Written questions
5,143 written questions tabled, most recent first.
25 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Justice
Judiciary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the judiciary is more representative of society.
25 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Justice
Probation: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the new probation contracts will include break clauses to ensure that those contracts can be terminated at no cost to the public purse in the event that private companies fail to reduce re-offending rates
25 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Officers: Resignations
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce the rate of attrition of prison officers.
18 Apr 2019 · Attorney General
Knives: Crime
To ask the Attorney General, what steps he is taking to tackle the rise in knife crime.
18 Apr 2019 · Attorney General
Crown Prosecution Service: Finance
To ask the Attorney General, whether it it Government policy to mantain the level of real-term funding for the CPS in the next three years.
11 Apr 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Music Venues: Non-domestic Rates
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential benefits of extending business rates relief to include grassroots music venues.
11 Apr 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Telecommunications
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government plans to take to (a) protect national telecoms security and (b) meet its 5G rollout targets.
11 Apr 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Broadcasting: Disability Aids
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he has taken to work with streaming services to improve the accuracy of their subtitling.
11 Apr 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Loneliness: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans does his Department has to use digital skills and online tools to tackle loneliness among older people.
11 Apr 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Music: GCSE
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Education to help ensure all children have the opportunity to study GCSE music.
10 Apr 2019 · Treasury
Period Poverty
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions has he had with the Secretary of State for Education on extend the provision of free sanitary products to (a) primary schools, (b) homeless shelters and (c) foodbanks.
10 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
High Rise Flats: Insulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions has he had with leaseholders of blocks covered in flammable cladding whose owners are refusing to meet the cost of replacing flammable cladding.
10 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
High Rise Flats: Insulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has plans to announce a strategy for the removal of flammable cladding from privately-owned tower blocks.
8 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Leasehold: Misrepresentation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will commission an inquiry into leasehold misselling.
8 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Slough
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to increase the provision of housing in Slough.
8 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Sleeping Rough
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps is he taking to ensure cold-weather emergency accommodation is available for every rough sleeper.
8 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Recreation Spaces: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has he made of trends in the level of funding for (a) parks and (b) green spaces.
8 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has plans to publish more of the analysis that has informed the Fair Funding review proposals.
5 Apr 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Commonwealth: LGBT+ People
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he plans to take to support civil society groups (a) in Brunei and (b) throughout the Commonwealth who are protesting against the new laws on LGBT+ people.
3 Apr 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Nature Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) halt and (b) reverse species decline in the UK.
3 Apr 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Obesity: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle childhood obesity rates.
3 Apr 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Yemen: Ceasefires
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to seek a ceasefire throughout Yemen.
3 Apr 2019 · Department for International Development
Yemen: Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to reports of aid to Yemen being stolen by armed groups in the country, what steps her Department is taking to ensure aid for Yemen reaches the people who most need it.
3 Apr 2019 · Department for International Development
Southern Africa: Storms
To ask the Secretary of State for International Department, what progress is being made in getting aid to people in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi after Cyclone Idai.
2 Apr 2019 · Home Office
Prosecutions
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with the Director of Public Prosecutions on the effect of the UK leaving the EU on the prosecution of criminals.
2 Apr 2019 · Home Office
Fire Regulations
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes in the number of fire safety inspectors on the fire services’ ability to carry out inspection and safety work since 2010.
2 Apr 2019 · Home Office
Fire and Rescue Services: Emergency Calls
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to reduce fire service emergency response times.
2 Apr 2019 · Home Office
Counter-terrorism: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions has he had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on increased funding for the Counter-Terrorism budget.
25 Mar 2019 · Attorney General
Criminal Proceedings: Evidence
To ask the Attorney General, what steps he is taking to address failures relating to disclosure of evidence through the encouragement of early engagement between prosecution and defence in criminal cases.
25 Mar 2019 · Home Office
Criminal Investigation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he holds information on the average time a person released under investigation went without contact from an investigating officer in each of the last three years.
Source: official written-questions record.