Written questions

543 written questions tabled, most recent first.

23 Mar 2020 · Home Office

Migrants: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to ensure that people with no recourse to public funds are (a) safeguarded and (b) able to self-isolate during the covid-19 outbreak.

23 Mar 2020 · Treasury

Business Rates: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he make an assessment of the potential merits of extending business rate relief to (a) estate and (b) letting agencies during the covid-19 outbreak.

16 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Sickle Cell Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the effect of covid-19 on people with sickle cell trait; and if he will make a statement.

16 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Sickle Cell Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of covid-19 on people with sickle cell disease.

16 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to tackle the effect of covid-19 on (a) women (b) Black, Asian and minority ethnic people and (c) disabled people.

16 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Sign Language

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking ensure that official announcements on covid-19 are (a) accessible to all and (b) available in British Sign Language.

16 Mar 2020 · Cabinet Office

Females: Coronavirus

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the effect of covid-19 on women's (a) financial security, (b) ability to work and (c) mental health has been discussed at recent COBRA meetings.

16 Mar 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Sign Language: Television

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Government has made of the merits of providing a British Sign Language interpreter to accompany televised announcements to ensure the deaf community has access to information.

11 Mar 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Government Departments: Sign Language

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of all Government announcements of public importance being accompanied by a BSL interpreter.

5 Feb 2020 · Home Office

Home Office: LGBT+ People

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to improve LGBT+ representation in senior positions in her Department.

5 Feb 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Employment: LGBT People

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps she plans to take to improve reporting on LGBT+ inclusion in the workplace.

5 Feb 2020 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: LGBT+ People

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he plans to take to improve reporting on LGBT+ inclusion in the civil service.

5 Feb 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Business: LGBT+ People

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps she will take to improve LGBT+ workers representation on the boards of FTSE 100 companies.

5 Feb 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Business: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of FTSE 100 companies on diversity.

5 Feb 2020 · Women and Equalities

Equal Pay: LGBT+ People

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to tackle the LGBT+ pay gap.

5 Feb 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Equal Pay: LGBT+ People

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps she is taking to tackle the LGBT+ pay gap.

29 Jan 2020 · Treasury

Sanitary Products: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has for the future of the Tampon Tax Fund.

29 Jan 2020 · Cabinet Office

Census: Statutory Instruments

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to lay the statutory instrument to make provision for Census 2021.

28 Jan 2020 · Cabinet Office

Census: Non-binary People

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to include a non-gendered option on the Census 2021.

27 Jan 2020 · Home Office

Police: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the police introducing affirmative action to tackle failures on diversity in police forces.

27 Jan 2020 · Home Office

Police: Racial Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of whether institutional racism exists in the police force.

27 Jan 2020 · Home Office

Police: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to increase diversity in the police force.

24 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Slavery: Monuments

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking help ensure that Memorial 2007 has the necessary funding required before November 2019.

15 Jul 2019 · Home Office

Immigration: Windrush Generation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will provide a breakdown of the type of documentation received by the 4,200 successful applications through the Windrush Scheme.

15 Jul 2019 · Home Office

Immigration: Windrush Generation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many outstanding Windrush scheme applications there are.

15 Jul 2019 · Home Office

Immigration: Windrush Generation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Women of 11 July 2019, Official Report column 439, what forms of documentation have been provided to each of the more than 6,400 applicants

28 Jun 2019 · Home Office

Immigration: Windrush Generation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the status is of his Department's internal investigation into the causes of the Windrush scandal; and when he plans to publish the final report of that investigation.

14 Jun 2019 · Women and Equalities

Career Breaks: Females

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) disabled and (b) black, Asian and minority ethnic group women who have returned to the labour market as a result of funding from the Women Returners programme.

14 Jun 2019 · Women and Equalities

Career Breaks: Females

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many women have returned to the labour market as a result of funding from the Women Returners programme.

14 Jun 2019 · Women and Equalities

Women's Business Council

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent assessment she has made of the merits of the work of the Women's Business Council; and what its forthcoming work programme will be.

Source: official written-questions record.