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.