Written questions
1,438 written questions tabled, most recent first.
15 May 2018 · Ministry of Justice
Employment and Support Allowance: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time for an employment support allowance appeal hearing was in (a) Barnsley and (b) nationally in (i) each of the last 12 months and (ii) the last 12 months overall in the most recent per
15 May 2018 · Ministry of Justice
Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the success rate for appeals against decisions on personal independence payment entitlement has been in Barnsley in the most recent 12-month period for which data is available.
15 May 2018 · Ministry of Justice
Employment and Support Allowance: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the success rate for appeals against decisions on employment and support allowance entitlement has been in Barnsley in the most recent 12-month period for which data is available.
15 May 2018 · Department for Education
Social Mobility Commission: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 11 May 2018 to Question 137063, what other diversity monitoring data was collected from applicants for the position of Chair of the Social Mobility Commission.
14 May 2018 · Department for Education
Academies: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Academy Trusts have received emergency funding from the Education and Skills Funding Agency in the current financial year; and the total amount of emergency funding that was allocated.
14 May 2018 · Department for Education
Academies: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Academy Trusts reported a severe financial deficit to the Education and Skills Funding Agency in financial year 2018-19.
14 May 2018 · Department for Education
Free Schools
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his Written Ministerial Statement of 11 May 2018 on Good School Places, HCWS676, what proportion of schools approved in Wave 13 are located in the Government’s Opportunity Areas.
14 May 2018 · Department for Education
Schools
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his Written Ministerial Statement of 11 May 2018 on Good School Places, HCWS676, what criteria his Department will use to assess (a) demand for places and (b) the requirement to raise school standar
30 Apr 2018 · Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence: Job Satisfaction
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps has he taken to improve the morale of staff within his Department.
30 Apr 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Discrimination and Harassment
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to reduce the number of incidents of (a) discrimination and (b) harassment within his Department.
30 Apr 2018 · Ministry of Defence
Dstl: Chemical Weapons
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 26 April 2018 to Question 136870, on Defence Science and Technology Laboratory: Finance, what estimate he has made of the expected annual running costs of the Chemical Weapons Defence Ce
24 Apr 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Gift Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the transparency of the fees charged by online fundraising platforms on Gift Aided money, and if he will make a statement.
24 Apr 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Gift Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has plans to limit the fees charged by online fundraising platforms on Gift Aided money; and if he will make a statement.
20 Apr 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
ACAS: Job Satisfaction
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of staff morale in the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service.
20 Apr 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Health and Safety Executive: Job Satisfaction
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of staff morale in the Health and Safety Executive.
16 Apr 2018 · Treasury
Gift Aid
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much gift aid was claimed by fundraising platforms through fees in each of the last five years.
16 Apr 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
ACAS: Telephone Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many referrals were made to enforcement agencies from the ACAS helpline in (a) 2016-17 and (b) 2017-18.
16 Apr 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Health and Safety Executive
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) Government funding (b) annual spending and (c) total staff head count was for the Health and Safety Executive in each financial year since 2010.
16 Apr 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
ACAS: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the (a) Government funding, (b) annual spending and (c) total staff head count was for ACAS in each financial year since 2010.
16 Apr 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
ACAS: Telephone Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, (a) how many calls the ACAS helpline received and (b) what the budget was for ACAS Helpline Services in 2017-18.
13 Apr 2018 · Ministry of Defence
Dstl: Chemical Weapons
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release, Defence Secretary boosts Britain's chemical defence capability as threat intensifies, published on 15 March 2018, how much of the £48m investment in a new Chemica
29 Mar 2018 · Cabinet Office
Construction: Conditions of Employment
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which construction companies operating under Government contracts require employees to undertake a medical as a requirement for employment.
29 Mar 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Construction: Conditions of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance her Department provides to the construction industry on the requirement of employee medicals as a pre-requisite for employment in that sector.
29 Mar 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Agency Workers: Equal Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2018 to Question 127381, what the timetable is for his Department’s consultation on whether it plans to abolish the Swedish derogation.
29 Mar 2018 · Department for Education
Department for Education: Yorkshire and the Humber
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many times he has visited (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire, and (c) Yorkshire and Humber since his appointment; and if he will set out the details of any such visits.
29 Mar 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Defibrillators: Yorkshire and the Humber
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of publicly accessible defibrillators in (a) Barnsley East constituency, (b) Barnsley, (c) South Yorkshire and (d) Yorkshire and the Humber.
29 Mar 2018 · Department for Education
Apprentices: South Yorkshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeship starts there were in South Yorkshire in the last five years; and what the level was of each those apprenticeships.
29 Mar 2018 · Department for Education
Apprentices: Barnsley
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeship starts there were in Barnsley in each of the last five years; and what the level was of each of those apprenticeships.
28 Mar 2018 · Treasury
Childcare Vouchers
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Secretary of State for Education of 13 March 2018, Official Report, Column 802, on what date in October 2018 the childcare vouchers scheme will close to new applicants.
26 Mar 2018 · Treasury
Childcare Vouchers: Northern Ireland
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2018 to Question 133825 on Child Care Vouchers: Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the cost of additional childcare support in Northern Ireland; and whether he plans to
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