Written questions

2,582 written questions tabled, most recent first.

7 Feb 2018 · Home Office

Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse is for using the US non-governmental organisation Polaris to set up a helpline for victims on modern slavery; and how many times the helpline has been used since its

7 Feb 2018 · Department for International Development

Developing Countries: Female Genital Mutilation

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the cost to the public purse is for initiatives aimed at preventing female genital mutilation overseas since 2016; and which countries have received that funding.

7 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on how many occasions he has been asked to confirm a local planning authority's decision to revoke planning permission under Section 97 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;

7 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on how many occasions since 2015 he has used his powers under Schedule 6, Paragraph 3 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to determine a planning application appeal which w

6 Feb 2018 · Home Office

Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps the Government has taken to raise public awareness of modern slavery and human trafficking.

6 Feb 2018 · Home Office

Female Genital Mutilation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of female genital mutilation have been reported under Section 5B of the Genital Mutilation Act 2003 since 2010.

6 Feb 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

BBC: Disability Aids

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent estimate his Department has made of the proportion of BBC content that includes audio description; and if he will make a statement.

6 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Immigration: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of appeals heard in the First-Tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) in each year since its inception.

5 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Abortion

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in England and Wales have been convicted of offences under ss58 and 59 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 in respect of abortions in each year since 2016.

5 Feb 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Conditions of Employment: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many calls the Pay and Work Rights helpline received in 2016-2017; and how much funding that helpline received in each year between 2015 and 2017.

5 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Academies: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which academies and free schools have made applications to his Department to vary admissions requirements since 2016.

5 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Cyprus: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many rejected asylum seekers remain in the Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus.

5 Feb 2018 · Home Office

European Asylum Support Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what personnel support has been provided by her Department to the European Asylum Support Office since 2016.

5 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diabetes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the proportion of (a) children and (b) adults who were Type 2 diabetic in (i) London and (ii) England in (A) 2016 and (B) 2017.

5 Feb 2018 · Home Office

Refugees: Syria

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to encourage the participation of local authorities in the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme.

5 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients in London are on the Quality and Outcomes Framework dementia register; and what the raw prevalence rate for dementia in London is.

5 Feb 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding has been allocated from the public purse to the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate since 2016; and how many FTE staff that inspectorate has employed on an a

5 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

English Language: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding the Skills Funding Agency has provided for ESOL Plus Mandation courses since 2016; and how much such funding is forecast to be spent in 2018.

5 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many complaints he or his predecessors have received in relation to local authorities acting on (a) Education, Health and Care Plans and (b) the Local Offer under the provisions of sections 496 and 497 of t

5 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total value of unpaid financial impositions imposed by courts was in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017.

5 Feb 2018 · Women and Equalities

Pregnancy: Discrimination

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she has taken in response to recommendations by the Equality and Human Rights Commission on women taking pregnancy and maternity discrimination cases against their employers to a tribunal.

5 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Military Bases: Nurseries

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which military units have received funding for childcare infrastructure from fines levied on banks in the LIBOR case.

5 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: First Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is his Department’s policy for all nursery staff to undertake compulsory paediatric first aid training.

5 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

School Milk

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's 2014 paper Next Steps for Nursery Milk, whether his Department is responsible for the nursery milk scheme.

2 Feb 2018 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department’s guidance, HS2 current contract opportunities, if he will publish (a) a breakdown of the indicative budget of £2,400,000 which was allocated for the item described as events d

2 Feb 2018 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department’s publication, HS2 current contract opportunities, if he will publish (a) a breakdown of the indicative budget of £50,000 which was allocated for the item described as trends an

2 Feb 2018 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department’s guidance, HS2 current contract opportunities, if he will publish (a) a breakdown of the indicative budget of £220,000 which was allocated for the item described as media monit

2 Feb 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, (a) how much funding was allocated to and (b) how many full time equivalent staff have been employed by the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate since 2016.

2 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many complaints his Department has received about local authorities on (a) education, health and care plans, and (b) the local offer, under sections 496 and 497 of the Education Act 1996.

2 Feb 2018 · Home Office

Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants granted leave to remain in the UK have had no recourse to public funds conditions imposed on them because of exceptional circumstances since 2010.

Source: official written-questions record.