Written questions

6,533 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diabetes: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of making c-peptide testing available on the NHS for type one diabetics in England.

14 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has taken steps to help ensure that laboratories conducting covid-19 testing are able to maintain the same rate of tests over the Christmas 2021 period.

3 Dec 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Hydrogen: Renewable Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of (a) electrolyser farms and (b) hydrogen pumps in the UK.

3 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Aviation: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing compulsory covid-19 pre-flight testing for international flights into the UK.

2 Dec 2021 · Department for Education

Schools: Flags

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made and assessment of the potential merits of requiring schools to fly the Union Flag.

2 Dec 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Home Shopping: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment of the likelihood that shoppers will undertake their Christmas shopping online rather than on the high street as a result of the requ

2 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the length of time that restrictions introduced on 30 November 2021 requiring face coverings to be worn on public transport and in shops will remain in plac

2 Dec 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Foreign Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions officials in her Department have had with their counterparts in the US Administration on the rationale for the (a) decision by the US Government to put a doz

2 Dec 2021 · Department for Education

Schools: Freedom of Expression

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to promote free speech in schools.

2 Dec 2021 · Department for Transport

Transport for London

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the implications for its policies of recent reports that Transport for London is set to enter a state of managed decline.

2 Dec 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hong Kong: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of people that (a) hold a British passport and (b) are being detained in Hong Kong under the National Security Law.

2 Dec 2021 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Falkland Islands

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential effect of sending illegal migrants from the UK to the Falkland Islands on the local population of that island.

2 Dec 2021 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Falkland Islands

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of sending migrants that have entered the UK illegally to the Falklands for processing of their asylum claims.

2 Dec 2021 · Treasury

Corporation Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to hold a formal public consultation before holding a vote in Parliament to implement the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s base Erosion and Profit Shifting frame

2 Dec 2021 · Treasury

Corporation Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2021 to question 58753 on Corporation Tax, if he will make available on a private basis to hon. Members and Members of the House of Lords the most recent draft of the political a

29 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the number of people who hold British passports that are being detained in China under the National Security Law.

29 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Olympic Games

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to ensure the safety of UK athletes travelling to China for the 2022 winter Olympics.

29 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Olympic Games

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

29 Nov 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Reciprocal Arrangements

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to negotiate new reciprocal social security agreements with (a) Australia, (b) Canada and (c) other countries to prevent British pensioners facing poverty in their re

29 Nov 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Public Houses: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment of the long term impact on pubs of covid-19 lockdowns.

29 Nov 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Cultural Heritage: Havering

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to protect sites with cultural heritage in the London Borough of Havering.

29 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Gibraltar

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the reason for the surge in covid-19 cases in Gibraltar which has a high vaccination rate.

17 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Travel: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that 12-15 year olds who have only had one covid-19 vaccine are able to enter countries which require two vaccines for entry.

16 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of NHS staff that would leave the service as a result of vaccine mandates.

16 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Corporation Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2021 to Question 58753 on Corporation Tax, whether the Government supports the inclusion of a carve-out for financial services under Pillar 2 of the Organisation for Economic Co-

16 Nov 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of the public purse of the badger cull programme; and whether his Department has conducted a cost-benefit analysis of the badger cull.

16 Nov 2021 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Per Capita Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the impact per child will be of the increase in early years spending announced in the Spending Review 2021.

16 Nov 2021 · Department for Education

Family Hubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the role of charity providers in the roll out of family hubs.

12 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing an exemption from pre-hospital admission covid-19 isolation for people with mental health needs who have been assessed by a docto

12 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing measures to ensure that relatives of care home patients have visitation rights.

Source: official written-questions record.