Written questions

460 written questions tabled, most recent first.

12 Mar 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of recent trends in the level of personal independence payment awards for (a) blind and (b) sight impaired applicants; and if he will make a statement.

12 Mar 2018 · Department for Education

Sign Language: GCSE

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will enable schools to teach British Sign Language to GCSE level; and if he will make a statement.

8 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Brixton: Christianity

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason classes in Christian dogmatics were discontinued at HMP Brixton.

8 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Brixton: Ministers of Religion

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) resignations and (b) dismissals there have been from the Chaplaincy Service at HMP Brixton in each of the last six months.

6 Mar 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to seek an arrangement with the US Department of Veterans Affairs for re-imbursement of treatment provided by the NHS to former US military personnel now resident in t

28 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Brixton: Church Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether services according to the rites of the Church of England are held at HMP Brixton; and if he will make a statement.

28 Feb 2018 · Home Office

Cannabis

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she bring forward legislative proposals to enable medicines derived from cannabis to be available on prescription.

8 Feb 2018 · Home Office

Antifa

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will proscribe Antifa; and if she will make a statement.

7 Feb 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Plastics

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to encourage the use of bioplastics in the production of plastic items for everyday use.

7 Feb 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: Universal Service Obligation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reasons 10mbps was chosen as the broadband speed for the universal service obligation.

5 Feb 2018 · Department for Transport

Roads: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2018 to Question 125445, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of accidents in which poor eyesight is a contributory factor.

31 Jan 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Residence Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the (a) cost and (b) number of applications (i) made and (ii) granted for the enforcement of existing section 8 orders in the country courts; and if he will make a statement.

29 Jan 2018 · Department for Transport

Roads: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in how many road traffic accidents poor driver eyesight was a significant contributory factor in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

24 Jan 2018 · Attorney General

Crown Prosecution Service: Public Appointments

To ask the Attorney General, whether experience is a criterion for appointment to the role of Director of Public Prosecutions; and if he will make a statement.

23 Jan 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of sanctions against parents with care who repeatedly breach access arrangements ordered by the family courts.

22 Jan 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Consumers

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to encourage consumers to switch energy providers.

22 Jan 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Poultry: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to increase biosecurity for poultry in Dorset and West Hampshire; and if he will make a statement.

11 Dec 2017 · Department for Education

Apprentices

What plans she has to encourage the take-up of apprenticeships.

7 Dec 2017 · House of Commons Commission

Church House

To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, when the contract for emergency relocation to Church House was terminated; and if he will make a statement.

4 Dec 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Park Homes: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent representations has he received on the (a) 100% maximum resale charge and (b) rate at which pitch fees can increase under the Mobile Homes Act 2013; and if he will make a stat

4 Dec 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment has he made of the environmental sustainability of England's chalk streams; and if he will make a statement.

27 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Defence

Army: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for how many days the Army recruiting website been inoperable in each of the last six months; and if he will make a statement.

22 Nov 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Glyphosate: EU Action

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the European Parliament's decision to phase out the use of glyphosphate; and if he will make a statemen

22 Nov 2017 · HM Treasury

Financial Services: Regulation

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to change financial regulation in response to the ecohouse fraud; and if he will make a statement.

22 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Justice

Solicitors: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to alter the arrangements for supervision of solicitors in response to the Ecohouse fraud; and if he will make a statement.

15 Nov 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Renewable Energy: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his policy is on minimum levels of domestic content in renewable energy construction projects after the UK leaves the EU; and if he will make a statement.

30 Oct 2017 · Department for Transport

Cycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals to amend the Cycle Racing on The Highway Regulations 1960 to include sportives; and if he will make a statement.

30 Oct 2017 · Department of Health

Meningitis: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will reinstate vaccinations against meningococcal serogroup c for infants; and if he will make a statement.

25 Oct 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rents: New Forest

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to depart from the principles laid down in the Illingworth report in respect of rents charged to New Forest commoners; and if he will make a statement.

25 Oct 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rents: New Forest

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consultations and Ministerial actions are required to depart from the principles laid down in the Illingworth report in respect of rents charged to commoners of the New Forest.

Source: official written-questions record.