Nov 2018 · Department for Transport
High Speed 2 Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much HS2 Ltd has spent on compensation grouting in advance of construction work along the High Speed Two London tunnel route.
28 Nov 2018 · Department for Transport
High Speed 2 Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the risk of conflicts of interest in relation to settlement deed surveys provided by companies contracted to work on the High Speed Two London Tunnel Route.
28 Nov 2018 · Department for Transport
High Speed 2 Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much money his Department has spent on each (a) consultant and (b) consultancy firm to support the HS2 project in each year since 2010-11.
28 Nov 2018 · Department for Transport
High Speed 2 Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his latest estimate is of the total cost of High Speed Two; and how much of that funding has been spent.
28 Nov 2018 · Department for Transport
High Speed 2 Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations his Department has received on the risks to buildings along the High Speed Two London tunnel route in the last six months.
28 Nov 2018 · Department for Transport
High Speed 2 Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) HS2 Ltd, (b) third party contractors or (c) his Department will be liable in the event that settlement damage to vulnerable and listed buildings occurs due to works along the High Speed Two London t
28 Nov 2018 · Department for Transport
High Speed 2 Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of using geotechnical baseline reports to assess the possible (a) settlement damage to and (b) strengthening required for buildings along the High Speed
23 Nov 2018 · Department for Education
Free Schools: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made an assessment of the suitability of (a) the Hoo and (b) other alternative sites for the proposed Abacus Free School in Belsize Park.
22 Nov 2018 · Treasury
Children: Day Care
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to recent data from the Office for Budget Responsibility, whether he plans to allocate the estimated underspend on tax-free childcare to the Department for Education to spend on early years education.
22 Nov 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the November 2018 analysis from the Nuffield Trust on the effect on the cost of NHS services of leaving the EU without a deal, what contingency plans he has put in place to tackle
20 Nov 2018 · Department for Education
Children: Day Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to findings of his Department's Survey of Childcare and Early Years Providers, published 1 November 2018, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for the loss of 8,800 childcare pr
20 Nov 2018 · Treasury
Children: Day Care
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have reported technical issues with tax-free childcare payments to his Department as of October 2018; and how those people so affected will be compensated.
19 Nov 2018 · Home Office
Migrants: Detainees
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the longest period spent in immigration detention by a detainee who left an Immigration Removal Centre between June 2017 and October 2018.
19 Nov 2018 · Home Office
Migrants: Detainees
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what constitutes a reasonable period of time for a person to be detained at an immigration removal centre.
19 Nov 2018 · Home Office
Migrants: Detainees
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress he has made on the review commissioned by his Department earlier this year into the possible introduction of statutory time limits on immigration detention.
15 Nov 2018 · Department for Education
Home Education: Radicalism
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the evidential basis is for the statement in his Department's consultation, Elective home education: call for evidence, that home education may present increased risk (a) to safeguarding and (b) of radical
15 Nov 2018 · Department for Education
Home Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to publish the results of the consultation on draft guidance for elective home education.
12 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department provides to former armed forces personnel who have health concerns relating to their exposure to military burn pits during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
12 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Defence
Iraq Conflict: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what health guidance was issued to armed forces personnel who were exposed to military burn pits during their service in the 2003 Iraq War.
12 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of burn pits used to dispose of military waste on the health of people who served in the British armed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.
12 Nov 2018 · Ministry of Defence
International Military Services: Debts
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will outline the key points of contention on the Government paying its debt obligations in relation to IMS Limited; and whether those points of contention inform the Government's position on the upcoming IM
29 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Defence
Iran: International Military Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the Chieftain tank debt dispute with Iran has not been settled; and what the main impediments are which prevent the resolution of that issue by IMS Ltd.
29 Oct 2018 · Home Office
International Military Services: Iran
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether members of the Iranian delegation attending the IMS Ltd. arbitration court hearing with the UK have been detained by the UK authorities since their previous detention upon entry in 2013.
29 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Defence
Iran: Debts
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the merits of continuing the litigation process with Iran on the UK debt to that country.
29 Oct 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Iran: International Military Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will conduct a risk assessment for (a) UK nationals living in Iran and (b) UK nationals working for UK institutions in Iran of the forthcoming IMS Ltd arbitration hearing.
29 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Defence
Iran: Debts
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will conduct a risk assessment of the non settlement of historic debt obligations to Iran; and if he will place a copy of that assessment in the Library.
29 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Social Media
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent from the public purse on promoted content on (a) Twitter, (b) Facebook and (c) Instagram in each month since June 2017.
29 Oct 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care: Social Media
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent from the public purse on promoted content on (a) Twitter, (b) Facebook and (c) Instagram in each month since June 2017.
29 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Justice: Social Media
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent from the public purse on promoted content on (a) Twitter, (b) Facebook and (c) Instagram in each month since June 2017.
Source: official written-questions record.