Written questions

2,064 written questions tabled, most recent first.

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

Local Government: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to provide local authorities with additional resources to enable them to continue to support their communities during the covid-19 outbreak in the event that th

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

Local Government: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of local government reorganisations planned for 2021 on the ability of local government bodies to support their communities during the c

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

Local Government: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimates he has made of the amount of local government (a) time and (b) other resources that will be required to implement the local government reorganisations planned for

16 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the efficacy of wearing masks while singing for the reduction of transmission of covid-19.

16 Nov 2020 · Home Office

Asylum: Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2020 to Question 109252 on Asylum: Legal Aid Scheme, what guidance she has issued to Migrant Help on advising asylum seekers housed at the (a) Napier Barracks in F

16 Nov 2020 · Home Office

Migrants: Sleeping Rough

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure non-UK nationals who are experiencing rough sleeping will not face deportation.

16 Nov 2020 · Home Office

Migrants: Sleeping Rough

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has in place to support non-UK nationals who are experiencing rough sleeping to ensure that they do not face deportation when new rules come into force in December 2020.

13 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Exercise Cygnus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the full findings of Exercise Cygnus.

11 Nov 2020 · Home Office

Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with external stakeholders on the role of the proposed Migrants' Commissioner.

11 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the radiotherapy backlog from Public Health England’s latest Radiotherapy Dataset.

11 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 20 of the NHS mental health implementation plan 2019-20 to 2023-4, what the timeline is for introducing a comprehensive offer for 0-25 year olds that reaches across mental h

10 Nov 2020 · Treasury

Beer: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Written Statement of on 21 July 2020, HCWS400, on Finance Bill 2020-21: Draft Legislation and Tax Documents, on what date he plans to open the technical consultation on Small Brewers Relief.

9 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Radiotherapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the latest Public Health England Radiotherapy Dataset; and whether he plans to publish that dataset.

9 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Exercise Cygnus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Public Health England report published on 20 October 2020 the only report that exists on the findings of Exercise Cygnus.

9 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Exercise Cygnus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the report into Exercise Cygnus was not published until 20 October 2020.

9 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Exercise Cygnus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 20 October 2020, HCWS526 on Report on Exercise on Pandemic preparedness, if he will publish (a) when and (b) how the Government implemented each of the 22

30 Oct 2020 · Treasury

Social Enterprises: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his decision to postpone the autumn Budget, whether a decision on the future of the Social Investment Tax Relief will be made in 2020.

30 Oct 2020 · Home Office

Asylum: Interviews

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's proof of concept pilot on the outsourcing of asylum interviews, whether asylum claimants interviewed under that proof of concept pilot will be informed that they are

30 Oct 2020 · Home Office

Asylum: Interviews

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's proof of concept pilot on the outsourcing of asylum interviews, what comparative assessment her Department plans to make of the (a) timeliness and (b) quality of asy

30 Oct 2020 · Home Office

Asylum: Interviews

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria will be applied to evaluate the success of the proof of concept pilot for the outsourcing of asylum interviews.

30 Oct 2020 · Home Office

Asylum: Interviews

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which external supplier is providing staff to deliver her Department's proof of concept pilot for the outsourcing of asylum interviews.

30 Oct 2020 · Home Office

Asylum: Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of access to legal aid immigration advice by asylum seekers housed at the (a) Napier Barracks in Folkestone and (b) Penally Training Camp in Pembrokeshire;

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

Evictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring landlords to register eviction notices at the point of delivery, so that his Department would obtain accurate rec

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

Evictions: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on eviction for private rental tenants in (a) Tier 1, (b) Tier 2 and (c) Tier 3 local covid-19 alert areas.

21 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Immigration: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the lodging of applications to the (a) Upper Tribunal, (b) Court of Appeal and (c) Administrative Court online will continue after the covid-19 outbreak.

21 Oct 2020 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the decision to allow biometric information submitted as part of a person’s previous immigration application to be reused in further applications will continue following the covid-19 outbreak.

21 Oct 2020 · Home Office

Asylum: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the electronic submission of accompanying evidence for asylum applications electronically will continue following the covid-19 outbreak.

21 Oct 2020 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the use of digital signatures on domestic violence concession applications will continue after the covid-19 outbreak.

21 Oct 2020 · Home Office

Asylum: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the electronic submission of accompanying evidence for asylum applications electronically will continue at the conclusion of the covid-19 outbreak.

21 Oct 2020 · Home Office

Asylum: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she make permanent the change introduced in response to the covid-19 outbreak which permits the registration of in-country initial asylum claims in six regional locations.

Source: official written-questions record.