Written questions

1,438 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Sep 2019 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: Barnsley

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children in primary schools in Barnsley who were eligible for free school meals in each year since 2010.

4 Sep 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of women who received an unclear result from a mammogram were diagnosed with breast cancer within 12 months of that initial result in each of the last five years.

4 Sep 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of women who undertook a second mammogram test after having an unclear result from the first such test in each of the last five years.

4 Sep 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of women who received an unclear result from a mammogram test were asked to return for a further test in each of the last five years.

4 Sep 2019 · Department for Transport

Driving: Eyesight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria the Government used to decide which company was awarded the contract to undertake sight tests for the DVLA.

4 Sep 2019 · Department for Transport

Driving: Eyesight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of people who failed and subsequently passed DVLA sight tests; and what proportion of the total number of people taking sight tests that represents.

4 Sep 2019 · Department for Transport

Driving: Eyesight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have failed the DVLA sight test in each year since 2014.

4 Sep 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Dangerous Driving: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to (a) create an offence of causing serious injury by careless driving and (b) increase the maximum penalties for causing death by dangerous driving.

3 Sep 2019 · Department for Education

Teachers: Pay Settlements

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 3 September 2019 to Question 281772, which departmental budget the £105m transferred into the Teachers' Pay Grant in the current financial year was drawn from.

3 Sep 2019 · Cabinet Office

Honours: Ethnic Groups and Gender

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for Cabinet Office, what data his Department collects on the (a) gender and (b) ethnicity of honours recipients.

3 Sep 2019 · Cabinet Office

Ethnic Groups: Equality

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if it is is policy to (a) maintain a racial disparity unit within his Department and (b) continue collating and publishing data through the race disparity audit.

3 Sep 2019 · Cabinet Office

Office for Tackling Injustices

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress has been made on establishing the Office for Tackling Injustices; and if he will make a statement.

25 Jul 2019 · Department for Education

Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Prime Minister of 25 July 2019, whether his policy to restore education funding to its previous level applies to all education spending; and to what year's total spendin

25 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Debt Collection: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish his response to the submissions received in his Department's Call for Evidence on the regulation of enforcement agents, which closed in February 2019.

25 Jul 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Gratuities

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when she plans to (a) publish a response to the consultation on tips, gratuities, cover and service charges which closed on 27 June 2016 and (b) bring forward legislative proposal

25 Jul 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Minimum Wage

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress her Department has made on reviewing the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme; and when she plans to resume naming employers under that scheme.

25 Jul 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Television Licences: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what her policy is on the provision of free television licences to pensioners over the age of 75.

25 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Dangerous Driving: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral contribution of the Leader of the House of Commons of 25 July 2019, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to increase the maximum penalty for causing death by dangerous d

24 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Pension Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has conducted a risk assessment of the proposed move from a triennial to a quadrennial cycle for local fund valuations of the Local Government Pension Sche

24 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Pension Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish the results of his Department's consultation on changes to the Local Government Pension Scheme.

24 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Pension Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on members of the local government pension scheme of changing local fund valuations from a triennial to a quadrenn

24 Jul 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Pension Scheme: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many people are members of the Local Government Pension Scheme in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) Yorkshire and Humber.

22 Jul 2019 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Travel

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to introduce discounted bus and train travel for apprentices since June 2017.

22 Jul 2019 · Department for Education

Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new schools other than free schools have been (a) opened in each academic year since 2015-16 and (b) approved for opening in future years.

22 Jul 2019 · Department for Education

Institutes of Technology and Specialist Maths Schools: Location

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the locations are of (a) specialist maths schools and (b) Institutes of Technology; and whether it is his policy to ensure that every major city in England has each of those institutions.

22 Jul 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fly-tipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the proportion of fly-tipping incidents that contained household waste in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) England in each year since 2010.

22 Jul 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fly-tipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the proportion of fly-tipping incidents that were categorised as small van sized in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) England in each year since 20

22 Jul 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fly-tipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the proportion of fly-tipping incidents that were categorised as car boot sized in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) England in each year since 201

19 Jul 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fly-tipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many instances of fly-tipping have been recorded in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) England in each year since 2010.

19 Jul 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fly-tipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the proportion of fly-tipping incidents that were categorised as tipper lorry load size or larger in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) England in e

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