Mawrth, 4 Ebrill 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made for future capacity needs of Manchester Piccadilly station in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20, (c) 2020-21 and (d) 2021-22.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on the electrification of the line between Manchester Victoria and Stalybridge.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, by what date all the derivatives owned by Network Rail are scheduled to have expired or been closed out.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what forecast has been made of the overall profit or loss of the derivatives held by Network Rail in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost overruns on major projects at Network Rail have been in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the programme for introducing digital signalling on the rail network.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on (a) hotels, (b) hospitality, (c) food and drink and (d) transport in each of the last five years for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the change in the amount of time taken to access the platforms at St. Pancras International station since the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the extent of price differentials between motorway and non-motorway service stations; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government plans to make the carriage of defibrillators compulsory on aeroplanes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2017 to Question 68777, if he will provide the number of (a) Audis, (b) SEATs, (c) VW commercial vehicles and (d)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many ePassport gates are in place at St Pancras International Station; and what proportion of those gates have been fully functional for each day...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of legislation governing noise from motorcycles.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the penalty is for motorcycles exceeding permissible noise levels on roads.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to encourage hauliers to switch to alternatives to diesel engines.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many British people (a) suffered and (b) died as a result of cardiac arrests while on a plane in each of the last five years; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent (a) meetings or (b) discussions she has had with people who understand the necessary hashtags.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's press release of 26 March 2017, on social media companies, how she defines the term necessary hashtags.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of UK Visas and Immigration staff were employed to process citizenship applications in each month since January...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of UK Visas and Immigration staff were employed to process applications for documents certifying permanent...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 February 2016 to Question 28086, when the decision on whether to grant the right of abode to former...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will respond to the Reshaping policing for the public report, published by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary on 25 June 2015; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the merits of the use of drones for forensic imaging as a substitute for crewed police air surveillance capacity.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the legislative framework for police powers regarding mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2017 to Question 68205, what the Government's policy is on retrospective removal of the status of non-UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what analysis he has undertaken on the effect of the national living wage on the cost to the adult social care sector...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many accredited renewable energy generators operate in (a) Hampstead and Kilburn and (b) London in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department has spent on (a) hotels, (b) hospitality, (c) food and drink and (d) transport in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many and what proportion of staff employed by his Department overseas in roles requiring an ability to speak a local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the deployment by Russia of Iskander missiles to Kaliningrad constitutes a breach of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department has spent on (a) hotels, (b) hospitality, (c) food and drink and (d) transport in each of the last five...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Iraqi Government on the importance of protecting the religious freedom of Christians in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 16 March 2017 to Question 63102, on diplomatic service, what the (a) name and (b) post is of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the rationale is for the Government's longstanding policy on contact with the Front National in France; and whether he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 7 January 2015 to Question 4985, what funding his Department gave to the Afghanistan...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Saudi authorities about the attack by a helicopter on a boat carrying Somali civilians...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Saudi Arabian counterparts on the potential famine in Yemen.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Palestinian authorities on fuel shortages in Gaza.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the US Administration on the potential move of the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 18 December 2015 to Question 19719, how much has been allocated to Syria under the Conflict,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his US counterpart on civilian casualties as a result of US airstrikes in Syria.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Somalian Government on the recent presidential elections in that country.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits to the digital economy of releasing government data sets.
To ask the Attorney General, what the five most visited websites were by staff of the Law Officers' Departments in the last year for which figures are available.
To ask the Attorney General, how much the Law Officers' Departments has spent on (a) hotels, (b) hospitality, (c) food and drink and (d) transport in each of the last five years for which figures...
To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2017 to Question 65676, how much of the procurement spending in each of those years related to the services of management consultants.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent on (a) hotels, (b) hospitality, (c) food and drink and (d) transport in each of the last five years...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government plans to take to promote good nutrition in developing countries (a) before and (b) after the G7 meeting in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many hours of training in supporting children with special needs newly qualified teachers receive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many bursaries and scholarships were provided under the Your Future Their Future campaign for the academic year 2016-17; and what the value was of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding from the public purse was spent on the Get Into Teaching campaign in 2015-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills spent on higher education in the 2015-16 financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that the UK continues to attract international students to study at its universities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when she plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Sheffield, Heeley of 15 February 2017 on section 67 of the Serious Crime Act 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) children under 18- years of age and (b) young people aged 18 to 24-years old received legal aid funding for immigration cases in each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many tribunal cases there were related to section 18 of the Equalities Act 2010, workplace pregnancy and maternity discrimination in (a) 2015-16 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on domestic violence victims of having to pay a fee to GPs to provide evidence of eligibility to...
