Written questions

607 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Photography: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the loss of income to freelance photographers as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.

22 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Dstl: Special Advisers

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Government special advisers have been granted access to Porton Down in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

22 Jul 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Aviation: Renewable Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential timescale for all UK internal flights to be able to be powered through (a) electric-battery, (b) hydrogen and (c) other such sustainab

22 Jul 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Aerospace Industry: East Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support his Department is providing to (a) Rolls-Royce, (b) Bombardier and (c) other such companies located in the East Midlands; and if he will make a statement.

22 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to implement the recommendations of Baroness Cumberlege's Review on the Safety of Certain Medicines and Medical Devices; and if he will make a statement.

22 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Unmanned Air Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the progress of trials by NHS Highlands of drones being used to transport medical supplies; and what assessment he has made of the potential for the wider roll-out of

22 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) nurses and (b) doctors there were in the NHS, by ethnicity, in each of the last five years.

22 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children have been referred to Improving Access to Psychological Therapies services (a) since 1 January 2020 and (b) in each of the last five years.

22 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Antidepressants: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children have been prescribed anti-depressants (a) since 1 January 2020 and (b) in each of the last five years.

22 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children have been moved out-of-area for inpatient mental health hospital admissions (a) since 1 January 2020 and (b) in each of the last five years.

22 Jul 2020 · Home Office

Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children were detained in police cells under the Mental Health Act 1983 (a) since 1 January 2020 and (b) in each of the last five years.

22 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Self-harm: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children (a) attended A&E and (b) were admitted to hospital as a result of self-harming in each of the last five years.

22 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much revenue has been collected in fines at NHS facilities as a result of parking infringements in each of the last five years.

22 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Solicitors: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to help improve access between solicitors and their clients during the covid-19 outbreak.

22 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Restraining Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many restraining orders have been broken in each (a) month of 2020 and (b) of the last five years.

22 Jul 2020 · Cabinet Office

Public Inquiries: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what advice his Department provides to other Departments on the threshold required to be met before a public inquiry can be convened; and if he will make a statement.

20 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Private Rented Housing: Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to prevent landlords from refusing to accept tenants in receipt of benefit payments.

20 Jul 2020 · Home Office

Metropolitan Police: Stop and Search

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications of the Metropolitan police's wrongful stop and search of Bianca Williams and Ricardo Dos Santos for her policy nationwide on stop and search powers; an

20 Jul 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Poland: LGBT+ People

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he will take with his European counterparts to help protect the rights of LGBTQ+ people in Poland following the election of President Duda; and if he will make a statement.

20 Jul 2020 · Department for Transport

Aviation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy for all UK internal flights to be sustainably powered by 2030; and if he will make a statement.

20 Jul 2020 · Cabinet Office

Emergencies: Planning

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to include economic impact in the next cross-departmental exercise on disaster management; and if he will make a statement.

20 Jul 2020 · Cabinet Office

Home Office: Bullying

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the investigation into allegations of bullying by the Home Secretary (a) commenced and b) is planned to be published.

20 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

BBC Wales and S4C

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the BBC Director-General on protecting the future of (a) BBC Cymru Wales and (b) S4C.

20 Jul 2020 · Cabinet Office

Public Inquiries: Coronavirus

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with his Cabinet colleagues on holding s public inquiry on the UK's response to the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement.

20 Jul 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Aircraft: Electric Motors

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support his Department is allocating to the establishment of (a) electric and (b) hydrogen powered flight; and if he will make a statement.

20 Jul 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Aircraft: Electric Motors

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department will work with interested parties in resuming the E-Fan X demonstrator project; and if he will make a statement.

20 Jul 2020 · Cabinet Office

Public Inquiries: Coronavirus

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Prime Minister's oral contribution of 15 July 2020, Official Report, col. 1514, whether the independent inquiry on the Government's response to the covid-19 outbreak will be held under the powers

20 Jul 2020 · Cabinet Office

Public Inquiries: Coronavirus

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Prime Minister's oral contribution of 15 July 2020, Official Report, col. 1514, whether people who have lost friends and family as a result of the covid-19 outbreak will be able to participate in

20 Jul 2020 · Cabinet Office

Public Inquiries: Coronavirus

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Prime MInister's oral contribution of 15 July 2020, Official Report, col. 1514, when he plans to announce who the chair will be of the independent inquiry on the Government's response to the covi

20 Jul 2020 · Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office

Public Inquiries: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Prime Minister's oral contribution of 15 July 2020, Official Report, col. 1514, what the annual budget will be of the independent inquiry on the Governmen

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