Written questions

2,582 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 Feb 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: NHS

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what legal advice the Government has sought on the potential effect of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership on the NHS; what the cost was to the public purse of provision of

29 Feb 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: NHS

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the legal opinion by Michael Bowsher QC and Azeem Suterwalla on the potential effect of the Transatlantic Trade and Inve

29 Feb 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Tribunals

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether it is planned that tribunal hearings convened under the Investor State Dispute Settlements (ISDS) under the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership will sit in public; and w

25 Feb 2016 · Department of Health

Prescription Drugs: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children aged (a) up to 12, (b) 12 to 15 and (c) 16 to 18 were prescribed (i) fluoxetine, (ii) fluvoxamine, (iii) sertraline, (iv) paroxetine, (v) escitalopram and (vi) citalopra by the NHS in each of the

25 Feb 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Nicole Mather

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much has been claimed in reimbursement expenses by Dr Nicole Mather in her role as Director of the Office for Life Sciences in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16 to date.

25 Feb 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Nicole Mather

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the salary of Dr Nicole Mather is for her role as Director of the Office for Life Sciences.

25 Feb 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Nicole Mather

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what restrictions are in place on Dr Nicole Mather in her role as Director of the Office for Life Sciences in relation to her role as Director of Deloitte's Healthcare and Life Sciences pr

23 Feb 2016 · Home Office

Immigration: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2016 to Question 19716 and 18 February 2016 to Question 26688, what estimate her Department has made of the (a) average and (b) total cost to the public purse of (

23 Feb 2016 · Department of Health

General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of Personal Medical Services contracts by general practices in (a) Hampstead and Kilburn, (b) London and (c) England have been reviewed by NHS England; and in how many such cases have

23 Feb 2016 · Department of Health

General Practitioners: Hampstead and Kilburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding from NHS England General Practices under (a) General Medical Services and (b) Personal Medical Services contracts in Hampstead and Kilburn (i) was allocated in 2014-15, (ii) has been allocated in

23 Feb 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many appeals against Local Planning Authority decisions by developers he has received under Section 78 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 in each year since 2009-10; in how man

23 Feb 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on how many occasions in each year since 2009-10 he has directed that a planning application appeal which would otherwise be determined by a person appointed by the Secretary of State wil

23 Feb 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on how many occasions in each year since 2009-10 he has been asked to confirm a local planning authority's decision to revoke planning permission under Section 97 of the Town and Country

23 Feb 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on how many occasions he has (a) revoked or (b) modified planning permission under Section 100 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 in each year since 2009-10; on how many such occas

23 Feb 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: Local Enterprise Partnerships

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much central government funding has been allocated to (a) the London Local Enterprise Partnership and (b) all Local Enterprise Partnerships to support the creative industries in each year sin

22 Feb 2016 · House of Commons Commission

House of Commons: Catering

To ask the Rt. hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, what the Commission's policy is on the allocation of service charges paid by card to (a) permanent and (b) contracted canteen and hospitality staff work

22 Feb 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Immigration: Judicial Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many consent orders have been signed by courts for the settlement of judicial review cases for asylum and immigration applications in each year since 2009-10; how many such cases were decided in favour of the

22 Feb 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Abortion

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of offences under sections 58 and 59 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 related to abortions in each year since 2009-10.

22 Feb 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

BBC

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make representations to the BBC on increasing the provision of voice-overs for BBC programmes.

22 Feb 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Building Alterations: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his Answer of 9 February 2016 to Question 26570, on planning permission, which local authority made each of those article 4 directions; and what modifications his Department m

22 Feb 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Disabled Students' Allowances

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of applicants for disabled students' allowance (DSA) used supporting notes from (a) medical professionals connected to and (b) medical professionals not connected to their

22 Feb 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Disabled Students' Allowances

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many assessments for disabled students' allowance (DSA) were carried out by an independent needs assessor in each year since 2009-10; what the average such award was in each of those y

22 Feb 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Disabled Students' Allowances: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what mechanisms (a) are available and (b) will be available from 2016-17 for applicants for disabled students' allowance (DSA) who wish to appeal against an assessment by an independent ne

22 Feb 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Disabled Students' Allowances: Hampstead and Kilburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many disabled students allowance awards were made by the Student Loans Company to students (a) studying at higher education institutions, (b) with a term-time residence and (c) with a

22 Feb 2016 · Attorney General

Attorney General: Staff

To ask the Attorney General, how many full-time equivalent staff his Department provided to assist with (a) Home Office immigration and asylum cases and (b) other Home Office legal cases in reach year since 2009-10; and how much was spent by his Departmen

9 Feb 2016 · Home Office

Immigration: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2015 to Question 19716, what proportion of oral appeals were not represented in each month of the last three years.

9 Feb 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Employment: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many calls the Pay and Work Rights helpline received in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16; and how much funding that helpline received in each year between 2010-11 and 2013-14.

9 Feb 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Cyprus: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people living in the Akrotiri and Dhekelia RAF Sovereign Base Areas have applied for asylum since October 1998; how many such applications have been (a) accepted and (b) rejected; and how many such peopl

9 Feb 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Cyprus: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many refugee applications from migrants living in the Sovereign Base Areas started before 1 December 2008 had not been determined on 8 August 2014; how many such applications were determined as failed followi

9 Feb 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Permitted Development Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many Article 4 directions to restrict the application of permitted development rights in local areas have been made by (a) local planning authorities and (b) the Secretary of State in

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