Written questions
2,582 written questions tabled, most recent first.
10 Jan 2018 · Department for Transport
Independent HS2 Construction Commissioner: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people the HS2 independent construction commissioner will employ; and if will place the organisational chart for that commissioner's team in the Library.
10 Jan 2018 · Department for Transport
Independent HS2 Construction Commissioner: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what budget his Department plans to provide for a permanent HS2 Independent construction commissioner.
10 Jan 2018 · Department for Transport
Independent HS2 Construction Commissioner: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the names of people that comprise the independent body of project stakeholders who will determine the full terms of reference of the independent HS2 construction commissioner.
10 Jan 2018 · Department for Transport
Independent HS2 Construction Commissioner: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the process is for his Department's hiring a permanent independent construction commissioner for HS2.
10 Jan 2018 · Department for Transport
Independent HS2 Construction Commissioner: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the duration is of the employment contract for the interim independent construction commissioner for HS2.
9 Jan 2018 · HM Treasury
Shared Ownership Schemes
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of properties purchased in (a) London and (b) the UK have been purchased through shared ownership in the each of the last three years; and on what proportion of those transactions the purchaser opted
9 Jan 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care: Reorganisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost of changing the name of his Department to the Department of Health and Social Care.
9 Jan 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy: Standing Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information his Department holds on the proportion of average household domestic gas and electricity bills which standing charges have constituted in each of the last five ye
9 Jan 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the average consumption of domestic energy and gas per household was for (a) those households in receipt of the Warm Home Discount and (b) other households in each year since
9 Jan 2018 · HM Treasury
Shared Ownership Schemes
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of properties in (a) London, and (b) the UK have been bought through shared ownership in each of the last five years; and in what proportion of the transactions for such purchases the purchaser paid S
8 Jan 2018 · Department for Transport
Department for Transport: Government Procurement Card
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 December 2017 to Question 120433, on Government Procurement Card, for what reason the £1,495.84 was spent by his Department at the Mandarin Oriental Hotels on 10 August 2017; and wh
20 Dec 2017 · Department for Education
Pupils: Period Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the number of school days missed by female pupils who live in households unable to afford sanitary products; and if she will make a statement.
20 Dec 2017 · Department for Education
Pupils: Periods
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 2.8 of the Sex and Relationship Education Guidelines, what is meant by the phrase make adequate and sensitive arrangements to help girls cope with menstruation; and whether the inten
20 Dec 2017 · Department for Education
Pupils: Periods
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2017 to Question 82, what support the Government provides to schools to assist them to make adequate and sensitive arrangements to help girls cope with menstruation.
20 Dec 2017 · Department for International Development
Department for International Development: Aviation
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her Department’s policy is on the purchase of premium economy and business class flights by departmental senior executives; and if she will set out how much of the £24,065.94 total expenses
19 Dec 2017 · Department for Transport
Department for Transport: Government Procurement Card
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's publication DfT’s ePCS spending over £500 for August 2017, for what reason the term description unobtainable its used for the item £1,495.84 at Mandarin Oriental Hotels on the
18 Dec 2017 · HM Treasury
Children: Day Care
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received on parents in receipt of childcare vouchers not being able to access 30 hours free childcare; if he will take steps to ensure that guidance provided to HM Revenue and Customs on s
12 Dec 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Iran: British Nationals Abroad
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2017 to Question to 113671, on what date his Department plans to publish the prisoner pack for Iran on gov.uk.
7 Dec 2017 · HM Treasury
Tax Evasion
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department’s press release of 10 April 2016, entitled UK launches cross-government taskforce on the Panama Papers, whether HM Revenue and Customs has taken receipt of the Panama Papers.
4 Dec 2017 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 5 of her Department's early years national funding formula technical note of December 2016, whether her Department has allocated the £5m quality and expertise fund; and if her Department
27 Nov 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
British Nationals Abroad: Torture
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department’s criteria are for determining whether formally to espouse a legal claim of torture by a British national.
27 Nov 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
British Nationals Abroad: Torture
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many claims by British nationals of torture abroad have been formally espoused by the Government since 1 April 2005.
27 Nov 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
British Nationals Abroad: Torture
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British nationals have requested that the Government formally espouse their legal claims for damages following allegations of torture or ill-treatment by officials or agents of f
21 Nov 2017 · Home Office
Immigration: Offenders
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 112540 on Immigration, what categories of crime other than crimes against humanity are used by her Department to assess an applicant's participat
21 Nov 2017 · Home Office
Immigration: Offenders
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer 16 November 2017 to Question 112540 on Immigration, if she will publish the criteria used by her Department to determine whether an applicant for discretionary or indefinite lea
21 Nov 2017 · Home Office
Immigration: Offenders
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people considered to have participated in acts classified as international crimes have been granted (a) discretionary and (b) indefinite leave to remain in the UK in each of the last seven ye
21 Nov 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Iran: Embassies
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2017 to Question 111778 on Iran: Embassies, what estimate he has made of the proportion of total fee income received by the British Embassy in Iran f
21 Nov 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Iran: Embassies
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2017 to Question 111778 on Iran: Embassies if he will publish a list of chargeable services that apply to the category Attending at consular premises
21 Nov 2017 · Department of Health
NHS: Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many non-UK EU nationals were employed by the NHS in oncology in each of the last three years.
20 Nov 2017 · Department of Health
NHS: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 5 April 2017 to Question 69510 on NHS: Repairs and Maintenance, what the cost of backlog maintenance for each level of assessed risk was in the NHS (a) in total and (b) for each NHS
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