Tuesday, 31 January 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which internationally registered vessels were detained by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency for infringement of the (a) Maritime Labour, (b) Safety...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support his Department has given to the four British bids to build Hyperloop lines in the UK; and what steps his Department has taken to assess...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it is the Government's policy that the UK maritime safety regulations are applicable to the operation and crewing of the emergency towing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce road congestion.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of average journey times on smart motorways compared with the same journey prior to the introduction of smart...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2016 to Question 57840, on railways: industrial disputes, how many hours staff in his Department spent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2016 to Question 57840, on railways: industrial disputes, if he will list the payments made from the public...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2016 to Question 57840, on railways: industrial disputes, if he will list the train operating companies that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2016 to Question 57840, on railways: industrial disputes, on what dates the force majeure claims were agreed by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2016 to Question 57840, on railways: industrial disputes, what the average time was for his Department to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Southern since 24 January 2017 on its performance against contract standards on punctuality, delays and cancellations...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what performance penalties may apply in relation to Southern train services since 24 January 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how the Government plans to spend the £60 million which the European Commission proposes to award the UK from the EU's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding has been earmarked for the (a) Affordable Homes Programme 2015-2018 and (b) Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the oral contribution of 28 November 2016, Official Report, column 1229, who the intended recipients are of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what metrics his Department uses to calculate compensation for owners of agricultural land under compulsory purchase.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the costs to local authorities of supporting people made intentionally homeless.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to establish a time-limit on the housing records of people made intentionally homeless.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2016 to Question 45729, what assessment he has made of the implications of his policies...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond to the letters of 20 October and 30 November 2016 and the email of 12 January 2017 from the hon....
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2017 to Question 60622, if he will place in the Library minutes from the 10...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Corrected Answer of 16 January 2017 to Question 43632, what decision his Department has made on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans the Government has to tackle future skills shortages in the construction industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment the Government has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on the availability of skilled...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the implications for his policies are of the call by the Association of Convenience Stores for the Government to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to reduce the difference in cost paid for energy between customers with prepayment meters and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 23 December 2016 to Question 57829, on energy: conservation, what role the new apprenticeship...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the owners of Savvibuy on that company's service to consumers since 1 December.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect on (a) UK security of supply and (b) consumer costs of holding the early...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what representations his Department has received on Savvibuy's refunding practices for customers who have experienced...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans for the increase in Post Office outreach services in rural communities over the last five...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of late payment by large firms on small businesses and suppliers in the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with the Minister for Women and Equalities on encouraging involvement by women in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress he has made on establishing the office of the Small Business Commissioner.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to meet energy industry representatives to discuss the cancellation of the carbon capture and storage...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to paragraph 3.36 of the Autumn Statement 2016, if his Department will support firms specialising (a) in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much EU funding was received by the higher education sector in the (a) UK and (b) North West in each financial...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with international counterparts on permission for incidents of honour-based violence...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his counterpart in Iran on the outcome of the appeal against conviction by Nazanin Zaghari...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with Libyan Deputy Prime Minister, Ahmed Maiteeq, on the case of victims of IRA...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has contacted (a) his Qatari counterpart, (b) the Qatari Ambassador to the UK and (c) the UK Ambassador to Qatar to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has discussed the attack on Nathan Law, Hong Kong Legislative Council Member, with the (a) Chief Executive of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with representatives of the Libyan Government of National Accord on compensation for UK...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 25 April 2016 to Question 34745, if his Department will take steps to recognise the contributions of veterans by...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that internally displaced persons in Iraq who have fled from Mosul are not forcibly returned to...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her policy is on the issuing of UK aid in the form of international development in (a) Mosul and (b) the rest of Iraq.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what information her Department collects on the children supported by UK aid funding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the potential cost of the apprenticeship levy to small primary schools in England in the first year of its operation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with representatives of governors and head-teachers of small primary schools in England on potential mitigation of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the progress being made by the Careers and Enterprise Company to help young people into work in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy not to impose the apprenticeship levy on small schools; and for what reasons large academies are not required to pay...