Written questions

237 written questions tabled, most recent first.

9 Oct 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential financial effect on consumers of implementation of the recommendations set out in the Each Home Counts review.

9 Oct 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Consumer Advice, Protection, Standards and Enforcement for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Independent Review: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether industry members of the Each Home Counts implementation board receive a payment from his Department.

9 Oct 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Consumer Advice, Protection, Standards and Enforcement for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the total cost to the public purse is of the Each Home Counts review.

9 Oct 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Consumer Advice, Protection, Standards and Enforcement for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will list the dates when he and Ministers of his Department met the Each Home Counts implementation board since December 2016.

19 Jul 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Natural Gas: Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will direct the Oil and Gas Authority under the provisions of the Energy Act 2016 in the public interest to consider the decision to close the Rough gas storage facility.

19 Jul 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Natural Gas: Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will direct the Oil and Gas Authority under the provisions of the Energy Act 2016 to investigate the financial viability of gas storage operations in the UK.

28 Feb 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Whitley Bay

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date his Department (a) announced proposals to close Whitley Bay Jobcentre Plus and (b) informed the current landlords of that property of that decision.

28 Feb 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Whitley Bay

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are registered at Whitley Bay Jobcentre.

20 Feb 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Rented Housing: Tyne and Wear

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people have had a fair rent registered in (a) Tynemouth constituency and (b) North Tyneside borough since 2010.

9 Feb 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Tynemouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of claimants subject to the lower benefit cap in Tynemouth are in receipt of (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) employment and support allowance, (c) income support, (d) housing benefit and

9 Feb 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Tyne and Wear

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many families were on social housing waiting lists in (a) Tynemouth constituency and (b) North Tyneside Borough in each year since 2010.

9 Feb 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Repossession Orders: Tyne and Wear

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many houses have been repossessed in (a) Tynemouth constituency and (b) North Tyneside Borough in each year since 2010.

9 Feb 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Council Housing: Tyne and Wear

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people have been registered as council tenants in (a) Tynemouth constituency and (b) North Tyneside Borough in each year since 2010.

8 Feb 2017 · Department of Health

Diabetes: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when NICE plans to report on the availability of FreeStyle Libre on the NHS.

6 Feb 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on which date a Minister of his Department last visited a jobcentre in (a) North Tyneside and (b) the North East.

6 Feb 2017 · Department of Health

Health Services: North Tyneside

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what costs have been (a) incurred to date and (b) committed for future periods for the development and management of the sustainability and transformations plan process for North Tyneside.

6 Feb 2017 · Department for Education

Schools: North Tyneside

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total cost was to the public purse of rebuilding schools in North Tyneside in 2016.

6 Feb 2017 · Department for Education

Schools: North Tyneside

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase funding for schools with a high concentration of students with special educational needs in North Tyneside.

6 Feb 2017 · Department for Education

Schools: Tynemouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential effect of the school funding formula on the funding of schools in Tynemouth constituency in real terms in each of the next three years.

16 Jan 2017 · Department for Education

Pupil Exclusions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to provide information on how many pupils were excluded from (a) community schools, (b) foundation schools, (c) free schools, (d) academies and (e) grammar schools in each of the last thr

12 Jan 2017 · Department for Education

Pupil Exclusions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what research her Department has commissioned on the increase in the number of pupil exclusions over the last three years.

16 Dec 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Solar Power: Non-domestic Rates

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of changes in the business rate on the British solar industry.

16 Dec 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Solar Power: Non-domestic Rates

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that proposed increases in business rates do not have a negative effect on the British solar industry.

7 Nov 2016 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse: Males

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent to support male victims of domestic abuse in each of the last three years for which figures are available.

3 Nov 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Small Businesses: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many small businesses in (a) Tynemouth constituency, (b) North Tyneside local authority area and (c) the North East have claimed small business rate relief in the latest period for wh

26 Oct 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Coal Authority: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many people have been employed in the Coal Authority in each of the last five years.

26 Oct 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Coal Authority: Legal Opinion

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much the Coal Authority has spent on external legal advice in each of the last five years.

26 Oct 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Compulsory Purchase: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many times the Secretary of State has exercised his powers to make payments above £15,000 under the House Loss Payments Scheme.

26 Oct 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Coal Authority

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many times government ministers have met the Coal Authority in the last two years.

24 Oct 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mining: Subsidence

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many properties affected by subsidence have been compulsorily purchased by the Coal Authority in each of the last five years.

Source: official written-questions record.