Written questions

2,198 written questions tabled, most recent first.

25 Apr 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether rights under the UN Convention on Rights of Disabled People will continue to have primacy in UK law after the UK leaves the EU.

25 Apr 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Oxfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had discussions with Cherwell District Council and the Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group on providing additional GP services for new housing proposed in the Cherwe

25 Apr 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Planning

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on the provision of local health services, such as GP practices, in planning guidelines for ne

24 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Oxfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 April 2019 to Question 242953 on Housing: Oxfordshire, what steps his Department has taken with the Department for Transport in (a) stage one and (b)

18 Apr 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Recycling: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural affairs, what assessment he has made of the environmental effect of charging schools for their recycling collections.

18 Apr 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Recycling: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of schools in (a) England, (b) Oxfordshire and (c) Oxford West and Abingdon constituency that have to pay for their own recycling collections.

18 Apr 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Recycling: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure the provision of free recycling for schools in England.

18 Apr 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of staff hours that were used by her Department to issue ESA65B letters to GPs in 2018.

18 Apr 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of her Department posting ESA65B letters to GPs in 2018.

18 Apr 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many ESA65B letters her Department has sent to GPs in 2018.

10 Apr 2019 · Treasury

Cash Dispensing: Fees and Charges

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of cash withdrawal fees on small businesses that host ATM machines.

9 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Oxfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March to Question 234843 on Housing: Oxfordshire, what steps his Department has taken with the Department for Transport, to ensure that sustainable t

8 Apr 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Arms Length Bodies

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2019 to Question 240639 on Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Arm's Length Bodies, what estimate he has made of the cost to the publi

8 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Travellers: Oxfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing legal encampments for members of the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities in Oxfordshire.

8 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission: Biodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether decisions to grant planning consent are expected to adhere to the mitigation hierarchy when considering significant harm to biodiversity.

8 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission: Biodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of what action his Department has taken to ensure that nationally significant infrastructure projects meet the same expectations made of local devel

8 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport

Roads: Oxford-Cambridge Arc

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of what account Highways England have taken of the requirement in the National Planning Policy Framework to consider compensation for significant harm to biodiversity as a last res

8 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Teachers: Sick Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of days of sickness absence taken by teachers in state-funded schools as a result of mental ill health in each year since 2014 for which data is available.

8 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Schools: Cost-effectiveness

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to consult (a) teachers, (b) head teachers and (c) other school leaders on the school resource management advisers trial.

8 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Schools: Cost-effectiveness

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the savings achieved by schools as a result of the school resource management advisers trial (a) since its inception, (b) in the last six months and (c) since 1 January 2019.

8 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Schools: Cost-effectiveness

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the school resource management advisers trial (a) since its inception, (b) in the last six months and (c) since 1 January 2019.

5 Apr 2019 · Women and Equalities

Guide Dogs

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to improve the enforcement of the Equality Act 2010 in relation to access to businesses and services for people with guide dogs.

5 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Schools: Opening Hours

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of state schools in England that regularly end the school day early on a Friday (a) since June 2017, (b) in the last 12 months and (c) since 1 January 2019.

5 Apr 2019 · Prime Minister

Food Supply

To ask the Prime Minister, what steps she is taking as Chair of the EU Exit and Trade (Preparedness) Sub-Committee to protect vulnerable people from a potential food crisis in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.

4 Apr 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tomography: Oxfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with NHS England on the procurement of PET-CT scanning services in Oxfordshire.

3 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport

A34: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) deaths and (b) injuries on the A34 in the last (i) 12 months, (ii) five years and (iii) six months.

3 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport

A34: Oxfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2019 to Question 206852 on A34: Oxfordshire, whether work has started on safety improvements for the A34.

3 Apr 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Arms Length Bodies

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2019 to Question 237159 on Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Secondment, what estimate he has made of the number of staff on secondme

3 Apr 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Arms Length Bodies

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2019 to Question 237160 on Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Secondment, how many staff have been employed at each of his Department'

3 Apr 2019 · Northern Ireland Office

Licensing Laws: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2019 to Question 237725 on Alcoholic Drinks: Northern Ireland, whether, in the event of the Department for Communities proposing a change to liquor licensing legislation

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