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of the total number of awards made to state schools in the New Year Honours List 2017 were to governors or employees of (a) local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2016 to Question 56579, what the 27 per cent most deprived areas are in order of deprivation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many times the selection exemptions of the Civil Service Commissioner's recruitment principles were used by her Department in each year since...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many times the selection exemptions of the Civil Service Commissioner's recruitment principles were used by the Skills Funding Agency in each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of schools were (a) local authority, (b) church and (c) academy and free schools on 31 December 2016.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Institute for Apprenticeships route panels will be fully operational.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many statutory instruments she plans to lay for the Technical and Further Education Bill.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with Ofsted on (a) recent closures of nurseries due to safety concerns and (b) the effectiveness of (i) pre-scheduled and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to determine the efficiency of the provision of free childcare funding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2017 to Question 56640, on pupils: nationality, whether her Department provides National Pupil Database data to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Ofsted inspections deployed in excess of 10 inspectors to one school in one inspection (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014, (f)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will guarantee apprenticeship funding for non-levy paying employers in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2020-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Apprenticeships and Skills of 9 January 2017, Official Report, column 114, how much of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that teaching assistants receive full remuneration for the responsibilities they undertake.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2017 to Question 60977, if her Department will gather data on the number of young carers registered in schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the oral evidence to the Public Accounts Committee of 23 January 2017, Question 46, when the research commissioned by her Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans her Department has to increase social diversity among magistrates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, by what date she plans to introduce a new power of guardianship for the families of missing persons.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to section 14 of the Marriage (Same Sex) Couples Act 2013, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many funerals were conducted by each unitary and district council in England under section 46 of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the HMI Probation report of 15 December 2016 entitled Quality and Impact inspection: the effectiveness of probation work in the north...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the Government plans to bring section 67 of the Serious Crime Act 2015 into law.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will assess the potential merits of banning claims management companies from making cold calls for personal injury claims.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) game consoles and (b) televisions in prisons there were at the beginning of 2017; and what the total cost to the public purse was of those...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans she has for the future of the courts and tribunals estate in England and Wales; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners who died by suicide in England and Wales in 2016 were known drug users.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many self-inflicted deaths in prisons in England and Wales in 2016 were as a consequence of drug use.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for its policies of levels of suicides in English and Welsh prisons in 2016.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the implications for the effectiveness of her Department's impact assessment which accompanied the consultation on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been recalled to prison after being released on licence in each of the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent representations she has received on the issue of self-inflicted deaths in prisons in England and Wales; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse has been of the (a) Royal Courts of Justice and (b) Supreme Court in each of the last five years.
To ask the Prime Minister, whether she has received a copy of the Birmingham Students' Brexit Manifesto; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Prime Minister, when she was made aware of the results of the tests of the UK's nuclear deterrent in June 2016; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Prime Minister, on what date the Social Reform Committee last met; and how many meetings of that committee have taken place since it was established.
To ask the Prime Minister, whether she raised at her meeting with President Trump on 27 January 2017 the (a) Paris Agreement and international climate change co-operation, (b) treatment of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) brain injuries and (b) cases of concussion caused as a result of people playing (i) football, (ii) rugby and (iii) other...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing licences for the establishment and operation of social media companies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the National Infrastructure Commission's report, Connected future, published 15 December 2016, how standards for 5G...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the potential effect on the amount of money provided for good causes by the National Lottery of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent estimate she has made of the proportion of (a) households and (b) business premises in Rutherglen and Hamilton West...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to secure a data adequacy decision for the UK from the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the universal credit regulations require that a claimant with a managed payment to landlord (MPtL) is unable to apply for a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants currently have a managed payment to landlord in each London borough.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants are in receipt of universal credit in Tower Hamlets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what new financial savings products have been introduced by third party companies to support people in receipt of universal credit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance is provided to staff of his Department on the application of sanctions to vulnerable claimants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library the written correspondence between his Department and Motability from the last three months on possible...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) other Departments and (b) Motability on extending the Motability scheme to personal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Inverclyde constituency had a motability car in (a) 2014, (b) 2015 and (c) 2016.