Written questions
2,582 written questions tabled, most recent first.
14 Dec 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many inspections were carried out by the Employment Agency Standards (EAS) inspectorate into possible breaches of employment agency regulations in each of the last five years; how many
14 Dec 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many complaints the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate has heard since the establishment of the inspectorate.
14 Dec 2015 · HM Treasury
Minimum Wage
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) cases of national minimum wage compliance HM Revenue and Customs' (HMRC) National Minimum Wage Risk Unit has investigated, (b) Notices of Underpayment have been issued to employers for non-compliance, (c
14 Dec 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Conditions of Employment: Telephone Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many complaints were heard by the Pay and Work Rights Helpline regarding employment issues; and how many of these complaints were from (a) interns and (b) apprentices in each of the la
11 Dec 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Social Security Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, from what funding stream he plans to fund educational providers to provide training to jobseeker's allowance and universal credit claimants mandated to improve their English skills.
11 Dec 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions
Unemployment Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times claimants of working age on unemployment benefits have been interviewed under caution by staff of his Department in each of the last five years.
11 Dec 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) jobseekers' allowance and (b) universal credit claimants have been (i) referred for an assessment of the their English language skills, (ii) mandated to undertake learning following such an
11 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Tenancy Deposit Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November 2015 to Question 13605, on Tenancy Deposit Schemes, if he will provide that information for 2014-15.
11 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Pregnancy: Discrimination
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many tribunal cases there were related to (a) section 17 of the Equalities Act 2010, non-work pregnancy and maternity discrimination and (b) section 18 of the Equalities Act 2010, workplace pregnancy and mate
11 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Trials
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in what proportion of criminal cases in (a) magistrates courts and (b) crown courts the defendant (i) pleaded guilty without trial and (ii) was acquitted following trial.
11 Dec 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Syria
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much has been allocated to Syria under the (a) Conflict, Stability and Security Fund and (b) Conflict Pool in (i) 2015-16 and (ii) the next four financial years.
11 Dec 2015 · Department for International Development
Syria: Refugees
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department has provided to (a) Turkey, (b) Lebanon and (c) assist with the effect of the refugee crisis in Syria in those countries in each year since 2011-12.
11 Dec 2015 · Home Office
Immigration: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many appeals were heard in the First-Tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum) relating to immigration decisions made by her Department in each of the last five years; for how many of those cases her
11 Dec 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Syria: Military Intervention
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to paragraph 19 of the Prime Minister's written response to the Foreign Affairs Committee's report on British military operations in Syria published on 26 November 2015, wh
11 Dec 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
National Wildlife Crime Unit
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times the National Wildlife Crime Unit has assisted police in wildlife crime investigations in (a) London and (b) the UK in each of the last five years.
11 Dec 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
English Language: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many funded learners there were enrolled on English for speakers of other languages further education courses in institutions in (a) Hampstead and Kilburn constituency and (b) London i
11 Dec 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
English Language: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people took up ESOL Plus Mandation courses in each year such courses were available.
8 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Criminal Proceedings: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the administrative costs was of implementing and enforcing the criminal courts charge; and what the projected cost of administering that charge is in each of the next three years.
7 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Criminal Proceedings: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has accrued to the public purse from criminal courts charges since their introduction.
7 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Criminal Proceedings: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been levied the criminal courts charge for offences (a) under Section 363 of the Communications Act 2003, (b) under Section 1(10) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, (c) under Section 8 of th
7 Dec 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Criminal Proceedings: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people owe money to his Department in criminal courts charge impositions; what proportion of those people were convicted in (i) magistrates court and (b) a crown court; and what the total amount of outst
3 Dec 2015 · Women and Equalities
Pregnancy: Discrimination
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what her policy is on extending the time in which women may take a pregnancy and maternity discrimination case against their employers to a tribunal from three to 12 months.
3 Dec 2015 · Department of Health
Continuing Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether a person applying for NHS Continuing Healthcare support who is judged to be terminally ill and thus entitled to a 48-hour needs assessment by their clinical commissioning group (CCG) is able to claim the c
3 Dec 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions
Maternity Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what amount of National Insurance contributions (a) FTSE100 companies, (b) businesses qualifying for Small Employer's Relief and (c) other companies claimed from HM Revenue and Customs to pay for statut
3 Dec 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions
Maternity Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employers applied to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to have their employees' statutory maternity pay paid in advance in each of the last five financial years; what proportion of those applicatio
9 Nov 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2015 to Question 13713, for what reasons all of Lord Green of Hustierpoint's updates on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership dated before
27 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Tenancy Deposit Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications to county courts have been made by tenants against landlords for failure to comply with their Tenancy Deposit Scheme obligations under Part 6, Chapter 4, Sections 212-213 of the Housing Act
27 Oct 2015 · Department of Health
Accident and Emergency Departments: Nurses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what role his Department played in NICE's decision not to publish safe nurse staffing guidance in accident and emergency departments along with four evidence reviews of safe nurse staffing; and if he will make a s
27 Oct 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Tenancy Deposit Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of assured shorthold tenancies registered with each of the three tenancy deposit schemes; whether each deposit is held under (a) a cust
27 Oct 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Tenancy Deposit Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what limit is set on each of the three tenancy deposit schemes which hold contracts with his Department to run authorised schemes for the maximum length of time it takes for them to resol
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