Written questions

2,217 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Defence

RAF Fairford

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the development and upgrading of USAF Fairford; and who will bear the costs of that development and upgrading.

10 Nov 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support people into work who are (a) not on Jobseekers allowance and (b) do not have access to a work coach.

10 Nov 2017 · Home Office

Refugees: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has received any representations from Leeds City Council on the provision of more places for unaccompanied child refugees under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016.

10 Nov 2017 · Home Office

Animal Experiments: Cosmetics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to table a resolution at the United Nations to establish an ad hoc committee on the testing of cosmetics on animals.

10 Nov 2017 · Department of Health

Functional Neurological Disorder: Counselling and Physiotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that people with functional neurological disorder have adequate access to physiotherapy and counselling in the NHS.

7 Nov 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Job Creation: Leeds

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to facilitate the creation of more jobs in Leeds for young people.

7 Nov 2017 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: West Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress he has made on the Quality Bus Contract Scheme in West Yorkshire.

7 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Defence

RAF Fairford

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost of development and upgrading of USAF Fairford will be; and who will bear that cost.

7 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Defence

RAF Menwith Hill

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people work at NSA/NRO Menwith Hill; and how many of those people are (a) US Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines, (b) US contractors, (c) US civilians, (d) NSA, (e) NRO, personnel, (f) US CIA, (g) British

31 Oct 2017 · Department of Health

Medicine: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress the Government has made on improving the transparency and affordability of publicly funded medical research.

31 Oct 2017 · Home Office

Refugees: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will ensure that all 280 remaining places allocated for unaccompanied child refugees under section 67 of the 2016 Immigration Act will be filled.

30 Oct 2017 · Department of Health

NHS: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the effect that private sector usage of NHS premises and facilities has had on NHS waiting times in the last three years.

30 Oct 2017 · Department of Health

Mental Health Services: Hospital Beds

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) there are sufficient psychiatric beds to meet demand and (b) out-of-area placements are avoided.

30 Oct 2017 · Department of Health

Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to improve the sharing of medical records between medical institutions and trusts for mental health service users.

30 Oct 2017 · Department of Health

Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to recognised local authority mental health services as a key service alongside the NHS and to ensure that the statutory functions of local authority mental health services are

30 Oct 2017 · HM Treasury

Mortgages: Equity Release

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to allow equity release for terminally ill people with mortgages whatever the age of that person.

30 Oct 2017 · HM Treasury

Stamp Duty Land Tax

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has considered the use of stamp duty relief to encourage homeowners to downsize.

24 Oct 2017 · Home Office

Refugees: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure the safe passage to the UK of child refugees sleeping rough in Calais who (a) meet the Dublin III Regulation family reunification criteria and (b) could be offered a

23 Oct 2017 · Department of Health

Patients: Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to provide adequate transport services for the elderly.

18 Oct 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rivers: Sewage

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that water companies set long-term wastewater plans to prevent sewage polluting rivers.

18 Oct 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nature Conservation: EU Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to safeguard nature by ensuring EU environmental directives, including directives that protect the water environment are transposed into UK law after the UK lea

4 Sep 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the Through the Gate programme on reducing prisoner reoffending rates.

4 Sep 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Offenders: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress his Department has made on ensuring that all prisoners have a place to live on release from prison.

4 Sep 2017 · Ministry of Justice

G4S: Electronic Tagging

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to improve the effectiveness of G4S in delivering electronic tagging services.

4 Sep 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Community Rehabilitation Companies: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of payment-by-results contracts on the delivery of services by community rehabilitation companies.

4 Sep 2017 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Supreme Court judgment of 22 February 2017 and her Department's subsequent pause on decision-making on certain settlement applications, (a) how many of those applications are wai

4 Sep 2017 · Department for Transport

Northern: Rolling Stock

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Northern Rail trains on the Harrogate line in the last 12 months had two carriages.

Source: official written-questions record.