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Inverclyde constituency had their motability car removed after changes to their benefit entitlement in (a) 2014, (b) 2015...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any Minister of his Department has visited Cambuslang Jobcentre Plus in Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency in the last 30 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the total number of people assessed for personal independence payment (PIP) who have been awarded a total score of zero in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will assess the potential merits of allowing government agencies to share information in cases where there are concerns for a claimant's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to introduce a one-stop process for claimants who are required to update their personal information with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department's proposals to end disability benefit re-assessments for people who have severe lifelong conditions will include people...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Written Statement of 26 January 2017, HCWS439, on welfare delivery, how many of the 2,500 work coaches who are expected to be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Written Statement of 26 January 2017, HCWS439, on welfare delivery, what percentage of claims made online for (a) jobseeker's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of assessments for personal independence payments were (a) paper-based and (b) face-to-face in (i) 2014, (ii) 2015 and (iii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes in the Pensions Act 2011 on trends in the level of (a) the overall claimant count, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what provision there is for his Department to sublet property covered by its Prime contract.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many properties are covered by his Department's Prime contract.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what dates leases for (a) Portcullis House, Glasgow and (b) Corunna House, Glasgow are due for renewal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many blank (a) employment support allowance claim forms and (b) income support claim forms have been issued in the last year from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's staff headcount was in each year since 2010 at (a) Portcullis House, Glasgow and (b) Corunna House, Glasgow.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, from which landlord his Department leases (a) Portcullis House, Glasgow and (b) Corunna House, Glasgow.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to increase levels of recruitment to the army from the Republic of Ireland; and how many soldiers have been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2017 to Question 60037, how many Royal Air Force (a) engineering officers and (b) aircraft technicians have been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average cost to his Department is of a test of Trident.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's policy is on publicising successful test firings of unarmed Trident II D5 missiles.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many reserve and regular soldiers and officers in (a) Infantry, (b) Royal Artillery, (c) Royal Corps of Signals, (d) Army Medical Services, (e)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the shortfall was for the recruitment of reserve and regular gunners and officers in the RAF Regiment in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many VIPs who were invited by commanding officers attended the Trafalgar Dinner Function during Royal Navy SSBN and Trident II D5 Demonstration and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK military personnel are on exchange tours with United States Global Strike Command.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had on the future of NATO with James Mattis, President Trump's nominee for Secretary for Defense.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Babock International's contract to run the Defence School of Transport, Leconfield has led to the permanent sale of his Department's land to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the Government is taking to ensure UK waters are clear of unexploded ordnance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions the Government has had with industry experts on identifying and dealing with unexploded ordnance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether officials at his Department alerted officials in the US Department about the misfired Trident missile, during tests off the Eastern US coast in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his proposed timetable is to establish Plymouth as an amphibious Centre of Excellence; and when he expects the relocation of various regiments to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will discuss with hon. Members representing all affected constituencies his plans for the Royal Marine relocations before making final decisions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the proposed location for the Royal Marines currently occupying RMB Stonehouse is; and when relocation is planned to take place.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether GPS guided parachutes have been used to facilitate arms drops to rebel forces in Syria in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has received requests from other government departments for the use of GPS guided parachutes to drop aid to besieged Syrian...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether UK Trident missiles rely on (a) weather data and (b) navigational data provided by the US.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2016 to Question 55493, what progress has been made on extending the availability of the HM Forces Railcard since...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria the Government uses to determine whether to announce the (a) date and (b) outcome of tests of Trident missiles.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral statement of the Minister of State for Defence of 23 January 2017, HL Official Report, column 463, how many (a) hon. Members...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps are being taken to increase army recruiting prior to the introduction of the Army Recruiting Partnership Project.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's annual recruiting target was for each year from 2010-11 to 2015-16; and what that target is in each of the next five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on upgrading heating, washing and electrical facilities across the defence estate in each year since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the time needed (a) to repair the boiler at Wellington Barracks and (b) for wider facilities upgrades at that barracks.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times enforcement action has been instigated against an undocumented migrant as a result of information provided through the right...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many undocumented migrants have come to the attention of her Department as a result of information provided specifically through the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has received from payment of civil penalties under right to rent schemes.