Written answers

Tuesday, 6 September 2016

  • Department for Transport

    • Railways: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what rail infrastructure funding his Department is providing to each region in each of the next three years.

    • Roads: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to mark National Road Victim Month which falls in August of each year.

  • Department for Communities and Local Government

    • West Yorkshire Combined Authority: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much central government funding has been provided to the West Yorkshire Combined Authority in each year since the combined...

    • Combined Authorities: Audit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance he has issued to combined authorities on ensuring that they establish adequate audit and governance arrangements.

      Empty Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of indefinitely vacant properties.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Competition: EU Countries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his policy is on future collaboration with the European Commission on competition enforcement and cooperation...

    • Competition: EU Internal Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government plans to take account of market operations across the current single market when enforcing...

      Consumers: Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his policy is on future collaboration with the EU on consumer protections in relation to e-commerce; and if he...

      Directors: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support his Department has allocated to support Sir John Parker in his report on diversity on corporate boards.

      Directors: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support the Government gave to Lord Davies during his work to produce his report on women on boards.

      Directors: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the timescale is for completion of Sir John Parker's report on diversity on corporate boards.

  • Attorney General

    • Attorney General: Living Wage

      To ask the Attorney General, how many people working for the Law Officers' Departments or its executive agencies on a (a) directly employed, (b) agency or (c) outsourced basis are paid less than...

  • Department for Education

    • Academies: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many academies each regional schools commissioner has issued with formal intervention measures in the last 12 months.

    • Schools: Sports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria her Department to use to distribute funding accrued from the soft drinks industry levy to schools in order to extend their school day...

      Erasmus+ Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with her EU counterparts on the future of the Erasmus programme.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisons: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to improve education in prisons.

    • Prisons: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to improve education in prisons.

      Environment Protection: Civil Proceedings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what changes she plans to make to cost protection rules for environmental legal challenges.

      Administration of Justice: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to address the needs of women in the justice system.

      Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the Government's policy is on human rights legislation.

      Prisons: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment the Government has made of the effectiveness of its policies on supporting prisoners with mental health issues; and if she will make a...

      Prisons: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to improve education in prisons.

      Offenders: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that offenders find employment on release.

      Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on the protection of the human rights of UK citizens.

  • Department for Culture, Media and Sport

    • British Telecom: Broadband

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with BT on the pace of its commercial roll-out.

    • Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Living Wage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people working for her Department or its executive agencies on a (a) directly employed, (b) agency or (c) outsourced basis are...

      Mobile Phones: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to ensure that British residents continue to be able to be subject to caps on mobile telephone roaming...

      Film: Directors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of films backed by UK-based public funding bodies have been directed by women in each of the last 10 years.

      Gaming Machines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will assess the potential merits of reducing the maximum stake people are allowed to bet on fixed odds betting terminals.

      Historic Buildings: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what per head funding is allocated to restoring historic cultural buildings in each region and constituent part of the UK.

      Sports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how her Department plans to measure progress of the implementation of its sports strategy.

      Video Recordings: Age

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what advice she has received from the (a) Video Standards Council and (b) Games Rating Authority on proposed amendments to the meaning...

      European Capital of Culture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effect of the outcome of the EU referendum on the eligibility of UK cities applying for the title...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Department for Work and Pensions: Living Wage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people working for his Department or its executive agencies on a (a) directly employed, (b) agency or (c) outsourced basis are paid...

    • Social Security Benefits: Multiple Births

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the oral answer of 10 January 2011, Official Report, column 11, what changes have been made to the welfare system since 2011...

      Pension Protection Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department plans to implement the long service compensation cap for the Pension Protection Fund.

      Pension Protection Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to publish the secondary legislation required to implement the increase in the Pension Protection Fund compensation cap provided...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Coeliac Disease

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make representations to gluten-free food producers on reducing the cost to consumers of gluten-free products;...

    • Marine Environment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on compliance with the EU Marine Strategy Framework after the UK has left the EU.

      Fishing Grounds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to seek to prohibit (a) non-UK-registered and (b) non-UK-owned fishing vessels from fishing...

      Fish: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on future collaboration with the EU on fish stock management; and what discussions she has had to date...

      Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to wait until the EU Commission has confirmed acceptance of the UK Air Quality Plan before...

  • Home Office

    • Home Office: Living Wage

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people working for her Department or its executive agencies on a (a) directly employed, (b) agency or (c) outsourced basis are paid...

  • Scotland Office

    • Scotland Office: Living Wage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many people working for his Department on a (a) directly employed, (b) agency or (c) outsourced basis are paid less than the living wage as defined...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Public Sector: Procurement

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answers of 25 July 2016 to Questions 43380 and 43381, for what reasons his Department does not hold information on the number of public...

    • Public Sector: Procurement

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answers of 25 July 2016 to Questions 43380 and 43381, what proportion of that £12 billion was spent on (a) small and medium-sized...

      Anti-corruption Summit

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to review progress towards commitments made at the 2016 Anti-Corruption Summit in London; and what the timetable is for further periodic...

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