Written questions

745 written questions tabled, most recent first.

27 Jun 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her Department's policy to continue to include performance fees within the pensions charge cap.

27 Jun 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is her Department's policy that pension schemes can already invest in funds with performance fees.

10 Jun 2019 · Treasury

Workplace Pensions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential conflict of interests in the business model of vertically integrated companies offering retail investment platforms, asset management and workplace pensions

10 Jun 2019 · Treasury

Workplace Pensions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of scrutiny by Independent Governance Committees of the retail funds offered within workplace pensions products.

10 Jun 2019 · Treasury

Workplace Pensions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy that Independent Governance Committees attached to contract-based workplace pensions have a duty to monitor the suitability of the retail fund choices available to scheme members.

10 Jun 2019 · Treasury

Workplace Pensions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) investment choices available to workplace pension customers are regularly reviewed by Independent Governance Committees and (b) those investment choices are ali

7 Jun 2019 · Department for Education

Emslie Morgan Academy: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with the Regional Schools Commissioner for Yorkshire and Lancashire on the closure of Emslie Morgan Academy.

5 Jun 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions: Consumer Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to make it compulsory for pension providers to give their data to the pensions dashboard.

5 Jun 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions: Consumer Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that consumers' state pension information is available on the pensions dashboard.

5 Jun 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions: Consumer Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that consumer interest is central to the development of the pensions dashboard product.

5 Jun 2019 · Treasury

Pensions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the regulatory and governance standards in the pensions industry in ensuring that drawdown products are appropriate for consumers.

5 Jun 2019 · Treasury

Pensioners: Income

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the ability of consumers to make an informed choice when accessing retirement income products.

4 Jun 2019 · Treasury

Pensions: Fees and Charges

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to introduce a charging cap on the draw down of pension products.

4 Jun 2019 · Treasury

Pensions: Fees and Charges

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy for pension providers to produce standardised communications for charges on pension products for consumers.

4 Jun 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of consumer understanding of pension product charge cap levels.

4 Jun 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions she has had with the pensions sector on increasing transparency in respect of charge cap levels.

4 Jun 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Workplace Pensions: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of auto-enrolment on charging levels in the pensions sector.

3 Jun 2019 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicles: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2019 to Question 253509, for what reason his Department does not hold data on whether cargo was moving within the vehicle during accidents involving lorries.

3 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on the implementation of the Antimicrobial Resistance National Action Plan 2019-2024; and if he will make a statement.

3 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Antibiotics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to fully implement the pilot scheme for de-linking the payments made to companies from the volumes of antibiotics sold.

3 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Parasitic Diseases: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of ensuring that standards of testing for trichinella are maintained after the UK leaves the EU.

3 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Parasitic Diseases: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the amount that is planned to be spent by the Food Standards Agency on trichinella testing in each of the next five years.

3 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gender Dysphoria: Clinics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to change the guidelines that state that trans patients who seek private healthcare as a result of long waiting times in order to receive treatment and medication w

3 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gender Dysphoria: Clinics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to open more NHS gender identity clinics in England.

3 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gender Dysphoria: Clinics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the current maximum waiting time from initial referral for a first appointment at a gender identity clinic to accessing NHS-funded treatment in each region of England.

3 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gender Dysphoria: Clinics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking the reduce the waiting times for patients wishing to access services at a gender identity clinic.

3 Jun 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gender Dysphoria: Clinics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the average length of waiting time for patients wishing to access appointments at gender identity clinics in each region of England; and if he will make a statement.

20 May 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Animals and Food: Packaging

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that businesses are prepared to transition from the EC abbreviation health mark on packaging for animal carcasses and foods of animal origin to the GB

20 May 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much additional funding has been allocated to (a) the Food Standards Agency and (b) Food Standards Scotland for preparations for the UK leaving the EU.

13 May 2019 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicles: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that non-UK based hauliers comply with the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency's health and safety guidance on load securing for HGV lorries when transporting cargo

Source: official written-questions record.