Written questions

460 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made any changes to it's STEM recruitment policies since the vote on the UK leaving the EU.

18 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Catering

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many chefs are employed by the Armed Forces; how many of those chefs are non-UK citizens; and how many of those non-UK citizen chefs are EU citizens.

18 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many non-UK EU citizens are employed by the Armed Forces; and how many of those non-UK EU citizens are employed in the (a) STEM (b) hospitality field.

7 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Warships: Sunderland

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to secure an affiliation between a Royal Navy vessel and the city of Sunderland following the decommissioning of HMS Ocean in March 2018.

7 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the oral evidence of the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defence to the Public Accounts Committee on 4 June 2018, Q41 and Q135, for what reason his Department has not made any assessment of (a)

7 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Catering

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the number of chefs in the armed forces of the UK leaving the EU.

6 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the ability of the armed forces to recruit STEM graduates after the UK leaves the EU.

6 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on the level of recruitment to the armed forces.

5 Jun 2018 · Treasury

Royal Bank of Scotland: Closures

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to evaluate the effectiveness of the RBS mobile banking service as a result of the closure of RBS branches; and if he will make a statement.

14 May 2018 · House of Commons Commission

Parliamentary Estate: Recycling

To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, what proportion of disposable (a) cups, (b) food containers and (c) cutlery used on the parliamentary estate is recycled.

14 May 2018 · House of Commons Commission

House of Commons: Packaging

To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much the House of Commons spent on (a) disposable cups, (b) disposable food containers and (c) disposable cutlery in each of the last three years

9 May 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on access to broadband in remote parts of Scotland.

25 Apr 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Russia: Warships

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on (a) how many occasions and (b) which dates UK warships escorted Russian ships out of English territorial waters into international waters during 2017.

20 Apr 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria her Department uses for appealing decisions by the first-tier tribunal to award personal independence payments.

20 Apr 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what financial safeguards his Department have put in place to protect vulnerable claimants in the event that their claim is delayed as a result appeals by her Department on the First-tier decision to aw

20 Apr 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time is for a hearing by the Upper Tribunal of an appeal by her Department against a decision by the First-tier Tribunal to allow an award of personal independence payment.

27 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2018 to Question 131729, on Ministry of Defence: Buildings, the location of the accommodation properties owned by his Department which were rented to non-military personnel b

27 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2018 to Question 131729, on Ministry of Defence; buildings, what the average annual rent charged for those properties was.

14 Mar 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Wind Power: Seas and Oceans

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the Renewables Obligation support to floating offshore wind projects after October 2018.

14 Mar 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Wind Power: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the development of (a) Dounreay TrÍ, (b) Forthwind and (c) Kincardine offshore wind projects on the (i) the UK and (ii) Scot

14 Mar 2018 · Department for International Trade

Wind Power: Seas and Oceans

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of the export potential for floating offshore wind technology to the UK economy.

14 Mar 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Wind Power: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits to the Scottish manufacturing sector of the development of floating offshore wind technology.

12 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Retirement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have voluntarily retired from (a) the Army, (b) the Navy and (c) the RAF in each year since 2012.

12 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Bullying

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many instances of gender-related bullying have been recorded in the armed forces in each year since 2013.

12 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Bullying

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many instances of racially-motivated bullying have been recorded in the armed forces in each year since 2013.

12 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Bullying

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many instances of homophobic bullying have been recorded in the armed forces in each year since 2013.

12 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Bullying

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many instances of bullying have been recorded in the armed forces in each year since 2013.

8 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many accommodation properties owned by his Department were rented to non-military personnel between January 2016 and January 2017.

8 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to extend the armed forces mental health helpline service to veterans.

8 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Dogs

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of euthanized military working dogs.

Source: official written-questions record.