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.