Written questions

1,525 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Prime Minister's oral contribution of 18 November 2020, Official Report, column 323, if he will set out the evidence both ways on whether people who have tested positive within the

24 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what date his Department's Parliamentary Question Performance Recovery Plan was completed; and if he will place a copy of that plan in the Library.

24 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it the policy of the Government to reimburse patients who have to incur costs in accessing procedures which are currently unavailable through the NHS as a result of covid-19 restric

24 Nov 2020 · Home Office

British Nationality: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to allow applicants for naturalisation as British citizens to continue to qualify if they have been absent outside the UK for more than three months as a result of covid

24 Nov 2020 · Treasury

Protective Clothing: VAT Zero Rating

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the temporary VAT exemption on personal protective equipment has not been extended beyond 31 October 2020; and if he will make a statement.

23 Nov 2020 · Treasury

Business Rates: Christchurch

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will (a) instruct the Valuation Office Agency to complete its work on the allocation of rateable values to the individual business premises at Aerodrome Studios, Airfield Way, Christchurch and (b) compensate b

17 Nov 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Consumers: Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2020 to Question 20380 on Consumers: Protection, what the outcome was of the meeting of the CPP Intelligence Gathering Group on 23 April 2020; an

17 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Out-patients: Coronavirus

What estimate he has made of the number of hospital patients diagnosed with covid-19 in October 2020 who contracted that virus while in hospital.

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

National Lottery Community Fund: Christchurch

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many organisations in Christchurch constituency have applied for funding through the Coronavirus Community Support Fund; and what criteria are used to assess those applications.

16 Nov 2020 · Treasury

Customs: EU Countries

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when definitive advice will be available for removal companies on the customs documentation they will need from their customers in order to facilitate the transfer of their goods to destinations in the EU which are

9 Nov 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Green Homes Grant Scheme: Park Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2020 to Question 106216 on Green Homes Grant Scheme: Park Homes, what steps he is taking to enable park home owners to comply with the require

9 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the population that has immunity to covid-19; and if he will make a statement.

9 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Insurance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he holds information on the number of NHS employees in England who have access to private medical insurance.

5 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS employees in England have recovered from covid-19 after receiving a positive test result.

5 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to exempt a person from covid-19 restrictions when they have received a vaccine; and if he will make a statement.

5 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Influenza: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the (a) effectiveness of the mass vaccination of vulnerable people in England against influenza in winter 2019-20 and (b) potential effect of the influenza vaccine pr

4 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Religious Practice

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the evidence of the risks to public health posed by the giving or receiving of the Sacrament in places of worship which are compliant with rules on covid-19 safety; and if he wil

4 Nov 2020 · Department for International Trade

Trade Promotion

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will list (a) the countries to which the Government appoints Trade Envoys and (b) the name of each person in post as a Trade Envoy on 1 November 2020; and when the vacant posts will be filled.

4 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Funerals and Weddings

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the reasons are for not permitting the same number of people to attend weddings as are permitted to attend funerals under the covid-19 restrictions; on what evidence this policy was based; and

4 Nov 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it the policy of the Government during the covid-19 restrictions to exempt from calculations of capital limits for claiming universal credit savings which have been set aside for the pu

4 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Sweden

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Minister for Patient Safety, Mental Health and Suicide Prevention's oral contribution of 22 October 2020, Official Report, Col 1337, if he will place in the House of Commons Library

3 Nov 2020 · Cabinet Office

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office what reason the use of (a) religious and (b) sporting premises in England certified by Public Health England as covid-safe are now assessed as a risk to public health; and

3 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the evidential basis for (a) prohibiting two people playing golf on a public golf course and (b) allowing two people to walk a dog on a public footpath during the covid-19 outbre

3 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Alcoholic Drinks and Take-away Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the evidential basis for (a) restricting the sale of alcoholic drinks with takeaway meals by public houses and (b) allowing the the sale of alcoholic drinks and takeaway meals by

3 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Hospital Beds

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the current capacity is of hospitals in England to treat covid-19 patients; and if he will set out the evidence which shows that hospitals would run out of that capacity by the end of November

3 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Intensive Care: Hospital Beds

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many intensive care beds there were in NHS hospitals in England on (a) 31 March 2020 and (b) 31 October 2020.

20 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what evidence his Department has on the effect of obesity on covid-19 outcomes; and what assessment he has made of recent trends in the level of obesity in England; and if he will make a statement.

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

Green Homes Grant Scheme: Park Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many installers have accreditation to carry out insulation on park homes for the purposes of the Green Homes Grant 2020; if he will ensure that park home owners are informed o

15 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people in England who have a natural immunity to covid-19; and what evidence he has on whether that immunity is not compromised by vaccination

8 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his latest estimate is of the number of people in England immune from covid-19 by reason of antibodies; and what the planned timescale is for making a covid-19 antibody test available for use

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