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.