Written questions

1,018 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Oct 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Tree Planting: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support has been made available to support urban tree planting in Greater Manchester in order to improve air quality.

24 Oct 2018 · Department for Transport

Highways England: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to devolve Highways England responsibilities within Greater Manchester to the Mayor or its component local authorities.

24 Oct 2018 · Wales Office

Holyhead Port

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment has been made of the efficiency and capacity of Holyhead Port as a customs port when the UK leaves the EU.

24 Oct 2018 · Department for Education

Collective Spirit Free School: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether all employee and employer pension contributions for former staff of the Collective Spirit Free School are up to date.

24 Oct 2018 · Home Office

Police Custody

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has been made of the adequacy of custody cell provision since 2010.

24 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

European Regional Development Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had on replacing the European Regional Development Fund after the UK leaves the EU to ensure that funding to English regions is maintained.

23 Oct 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: New Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to promote (a) co-operative and (b) mutual energy start-up businesses.

23 Oct 2018 · Department for Education

Schools: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many referrals were made to the police in relation to the finances of (a) academies and (b) free schools.

23 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Justice

County Courts: Oldham

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse was of exiting the lease, including dilapidations costs, as a result of the closure of Oldham County Court

23 Oct 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services and Social Services: Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of applications for Care Quality Commission DBS checks used the ID verification service at Oldham Post Office.

16 Oct 2018 · Department for Education

Collective Spirit Free School

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether there is a timetable to return the former Collective Spirit Free School site to Oldham Council.

16 Oct 2018 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, to ask what steps his department has taken to ensure that central government Departments take account of social economic value under the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 in public procurement.

16 Oct 2018 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of bus journey usage in Greater Manchester in each year since 2010.

16 Oct 2018 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what power the Mayor of Greater Manchester has to franchise bus services; and whether the Government has provided additional funding to facilitate such franchising.

15 Oct 2018 · Treasury

Home Shopping: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the merits of introducing an internet or online sales tax.

15 Oct 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Post Offices: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will stop the closure of post offices and their relocation to WHSmith branches.

15 Oct 2018 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to make public transport in Greater Manchester more environmentally friendly.

3 Sep 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish the local authority revenue expenditure and financing England: 2017 to 2018 provisional outturn.

28 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Retail Trade: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government of 18 June 2018, Official Report, column 14, what th

28 Jun 2018 · Treasury

Transport: North of England

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding, in real terms, has been allocated from the public purse to transport infrastructure in the north of England in each year since 1993.

28 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Finance: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the per cent change in real terms funding has been for each North East council in each year from 2010.

28 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been allocated from the Controlling Migration Fund to each of the devolved administrations.

28 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Devolution: Cheshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the timeline is for the next steps on the Cheshire and Warrington devolution deal.

28 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much was spent by local authorities in real terms on adult social care services between 2010 and 2018.

28 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Council Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many applicants there were in priority bands on council housing registers in England in each year from 2010 to 2018.

28 Jun 2018 · Department for Education

Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of education funding for 16 to 18 year olds.

28 Jun 2018 · Department for Transport

Community Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to help ensure the financial viability of local community transport providers.

28 Jun 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to reduce unemployment in (a) Oldham West and Royton constituency and (b) the rest of the UK.

5 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Supported Housing: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how the Government plans to calculate the localised ring-fenced budget for short-term supported housing.

22 May 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment Schemes: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department has spent from the public purse on support for 18-24 year olds in Oldham who are not in employment, education and training in each of the last five years.

Source: official written-questions record.