Written questions

2,582 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 Oct 2017 · Department for Education

Non-domestic Rates: Pre-school Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect of business rates of increases on the (a) number and (b) quality of early years settings in England.

6 Oct 2017 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which early years settings the Early Years Minister has visited since taking up her ministerial role.

6 Oct 2017 · Department for Education

Association of Independent LSCB Chairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 8 March 2016 to Question 29036, how much funding her Department has provided to the Association of Independent Local Safeguarding Children's Board Chairs in 2016-17.

6 Oct 2017 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Capital Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 14 November 2016 to Question 52463, how (a) much of the £40 million available to the Early Years Capital Fund was allocated on conclusion of the bidding process, (b) many project

6 Oct 2017 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will respond to the recommendations in the report by the Sutton Trust, entitled Closing Gaps Early, published in September 2017, on awarding early years teachers with Qualified Teacher Status.

14 Sep 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Leasehold

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if his Department will take steps to assist residential leaseholders whose ground rents have risen substantially.

14 Sep 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Right to Buy Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the replacement rate of social housing stock sold under Right to Buy since 2012.

14 Sep 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Right to Buy Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to allow local authorities to keep more than 30 per cent of the money generated from the sale of a council home under the Right to Buy scheme to help fund th

11 Sep 2017 · HM Treasury

Taxation: Domicil

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the (a) effect on the UK economy and (b) costs to the public purse of Overseas Workday Relief.

8 Sep 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment has been made of the fire resistance of residential tower blocks that are (a) under construction or (b) due to begin construction soon in light of the Grenfell Tower fire.

8 Sep 2017 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Staff

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the number of his Department's employees who have been employed other than in his Department's payroll in each year since 2010-11.

7 Sep 2017 · Home Office

Passports: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many British women have been asked by UK Border Control to prove they were related to their children when attempting to enter the UK since 2010.

7 Sep 2017 · Home Office

Passports: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to amend children's passports to include the names of both of their parents.

7 Sep 2017 · Home Office

Passports: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what documentation is required to be held by a mother and father when travelling abroad with their child where the child has taken their father's name but the mother has retained her maiden name.

7 Sep 2017 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Cabinet Office staff do not meet the eligibility criteria for the Civil Service Pension Scheme.

6 Sep 2017 · Ministry of Defence

Iraq: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the behaviour of the Iraqi armed forces trained by UK armed forces is compliant with international (a) humanitarian and (b) human rights law.

6 Sep 2017 · Ministry of Defence

Islamic State: Military Intervention

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the UK's rules of engagement are for Operation Inherent Resolve (a) overall and (b) in relation to planned and reactive strikes as part of combat air patrols.

6 Sep 2017 · Ministry of Defence

Islamic State: Military Intervention

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much UK (a) funding, (b) personnel and (c) other resources have been used for civilian harm tracking as part of Operation Inherent Resolve.

5 Sep 2017 · Department of Health

Pharmacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library a copy of the study jointly commissioned by his Department and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy from London Economics and Global Delta Collection Company

4 Sep 2017 · Department for Education

Schools: Hate Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what training is available for teachers to handle or report hate crime in schools.

18 Jul 2017 · Home Office

Immigration: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether those EU nationals who have successfully applied for a permanent residency document will need to apply for the new settled status to remain in the UK.

18 Jul 2017 · Home Office

Immigration: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether EU nationals who paid £65 for a document to prove permanent residency status will have to pay a fee to apply for settled status.

18 Jul 2017 · Women and Equalities

Equal Pay

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what estimate she has made of the gender pay gap in (a) Hampstead and Kilburn constituency, (b) London and (c) the UK in each year since 2010.

10 Jul 2017 · Department of Health

Down's Syndrome: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when non-invasive prenatal testing for Down's syndrome as recommended by the National Screening Committee in November 2016 will be made available through the NHS.

10 Jul 2017 · Department of Health

Down's Syndrome: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the timeline is for national procurement of non-invasive prenatal testing for Down's syndrome as recommended by the National Screening Committee in November 2016.

10 Jul 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

High Rise Flats: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of recommending a moratorium on the construction of new residential tower blocks until the recommendations of the inquiry into the Gr

10 Jul 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

High Rise Flats: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the number of residential tower blocks which are (a) currently being built and (b) due to start construction soon.

5 Jul 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Homes and Communities Agency: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many complaints were received by the Homes and Communities Agency's regulatory committee in each year since 2012, and how many such complaints were investigated within a year of being

30 Jun 2017 · Home Office

Grenfell Tower: Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will grant indefinite leave to remain for residents of Grenfell Tower who apply for that status.

30 Jun 2017 · Department for Education

Children: Day Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of graduate staff who have moved from non-maintained childcare and early education providers to maintained settings in the last three years.

Source: official written-questions record.