Written questions
160 written questions tabled, most recent first.
19 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Public Health Laboratory Service: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what function public health laboratories have in covid-19 testing.
19 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Public Health Laboratory Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many public health laboratories have closed in England and Wales from 2010 to 2020.
19 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion figure for asymptomatic transmission the Government is using in its modelling of covid-19 contagion.
6 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Paramedical Staff: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has undertaken an impact assessment on the effect on student paramedic recruitment of the decision to exclude student paramedics from the NHS scheme for claiming student plac
6 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Paramedical Staff: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will include student paramedics on the NHS scheme for claiming student placement expenses.
3 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Crimes of Violence: Retail Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of convictions are were there for violent offences committed against the person (i) on retail premises and (ii) against retail workers in each of the last five years for which figures
23 May 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Air Pollution: Schools
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve air quality around schools in Hackney.
23 May 2019 · Home Office
Knives: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to support the public health approach to tackling knife crime in Hackney.
23 May 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Poverty: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to reduce the number of children living in poverty in London.
23 May 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Organs: Donors
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage organ donation in BAME communities.
23 May 2019 · Home Office
Visas: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of UK settlement visa applicants that paid for the priority service received a response within his Department's deadline.
23 May 2019 · Home Office
Biometric Residence Permits: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason his Department does not retain data on delays in the issue of Biometric Resident Permits.
25 Feb 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Sri Lanka: Politics and Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of progress on UN Human Rights Commission resolution L30/1 on promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka.
23 Jan 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons the consultation on changes to NHS pension schemes only runs from 4 January to 28 January 2019.
10 Jan 2019 · Department for Transport
Seaborne Freight
What due diligence was undertaken by his Department in advance of its award of a contract to Seaborne Freight.
21 Nov 2018 · Department for International Development
St Helena: Airports
How many planes have successfully (a) landed and (b) taken off from St Helena's airport since that airport was built.
5 Nov 2018 · Cabinet Office
Vote Leave: Election Offences
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2018 to Question 183310 on Vote Leave: Election Offences, what steps he has taken as a result of the findings of the report of the Electoral Commission into the activities of
1 Nov 2018 · Home Office
Immigration: Biometric Residence Permits
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2018 to Question 176098, how his Department plans to contact people with existing leave to remain in the UK on applying for a biometric residence permit.
1 Nov 2018 · Home Office
Immigration: Biometric Residence Permits
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many biometric residence permits have been issued in the last three months; and what the average time taken has been for issuing such permits in the most recent period for which figures are availa
25 Oct 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Mental Illness
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether health professionals undertaking personal independence payment assessments for people with mental health issues are required to have a qualification in mental health.
24 Oct 2018 · Cabinet Office
Vote Leave: Election Offences
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the recent report of the Electoral Commission into the activities of Vote Leave, what assessment he has made of the implications for the Government's policies of the findings in that report.
23 Oct 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Rivers: Sewage
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many litres of sewage is discharged into rivers in (a) London and (b) the rest of the South-East because of misconnected pipes; and what steps he is taking to bring the matter to t
18 Oct 2018 · Department for Transport
Cycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to extend cycling’s popularity to groups that are currently under-represented.
9 Oct 2018 · Department for Education
Schools: Asbestos
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to assess the presence of asbestos in schools which did not respond to the recent Asbestos Management Assurance Process request.
9 Oct 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that staff conducting medical assessments of personal independence payment applicants are qualified to assess people with mental health issues.
8 Oct 2018 · Home Office
Biometric Residence Permits
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time is for processing biometric residence permits for people (a) applying with existing indefinite leave to remain and (b) making new claims in the most recent period for
8 Oct 2018 · Home Office
Biometric Residence Permits
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department plans to advise individuals with indefinite leave to remain to apply for a biometric residence permit.
8 Oct 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Burma: Rohingya
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to refer the Government of Myanmar to the International Criminal Court for their actions towards the Rohingya.
8 Oct 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Burma: Rohingya
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking to help (a) prevent further violence towards and (b) resolve the causes of the Rohingya crisis.
8 Oct 2018 · Department for International Development
Gaza: Humanitarian Situation
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps are being taken by his Department to tackle the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
Source: official written-questions record.