Written questions
1,018 written questions tabled, most recent first.
2 Sep 2016 · HM Treasury
Air Passenger Duty: Manchester Airport
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate how much air passenger duty was paid by passengers using Manchester Airport in each year since 2011.
2 Sep 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions
Housing Benefit: Private Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much in housing benefit has been paid (a) to tenants in private-rented sector accommodation and (b) directly to private landlords in each year since 2011.
2 Sep 2016 · HM Treasury
Tax Allowances: Landlords
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of private landlords who will be affected by the tax relief change to higher rate taxpayers announced in the Summer Budget 2015.
7 Jul 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities to date have submitted efficiency plans in order to qualify for a multi-year financial settlement.
7 Jul 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Further Education: Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what savings to the public purse he expects to be made as a result of the post-16 education and training area review in Greater Manchester.
7 Jul 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions
Jobcentres: Oldham
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to (a) close or (b) change the functions of the Jobcentre Plus facility in Oldham town centre.
7 Jul 2016 · Department for Transport
Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was generated from vehicle excise duty receipts in Greater Manchester in the last year for which information is available.
7 Jul 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Air Pollution: Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times air quality safety levels were breached in Greater Manchester in each year since 2011.
7 Jul 2016 · Department for Education
Collective Spirit Free School
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what improvement plan is in place for the Collective Spirit Free School in Oldham.
7 Jul 2016 · Department for Education
Collective Spirit Free School
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) funding, (b) land, (c) property and (d) other investment her Department has provided to the Collective Spirit Free School in Oldham.
7 Jul 2016 · Ministry of Defence
Army Reserve: Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to invest in the Failsworth TA Centre.
7 Jul 2016 · HM Treasury
VAT: Greater Manchester
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was generated from VAT receipts in Greater Manchester in the last year for which information is available.
7 Jul 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Adult Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many adult learners paid for courses in each year since 2011.
8 Jun 2016 · Department for Education
Priority School Building Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to publish post-occupancy evaluations of primary and secondary schools built under wave 1 of the Priority Schools Building Programme.
26 May 2016 · Department for Transport
Official Cars
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Government spent on vehicles for (a) Ministers and (b) Senior Civil Servants in each year since 2010.
21 Apr 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions
Jobcentres: Oldham
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to reduce staffing levels in the Jobcentre Plus facility in Oldham in the next five years.
20 Apr 2016 · Ministry of Justice
Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions his Department has had with officials from the (a) Canadian government and (b) EU on the implications to the UK judicial system of the ratification of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreeme
20 Apr 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Local Government: Cost Effectiveness
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities have submitted efficiency plans as part of the multi-year settlement offer.
20 Apr 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether as part of the Northern Powerhouse strategy he plans to relocate civil servants based in London to Greater Manchester.
16 Mar 2016 · HM Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Greater Manchester
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answers of 3 February 2016 to Question 24298 and 8 March 2016 to Question 28866, on Revenue and Customs: Greater Manchester, whether any value for money review was undertaken on the decision to reloca
7 Mar 2016 · Department for Education
Social Workers: Vacancies
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children's social worker vacancies remained unfilled in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015.
7 Mar 2016 · Department of Health
Food: Inspections
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many food safety officers were employed by local authorities in each year from 2012 to 2015.
7 Mar 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17 February 2016 to Question 26660, on housing: construction, if he will place in the Library any value for money review and impact assessment carried out on the
7 Mar 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Small Businesses: Non-domestic Rates
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much small businesses with a rateable value of less than £30,000 paid in business rates in (a) 2012, (b) 2013, (c) 2014 and (d) 2015.
7 Mar 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Small Businesses: Non-domestic Rates
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of small business rate relief in each of the last three years.
3 Mar 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Sunday Trading: Conditions of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of the proposed extension of Sunday trading hours on the pay and conditions of retail workers.
29 Feb 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Apprenticeship Levy
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Government plans to provide to each local authority to meet the costs of the apprenticeship levy.
29 Feb 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Living Wage
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Government plans to provide to each local authority to meet the cost of the introduction of the living wage.
29 Feb 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government
National Insurance
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Government plans to provide each local authority to meet the cost of planned changes to national insurance.
29 Feb 2016 · HM Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Greater Manchester
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2016 to Question 24298, on Revenue and Customs Greater Manchester, if he will place in the Library the value for money review of the decision made in February 2008.
Source: official written-questions record.