Alex Sobel

11 Jan 2018 · Department for Education

Arts: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to assist people from BAME backgrounds to be better represented in university arts courses and stage schools.

11 Jan 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Support for Mortgage Interest

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what other companies were considered along with SERCO for the contract on distributing the new support for mortgage payment loans.

10 Jan 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Recycling: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing fines for people who fail to recycle household waste in order to increase recycling rates.

10 Jan 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Recycling: EU Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to increase the rate of household waste recycling rate to meet the EU Waste Framework Directive target of 50 per cent by 2020.

8 Jan 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Forests: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much of the New Northern Forest will be deciduous woodland.

8 Jan 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Forests: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the new Northern Forest will be managed woodland for private profit.

8 Jan 2018 · Department of Health

Department of Health: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many contractors are employed by his Department.

8 Jan 2018 · Department of Health

Department of Health: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff are employed in his Department; and how many vacancies there are.

8 Jan 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Forests: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much Government funding will be provided for tree planting to expand the White Rose Forest as part of the new Northern Forest.

5 Jan 2018 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applicants granted permission to work were employed in Government Departments in 2017.

5 Jan 2018 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applicants were granted permission to work in the UK in 2017.

5 Jan 2018 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many residents were accommodated in each asylum reception centre in the UK at the end of 2017.

5 Jan 2018 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many decisions to cease asylum support were made in 2017.

5 Jan 2018 · Department of Health

NHS: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to protect (a) confidential patient records and (b) NHS services from (i) meltdown and (ii) spectre vulnerabilities in NHS computer processors.

5 Jan 2018 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the contribution to the public purse of applications for immigration after all costs to the Department are covered in the last 12 months.

5 Jan 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Support for Mortgage Interest

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons his Department decided against the introduction of a transitional protection period for people claiming support for mortgage interest after April 2018.

5 Jan 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to increase public investment in reprocessing facilities for plastics as a result of the imposition of the ban on imported plastics by China.

5 Jan 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

José Napoleón Tarrillo Astonitas

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Foreign Office has made to the Peruvian Government on environmental protection in that country as a result of the death of the deforestation campaigner José Napol

5 Jan 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the cap on Access to Work funding does not affect deaf employees (a) applying for a promotion or (b) developing a career.

5 Jan 2018 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons the Student Loan repayment rate is calculated using gross salary levels.

5 Jan 2018 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason students with a Student Loan living in countries with higher tax rates are subject to a lower repayment threshold than students living in the UK.

5 Jan 2018 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the reason is for the difference in the repayment thresholds for Plan 1 and Plan 2 loan schemes.

5 Jan 2018 · Department of Health

Gluten-free Foods: Prescriptions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether staple gluten-free foods will continue to be available on prescription for people with coeliac disease.

5 Jan 2018 · Home Office

Road Traffic Offences: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will introduce a website similar to Operation Snap introduced in Scotland to help the public report road traffic offences in England.

5 Jan 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bees: Fungicides

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to regulate Chlorothalonil and other fungicides after research from Cornell University showed the link between Chlorothalonil and other fungicides to the decline in b

20 Dec 2017 · Department for Education

Mature Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's report, Unlocking Talent, Fulfilling Potential: a plan for improving social mobility through education, published in December 2017, Cm 9541, what funding will be allocated to

20 Dec 2017 · Department for Education

Mature Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's report, Unlocking Talent, Fulfilling Potential: a plan for improving social mobility through education, published in December 2017, Cm 9541, what plans she has to extend the N

20 Dec 2017 · Ministry of Defence

Syria: Military Intervention

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what communication his Department had the United States Visiting Forces before F-22 Stealth bombers from RAF Lakenheath were used to intercept Russian flights over Syria on 19 October 2017.

20 Dec 2017 · Ministry of Defence

USA: Military Bases

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information he holds on whether cluster bombs are held on US bases in the UK.

20 Dec 2017 · HM Treasury

Financial Services

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing regulations on the extent to which financial institutions can offer retail customers products that include (a) contracts for difference and (b) other