Written questions

2,688 written questions tabled, most recent first.

28 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Palestinians: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has allocated all of the People for Peaceful Change budget to date.

28 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Palestinians: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2020 to Question 42248 on Palestinians: Overseas Aid, on what date the internal panel of researchers will complete its analysis.

27 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the efficacy of the Pfizer-BioNTech covid-19 vaccine after twelve weeks.

27 Jan 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Kingston upon Hull

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what comparative assessment her Department has made of the reasons for the change in the number of people claiming benefits in (a) Kingston upon Hull and (b) the UK in the latest period for which figure

27 Jan 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Self-employed: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support her Department is providing for self-employed parents not able to work whilst schools are closed during covid-19 lockdown restrictions.

27 Jan 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Kingston upon Hull

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what comparative estimate she has made of the number of children living in poverty in Kingston upon Hull at the beginning of the covid-19 outbreak and in January 2021.

26 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Remote Education: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to increase the speed of the rollout of (a) digital devices and (b) access to the internet to children who are not in school as a result of the covid-19 outbreak in (a) Yorkshire a

26 Jan 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband and Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what long-term plans his Department is making to tackle inequalities throughout the UK in access to (a) broadband, (b) digital devices and (c) digital skills training.

26 Jan 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Metals: Kingston upon Hull

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support Kingston upon Hull to become the location of Europe’s first rare earth processing plant.

26 Jan 2021 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse: Kingston upon Hull

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of the loss of police records on the (a) processing and (b) prosecuting of domestic violence cases in Kingston upon Hull.

25 Jan 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Regional Planning and Development: Kingston upon Hull North

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the economic effect of the Government's levelling up agenda on the Kingston upon Hull North constituency.

25 Jan 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Regional Planning and Development: Kingston upon Hull

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the implications for local government funding to Kingston upon Hull of the recommendations in the 2021 Centre for Cities, Cities Outlook report.

25 Jan 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Retail Trade: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the shop out to help out voucher scheme referred to in the the 2021 Centre for Cities, Cities Outlook re

25 Jan 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Coronavirus: Kingston upon Hull

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the recent Centre for Cities 2021 report, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of a targeted furlough scheme for Kingston upon Hull.

25 Jan 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Regional Planning and Development: Kingston upon Hull

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the implications of the findings of the report by the Centre for Cities entitled Cities Outlook 2021, published on 25 January 2021, for his policie

6 Jan 2021 · Home Office

Biometrics: Greater Manchester and Kingston upon Hull

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the number of free biometric appointments issued in (a) Hull and (b) Manchester in 2020; and what steps her Department has taken to increase the number

30 Dec 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza Strip: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what (a) diplomatic and (b) humanitarian support the Government (a) has provided and (b) plans to provide to help tackle the effects of the covid-19 pandemic in Gaza.

16 Dec 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Democratic Republic of Congo: Internally Displaced People

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations the Government has made to the United Nations on action to protect the Banyamulenge community of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

16 Dec 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Democratic Republic of Congo: International Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what programmes of international aid and humanitarian assistance the UK Government has contributed to in response to the ongoing persecution of the Banyamulenge community in

16 Dec 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Democratic Republic of Congo: Internally Displaced People

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps his Department has taken to help tackle the violence against the Banyamulenge community of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

30 Nov 2020 · Northern Ireland Office

Abortion: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many women have not been able to access in-country care as a result of the cessation of abortion services by the Northern Trust.

30 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sexual and Reproductive Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to undertake an assessment of the effectiveness of sexual and reproductive healthcare commissioning responsibilities concurrently with the reorganisation of Public Health England.

30 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sexual and Reproductive Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has in place to consider the best interests of women when determining the future of Public Health England's reproductive and contraceptive care responsibilities.

30 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Abortion: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of women's experiences when receiving remote abortion care; and what weight he plans to give to women's experiences and preferences in the ongoing consultation on the pe

30 Nov 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to Tier Three covid-19 restrictions that will be in place from the 2 December 2020, whether an indoor sports facility that would be required to cease group activity and cl

25 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Children: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Government will publish further guidance for joint-custody parents in the event that their child or children need to self-isolate due to a suspected or confirmed case of covid-19.

16 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Dance: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether dance schools can open for (a) training and rehearsal without an audience and (b) supervised activities for children during the November 2020 covid-19 lockdown.

13 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS and Social Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) NHS and (b) social care staff have died from covid-19 since the start of the outbreak.

12 Nov 2020 · Cabinet Office

Intelligence and Security Committee: Russia

What plans the Government has to implement the recommendations of the Intelligence and Security Committee’s report on Russia.

9 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to implement a sexual and reproductive health strategy and HIV action plan.

Source: official written-questions record.