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many undocumented migrants identified through the right to rent scheme have since been (a) granted discretionary leave to remain, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were employed in regulated activity sectors of the workforce in each employment sector in the Disclosure and Barring...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on British authorities investigating incidents...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide regular funding to Women's Aid for a femicide census report in England and Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's Action Against Hate plan, published in July 2016, what steps she is taking to improve the (a) awareness...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Dungavel IRC is in public ownership or privately owned.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Wolverhampton South West of 30 November 2016 on non-EU students, reference...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many new businesses registered for VAT in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2013-14, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2011-12 and (e) 2010-11.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to ensure that HM Revenue and Customs immediately initiate the 1-2-1 redeployment consultation process for all staff working in its...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Government's current policy is on maintaining similar levels of funding to that delivered through the European Regional Development Fund and...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people benefitted from income tax relief through the Enterprise Investment Scheme in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people benefitted from income tax relief through Enterprise Management Incentives in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people benefitted from income tax relief through Save As You Earn in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people benefitted from income tax relief through the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people benefitted from income tax relief for professional subscriptions in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what discussions he has had with (a) members of the Northern Ireland Executive and (b) members of the Northern Ireland Assembly on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether he plans that the Great Repeal Bill will include measures already agreed by the EU but not yet implemented in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps his Department is taking to encourage SMEs to export goods and services to non-EU countries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of (a) extending the ban on the sale of cat, dog and seal fur to other...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (a) how many wild animals and (b) of which species are licensed in circuses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is her policy that the EU Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive will be incorporated in full into UK law when the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what dates she has met representatives of the (a) agricultural and (b) retail sectors to discuss the decline in oilseed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effect of the UK's decision to leave the EU on the UK wine industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultation his Department has conducted with disabled people as part of its review of social care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the level of investment in facilities and staff that will be required to expand capacity at each unit to which patients will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many funding requests for Selective Internal Radiation Therapy have been (a) received and (b) approved by NHS England since April 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps his Department has taken to issue guidance on how people aged 50 years and older might reduce the risk of their suffering strokes and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to protect NHS staff from verbal and physical abuse in the workplace.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to include in the Integration and Better Care Fund Framework 2017-19 how local authorities should take account of the needs of working...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the benefits to the health and well-being of children of the early identification of cerebral palsy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2017 to Question 60324, what discussions he has had with the Chief Executive of the London Ambulance Service on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to improve access to affordable dentistry services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many stroke patients were offered speech therapy (a) nationally and (b) in Worcestershire in 2016.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 11 February 2016 to Question 25563, what steps his Department is taking to improve cervical screening rates among black...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average length of hospital waiting time was in 2016 for those who suffered a stroke.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to promote enrolment in mental health training of training medical practitioners.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many clinical commissioning groups have stopped access to staple gluten-free substitute foods without public consultation in the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full inspections of NHS trusts and foundation trusts the Care Quality Commission undertook in 2016-17, and in each of the previous three...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients over the age of 80 were discharged from NHS hospitals during the night in each month in (a) 2016-17 and (b) 2015-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, (a) how many applications to work have been refused and (b) for what reasons by the General Medical Council in each of the last four years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, (a) how many applications to work have been refused and (b) for what reasons by the Nursing and Midwifery Council in each of the last four years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total cost of compensation payments made by NHS trusts and foundation trusts is in 2016-17 to date; and what such payments were in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many attendances at emergency departments for self-harm per 100,000 people there were in 2015-16; and how many such people received a psychological...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children aged under 18 have been referred to Sexual Assault Referral Centres since mandatory reporting of age was introduced in each month since...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many finished admission episodes there were with a primary diagnosis of mental and behavioural disorder for patients aged 0 to 18 in 2015-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on the Healthy Start Scheme in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the new Tobacco Control Plan will include funding for media campaigning to promote the reduction of smoking rates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) average, (b) shortest and (c) longest length of time has been between the Care Quality Commission's inspections of NHS Trusts and the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how long it took between the Care Quality Commission's inspection of Bridgewater NHS Trust and the production of the report on that inspection.