To ask the Leader of the House, whether he will consider honouring PC Keith Palmer with a shield in the Chamber like those which commemorate hon. Members killed in war or by terrorist acts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2017 to Question 64527, when the next regular review of all cyber security standards will be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of civil servants in her Department are (a) under 30 and (b) over 50 years of age.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government has reached a decision on whether to support the European Commission in the case of La quadrature du Net and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the number of accounting entities in the UK that exchange data with other such entities in other EU countries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which projects within her Department have been awarded an amber rating by the Infrastructure Projects Authority at the time of the most...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment the Government has made of the implications of the decision of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of S. and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to incentivise innovation in internet communications infrastructure.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on competition between mobile providers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the proposed changes to the Pension Protection Fund's compensation cap extension will be implemented; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) training and (b) guidance personal independence payment assessors receive in the social model of disability.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department enforces the repayment of any benefit payment made into an account after the death of the person entitled to that benefit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on (a) hotels, (b) hospitality, (c) food and drink and (d) transport in each of the last five years for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the effect of the closure of Plaistow Jobcentre Plus on people with (a) learning disabilities, (b) autism,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many public access computer terminals there are for searching Universal Jobmatch and applying for universal credit across the Jobcentre...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been written off by his Department as a result of maladministration in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2017 to Question 65683, how much of that procurement spending in each of those years...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to require whoever is Chair of the Leasehold Advisory Service to have no business interests in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to require at least one member of the Board of the Leasehold Advisory Service to be an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will provide financial support to bring back into use derelict properties in Easington constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to (a) promote responsible letting and (b) deal with rogue landlords.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many starter homes were built in (a) 2015 and (b) 2016.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to 2.27 of the Housing White Paper, if he will set out the (a) timeline and (b) process for implementing the new...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 2.73 of the Armed Forces' Pay Review Body 46th Report, what steps his Department is taking to promote cohesion between...
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how much his Department has spent on (a) hotels, (b) hospitality, (c) food and drink and (d) transport in each of the last five years...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much his Department has spent on (a) hotels, (b) hospitality, (c) food and drink and (d) transport in each of the last five years for...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what guidance is available to businesses on obtaining an export license.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what support he plans to provide to assist first-time export businesses; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps his Department is taking to improve bilateral trade with India.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the impact assessment on the consultation on the Special Category Mechanism and Financial and Other Support in England of 7 March 2017,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2017 to Question 63452, on blood: contamination, how many such applications have been received since that date; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what refurbishments have been carried out by (a) his Department and (b) each of his Department's non-departmental public bodies in (i) 2015-16 and (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the potential link between (a) asthma and (b) asthma hospitalisation rates and air pollution in Greater Manchester in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assurance process has been in place since clinical commissioning groups were established to ensure good governance and probity; and what assessment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with NHS England on improving the way that decisions about the funding of treatments are communicated to patient...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ensure that there will be no appointments to a single management board prior to any clinical commissioning group mergers until the situation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department gives to dentists on the currency of their NHS Choices profiles.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital bed days were lost in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) the UK as a result of delays in discharging patients each year from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings he has had with officials of his Department regarding the effect of sustainability and transformation plans in areas with a shortage of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what criteria his Department is using to assess whether NHS sustainability and transformation plans have been the result of local community consultation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps the NHS is taking to improve the support provided to deaf people; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of making available robotic arms on the NHS for people with limb amputations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many spinal injuries there have been related to (a) rugby, (b) football and (c) other sports in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March 2017 to Question 66933, on Department of Health: overseas aid, when each of those projects listed in that Answer were...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to oral evidence given to the Public Accounts Committee on 27 February 2017, if he will specify the legal status of the new organisations...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the median waiting time for a first (a) outpatient ophthalmology, (b) paediatric ophthalmology, (c) medical ophthalmology, (d) outpatient optometry...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 4 March 2016 to Question 29083, how many (a) registered care home and (b) nursing home places there were in (i) 2017,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to NHS England's Delivering the Forward View: NHS Planning Guidance 2016-17 to 2020-21, whether additional funding will be made available...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to transpose into UK legislation, both pre- and post-Brexit, all European employment rights.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the change in the total number of UK households in the period 2010 to 2015; and what was the change in the number of those households with (1) a...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government why no reference to (1) targeted and persecuted religious minorities, or (2) the fundamental human right of freedom of religion and belief, is made in the...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many further education colleges rated (1) good, or (2) outstanding, by Ofsted were not included on the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much money has been paid to Carillion as a result of damage to prison property during disorders and riots in the last five years.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the consultation proposed in A better deal: boosting competition to bring down bills for families and firms (Cm 9164), published in November 2015, on...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ashton of Hyde on 21 March (HL5834), whether the female candidate who was not approved for appointment by the...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the number of people currently receiving the enhanced mobility rate of Personal Independence Payment who will move to the...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the number of people with each of (1) anxiety and depressive disorders, (2) depressive disorder, (3) schizophrenia, (4)...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to encourage the full-time employment of adults with special learning needs; and what progress was made in (1) 2015, and (2) 2016.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what arrangements they are making to ensure that the Army Review of Junior Entry (1) seeks and considers external evidence, (2) considers how the armed...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect that testing and evaluation in the US of the Boeing-P8A aircraft being purchased by the UK will be completed.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many hours the RAF fleet of C-130Js has flown in each year since entering service; and what was the average cost per flying hour for the C-130J over the...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what regulations apply to the preservation of King's Colours laid up across the country after the First World War.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 23 December 2016 (HL4083), which local authorities in England with responsibility for adult...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the light of their intention to devolve discretionary funding on supported housing costs to English local authorities, funding will be provided...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether an application by a country to become party to the EEA Agreement requires the agreement of each individual EU member state or of the Council of the...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that they have the necessary resources to manage the transition of powers from the EU, in relation to (1) central...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether NHS hospital trusts are permitted to purchase residential or nursing home beds for patients who no longer need to occupy an acute hospital bed but...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 13 July 2016 (HL1005), whether the UK National Screening Committee has considered the timing of...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to identify people with atrial fibrillation at high risk of stroke who are (1) not anticoagulated, or (2) not maintained in...
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