Written questions

1,565 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Apr 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of job roles advertised within his Department in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017 excluded the box under the Ban the Box initiative.

13 Apr 2018 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Recruitment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of job roles advertised within his Department in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017 excluded the box under the Ban the Box initiative.

13 Apr 2018 · Attorney General

Attorney General: Recruitment

To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of job roles advertised within his Department in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017 excluded the box under the Ban the Box initiative.

13 Apr 2018 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Recruitment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Government's implementation plan is for banning the box on job applications.

13 Apr 2018 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Recruitment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to paragraph 45 of the Government response to the First Report of the Justice Committee, Session 2017-19, HC 416, which Departments have reported on exemptions to the Ban the Box scheme in the las

29 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has allocate funding to his Department's Education Support Fund after April 2018.

20 Mar 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Openreach: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether (a) Ofcom and (b) the Ombudsman has the power to investigate complaints in respect of Openreach.

12 Mar 2018 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Recruitment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 111417, on Public Sector: Recruitment. what criteria are used to assess whether a civil service role is suitable for removal of the box under the ban the bo

12 Mar 2018 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Recruitment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 111417, on Public Sector: Recruitment, which civil service roles were not identified as suitable for removal of the box under the ban the box initiative.

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

Radio: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect his Department’s consultation on the deregulation of radio on the availability of Welsh-specific content in radio in Wales.

8 Feb 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Commercial Broadcasting: Radio

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of deregulation of commercial radio on levels of locally produced content.

8 Feb 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Commercial Broadcasting: Radio

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential effect of proposals in its consultation on the deregulation of radio on the use of the Welsh language in radio in Wales; an

8 Feb 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Commercial Broadcasting: Radio

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress he has made on the public consultation on the deregulation of commercial radio.

8 Feb 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadcasting: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of devolving broadcasting to Wales; and if he will make a statement.

8 Feb 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

S4C: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the planned level of funding for S4C from the public purse is for financial year 2018-17.

8 Feb 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

S4C Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the timetable is for the people undertaking the review of S4C to report back to him.

8 Feb 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

S4C Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made on the review of S4C.

6 Feb 2018 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding each local authority in Wales has applied for through the On-Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme for electric car charging points.

6 Feb 2018 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the number of electric charging points per 20 miles of (a) motorway and (b) A road in Wales.

6 Feb 2018 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many electric charging points there are per 100 miles of strategic road network in (a) England and (b) Wales.

6 Feb 2018 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential Barnett consequentials for the devolved administrations of projects to install electric charging points at every 20 miles on the strategic road network i

6 Feb 2018 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the criteria for Government funding to ensure that one electric charging point at every 20 miles on the strategic road network are planned to apply in Wales.

2 Feb 2018 · Department for International Development

Palestinians: Overseas Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will increase aid to the Palestinian Authority to £25 million as in the financial year 2016-17.

2 Feb 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Middle East: Peace Negotiations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the decision of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation Central Council to suspend the Oslo agreement on progress towards a peace settlement.

1 Feb 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Human Rights: Sanctions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, to which countries the Government applies sanctions on account of their record of human rights abuses.

1 Feb 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Human Rights: Sanctions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on when to apply sanctions to pressure countries to comply with international law with regards to human rights abuses.

29 Jan 2018 · Attorney General

Forensic Science

To ask the Attorney General, if he will make an estimate of the number of cases that have collapsed before going to trial due to private forensic firms having been found not to have followed correct procedures as referred to in the 2017 Annual Report of t

29 Jan 2018 · Home Office

Forensic Science

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what processes are in place to deal with the failings by forensic firms to follow correct procedures in digital forensic science set out in the 2017 Annual Report of the Forensic Science Regulator, pu

25 Jan 2018 · Home Office

Forensic Science

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of outsourcing digital forensic science casework to firms without any accreditation for that work.

25 Jan 2018 · Home Office

Forensic Science

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many forensic firms used by police forces in England and Wales have no accreditation to carry out digital forensic science work.

Source: official written-questions record.