Written questions

2,582 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Jan 2016 · Home Office

Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2016 to Question 21066 on vetting, if she will provide equivalent data for each constituent region of England.

22 Jan 2016 · Home Office

Visas: Domestic Service

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people (a) have applied for and (b) were issued with a (i) Domestic Workers in a Private Household visa and (ii) the Private Servants in a Diplomatic Household visa in each year since 2009-10

22 Jan 2016 · Department of Health

NHS: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost of backlog maintenance for each level of assessed risk was in the NHS (a) in total and (b) for each NHS organisation in each of the last five years.

22 Jan 2016 · Department of Health

Dementia: Greater London

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

19 Jan 2016 · Home Office

Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2016 to Question 21044, how many applicants who applied for both a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Adult First Check and a DBS check subsequently failed their

19 Jan 2016 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 September 2015 to Question HC 1906, on Asylum, what recent progress has been made on resuming the Detained Fast Track system.

19 Jan 2016 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Correspondence

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of ministerial letters have been signed on behalf of Ministers in their absence in the last 12 months.

14 Jan 2016 · Home Office

Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2016 to Question 21066, if she will provide matching data for each other region of the UK.

13 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2015 to Question 19715, what proportion of defendants in criminal cases in the Crown Court who plead guilty did so before their trial began in each year between 2009 and 2013

13 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Special Educational Needs: Tribunals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals were heard by the First-Tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability) in each year since 2009-10; how many such appeals found in favour of the appellant; and how many such cases concer

13 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2015 to Question 19715, what proportion of defendants in criminal cases (a) plead guilty before trial and (b) plead not guilty before trial.

13 Jan 2016 · Home Office

Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answers of 24 December 2015 to Questions 19956 and 19957, how many migrants granted leave to remain in the UK did not have No Recourse to public funds conditions imposed on them becaus

13 Jan 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Syria: Military Intervention

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 18 December 2015 to Question 19717, which were the 28 communities in Syria supported by the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund.

13 Jan 2016 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations she has received on local authority non-compliance with statutory requirements in relation to (a) education, health and care plans and (b) the Local Offer; what mechanism is in place to ens

13 Jan 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answers of 12 January 2016 to Questions 19955 and 19954, (a) how much funding was allocated to and (b) how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by the Employment A

13 Jan 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Employment Agencies: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2015 to Question 19955, whether the figures relating to (a) cases and (b) breaches in the tables are a measurement of the number of (i) employment agen

11 Jan 2016 · Department of Health

Health Services: Weather

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2015 to Question 902116, how much additional financial support in winter resilience money the NHS received in each year from 2009-10 to 2014-15; and on what dates in those yea

11 Jan 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

English Language: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much the Skills Funding Agency has provided for ESOL Plus Mandation courses in each year since 2009-10.

11 Jan 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many requests for arms export licences to Saudi Arabia (a) have been made, (b) were rejected by the Export Control Organisation (ECO), (c) were granted by the ECO and (d) were revoked

11 Jan 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Cyprus: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse has been of housing and supporting migrants who arrived (a) in October 1998 and (b) on 21 October 2015 in the RAF Dhekelia and RAF Akrotiri Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus.

8 Jan 2016 · Department of Health

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2015 to Question 19827, which authority is overseeing the implementation of NICE Quality Standards; and what steps are being taken to (a) monitor progress in developing Inflam

7 Jan 2016 · Department for International Development

Middle East: Overseas Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much is allocated in her Department's operational plan budget for projects in (a) Jordan and (b) Iraq for 2015-16.

6 Jan 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: English Language

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2015 to Question 19711, if he will provide equivalent data for the financial years 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13.

6 Jan 2016 · HM Treasury

Tax Avoidance

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have challenged HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in court following the issue of an Accelerated Payment Notice (APN) for their alleged role in a tax avoidance scheme since the APN system came into force;

6 Jan 2016 · HM Treasury

Tax Avoidance

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many penalties have been issued by HM Revenue and Customs to (a) scheme promoters and (b) their clients for non-disclosure of tax avoidance schemes in each year since 2009-10 under the (i) disclosure regime for V

6 Jan 2016 · HM Treasury

Tax Avoidance

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many complaints the Counter-Avoidance Intelligence Team has received about tax avoidance in each year since 2009-10.

6 Jan 2016 · HM Treasury

Tax Avoidance

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax avoidance schemes are registered with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) under (a) the disclosure regime for VAT and (b) the disclosure of tax avoidance schemes; how many individuals are registered with each

6 Jan 2016 · HM Treasury

Tax Avoidance

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many courts cases HM Revenue and Customs has initiated for tax abuse under the General Anti-Abuse Rule since its introduction; and how many people or companies found to have committed tax abuse under this Rule ha

6 Jan 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Taxation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the letter from Lord Livingston of Parkhead to the Chairman of the European Scrutiny Committee of 3 July 2014, Deposited Paper DEP2015-0877, what progress HM Revenue and

5 Jan 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of how many pensioners will have the assessed income periods of their pension credit end early as a result of changes to pension credit on 6 April 2016.

Source: official written-questions record.