Written questions
2,198 written questions tabled, most recent first.
24 Jul 2018 · Department for Education
Free School Meals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Government response to the consultation on Eligibility for free school meals, the early years pupil premium and the free early education entitlement for two-year-olds under Universal Credi
24 Jul 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Small Businesses: Non-domestic Rates
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reducing the Small Business Multiplier to (a) help small traders and (b) support high streets.
24 Jul 2018 · Department for Transport
Driving: Working Hours
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of regulations governing working hours of professional drivers on (a) public safety and (b) the safety and wellbeing of drivers.
23 Jul 2018 · Northern Ireland Office
Political Parties: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2018 to Question 165163 on Political Parties: Northern Ireland, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of (a) controls and (b) transparency regulations on d
23 Jul 2018 · Department for Transport
Railways: Oxford
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has held with Network Rail on (a) planned changes in the volume of rail freight and (b) the (i) length of freight trains (ii) weight of freight trains and (iii) the type of cargo being trans
23 Jul 2018 · Department for Transport
Railways: Oxford
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to deliver the electrification of freight services running through Oxford.
23 Jul 2018 · Department for Transport
Cherwell Valley Line: Electrification
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for a decision to be made on the future electrification of the railway line between Oxford and Didcot Parkway.
23 Jul 2018 · Department for Transport
East West Rail Line: Electrification
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make his policy to electrify the East-West rail line between Oxford and Cambridge.
23 Jul 2018 · Department for Transport
Railways: Freight
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will issue guidance to (a) Network Rail and (b) rail operating companies on speed limits for freight trains during night time hours in residential areas.
23 Jul 2018 · Department for Transport
Railways: Air Pollution
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2017 to Question 115264 on Railways: Freight, whether the air quality impact study undertaken by the Rail Delivery Group’s freight air quality group has been published.
23 Jul 2018 · Department for Transport
Railways: Air Pollution
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Rail Delivery Group on that organisation’s air quality impact study.
23 Jul 2018 · Department for Transport
Railways: Oxford
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has held with HS2 Limited on whether rail lines through Oxford will be used by freight services for the movement of construction materials for HS2.
23 Jul 2018 · Department for Transport
Railways: Freight
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department issues to rail freight operators on idling in residential areas.
23 Jul 2018 · Department for Education
School Teachers' Review Body
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2018 to Question 165696, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding any pay rise recommended by the 2018 report of the School Teachers'
23 Jul 2018 · Department for Education
School Teachers' Review Body
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2018 to Question 165696, when his Department received the 2018 report of the School Teachers' Review Body.
23 Jul 2018 · Department for Education
School Teachers' Review Body
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2018 to Question 165696, for what reasons he did not publish his response to the recommendations in the 2018 report of the School Teachers' Review Body before the summer adjour
23 Jul 2018 · Department for Education
Schools: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the number of schools letting out premises in order to raise money to supplement their budgets; and if he will make a statement.
23 Jul 2018 · Department for Education
Schools: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons the Regional School Commissioner for North West London and the South Central Region has not issued any warning notices to any schools about poor performance since the end of 2016.
23 Jul 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2017 to Question 901471 on Assessment of Housing Need, if the hon. Member for North West Hampshire will meet with the hon. Member for Oxford
23 Jul 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Syria: Chemical Weapons
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weaopns on the interim report of the Fact-Finding Mission on Chemical Weapons U
23 Jul 2018 · Department for Transport
Roads: Oxfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2018 to Question 903381 on Road Links: Kent and the South-east, when the hon. Member for Hereford and South Herefordshire plans to visit Botley.
23 Jul 2018 · Department for Transport
Roads: Oxford-Cambridge Arc
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to announce his decision on the preferred corridor for the Oxford-Cambridge expressway.
23 Jul 2018 · Department for Education
Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 19 July 2018 on on Relationships and Sex Education, HCWS 892 , what additional funding he plans to allocate to schools to support training and investment r
19 Jul 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps are being taken to improve (a) diagnosis, (b) awareness and (c) treatment of Ehlers-Danios Syndrome.
18 Jul 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Planning Permission: Large Goods Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to enable local authorities to enforce routeing conditions and legal agreements for heavy goods vehicles that are part of planning permissions; and if he wi
18 Jul 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Wetlands: Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2018 to Question 163204 on Wetlands: Conservation, whether local authorities are required to consider alternative solutions when determining a plannin
18 Jul 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Wetlands: Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2018 to Question 163204 on Wetlands: Conservation, what duties are placed on local authorities to assess the effect of a proposed development on the l
18 Jul 2018 · Department for Education
School Teachers' Review Body
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish his response to the recommendations in the 2018 report of the School Teachers' Review Body before the summer recess.
17 Jul 2018 · Prime Minister
British Irish Council
To ask the Prime Minister, for what reason she did not represent the Government at the 30th Summit of the British Irish Council in Guernsey in June 2018.
17 Jul 2018 · Northern Ireland Office
Northern Ireland Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of allowing the Northern Ireland Assembly to sit in committee format, in parallel with all-party talks, to scrutinise and advise Northern Ireland Gove
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