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Written questions

Ben Lake

1,565 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Jun 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Radio: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of revising sections 104 and 105 of the Broadcasting Act 1990 to enable Ofcom to have regard to a Welsh language criteria when awardin

18 Jun 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Lotteries: Charities

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect on funding for local charities of fundraising limits on society lotteries set out in the Gambling Act 2015.

14 Jun 2018 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of providing language translation services during UK driving tests for asylum seekers.

14 Jun 2018 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of providing language translation services for non-English speaking candidates during UK driving tests.

14 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

EU Grants and Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the timescale is for designing and establishing the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

14 Jun 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations he has received from (a) the Welsh Government, (b) the Scottish Government and (c) civil servants from Northern Ireland on UK fishing policy after the UK le

14 Jun 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the devolved administrations on UK fishing policy after the UK leaves the EU.

14 Jun 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries: Quotas

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to review the UK's fishing quotas.

14 Jun 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fishery Agreements: Morocco

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the European Commission is considering a provisional extension or provisional application of the current protocol to the EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement in the event

11 Jun 2018 · Home Office

Visas: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for visas under Tier 2 were made in each month in each of the last five years.

11 Jun 2018 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for Tier 2 visas for jobs in Wales were (a) accepted, (b) rejected and (c) pending in each of the last five years; and in which sectors those applications were for.

11 Jun 2018 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Doctors

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for Tier 2 visas for doctors to work in Wales were (a) accepted, (b) rejected and (c) pending in each of the last five years.

6 Jun 2018 · Home Office

Immigration Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been refused entry into the UK in each of the last three years; and if he will group that data by grounds for refusal.

6 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

EU Grants and Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the UK Shared Prosperity Fund will be directed in support of the priorities in the Industrial Strategy.

6 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

EU Grants and Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what comparative assessment he has made of the level of funding planned to be allocated to Wales through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and European structural funding.

6 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

EU Grants and Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on regional development of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund being allocated using the Barnett Formula.

6 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

EU Grants and Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allocating the UK Shared Prosperity Fund through a needs-based formula.

6 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

EU Grants and Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether sums of funding delivered from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund will be calculated by means of the the Barnett Formula.

5 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

EU Grants and Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to reduce inequalities between communities across the four nations of the UK through the shared prosperity fund.

5 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

EU Grants and Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of replicating the audit and compliance requirements of EU funding in the proposed UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

5 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

EU Grants and Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the value of the funding that would be allocated to Wales through UK Shared Prosperity Fund in the event that the allocation was based on regional Gr

5 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

EU Grants and Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which stakeholders he has met with to discuss the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

5 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

EU Grants and Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of devolving power over the management of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund to the (a) administrations and (b) institutions that m

5 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

EU Grants and Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which (a) organisations, (b) individuals and (c) others his Department as invited to respond to the public consultation on the design of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

5 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

EU Grants and Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the timeframe is for the public consultation on the design of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

5 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

EU Grants and Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the stakeholders that his Department is consulting with on the design of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

1 Jun 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

LEADER Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the UK providing and maintaining funding allocated by the EU's LEADER programme at the same level after the UK leaves the EU.

1 Jun 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

European Maritime and Fisheries Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the UK providing and maintaining funding allocated by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund at the same level after the UK lea

1 Jun 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Horizon 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the UK providing and maintaining the funding allocated by the EU's Horizon 2020 programme at the same level after the UK lea

1 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

European Regional Development Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the UK providing and maintaining funding allocated by the European Regional Development Fund at the same level after the UK

Source: official written-questions record.