Written questions
593 written questions tabled, most recent first.
9 Jul 2018 · Department for Transport
Road Traffic: Bristol
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the increase in traffic in Bristol that will result from the removal of the Severn Bridge tolls.
9 Jul 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medical Records
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to ensure that primary care providers are compensated by third party representatives of patients for providing copies of those patients' medical records.
29 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Justice
Police: Personation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of an offence of impersonating a police officer while riding a motorcycle in 2017.
20 Jun 2018 · Home Office
Immigration
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason people with indefinite leave to remain do not receive (a) biometric cards and (b) no time limit status (a) automatically and (b) free of charge.
19 Jun 2018 · Home Office
Police: Personation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information his Department holds on the number of people who were convicted of an offence of impersonating a police officer while riding a motorcycle in 2017.
19 Jun 2018 · Home Office
Immigration: Departmental Records
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information his Department holds on the destruction of records relating to indefinite leave to remain.
6 Jun 2018 · Department for Education
Schools: Walls and Fences
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what statutory requirement schools must follow to ensure that school playing fields have perimeter fences for the purposes of pupil safeguarding.
24 May 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Housing Benefit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of local discretionary council housing payments being made available people who are in work but do not have savings.
23 May 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing Associations: Rents
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of housing associations which request upfront payment of rent in advance before an offered tenancy can be secured.
21 May 2018 · Department for Transport
Driving: Visual Impairment
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions has he had with Cabinet colleagues on the suggestion of the Secretary of State for Tranport's Honorary Medical Advisory Panel that a period of up to three months driving tuition be offered prio
9 May 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Minimum Wage
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) care homes and (b) individuals who pay directly for care who are unable to afford to pay the six-year back payment liability to carers.
2 May 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Employment: Insurance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential effectiveness of introducing legislation in order to prevent the use of employer-mandated insurance as a means of controlling the acti
25 Apr 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hereditary Diseases
to ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what lessons have been learned from the 100,000 Genome Project which will help when deciding what genetic diseases should be screened for at birth.
23 Apr 2018 · Department for Education
Carers: Mental Capacity
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the criteria are for capacity tests used to assess a person's suitability to look after a child; and what guidance his Department has issued on the use of those criteria.
23 Apr 2018 · Department for Education
Carers: Learning Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to ensure the effectiveness of capacity assessments for people with learning disabilities who wish to look after a child.
16 Apr 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Parental Responsibility
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the criteria are for capacity tests used for a person's suitability to look after a child; and what guidance his Department has issued on the use of that criteria.
16 Apr 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Parental Responsibility
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to ensure the efficacy of capacity assessments for people with learning disabilities to look after a child.
28 Mar 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publish its green paper on older people's social care.
26 Mar 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Heritage Lottery Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of Heritage Lottery Fund funding has been allocated to (a) London and (b) each region in each of the last five years.
23 Mar 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pensions: Consumer Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress has been made on the Pensions Dashboard Prototype project.
12 Mar 2018 · Treasury
Children: Day Care
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether parents of disabled children are entitled to an increase of 40 per cent in the proportional rate of the top-up for tax-free childcare contributions.
12 Mar 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Musculoskeletal Disorders
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of administering intra-joint injections by ultrasound instead of by x-ray to reduce costs.
5 Mar 2018 · Department for Transport
Severn River Crossing: Tolls
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential change to traffic volumes in Bristol after the removal of tolls on the Severn Bridge.
6 Feb 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
GKN: Melrose
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on the effect on domestic defence supply chains of the takeover of GKN by Melrose.
30 Jan 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Gratuities
To ask Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what representations he has received on hospitality workers being forced to pay a proportion of table sales to their employer; and if he will make a statement.
29 Jan 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Gratuities
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the prevalence of employer-mandated policies on the retention of tips in the hospitality sector.
26 Jan 2018 · Department for Education
Respite Care: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of provision of respite care for children with severe and multiple additional behavioural needs; and what steps his Department is taking to improve the le
16 Jan 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Huntington's Disease: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prescriptions of (a) individual benzodiazepine drugs and (b) individual antidepressants were dispensed in the community in 2016.
8 Jan 2018 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she plans to support the charity Theirworld's #RewritingTheCode campaign on attitudes and behaviours that prevent girls and women from succeeding and leading.
5 Jan 2018 · Department for Education
Relationships and Sex Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the National Education Union report on Sexism in schools published in December 2017, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the relationships and sex education curriculum is design
Source: official written-questions record.