Written questions

2,217 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Mar 2018 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Leeds North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the number of people undertaking paid apprenticeships in Leeds North West constituency.

19 Mar 2018 · Home Office

Fascism

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the findings of the recent report by Hope Not Hate, The state of hate 2018, what steps her Department plans to take to tackle neo-Nazism in the UK.

13 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many houses rented by his Department are currently unoccupied.

13 Mar 2018 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons Northern Ireland is not included in the Government's plans to increase the threshold for free school meals for universal credit claimants.

13 Mar 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children are included on universal credit claims in Yorkshire and the Humber.

13 Mar 2018 · Home Office

Police Pursuits: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to work with police forces to reduce the risk to pedestrians and motorists during high-speed police persuits.

13 Mar 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

National Lottery: West Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much National Lottery funding as been allocated to projects in (a) Leeds North West constituency and (b) West Yorkshire in each year since 2010.

13 Mar 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

National Insurance: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how his Department determines which refugees automatically get a National Insurance number as soon as they receive their refugee status; and if he will make a statement.

13 Mar 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will take steps to prohibit the scorching of moorland in areas surrounding rivers and lakes with a high flood risk.

13 Mar 2018 · Home Office

Refugees: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to increase the number of eligible child refugees who are able to enter the UK.

13 Mar 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Renewable Energy: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing in England a Transition Training Fund for employees in the fossil fuel industry to move to the rene

13 Mar 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Andargachew Tsege

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his counterpart in the Government of Ethiopia on the imprisonment of British citizen Andy Tsege in that country.

13 Mar 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Saudi Arabia: Capital Punishment

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he held discussions with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia on the number of executions in that country.

13 Mar 2018 · Home Office

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the loss of specialist teams for unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors on their (a) physical health, (b) mental health and (c) learning and devel

13 Mar 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Music

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department is taking steps to encourage collaboration between artists in the UK and the US within the music industry.

13 Mar 2018 · Home Office

Asylum: Human Trafficking

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for asylum submitted by victims of trafficking are awaiting a decision to date.

13 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will take steps to ensure the accessibility of early legal advice; and what steps are being taken to include proposals to increase the provision of such early legal advice in the Government's re

13 Mar 2018 · Department for International Development

Gaza: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department plans to provide support for health services in Gaza as a result of the recent findings of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

13 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reasons his Department returned £817m of housing funding to HM Treasury; and if he will make a statement.

13 Mar 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Coal Fired Power Stations: Timber

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the compatibility of burning wood in coal power stations with the Clean Growth Strategy and the UK's obligations under the Paris Agreeme

13 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Wind Power: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 18 June 2015, HCWS42, on local planning, whether the Government plans to remove those additional planning conditions which apply on ons

9 Mar 2018 · Treasury

Financial Services: Standards

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will bring forward legislative proposals on the duty of care within the Financial Guidance and Claims Bill.

9 Mar 2018 · Department for Education

Physical Education: GCSE

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to review the AQA GCSE Physical Education framework to offer a wider variety of options in the marking criteria.

9 Mar 2018 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: Leeds North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of pupils entitled to free school meals in the Leeds North West constituency after recent changes to the threshold for free school meals eligibility under universal cred

9 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel in specialist positions have been informed they are no longer eligible for specialist pay and are required to repay it.

9 Mar 2018 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: Leeds North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an estimate of the number pupils that will be entitled to free school meals in Leeds North West constituency as a result of his Department's proposals to change the threshold for eligibility for

9 Mar 2018 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils were entitled to free school meals in (a) Leeds North West Constituency and (b) England in each of the last ten years for which information is available.

9 Mar 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Postnatal Depression

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report of the NCT on The Hidden Half, Bringing postnatal mental illness out of hiding, published in June 2017, what steps his Department is taking to identify post-natal menta

7 Mar 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Saudi Arabia: Overseas Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what place the rate of state executions in Saudi Arabia will have in determining the UK's future trading relationship with that country.

7 Mar 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Bermuda: LGBT+ People

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to promote education on LGBT+ rights in Bermuda.

Source: official written-questions record.