Written questions

821 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Jan 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surgery: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many elective operations in the NHS have been cancelled in the last 12 months.

23 Jan 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Office for Product Safety and Standards: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what funding has been allocated from the public purse for the Office for Product Safety and Standards.

23 Jan 2018 · Home Office

Migrants: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2018 to Question 120539 on Immigrants: Employment, what steps her Department is taking to simplify the employer checking service for (a) perspective employees and

22 Jan 2018 · Department for Education

Pupils: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to tackle sexual violence and sexual harassment between pupils in schools.

18 Jan 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Burma: Rohingya

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Bangladesh and Myanmar counterparts as a result of the deal by those Governments to repatriate Rohingya refugees.

15 Jan 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Consumers

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 12 October 2017 to Question 106304, whether his Department has set a date for the roundtable event with consumer groups to discuss negotiations on the UK

11 Jan 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Consumers: Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to repeal the incorporation in UK law of the Consumer Protection Cooperation Regulation after the UK leaves the EU.

9 Jan 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Post Offices: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the timetable is to recruit new post-masters to the 776 sub-post offices which have temporarily closed.

8 Jan 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Post Offices: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of temporary closures of post offices after the resignation of a postmaster; and what assessment his Department has made

8 Jan 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Post Offices: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the average income received from the Post Office is for postmasters who host a post office branch.

5 Jan 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to Answer of 21 December 2017 to Question 120097, what his definition of first contact is.

20 Dec 2017 · Home Office

Migrants: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the employer checking service for people seeking employment.

18 Dec 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2017 to Question 117837, what estimate his Department has made of the average length of time it takes from a new applicant for universal credit beginning their appl

7 Dec 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Fuel Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many households in (a) Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough constituency, (b) Sheffield (c) South Yorkshire and (d) the UK spent more than 10 per cent of their income on fue

6 Dec 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the average length time it takes from a new applicant for universal credit beginning their application and the point at which the six week period wait for that c

6 Dec 2017 · Home Office

Travel Restrictions: Burma

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Government policy is on introducing visa bans on military personnel from Burma.

5 Dec 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Burma: Arms Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to discuss with his EU counterparts an expansion of the current EU arms embargo to ban all EU companies from supplying any kind of equipment to the military in Burma.

5 Dec 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Burma: Arms Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on support for a possible UN-mandated global arms embargo on Burma.

4 Dec 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to page 239 of the Industrial Strategy, what progress he has made on the development of a commercially sustainable proposition for the steel sector.

30 Nov 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Living Wage

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government still plans to raise the National Living Wage to £9 by 2020.

30 Nov 2017 · Department of Health

Care Homes: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to provide local authorities with additional funding to meet the sustainability shortfall identified in the Competition and Market Authority's report of 30 November 2017 on the Care Home Market.

30 Nov 2017 · Department of Health

NHS: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the recent fall in EU immigration on trends in NHS recruitment during Winter 2017.

30 Nov 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Public Houses

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to continue the Community Pub Business Support Programme beyond March 2018.

29 Nov 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Products: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much has been spent from the public purse on (a) central and (b) local government funding for product safety in the last twelve months for which data is available.

28 Nov 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2017 to Question 7012, on iron and steel, when he plans to publish his Department's paper, Future Capabilities of the UK Steel Sector.

28 Nov 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress his Department is making on increasing the number of homes to be classified as EPC Band C by 2035.

28 Nov 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to upgrade fuel poor homes to Band C or above.

24 Nov 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Growth Hubs: Sheffield City Region

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has for investment in the Sheffield City Region Growth Hub.

24 Nov 2017 · HM Treasury

Economic Growth: Sheffield

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to provide funding for economic development in Sheffield when (a) local growth and (b) EU funding ends.

20 Nov 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Iron and Steel: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his Department's press release of 20 November 2017 on increasing spending on research and development, what assessment he has made of the level of such investmen

Source: official written-questions record.