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2017 to Question 60306, if he will amend the definition of the philosophy of homeopathy in the guidance to better...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of how many GPs working in the NHS will retire by 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of how many new GPs will be trained and employed in the NHS by 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria are used to determine the price of gluten-free products accepted by the Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances recommended list which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the amounts were of (a) interest charges, (b) repayments of finance lease abilities, (c) service elements, (d) capital lifecycle maintenance, (e)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2016 to Question 57501, what proportion of the population is registered with a dentist.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total spend on mental health programmes for prisoners in England and Wales in each of the last five years; and if he...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many senior civil servants in her Department were on a leave of absence from work due to mental illness in each month of the year since January 2010.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of levels of congestion and pollution in London, whether they will take urgent steps to ensure that Transport for London has powers to limit...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total amount raised by Vehicle Excise Duty in each of the two years prior to abolition of the tax disc, and in each of the subsequent years.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the case for greater regulation of the private intelligence industry.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the strategic importance to the UK of having a domestic steel industry; and whether the National Security Committee has...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the involvement of the governments of Germany and the Netherlands in decisions by steel manufacturers whether to invest in their respective...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the reduction in the size of the UK steel industry, what steps they are taking to retain the skills of UK metallurgists, particularly in the...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they are having with Tata Steel about the future of the Port Talbot plant following the end of the five-year commitment to keep two blast...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their response to the suspension of Garo Paylan, a member of the Turkish parliament, for making a reference to the Armenian Genocide; and what...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with other members of NATO following the remarks by the US President-elect that the alliance is obsolete.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they will make to the US President-elect after his inauguration following his description of the NATO alliance as obsolete.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the investigation by Al Jazeera into the action of Israeli embassy staff in the UK, whether they intend to expel any of those staff.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they are making to the government of Israel concerning the data collected by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they are making to the government of Israel concerning the report by Defence for Children International – Palestine that in 2016...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they are making to the government of Israel concerning the demolition by Israeli forces on 2 January of 10 structures in the Palestinian...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel regarding the shooting by Israeli forces of Mohammed al-Salhi.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel regarding the reported wounding of two journalists by Israeli soldiers in the week commencing...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the UK and Ukraine, what programmes are in place to support Ukraine's independence, and...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of UK financial support to Sierra Leone for family planning and sexual reproductive health and rights is provided through (1) direct...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they plan to support Sierra Leone with regard to (1) tax revenue, (2) agricultural practices, (3) tourism, and (4) job creation.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they will support the government of Sierra Leone in improving its general healthcare system.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, with respect to Department for International Development funding programmes, what status Kosovo has as a post-conflict state requiring assistance.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government which universities responded to the call for evidence on accelerated courses and switching university or degree; and, of those, how many allowed credits for...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many students dropped out of their graduate degree course in each of the years from 2012 to 2015.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps are being taken to ensure that all higher education institutions have published credit transfer arrangements in place; and how those arrangements...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to enable the recognition in law of marriages in England and Wales conducted by a humanist celebrant; and if so, when.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to commemorate the role played by Commonwealth countries during the First World War.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, given that data centres resident in the UK will no longer be subject to EU data protection rules following the UK's withdrawal from the EU, whether they...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have met social media providers to discuss how to combat the spread of fake news online; and what their policy is for addressing the issue.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many government press releases have been issued since May 2014 alerting the media to an air pollution episode.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure older homeless people with additional needs, such as learning difficulties, mental health issues or drug and alcohol...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 25 January (HL4381), what was the cost of resolving the errors in the original report; how...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are planning to devise a strategy on alcohol use among veterans and serving personnel, and if so, when that strategy will be published.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in (1) 2014, (2) 2015, and (3) 2016, what were the balance of trade figures between the UK and (a) France, (b) Germany, and (c) Italy.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether any former employees of Macquarie are acting as special advisers, or in an advisory capacity, in (1) Downing Street, (2) the Cabinet Office, or (3)...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether Public Health England plans to conduct tests on blood samples taken from passengers involved in a reported contaminated air incident aboard BA Flight...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many hospital beds, on each day in the years (1) 2015, and (2) 2016, were filled by patients who could have been discharged; what estimate they have made...
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