Written questions

2,198 written questions tabled, most recent first.

1 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will reintroduce legal aid for refugee family reunion cases; and if he will make a statement.

31 Jan 2018 · Department for Education

School Day

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the number of schools reducing their school week to fewer than five full days; and if he will make a statement.

30 Jan 2018 · Women and Equalities

Harassment

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of re-enacting s40 of the Equality Act 2010.

30 Jan 2018 · Home Office

Marriage Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2018 to Question 124619, whether the Government plans to support the (a) Registration of Marriage Bill [Lords] and (b) Registration of Marriage (No 2) Bill; and if

30 Jan 2018 · Home Office

Marriage Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2018 to Question 124619 what discussions her Department has held with the sponsors of the (i) Registration of Marriage Bill [Lords] and (ii) Registration of Marria

25 Jan 2018 · Department for Education

Further Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2018 to Question 123890, for what reasons that answer stated that the Government classes tertiary education as being post-18 education when the Answer of 19 October 2017 to

25 Jan 2018 · Department for Education

Further Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the reasons are for a review of funding across tertiary education that focuses on post-18 education rather than post-16 education.

25 Jan 2018 · Department for Education

Further Education: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many young people aged (a) 16, (b) 17 and (c) 18 currently participate in tertiary education.

24 Jan 2018 · Home Office

Airguns

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of incidents of shooting of (a) cats and (b) other animals with air weapons reported to the police in England in each of the last three years for wh

24 Jan 2018 · Cabinet Office

National Security

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse will be of the new national security communications unit.

24 Jan 2018 · Cabinet Office

National Security

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which (a) Government department and (b) Minister will have responsibility for the new national security communications unit.

24 Jan 2018 · Cabinet Office

National Security

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reasons he has established a dedicated national security communications unit; and if he will make a statement.

24 Jan 2018 · Home Office

Marriage Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the suitability of (a) the Registration of Marriage Bill [Lords], (b) the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) Bill and (c) the

24 Jan 2018 · Department for Education

Children's Centres: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children's centres have not received an Ofsted inspection in the last five years.

24 Jan 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Oxfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress is being made on implementing the NHS England Cancer Strategy in Oxfordshire.

24 Jan 2018 · Department for Transport

Railways: South East

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average journey time between Oxford and London Paddington station is (a) at present and (b) planned to be after the electrification of that route.

24 Jan 2018 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Written Questions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to Answer Questions 121053 and 121054 tabled on 21 December 2017 by the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon.

23 Jan 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Mental Health Services

What steps his Department is taking to improve support for prisoners with mental health conditions.

22 Jan 2018 · Department for Transport

Railways: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to include a requirement to operate an automatic Delay Repay scheme in future rail franchise agreements.

22 Jan 2018 · Department for Transport

Railways: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to make it easier for passengers to receive compensation for delayed journeys.

22 Jan 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

GP Surgeries and Pharmacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the availability of small (a) pharmacies and (b) GP surgeries in (i) Oxford, (ii) Oxfordshire and (iii) England; and if he will make a statement.

22 Jan 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Fuel Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the report Cutting the cost of keeping warm: a fuel poverty strategy for England, published in March 2015, cm 9019, what progress the Government has made on redu

19 Jan 2018 · Department for Education

Further Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Industrial Strategy: building a Britain fit for the future, published on 27 November 2017, if he will make it his policy to extend the Government's major review of funding across tertiary educ

19 Jan 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of using meaningful activity instead of work as an outcome measure for people receiving welfare payments.

19 Jan 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to mitigate any potential effects of welfare sanctions on claimants' mental health and wellbeing.

19 Jan 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work Capability Assessment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will undertake an end-to-end review of her Department's approach to the work capability assessment process.

17 Jan 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

First Time Buyers: Oxfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the average cost of a home purchased by first time buyers in (a) Oxford city, (b) Oxford West and Abingdon constituency and (c) Oxfordshi

17 Jan 2018 · HM Treasury

Help to Buy Scheme: Oxfordshire

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on the average cost of a home purchased using a Help to Buy ISA in (a) Oxford city, (b) Oxford West and Abingdon constituency and (c) Oxfordshire in the last 12 months.

17 Jan 2018 · Department for International Development

USA: UNRWA

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has held with her counterpart in the US administration on funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees.

17 Jan 2018 · Prime Minister

Department for Exiting the European Union: Junior Ministers

To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January to Question 121819, for what reasons she did not provide an explanation of why she appointed an additional Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Exiting the European Uni

Source: official written-questions record.