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.