Written questions
2,018 written questions tabled, most recent first.
20 Nov 2014 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Sports: Floods
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much of the Flood Relief for Sport has been (a) allocated to local authorities and (b) received by sports facilities.
20 Nov 2014 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tourism: Floods
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much of the Tourism Industry Fund for Businesses in flood affected parts of England has been (a) allocated to local authorities and (b) received by businesses.
20 Nov 2014 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Floods
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much of the Council Tax Relief Fund for people whose homes have been flooded has been (a) allocated to local authorities and (b) received by residents.
20 Nov 2014 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Floods
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households have received a repair and renew grant intended for homeowners and businesses which were flooded in winter 2013-14.
20 Nov 2014 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Floods
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much of the £10 million support for small and medium-sized enterprises for clean-up in flooded areas has been (a) allocated and (b) received by small and medium-sized enterprises.
20 Nov 2014 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Floods
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much of the Business Rates Relief Fund for flooded businesses has been (a) allocated to local authorities and (b) received by businesses.
20 Nov 2014 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Floods
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much of the Severe Weather Recovery Scheme awarded to local authorities for costs incurred during the winter floods has been (a) allocated to and (b) received by local authorities.
20 Nov 2014 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Floods
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken to assist communities affected by the winter floods as a result of the decisions of the Ministerial Recovery Working Group.
24 Oct 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Bovine Tuberculosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's publication Setting the minimum and maximum numbers for year 2 of the badger culls, published in August 2014, for what reason the methodology used to
24 Oct 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Bovine Tuberculosis: South West
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's publication Setting the minimum and maximum numbers for year 2 of the badger culls, published in August 2014, for what reason different methods of es
24 Oct 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Badgers
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what account her Department's calculations of badgers per sett as a means of estimating badger populations took of (a) the movement by badgers between setts and (b) the effect of petur
24 Oct 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Bovine Tuberculosis: South West
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the comparability of the data used to assess the effectiveness from year 1 and year 2 of the badger culls in Gloucestershire and Somerset.
20 Oct 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Bovine Tuberculosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to extend badger culling beyond the pilots in Gloucestershire and Somerset.
20 Oct 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Bovine Tuberculosis: South West
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she expects an extension to the period within which year two of the pilot badger culls in (a) Gloucestershire and (b) Somerset are to take place to be (i) applied for and (ii)
20 Oct 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Bovine Tuberculosis: South West
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of the badgers shot during year two of the pilot badger culls in (a) Gloucestershire and (b) Somerset were (i) cage trapped and (ii) shot without being caged trapped.
20 Oct 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Bovine Tuberculosis: South West
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many badgers had been shot in the (a) Gloucestershire pilot area and (b) Somerset pilot area by the end of the licensed culling period.
20 Oct 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Bovine Tuberculosis: South West
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how long after the start of the badger culls in (a) Gloucestershire and (b) Somerset cage trapping was adopted as a method of culling.
20 Oct 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Poultry: Eggs
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on Crown Chicken Ltd's application to extend an existing hatchery at Green Farm in Kenn
20 Oct 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Bovine Tuberculosis: South West
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the pilot badger culls in (a) Gloucestershire and (b) Somerset have been evaluated as being safe, humane and effective.
16 Oct 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Natural Resources
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department will respond to the State of Nature Capital report published by the Natural Capital Committee in March 2014.
16 Oct 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Natural Capital Committee
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to extend the life of the Natural Capital Committee beyond March 2015.
16 Oct 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Environment Agency and Natural England
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects to receive the progress report from the Environment Agency and Natural England on the action plan in response to the Triennial Review of those agencies.
10 Sep 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Bovine Tuberculosis: South West
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the second year of the pilot badger culls in Gloucestershire and Somerset is intended to test the safety, humaneness and effectiveness of freeshooting as a culling method.
9 Sep 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Bovine Tuberculosis: South West
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether case trapping is being used in the (a) Gloucestershire and (b) Somerset badger cull.
4 Sep 2014 · Department of Health
Food: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the written statement of 4 September 2014, on the Elliott Review, how many staff at each grade will be (a) recruited and (b) seconded to the Food Crime Unit.
4 Sep 2014 · Department of Health
Food: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the written statement of 4 September 2014, on the Elliott Review, when the Food Crime Unit will be operational.
4 Sep 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her written statement of 4 September 2014, on the Elliott Review, what extra resources (a) her Department and (b) the Government will provide to the Food Standards Agency f
4 Sep 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on enabling the recording of food crime as an identifiable category of crime in police databases.
4 Sep 2014 · Department of Health
Food: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the written statement of 4 September 2014, on Elliott Review, how many police officers will work in the Food Crime Unit.
4 Sep 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food Integrity and Food Crime Group
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the written statement of 4 September 2014, on Elliott Review, which departments will be represented on that group and at what level of seniority; what the membership
Source: official written-questions record.