Written questions

460 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 Sep 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures is he taking to reduce the amount of water leakage by water companies; and if he will make a statement.

17 Jul 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Freehold

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proposals he has to limit the ability of (a) freeholders to appoint managing agents and (b) freeholder managing agents to levy fees on leaseholders; and if he will make a st

12 Jul 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Livestock: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the provisions of the White Paper, The future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union, Cm9593, will enable him to bring forward legislative proposals for

5 Jul 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Insects

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to prevent the penetration of foreign insects into the UK; and if he will make a statement.

4 Jul 2018 · Treasury

Ivory: Trade

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the loss of revenue to the Exchequer as a result of the effect of the ivory ban set out in the Ivory Bill.

28 Jun 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 17 May 2018 on Energy Policy HCWS690, when he plans to publish the consultation on energy policy.

26 Jun 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bread: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to (a) require producers to list all ingredients in bread and (b) establish a definition of sourdough as being additive-free and leavened

19 Jun 2018 · Department for Transport

Mileometers: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will ensure that falsified mileage records are correcting in the DVLA database; and if he will make a statement.

19 Jun 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gaming Machines

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the timetable is for the implementation of a £2 limit on fixed-odds betting terminals.

19 Jun 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

African Horse Sickness and West Nile Virus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures he is taking to prevent (a) African Horse sickness and (b) West Nile Disease from entering the UK; and if he will make a statement.

18 Jun 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letter of Dr Maureen Rickman and Dr Nick Broughton of Southern Health dated 13 March 2018 following unexpected deaths.

14 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Park Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what conclusions he has drawn as a result of his call for evidence of 12 April 2017 on park home regulation and the level of sales commission charged on park homes.

12 Jun 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Support for Mortgage Interest

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of employment support allowance recipients that have seen an overall reduction in benefit payments when council tax benefit has been withdrawn following the intr

11 Jun 2018 · Prime Minister

Prime Minister: Correspondence

To ask the Prime Minister, when she plans to respond to the letter from the National President of the Federation of Independent Retailers, Linde Sood, dated 19 March 2018 on monopolistic practices in the newspaper distribution trade.

7 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission: Wildlife

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will revise his Draft National Planning guidance to afford local wildlife sites the presumption against development; and if he will make a statement.

6 Jun 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tobacco

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the level of vendor compliance with the tobacco and related products regulations in respect of vaping; and if he will make a statement.

21 May 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average (a) mode, (b) mean and (c) median time taken for personal independence payments to be made is, from the date on which the application is made.

14 May 2018 · Treasury

Children: Day Care

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many IT faults with the 30 hours childcare system have been outstanding since November 2017; and if he will make a statement.

14 May 2018 · Department for Education

Schools: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason he did not implement grant funding for Year Seven catch-up proposals.

11 May 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Hitachi

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to develop a new power generating plant with Hitachi; and if he will make a statement.

10 May 2018 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Licensing and Testing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to exempt small not-for-profit community groups from proposed additional licensing and vehicle testing conditions; and if he will make a statement.

8 May 2018 · Home Office

Migrants: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) mean and (b) median time spent is by the current cohort of detainees at the Gatwick detention centres.

26 Apr 2018 · House of Commons Commission

Westminster Hall: Cameras

To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, for what reason the public were prevented from using single lens reflex cameras in Westminster Hall on 25 April 2018.

23 Apr 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to issue new guidance to planning authorities on the proportion of affordable homes in any new development on which they can insist; and if he will make a statem

13 Apr 2018 · Treasury

Children: Day Care

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total payments made by parents direct to childcare providers due to technical issues experienced with HMRC's online service for tax-free childcare.

29 Mar 2018 · Department for Education

Students: Disability Aids

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of the equipment contribution payable by students in receipt of disabled student allowances on the number of disabled students claiming that equipment.

28 Mar 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Minimum Wage

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the sleep-in back pay liability for providers in Hampshire.

28 Mar 2018 · Treasury

Children: Day Care

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of people using HMRC's online service for tax-free childcare have experienced technical problems; and how many accounts remain unresolved.

28 Mar 2018 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average number of calls has been to the HMRC Childcare system hotline per day since that hotline was established; and what the average length of each call has been.

19 Mar 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Slug Pellets

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of commercially available slug pellets on garden birds and hedgehogs; and if he will make a statement.

Source: official written-questions record.