Written questions

1,438 written questions tabled, most recent first.

12 Oct 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Gratuities

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October to Question 176550 on Gratuities, whether the Government plans to publish (a) a response to the consultation on tips, gratuities, cover and se

12 Oct 2018 · Treasury

Children: Day Care

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many parents were projected to benefit from tax-free childcare by October 2018.

12 Oct 2018 · Treasury

Children: Day Care

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the number of parents who have benefited from tax-free childcare to date is higher than the projection in the March 2014 forecast.

12 Oct 2018 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: South Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of bus services that serve (a) Barnsley and (b) South Yorkshire.

12 Oct 2018 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: South Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department allocated to bus services serving (a) Barnsley and (b) South Yorkshire in the 2017-18 financial year.

12 Oct 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people diagnosed with dementia have access to clinical support within a reasonable travelling distance from their home.

12 Oct 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Arts and Design: Trade Promotion

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to promote the arts and fashion industry to emerging markets.

10 Oct 2018 · Cabinet Office

Fixed-Term Parliaments Act 2011

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether it is the Government's policy to repeal the Fixed Term Parliaments Act 2011.

8 Oct 2018 · Department for Education

Education: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on ensuring that adult survivors of modern slavery are able to access further and higher education.

8 Oct 2018 · Home Office

Immigration Bail

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what changes were made between versions 2.0 and 3.0 to the section on study conditions in his Department’s guide to immigration bail for staff; and for what reasons those changes were made.

8 Oct 2018 · Home Office

Immigration Bail

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps he has taken to ensure that the provisions of immigration bail do not restrict the access to education of adult survivors of modern slavery.

8 Oct 2018 · Home Office

Anti-corruption Ministerial Group

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what dates the anti-corruption inter-ministerial group has held meetings.

8 Oct 2018 · Treasury

Teachers: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost to schools of increasing the employer contribution to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme in each of the next five fiscal years; and what plans he has to provide additional funding to

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

Gratuities

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what legislative steps he intends to take on tips, gratuities, cover and service charges; and if he will he make a statement.

13 Sep 2018 · Department for Education

Carillion: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many former Carillion apprentices have been made redundant in (a) Barnsley and (b) South Yorkshire.

13 Sep 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the balance between sustainability and productivity in UK farming.

13 Sep 2018 · Department for Education

Children: Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of granting all survivors of modern slavery rights to education through the National Referral Mechanism.

11 Sep 2018 · Department for Education

Carillion: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills of 10 September 2018, Official Report, column 456, how many construction apprentices employed by Carillion were made redundant in

11 Sep 2018 · Treasury

Children: Day Care

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many parents currently benefit from tax-free childcare; and how many parents were projected to benefit at this stage of the roll-out in the March 2014 forecast.

5 Sep 2018 · Department for Education

Mexborough Academy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2018 to Question 136869 on Wakefield City Academies Trust, whether the Mexborough Academy has been re-brokered.

4 Sep 2018 · Home Office

Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the deadline is for applications for the position of Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner; and whether that deadline has been changed since the position became vacant.

4 Sep 2018 · Home Office

Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what budget is allocated to the Office of the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner; and how much of that budget has been spent in the current financial year.

3 Sep 2018 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Domestic Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which ministerial visits he and Ministers of his Department have undertaken by region since his appointment.

3 Sep 2018 · Department for Education

Slavery: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on the eligibility of survivors of modern slavery for publicly-funded education; what discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on the application of the Immigration Rules to institution

24 Jul 2018 · Treasury

Public Sector: Childcare Vouchers

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions of 13 March 2018, Official Report, column 767, what steps he has taken to address the specific circumstances affecting public sector

24 Jul 2018 · Treasury

Childcare Vouchers

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Secretary of State for Education of 13 March 2018, Official Report, Column 802, what steps he has taken during the six month extension to the childcare voucher scheme to addr

24 Jul 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Eggborough Power Station: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information his Department holds on the proposed closure of Eggborough Power Station; and if he will make a statement.

23 Jul 2018 · Home Office

Home Office: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of pay-freezes on staff of his Department who remain on legacy shift arrangements.

23 Jul 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her Department’s policy is in taking into consideration awards made by the medical appeals tribunal when deciding on benefit entitlement.

23 Jul 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has plans to extend the maximum length of monthly back-pay recipients of industrial injuries disablement benefit can receive if they are subject to an administrative error by her

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