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.