Written questions
1,018 written questions tabled, most recent first.
29 Jun 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Regional Planning and Development
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 28 June 2017 to Question 594, on regional planning and development, if he will set out how his Department is measuring tangible progress.
29 Jun 2017 · Cabinet Office
Electoral Register: Proof of Identity
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 28 June 2017 to Question 689, if he will publish the list of areas in which voter identification pilots will take place in the May 2018 elections.
22 Jun 2017 · Department for Education
Education: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans the Government has to increase funding for (a) primary, (b) secondary and (c) further education in each of the next three years.
22 Jun 2017 · Cabinet Office
Electoral Register: Proof of Identity
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to pilot voter identification at the 2018 local elections.
22 Jun 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Non-domestic Rates
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Government plans to issue consultation exercise on changes to business rates.
22 Jun 2017 · Department for Education
Education: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will provide an update on the Opportunity Areas programme.
22 Jun 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Regional Planning and Development: North of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the Government's policy is on the future of the Northern Powerhouse.
22 Jun 2017 · Department for Education
Schools: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of core school funding in each year from 2015 to 2019.
22 Jun 2017 · House of Commons Commission
House of Commons: Security
To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will undertake an impact assessment of the effect of changes in funding to frontline policing on public safety.
22 Jun 2017 · HM Treasury
Pay
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government has made a recent assessment of wage growth across the regions.
22 Jun 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government
High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether additional resources will be made available to local authorities to help ensure the safety of tenants living in high-rise residential buildings.
22 Jun 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Change of Use
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will review the suitability of commercial to residential conversions through permitted development.
23 Jan 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to ensure disabled people have the right support in place to stay in work.
23 Jan 2017 · Department of Health
Disability: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to include in the Integration and Better Care Fund Framework 2017-19 how local authorities should take account of the needs of working age disabled people when planning integration.
23 Jan 2017 · Department of Health
Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultation his Department has conducted with disabled people as part of its review of social care.
12 Dec 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Mobile Phones
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of current controls of mobile telephones in prisons.
12 Dec 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Smuggling
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of searches of (a) prison staff and (b) visitors when entering prisons on reducing the number of prohibited items being brought into prisons.
12 Dec 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Social Services: National Insurance Contributions
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the increases to employers' national insurance contributions from 1 April 2016 on the future financial viability of social care pr
12 Dec 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2016 to Question 52707, on local government finance, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the £150 million transition grant in achie
12 Dec 2016 · HM Treasury
Devolution: Wales
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with representatives of local authorities in Wales to ensure that devolution deals in Welsh towns and cities are done in consultation with the Welsh Assembly.
12 Dec 2016 · HM Treasury
City Region Deals
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with representatives of local authorities in Scotland to ensure that devolution deals in Scottish towns and cities are done in consultation with the Scottish Parliament.
12 Dec 2016 · Cabinet Office
Infrastructure and Projects Authority
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to (a) establish and (b) announce the appointment of members to the Infrastructure and Projects Authority Board.
28 Nov 2016 · Home Office
Asylum: Housing Benefit
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has conducted an assessment of the potential effect of reductions in housing payments for asylum seekers.
28 Nov 2016 · Department of Health
Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent representations he has received on the performance of the Pennine Acute Trust; and if he will make a statement.
28 Nov 2016 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Oldham
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what strategies and programmes his Department has put in place to support people in Oldham wishing to serve in the armed forces following the closure of the local armed forces recruitment office.
28 Nov 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
First Time Buyers: Yorkshire and the Humber
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of first-time home buyers in Yorkshire and the Humber in each of the last 10 years.
28 Nov 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Parking: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations his Department has received on overpayments to parking payment machines which do not give change.
28 Nov 2016 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Cybersecurity
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many cyber-security breaches government departments recorded that involved Ransomware viruses in the last 12 months for which data is available.
24 Nov 2016 · Department of Health
Social Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Local Government Association press release, entitled £2.6 billion could be needed to fix social care, published on 13 October 2016, what steps he is taking to reduce the funding gap in social
24 Nov 2016 · Department of Health
Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the number of people requiring social care who do not receive such care.
Source: official written-questions record.