Written questions
1,673 written questions tabled, most recent first.
8 Oct 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Wind Power: Lancashire
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many applications for community and industry-led wind farms in Lancashire have been received in the last three years; what the outcome of those applications was; and what prog
8 Oct 2018 · Treasury
Credit: Interest Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department plans to take steps to prevent rental purchase retailers from charging in excess of twice the value of the goods sold over the contract period; and if he will make a statement.
3 Sep 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Homelessness: Housing Benefit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing reductions in the level of housing benefit to meet the Government's homelessness reduction target by 2027.
3 Sep 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Slavery: Anniversaries
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department plans to commemorate the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition; and if he will make a statement.
3 Sep 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has plans to record the number of universal credit claimants that are referred to food banks by job centres.
10 Aug 2018 · Women and Equalities
International Men's Day
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether her Department has plans to mark International Men's Day 2018; and if he will make a statement.
8 Aug 2018 · Cabinet Office
Civil Servants: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech, Together, let’s make a difference, delivered on 18 October 2018, what progress the Government has made on improving representation of people from BAME backgrounds
20 Jul 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Glitter
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ban glitter.
20 Jul 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Toys and Games: Boron
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that boron is not included in play slime.
20 Jul 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Incontinence: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Department for Health has plans to introduce a National Incontinence Strategy.
20 Jul 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Dogs: Litter
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to prevent the growth of bacteria in water as a result of dog fouling.
20 Jul 2018 · Ministry of Justice
Shoplifting: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions there have been for thefts relating to self-service checkouts in the (a) Lancashire Constabulary, (b) Greater Manchester Police and (c) Merseyside Police areas in the latest period for which
20 Jul 2018 · Home Office
Power Stations and Prisons: Unmanned Air Systems
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to tackle the use of drones over (a) power plants and (b) prisons.
20 Jul 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Malnutrition: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many pensioners were admitted to hospital with malnutrition in (a) Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and (b) East Lancashire NHS Foundation Trust in the last 12 months.
20 Jul 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Retail Trade: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment of the of the effect the implementation of self-service checkouts by retailers on levels of employment.
20 Jul 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Football: Sponsorship
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has had discussions with the Football Association to discourage football clubs from accepting betting companies as their shirt sponsor.
20 Jul 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water: Consumption
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has been taking to reduce water consumption since May 2018.
20 Jul 2018 · Home Office
Anti-slavery Day
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how he plans to commemorate Anti-slavery Day on 18 October 2018.
20 Jul 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fish: Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to help preserve juvenile cod fishing stocks after the UK leaves the EU.
20 Jul 2018 · Home Office
Fire and Rescue Services: Lancashire
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for the Fire and Rescue Services since the Winter Hill moorland fire in Lancashire.
20 Jul 2018 · Department for Transport
Railways: Electrification
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking with rail operators to ensure that the electrification of the Preston to Manchester via Bolton line experiences no delays.
20 Jul 2018 · Ministry of Defence
Duke of Lancaster's Regiment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces veterans who have served in the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's, Lancashire and Border) (LANCS) have received treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder in the last five years.
20 Jul 2018 · Department for International Development
South Sudan: Refugees
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department is planning to send emergency aid to refugees to South Sudan as a result of violence in that region.
20 Jul 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
European Medicines Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the UK retains its medical scientists after the European Medicines Agency moves from London to Amsterdam.
13 Jul 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Weather
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of heat-related illnesses treated in East Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust as a result of recent warm weather.
13 Jul 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Weather
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of heat-related illnesses treated in Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust as a result of recent warm weather.
13 Jul 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Food Banks: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential for an increase in food bank use during the school summer holidays in the North West.
13 Jul 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Weather
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many heat-related illnesses have been treated in Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust due to the recent warm weather.
13 Jul 2018 · Home Office
British Nationality: Windrush Generation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many live applications there are for the Windrush free citizenship scheme.
13 Jul 2018 · Home Office
British Nationality: Windrush Generation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for free citizenship have been made by people of the Windrush generation in Preston.
Source: official written-questions record.