Written questions
1,673 written questions tabled, most recent first.
16 Jul 2015 · HM Treasury
Individual Savings Accounts
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will establish a tax-free savings vehicle specifically designed to save for funerals.
16 Jul 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what advice he has received from Islamic scholars on the writing off of sharia compliant student loans.
9 Jul 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions
Income Support: Preston
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many income support claimants in Preston constituency died in 2014; and how many such people were subject to sanctions at the time of death.
9 Jul 2015 · HM Treasury
Welfare Tax Credits: Preston
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in Preston constituency he forecasts will be subject to a reduction in tax credits as a result of changes announced in the Summer Budget 2015; and what estimate he has made of the average such red
9 Jul 2015 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Land
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if her Department plans to support the development of land registries in developing countries.
9 Jul 2015 · Home Office
Radicalism
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which faith organisations have made representations to the Home Office on Extremist Disruption Orders; and which organisations (a) supported and (b) opposed the proposed Extremist Disruption Orders.
9 Jul 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Department for Communities and Local Government: Press
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which newspapers, journals and periodicals his Department subscribes to; and how much his Department spent on newspapers, journals and periodicals in 2014.
8 Jul 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Preston
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of (a) employment and support allowance and (b) jobseeker's allowance in Preston constituency died in 2014; and how many such claimants were on sanctions at the time of their death.
8 Jul 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions: Press
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which journals, periodicals and newspapers his Department subscribes to; how many copies of each such periodical and newspaper his Department receives each day; and what the cost of subscribing to such
8 Jul 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Justice: Press
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2015 t Question 5246, to which periodicals and newspapers his Department's office at 102 Petty France, Westminster subscribes; how many copies of each such periodical and newspape
8 Jul 2015 · Home Office
Home Office: Press
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which journals, periodicals and newspapers her Department subscribes to; how many copies of each such periodical and newspaper her Department receives each day; and what the cost of subscribing to suc
8 Jul 2015 · Department of Health
Hospitals: Parking
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much each NHS Trust in the North West charges staff to park (a) daily, (b) weekly, (c) monthly, (d) quarterly and (e) yearly; and how much was obtained from staff from such charges in each NHS Trust in 2014.
8 Jul 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Ramadan
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what iftar events Ministers in his Department attended in an official capacity during Ramadan in 2015.
8 Jul 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Food Banks: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2015 to Question 3994, if he will take steps to record the provision of food bank collection points provided by each local authority in the North West.
7 Jul 2015 · Women and Equalities
Government Equalities Office: Press
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, which periodicals and newspapers the Government Equalities Office subscribes to; what quantity of each such periodical is so obtained; and what the cost of such subscriptions was in 2014.
7 Jul 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Tooth Whitening: Convictions
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2015 to Question 3944, how many people were convicted in each magistrates' court in (a) Lancashire, (b) Greater Manchester, (c) Merseyside, (d) Cheshire and (e) Cumbria for carry
7 Jul 2015 · HM Treasury
Treasury: Press
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which periodicals and newspapers his Department subscribes to; what quantity of each such periodical is so obtained; and what the cost of such subscriptions was in 2014.
7 Jul 2015 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Press
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which periodicals and newspapers his Department subscribes to; what quantity of each such periodical is so obtained; and what the cost of such subscriptions was in 2014.
6 Jul 2015 · Home Office
Radicalism
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2015 to Question 4287, which international partners, organisations and individuals in the public and private sectors she met as part of the process of policy developme
6 Jul 2015 · Department of Health
Department of Health: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many members of his Department's (a) ministerial team and (b) employees based at Richmond House have received dementia friends training from the Alzheimer's Society as of 3 July 2015; and what plans he has to
2 Jul 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Preston
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence payments applicants in Preston had to travel to medical assessments in (a) Preston, (b) South Ribble, (c) Chorley, (d) other local authorities in Lancashire, (e) Merseysid
2 Jul 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment and Support Allowance: Preston
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance applicants in Preston had to travel to medical assessments in (a) Preston, (b) South Ribble, (c) Chorley, (d) other local authorities in Lancashire, (e) Merseys
2 Jul 2015 · Department for Energy and Climate Change
Fracking: Nuclear Power Stations
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what (a) seismological, (b) geological and (c) other assessments have been made of the effect of fracking on the safety of nuclear facilities at Salwick and Heysham.
2 Jul 2015 · Department for International Development
Department for International Development: Consultants and Legal Opinion
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department spent on (a) legal advice and (b) consultants in 2014; which organisations were paid from that expenditure for those services; and how much each such organisation receiv
2 Jul 2015 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Hygiene and Sanitation
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department spent on projects relating to (a) the provision of clean water, (b) sewage, (c) women's sanitary projects and (d) other essential hygiene projects in 2014.
2 Jul 2015 · Home Office
Crimes against Property: Religious Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many instances of (a) theft, (b) theft of lead roofing and (c) criminal damage from (i) churches, (ii) mosques, (iii) synagogues, (iv) Hindu temples, (v) Sikh temples and (vi) other places of wors
1 Jul 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Justice: Press
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to which periodicals and newspapers his Department subscribes; how many copies of each such periodical his Department acquires; and what the cost of subscribing to such periodicals was in 2014.
1 Jul 2015 · Ministry of Justice
Sentencing: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were remitted by each High Court in North West England to each magistrates court in the North West for sentencing in 2014.
1 Jul 2015 · Department for Energy and Climate Change
Department of Energy and Climate Change: Press
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, to which periodicals and newspapers her Department subscribes; how many copies of each such periodical her Department acquires; and what the cost of subscribing to such periodicals was in 2014.
1 Jul 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Department for Communities and Local Government: Press
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, to which periodicals and newspapers his Department subscribes; how many copies of each such periodical his Department acquires; and what the cost of subscribing to such periodicals was in
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