Written questions

Kerry McCarthy

1,887 written questions tabled, most recent first.

23 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Food Supply: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the national plan for delivering food assistance is; what steps he will take to support local community food initiatives; and what role local authorities will have in ensuri

23 Mar 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food Supply: Key Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure an adequate supply of food for key workers.

23 Mar 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of how many and what proportion of people need support accessing food; and what proportion of these people need support as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.

23 Mar 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Egypt: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to provide emergency flights to repatriate British nationals that are stranded in Egypt as a result of covid-19.

23 Mar 2020 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if the vouchers offered to children eligible for free school meals during school closures will include support to cover the costs of breakfast.

18 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Cystic Fibrosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government plans to take to ensure that people with cystic fibrosis requiring urgent hospital admissions for their condition are (a) prioritised and (b) more quickly tested for covid

18 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Autism: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to develop an adapted Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme people with autism.

18 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Autism: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to establish specialist autism teams in each region of England to (a) diagnose and (b) support autistic people.

9 Mar 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Peatlands: Controlled Burning

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2020 to Question 19781 on Peat Bogs: Fires, what his timescale is for assessing the potential merits of legislative proposals.

4 Mar 2020 · Home Office

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Animals in Science Regulation Unit is taking to encourage the replacement of the use of animals in scientific procedures.

3 Mar 2020 · Home Office

Visas: Married People

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of children in families that are unable to satisfy the requirements for a spousal visa.

27 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Tree Planting: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of planting 30,000 hectares of trees per year by 2024.

27 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Tree Planting: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding will be allocated for woodland creation and tree planting grants under the Countryside Stewardship scheme for 2020-24; and what the average funding per hectare has bee

27 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Tree Planting

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the English Tree Strategy will include a target to plant 30,000 hectares of trees per year during this Parliament.

27 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Tree Planting

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the terms of the English Tree Strategy consultation will be published; and what the timescale of that public consultation will be.

27 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dogs: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 2 April 2019 to Question 237055, when his Department plans to publish its research on responsible dog ownership completed in collaboration with Middlese

24 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Peatlands: Controlled Burning

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of 28 October 2019, Official Report, column 31, what the timeframe

24 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Peat

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to page 45 of the 25 Year Environment Plan, what further measures he plans to bring forward to (a) phase out the use of peat in gardening composts and (b) ensure that th

24 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Chemicals: Pollution Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of restricting chemical substances that are persistent and mobile but do not meet all criteria for classification as persistent orga

21 Feb 2020 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government has plans to identify the ancient woodlands which could be affected by the northern sections of the high speed two route.