Written questions

1,688 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Dec 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Indonesia: Police

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British trainers have been attached to the Jakarta Centre for Law Enforcement Cooperation in each of the last three years.

13 Dec 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Indonesia: Police

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much funding the Government has provided to the Jakarta Centre for Law Enforcement Cooperation for the training of (a) Detachment 88 and (b) other Indonesian police units and officers

13 Dec 2017 · HM Treasury

Revenue and Customs: ICT

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to increase the number of staff in HMRC with information technology skills as a result of the introduction of the Customs Declaration Service system and the extension of existing Customs Handl

13 Dec 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Nuclear Weapons: Treaties

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs for what reasons the Government decided not to participate in, or send an observer to, talks on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in March 2017.

13 Dec 2017 · HM Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Training

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment he has made of the number of HM Revenue and Customs staff trained in customs regulations and procedures with the number of such staff in other EU countries per capita of relative populat

12 Dec 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the cost of operating a paper-based system for private sector landlords to request direct payment for their tenants' housing elements of universal credit?

12 Dec 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the General Data Protection Regulation, (EU) 2016/679, on the operation of the Universal Credit landlords' portal.

12 Dec 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Money Laundering

To ask The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many reports of concern about money laundering have been made through the Companies House report it facility; and if he will make a statement.

12 Dec 2017 · HM Treasury

Money Laundering

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the decision was taken to exempt Companies House from the requirements of anti-money laundering due diligence during company registration; and whether that decision was as a result of the statutory s

12 Dec 2017 · Home Office

Money Laundering

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action she is taking to increase the number of suspicious activity reports filed from Trust and Companies Service Providers?

12 Dec 2017 · HM Treasury

Channel Crossing: Customs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions (a) his Department and (b) HM Revenue and Customs have had bilaterally with customs officers and management at the port of Calais on potential capacity issues at the French end of the Eurotunnel and

12 Dec 2017 · HM Treasury

Revenue and Customs: ICT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to increase information technology skills in the HM Revenue and Customs needed for the planned introduction of the CHIEF system and the extension of existing customs processing systems?

12 Dec 2017 · HM Treasury

Revenue and Customs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to increase the capacity of the HM Revenue Customs (HMRC) in customs regulations and procedures in the next twelve months; and where HMRC has advertised additional posts?

12 Dec 2017 · HM Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Training

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what level of expertise HM Revenue and Customs staff have on customs procedures; whether such expertise is accredited through (a) formal qualifications and (b) membership of professional bodies; and how many such st

12 Dec 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of assurance mechanisms operated by local authorities on the employment practices of contracted-out staff.

12 Dec 2017 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of assurance mechanisms operated by government bodies on the employment practices of contracted-out staff.

30 Nov 2017 · Department of Health

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the Emergency Care Improvement Programme team is taking to improve patient flow and urgent care services at Oxford University Hospital's NHS Foundation in winter 2017.

16 Nov 2017 · Department of Health

General Practitioners: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment has been made of the potential effect of the differential pay for GPs working in standard general practices, out-of-hours services, or seven-day-access services on recruitment and staffing levels;

15 Nov 2017 · HM Treasury

Save As You Earn

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the Save As You Earn contribution holiday period from six to 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

14 Nov 2017 · Home Office

Bail: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many bail applications were made by EU nationals held in immigration detention in the last 12 months; and how many of those applications were successful.

14 Nov 2017 · Department of Health

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what additional support his Department plans to provide to Oxford University Hospital's NHS Foundation Trust during winter 2017.

14 Nov 2017 · Department of Health

General Practitioners: Voluntary Work

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance has been given to NHS general practices on the circumstances under which volunteers are permitted to carry out non-confidential medical work; and whether this guidance is the same as that for permitt

14 Nov 2017 · Department of Health

General Practitioners: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the fee chargeable by NHS general practices for providing medical information to patients for the purposes of other public authorities was last reviewed by his Department; and if he will make a statement.

14 Nov 2017 · HM Treasury

Save As You Earn

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has any plans to review the six-month contribution holiday for Save As You Earn schemes; and if he will make a statement.

13 Nov 2017 · Department for Transport

Railways: Penalty Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to implement his Department's policy that penalty fares appeals bodies should be independent of train operators and owning companies; and whether the ownership of the Independent Penalty

13 Nov 2017 · Department for Transport

Railways: Penalty Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the management of rail penalty fares and the penalty fare appeals system.

13 Nov 2017 · Department for Transport

Railways: Penalty Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to assess the independence of the rail penalty fares appeals service.

13 Nov 2017 · Home Office

Home Office: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to answer Question 9486, tabled on 7 September 2017.

13 Nov 2017 · Home Office

Home Office: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to answer Question 6216, tabled on 19 July 2017.

13 Nov 2017 · Department of Health

Neurological Diseases: Physiotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to increase the provision of specialist physiotherapy for children and adults with muscle-wasting conditions.

Source: official written-questions record.