Written questions
1,018 written questions tabled, most recent first.
22 May 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Unemployment: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department provides to 18-24 year olds in Oldham who are not in employment, education and training.
22 May 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services and Prescriptions: Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make provision for free prescriptions and dental treatment for people on universal credit whose earnings are less than £435 a month.
21 May 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
USA: Foreign Relations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his US counterpart on appropriate (a) behaviour and (b language of the US president for his visit to the UK.
21 May 2018 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much money from the public purse was spent on subsidised bus routes in Greater Manchester in each year since 2010.
21 May 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Work Programme: Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much money from the public purse was paid to work programme providers in Greater Manchester in each relevant year since 2010.
21 May 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Jobcentres: Oldham
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many FTE employees were based in Oldham Job Centre in each year since 2010.
15 May 2018 · Cabinet Office
Electoral Register
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many electors were registered for each year since 2010.
15 May 2018 · Cabinet Office
Polling Stations
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many polling stations were operational in elections for each relevant year since 2010.
15 May 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Community Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support his Department makes available for new community energy co-operatives.
14 May 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Derelict Land: Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish a breakdown by local authority of the £50 million brownfield land fund for Greater Manchester announced at the end of March 2018.
14 May 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Shop Direct Group: Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department plans to provide to Jobcentre Plus employees affected by the closure of Shop Direct centres in Greater Manchester.
14 May 2018 · Department for Education
Apprentices: Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative estimate he has made of the apprenticeship uptake in Greater Manchester in (a) the last twelve months and (b) the previous three years.
14 May 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Councillors: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of female councillors in England.
24 Jan 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Poverty: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of recent changes in welfare provision on the number of children living in poverty in Oldham West and Royton constituency.
21 Dec 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Telephone Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December to Question 118690, on Universal Credit: Telephone Services, what the evidential basis is to support the position that people abandoned calls to use the online serv
12 Dec 2017 · Department for Education
Limehurst Primary School: China
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what reports he has received on Limehurst Primary School's partnership with China and its recent award from the British Council; and whether Opportunity Area Funding for that partnership will be (a) maintained
11 Dec 2017 · Department for Education
Private Education: Oldham
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether a community cohesion impact assessment was made before approving the opening of new independent schools in Oldham.
11 Dec 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Telephone Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls made to the universal credit helpline in each month from September 2016 to date were abandoned.
11 Dec 2017 · Department for Education
Collective Spirit Free School
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has for the former Collective Spirit Free school site in Chadderton, Oldham.
28 Nov 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions: ICT
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2017 to Question 109193, where the £500 million in investment in IT has been spent; how that amount compares with the original estimate the Government was given from
23 Nov 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Government Departments: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 October 2017 to Question 109191, on Big Ben: iron and steel, whether the Government plans to extend the provisions of the Social Value Act 2012 to ensure tha
21 Nov 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Councillors: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the Government's policy is on the recommendation of the Fawcett Society in its report Does local government work for women, published in July 2017, that data on the make-up of local
17 Nov 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were charged with benefit fraud in each year from 2010 to date; and how many of those people served a custodial sentence as a result of that benefit fraud.
15 Nov 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government
EU Grants and Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has consulted those people in receipt of EU structural funds on a replacement for that scheme once the UK has left the EU.
15 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Justice
Reparation by Offenders: Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on restorative justice in Greater Manchester in each year from 2010.
15 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Justice
Council Tax: Non-payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were charged with non-payment of council tax in each year from 2010 to date; and how many of those people served a custodial sentence as a result of that non payment.
15 Nov 2017 · Home Office
Firearms
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the number of illegally held firearms in the UK.
15 Nov 2017 · Home Office
Slavery
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of businesses that are compliant with the provisions of the Modern Day Slavery Act 2015.
15 Nov 2017 · Department of Health
Vaccination: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent from the public purse on child vaccinations in each year since 2010 to date.
15 Nov 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Burma: Rohingya
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in Bangladesh on offering Muslim refugees fleeing Myanmar secured settlement.
Source: official written-questions record.