Written questions

5,143 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 May 2019 · Home Office

Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effect of the length of time taken for a DBS check has on prospective employees.

20 May 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Legislation: Electronic Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of pieces of legislation that are not up-to-date on the legislation.gov.uk website.

20 May 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of (a) school nurses and (b) health visitors.

14 May 2019 · Department for International Development

Non-governmental Organisations

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to ensure that NGOs are able to continue their work unaffected by the UK leaving the EU.

14 May 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

High Rise Flats: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will put in place a deadline by which ACM cladding will have been removed from (a) private and (b) social housing blocks.

14 May 2019 · Department for Transport

Transport: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that transport infrastructure improvements are made in areas with a high number of new-build homes.

14 May 2019 · Department for Education

Pupil Referral Units: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to improve the quality of education in pupil referral units.

10 May 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Stem Cells: Donors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to engage with BAME communities on stem cell donations.

10 May 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to ensure that patients have adequate access to pharmacy services.

10 May 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS mental health support for university students.

10 May 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiology: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase recruitment of radiologists.

9 May 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Tree Planting

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made on the target to plant eleven million trees between 2015 and 2020.

9 May 2019 · Women and Equalities

Holocaust: Monuments

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Government plans to commission a memorial for LGBT academics who lost their lives during the Holocaust.

8 May 2019 · Department for Transport

Roads: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to reintroduce national road safety targets.

8 May 2019 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to encourage more people to use low emission vehicles.

8 May 2019 · Department for Transport

Railways: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans on requiring all train operators to introduce automatic compensation for rail delays.

8 May 2019 · Home Office

Places of Worship Security Funding Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effect of his Department's funding of the protection of places of worship.

8 May 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department plans to respond to the letter of 4 February 2019 to the Minister of State for Employment from the hon. Member for Slough on the case of a constituent, reference MC2019/06124.

3 May 2019 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Music

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to help ensure that all children have access to music while in early years education.

3 May 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

China: Uyghurs

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Chinese counterpart on the reported mass detention of Uighur Muslims in that country.

3 May 2019 · Department for International Development

Developing Countries: Job Creation

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to (a) measure and (b) monitor the (i) standard and (ii) quality of jobs created by UK development assistance.

1 May 2019 · Department for International Development

Development Aid: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that all Official Development Assistance spending is aligned with the Paris climate agreement objective of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees.

1 May 2019 · Department for International Development

Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that humanitarian aid is always delivered based on need and not used as a tool for other political interests.

1 May 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Climate Change Convention

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure the UK secures its bid to host the 2020 UN Climate Change Conference.

1 May 2019 · Women and Equalities

Employment: Equality

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has plans to introduce further auditing and fines for employers who cannot prove their gender equality practices.

1 May 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture and Waste Disposal: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce emissions in agriculture and waste management.

29 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure adequate funding in SEND provision in schools.

29 Apr 2019 · Department for International Trade

Overseas Trade: Sustainable Development

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps the Government has put in place to ensure trade policy is in line with the Sustainable Development Goals.

25 Apr 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Females: Directors

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of women from black and minority ethnic backgrounds at the highest level of business.

25 Apr 2019 · Women and Equalities

Gender Recognition

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what transgender groups and charities the Government consulted as part of its consultation on the Gender Recognition Act 2004.

Source: official written-questions record.