Written questions

2,688 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Mar 2021 · Home Office

Cybersecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Home Department, with reference to the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy, published in March 2021, how her Department plans to strengthen the UK's criminal justice response to cyber at

17 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Antisemitism

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to statistics from the Community Security Trust that 2019 recorded the highest number of anti-Semitic hate crimes since 2007, what steps his Department is taking t

17 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether plans for a contactless ticketing scheme in the North of England have been cancelled as stated in a letter from the Department of Transport to Transport for the North, dated 4 January 2021.

17 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport

Transport for the North: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the core budget of Transport for the North has been reduced from £10 million to £6 million for the financial year 2021-22 as stated in a letter from the Department for Transport to Transport for the Nor

17 Mar 2021 · Prime Minister

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2021 to Question 160582, when he plans to respond to the letters from the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North, of 25 February 2021 and 11 March 2021, on changes in the level of funding for

11 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of providing grants to pharmacies to help cover additional costs accrued during the covid-19 outbreak; and how much and what proporti

10 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Test and Trace Support Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the accessibility of £500 Test and Trace Support Payment.

10 Mar 2021 · Cabinet Office

Blood: Contamination

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to provide additional funding to (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland to support improvements and equality in the infected

10 Mar 2021 · Cabinet Office

Blood: Contamination

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent progress has been made in making long-term, specialist psychological support available to people infected or affected by the contaminated blood scandal.

9 Mar 2021 · Treasury

Blood: Contamination

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the announcement in Budget 2021 that lifetime financial support will be provided for survivors of the Thalidomide scandal, whether the Government plans to provide lifetime financial support to the

9 Mar 2021 · Treasury

Blood: Contamination

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will make additional funding available to the Department of Health to enable improvements in the infected blood support schemes.

9 Mar 2021 · Cabinet Office

Blood: Contamination

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department has taken to include bereaved parents and children in the infected blood support schemes.

9 Mar 2021 · Cabinet Office

Blood: Contamination

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress has been made on ensuring that access to the infected blood support schemes is fair and equal throughout the UK.

9 Mar 2021 · Department for Education

Further Education: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many 16 to 19 year old students attracted (a) Disadvantage Block 1 funding, (b) Disadvantage Block 2 funding and (c) Disadvantage Block 1 and 2 funding in the latest year for which figures are available.

9 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Towns Fund: Newark

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason the Government decided to include Newark on its Towns Fund recipients March 2021 list, published on 3 March 2021.

8 Mar 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Kickstart Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made on the effect of the Kickstart scheme on employment levels.

8 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Towns Fund and UK Community Renewal Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the timeframe is for his Department's publication of the selection methodology it used to allocate funding through the (a) Towns Fund and (b) Community Renewal Fund.

5 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

UK Community Renewal Fund: Kingston upon Hull

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish (a) the index of economic resilience used to determine the 100 priority places for the UK Community Renewal Fund and (b) the score awarded to the city of Hull

5 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Infected Blood Inquiry

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people affected by the contaminated blood inquiry are kept fully informed on developments in that inquiry.

5 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

UK Community Renewal Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what comparative assessment his Department made of the adequacy of community funding in (a) Richmond and (b) Hull before deciding their respective places in the priority list for

5 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

UK Community Renewal Fund: Kingston upon Hull

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the equity of not including Hull in the 100 priority places for the Community Renewal Fund.

4 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

UK Community Renewal Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what methodology was used to select the 100 places that are on the UK Community Renewal Fund.

4 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2021 to Question 153163 on Coronavirus: Disability, with reference to finding by the Office of National Statistics that 60 per cent of deaths involving covid-1

4 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Infected Blood Inquiry

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Government plans to announce what progress has been made with the compensation framework review in relation to the contaminated blood inquiry.

4 Mar 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control

What steps he is taking to secure long-term funding for nature-based flooding solutions.

3 Mar 2021 · Department for Education

Further Education: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2021 to Question 156534 on the 16 to 19 Tuition Fund, how much funding under the 16-19 Tuition Fund has been allocated to (a) further education colleges, (b) sixth form col

3 Mar 2021 · Department for Education

Further Education and Sixth Form Education: Pupil Numbers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2021 to Question 156534 on the 16 to 19 Tuition Fund, how many 16 to 19 year olds are studying in (a) further education colleges, (b) sixth form colleges, (c) 16 to 19 acad

2 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

England Infected Blood Support Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that after the Inquiry into Contaminated Blood no beneficiary of the England Infected Blood Support Scheme will be financially worse off.

2 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

England Infected Blood Support Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to provide assurance to people receiving regular support through the England Infected Blood Support Scheme that they will not be forced to leave that scheme afte

1 Mar 2021 · Prime Minister

Transport for the North: Finance

To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to his oral contribution on 24 February 2021, Official Report, col 911, if he will make an assessment of the compatibility of his policies and the funding letter from the Department for Transport, sent to Transpor

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