Written questions

607 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Jul 2020 · Department for Education

Universities: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Institute for Fiscal Studies report entitled, Will universities need a bailout to survive the COVID-19 crisis, published 6 July 2020; and

10 Jul 2020 · Prime Minister

Care Homes

To ask the Prime Minister, when he last met with care home (a) workers and (b) providers.

10 Jul 2020 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to distribute protective masks for disabled extremely vulnerable passengers on services provided by Transport for London; and if he will make a statement.

10 Jul 2020 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that public transport remains accessible for disabled people during the covid-19 outbreak.

10 Jul 2020 · Department for International Trade

Ports: Smuggling

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the ability of the UK's ports to cope with smuggling at the end of the transition arrangements with the EU; and if she will make a statement.

10 Jul 2020 · Department for International Trade

Saudi Arabia: International Humanitarian Law

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to her Written Statement HC WS339, whether she will publish the assessment that evaluated if Saudi Arabia had broken International Humanitarian Law; and if she will make a statement.

8 Jul 2020 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Data Protection

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many data breaches his Department has reported to the Information Commissioner in each of the last five years.

8 Jul 2020 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Carers

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will place a copy in the Library of his Department's guidance on the benefits available to staff in his Department who are carers.

8 Jul 2020 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Buildings

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many of his Department's redundant buildings have been converted into housing in each of the last five years; and what proportion of those conversions were made into affordable housing.

8 Jul 2020 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Display Energy Certificates

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many of his Department's buildings have had their Display Energy Certificate rating improve in each of the last five years.

8 Jul 2020 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Energy

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent on energy conservation measures for its buildings in each of the last four years.

8 Jul 2020 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much carbon has been produced by his Department’s activities in each of the last five years.

8 Jul 2020 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Renewable Energy

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether all of his Department's buildings are purchasing energy through a renewable energy tariff.

8 Jul 2020 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Display Energy Certificates

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many of his Department's buildings have a Display Energy Certificate rating; and what that rating is for each of those buildings.

8 Jul 2020 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Renewable Energy

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much energy from renewable energy sources has been produced from his departmental buildings in each of the last five years.

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

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many of his Department's redundant buildings have been converted into housing in each of the last five years; and what proportion of those conversions were made into affordabl

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

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Display Energy Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many of his Department's buildings have had their Display Energy Certificate rating improve in each of the last five years.

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

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many data breaches his Department has reported to the Information Commissioner in each of the last five years.

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

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Lost Property

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many of his Department's (a) laptops, (b) memory sticks and (c) external hard drives have been lost in each of the last five years.

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

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many settlement agreements were agreed between his Department and staff in each of the last five years; and how much was paid out in respect of such agreements.

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

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Cybercrime

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many cyber-attacks have been conducted against his Department in each of the last five years; and how many of those attacks were successful.

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

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Artworks

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of works of art in his Department's buildings that depict (a) former slave owners and (b) slave trade merchants; and if he will make a stat

8 Jul 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how long an employment and support allowance decision is valid for.

8 Jul 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to financially support universal credit claimants during the five-week waiting period for their first payment.

8 Jul 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Soical Security Benefits: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to provide additional financial support to (a) employment and support allowance and (b) personal independence payment recipients during the covid-19 outbreak.

7 Jul 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the emergency £20 top-up given to universal credit recipients in response to the covid-19 outbreak was not extended to people receiving employment and support allowance and personal inde

7 Jul 2020 · Cabinet Office

Senior Civil Servants: Resignations

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) Permanent Secretaries and (b) Cabinet Secretaries have left their posts in each of the last 15 years.

7 Jul 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

USA: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to the US Administration on the stockpiling of Remdesivir in the US for the treatment of patients with covid-19; and if he will make a statement.

7 Jul 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

China: Sterilisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Chinese Government on the alleged practice of forced sterilisations among ethnic minority women in the Xinjiang region in China; and if he will ma

7 Jul 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rivers: Sewage

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of water companies on ending the practice of overflow raw sewage being pumped into rivers; and if he will make a statement.

Source: official written-questions record.