Written questions
3,797 written questions tabled, most recent first.
6 Jan 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
NHS: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to paragraph 3.22 of English Apprenticeships: Our 2020 Vision, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of the planned 17,000 NHS apprenticeship starts which
6 Jan 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to paragraph 3.28 of English Apprenticeships: Our 2020 Vision, what information his Department holds on the proportion of planned apprenticeships provided by the five per ce
6 Jan 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Transport: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to paragraph 3.22 of English Apprenticeships: Our 2020 Vision, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of the planned 30,000 transport-related apprenticeship
6 Jan 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Transport: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to paragraph 3.22 of English Apprenticeships: Our 2020 Vision, how many apprentices with special educational needs or disabilities have not completed their transport-related
6 Jan 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprentices with special educational needs or disabilities have not completed their apprenticeship placements with a five per cent club employer.
6 Jan 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
NHS: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprentices with special educational needs or disabilities have not completed their NHS apprenticeship placements.
10 Dec 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether apprentices are required to achieve a Level 1 qualification, including mathematics and English, in order (a) to be entered for an Intermediate Level Apprenticeship and (b) for entr
10 Dec 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether apprentices are required to achieve a Level 1 qualification, including mathematics and English, in order (a) to be entered for an Intermediate Level Apprenticeship and (b) for entr
10 Dec 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether apprentices are required to achieve a Level 2 qualification, including mathematics and English, in order (a) to be entered for an Advanced Level Apprenticeship and (b) for entries
10 Dec 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Apprentices: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to increase inclusivity for disabled people of the Approved Apprenticeship programmes.
10 Dec 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether apprentices are required to achieve a Level 2 Qualification including mathematics and English in order to be entered for an Advanced Level apprenticeship and for those entries to b
1 Dec 2015 · Home Office
Vetting
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time is for a standard Disclosure and Barring Service check.
30 Nov 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions
Work Capability Assessment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the current average waiting time is for a workplace capability assessment.
30 Nov 2015 · Home Office
Vetting: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time is for an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
28 Oct 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) starter and (b) affordable homes the Government plans to build over the next five years.
26 Oct 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Liu Xiaobo
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Chinese government on the imprisonment of Liu Xiaobo.
26 Oct 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Tibet: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of developments in the human rights situation in the Tibet Autonomous Region and ethnic Tibetan prefectures in China since March 2013.
26 Oct 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
China: Capital Punishment
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many prisoners facing the death penalty have been visited by UK diplomatic staff in China during 2015.
26 Oct 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
China: Capital Punishment
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of executions in China in 2015.
26 Oct 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
China: Religious Freedom
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the extent of freedom of religion and belief in China.
19 Oct 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Private Rented Housing: Electrical Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of mandatory electrical safety checks for dwellings in the private rented sector.
13 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Defence
Military Intervention
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civilian casualties were recorded as a result of drone strikes in 2014.
9 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Defence
Syria: Military Intervention
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any individuals other than those expressly intended to be the target of the RAF drone attack carried out in Syria on 21 August 2015 were killed or injured; and if he will make a statement.
9 Oct 2015 · Ministry of Defence
Syria: Military Intervention
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the legal basis was for the RAF drone attack carried out in Syria on 21 August 2015; and if he will publish the original legal guidance on which the decision to carry out the attack was made.
9 Oct 2015 · Attorney General
Syria: Military Intervention
To ask the Attorney General, what the full legal basis was for the RAF drone attack carried out in Syria on 21 August 2015; if he will arrange publication of the original legal guidance on which the decision to carry out the attack was made; and if he wil
14 Sep 2015 · Department for International Development
Refugees
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what time limits there are on funding allocated by her Department to local authorities to support incoming refugees.
14 Sep 2015 · Department for International Development
Refugees
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to help co-ordinate (a) a European and (b) an international response to the refugee situation.
14 Sep 2015 · Home Office
Refugees
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refugees have been accommodated in each local authority in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Scotland under the Gateway scheme in each of the last five years.
14 Sep 2015 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Mediterranean Sea: Refugees
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to address the root causes of the migrant situation in the Mediterranean.
4 Sep 2015 · Department for Energy and Climate Change
Solar Power: Renewables Obligation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of typical annual household bills saving that will result from her Department's proposal to close the Renewables Obligation to rooftop and ground-mounted solar project
Source: official written-questions record.