Written questions

745 written questions tabled, most recent first.

1 Nov 2018 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: North West and Surrey

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department allocated to bus services serving (a) the North West, (b) Merseyside, (c) Wallasey constituency and (d) Surrey in each of the last eight years.

1 Nov 2018 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2018 to Question 183872 on Bus Services: North West, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for the decline in bus journeys in (a) the North West and (b) Mer

29 Oct 2018 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of trends in the (a) number and (b) frequency of bus services serving (i) the North West, (ii) Merseyside and (iii) Wallasey constituency in each of the last eight years.

29 Oct 2018 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Wallasey

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many supported bus services have been provided in Wallasey constituency in each year since 2010.

29 Oct 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of new universal credit claimants have waited longer than five weeks for initial payment in (a) the North West, (b) Merseyside and (c) Wallasey constituency in each month si

25 Oct 2018 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of bus journeys made in (a) the North West, (b) Mesrseyside, (c) Wirral and (d) Wallasey constituency in each year since 2010.

24 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Social Security Benefits: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the waiting times for (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payment tribunals in (i) the North West, (ii) London and (iii) England, in each of the last three months

24 Oct 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2018 to Question 177186 on Social Security Benefits: Appeals, what evidence-based protocol on autism healthcare professionals employed by his Department are required

24 Oct 2018 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Brexit: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the North West of (a) the UK leaving the EU without a deal and (b) the EU accepting the Chequers proposals.

22 Oct 2018 · Department for Education

Pupil Premium

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to extend the pupil premium to cover post-16 students.

22 Oct 2018 · Department for Education

Further Education: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of 16-19 funding in the North West.

22 Oct 2018 · Department for Education

Further Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he will make it his policy to increase the 16-19 funding by five per cent a year for the next five years.

22 Oct 2018 · Department for Education

Further Education: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the level of funding was for 16 to 19 education in (a) the North West b) Merseyside and c) Wirral in each of the last eight years.

15 Oct 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2018 to Question 76002 on Palliative Care: Children, what the value of funding was that was allocated to the eight centres for the delivery of specialised paedi

15 Oct 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2018 to Question 176002 on Palliative Care: Children, what the locations are of the eight centres commissioned nationally by NHS England as part of its remit to

11 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Basic Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Departments plans to take to improve (a) literacy and (b) numeracy skills for prisoners throughout the adult female estate.

11 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Basic Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department plans to take improve (a) literacy and (b) numeracy skills for prisoners throughout the adult male estate.

11 Oct 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Food Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the press release entitled Foodbank demand soars across the UK, published by the Trussell Trust, published on 8 November 2017, if she will make an assessment of the implications for he

11 Oct 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Public Libraries: Merseyside

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 October 2018 to Question 173522 on Libraries: Merseyside, for what reason this information is not centrally held.

10 Oct 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Clinical Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of on-site clinical waste facilities at hospitals.

10 Oct 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: Healthcare Environmental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the value was of contracts held by Wirral University Trust with Healthcare Environmental Services Ltd.

10 Oct 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Clinical Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support hospital trusts which had contracts with Healthcare Environmental Services Ltd to find alternative clinical waste disposal options.

9 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Social Security Benefits: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the support in place for people on the autistism spectrum at employment support allowance and personal independence payment tribunals; and if he will make a statemen

9 Oct 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Social Security Benefits: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department's policy is on supporting people who are on the autism spectrum at employment support allowance or personal independence payment tribunals.

8 Oct 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of children requiring palliative care in the (a) Wirral and (b) north west in each of the last eight years.

8 Oct 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the trends in the level of funding for the children's hospice grant in the (a) north west and (b) Wirral.

8 Oct 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision of children's palliative care in (a) the north west and (b) Wirral in each of the last eight years.

8 Oct 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken to provide child patients in the north west of England with palliative care.

8 Oct 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money has been spent from the public purse on palliative care services for children in (a) Wirral (b) the North West and (c) the South East in each of the last eight years.

13 Sep 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Small Businesses: Merseyside

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support small business growth in (a) Merseyside and (b) Wirral.

Source: official written-questions record.