Written questions
1,525 written questions tabled, most recent first.
8 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason people who have been tested positive and recovered from covid-19 are not exempt from quarantine requirements and other restrictions upon their personal freedom; and if he will make
8 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to his oral contribution of 1 October 2020, Official Report, Column 503, if he will publish the evidence in support of his statement that hundreds of thousands of deaths would follow if t
8 Oct 2020 · Treasury
Duty Free Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the economic impact assessment of the decision to end tax free sales for air passengers and the VAT refund scheme from 1 January 2020; and if he will make a statement.
8 Oct 2020 · Treasury
Air Passenger Duty: Coronavirus
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of Air Passenger Duty charged by airlines which has not been refunded to passengers who did not undertake their booked flights in the last six months; and if he will make it G
1 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus Act 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to his oral contribution of 30 September 2020, Official Report, column 392, what discussions he has with Cabinet colleagues on the length of the debate on the extension of the provisions o
1 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to his oral contribution of 30 September 2020, Official Report, column 392, what assessment he has made of the (a) effectiveness of and (b) adequacy of time available for parliamentary scr
25 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Protective Clothing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2020 to Question 75298, on how many occasions his Department has been supplied with faulty personal protective equipment products since 1 April 2020 by (a) UK-base
25 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Protective Clothing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to permit NHS Trusts in England and other health bodies to procure their own personal protective equipment products direct from UK manufacturers; and if he will make a
25 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Protective Clothing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer to Question 55014, what estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) eye protection visors and (b) other items of personal protective equipment being supplied to NHS England
25 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Protective Clothing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the introduction of regulations requiring the use of face coverings was linked to an increase in infection rates of covid-19; and if he will make a statement.
25 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hearing Impairment: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to promote the use of clear face coverings in healthcare and other settings to assist people with hearing problems; and if he will make a statement.
22 Sep 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Planning Permission: Local Press
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what regulatory impact assessment he has carried out on the proposal to remove statutory requirements for planning applications to be publicised in local newspapers; and if he wi
22 Sep 2020 · Treasury
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 21 September 2020 to Question 90033 on Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, whether a business that repays a furlough grant to which it is entitled is liable for tax upon that grant notwithsta
16 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Public Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether in deciding to use the urgency procedure to lay The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) (Amendment) (No.4) Regulations 2020 he made an assessment of the serious
15 Sep 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 (a) evidential and (b) scientific basis for tightening restrictions on gatherings in the open air in England under the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No 2) (E
15 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Christchurch
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people resident in the Christchurch constituency have received covid-19 tests in each of the last seven days; and how many requests for tests from those residents have been unsuccessful in
15 Sep 2020 · Treasury
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it Government policy that businesses which voluntarily repay furlough payments to the Government are not subject to tax on those payments; and if he will make a statement.
14 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Foetal Valproate Spectrum Disorder
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to support people with Foetal Valproate Spectrum Disorder; and when he plans next to meet the Independent Foetal Anti-Convulsant Trust.
11 Sep 2020 · Department for Transport
Department for Transport: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many members of staff in his Department were (a) working at their normal place of work, (b) working from home, (c) on annual leave, (d) on sickness absence and (e) not working for another reason in the week
11 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Surgery
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it the policy of the Government to require NHS hospitals to make provision for elective surgery seven days a week; and if he will make a statement.
11 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Surgery: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is Government policy to restrict NHS elective surgery for people aged over 70; and if he will make a statement.
11 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Distancing: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment he has made of the risk to public health of a social gathering of six people (a) in the open air and (b) inside a building; and if he will make a statement.
11 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Social Distancing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the comparative risk to public health of (a) a wedding reception for a maximum of 30 people in compliance with rules on social distancing and (b) a birthday party wit
8 Sep 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Performing Arts: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to his 5 July 2020 press release, when the Government plans to finalise its guidance on a phased return of the performing arts sector.
8 Sep 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
PLASA: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will arrange an early meeting with the Professional Lighting and Sound Association to discuss the effect upon their members of the continuing covid-19 lockdown restrictions on the
8 Sep 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Cultural Heritage: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will extend access to the £1.57 billion support package for cultural and heritage organisations to members of the Professional Lighting and Sound Association affected by the covid-
2 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 August 2020 to Question 43829 on coronavirus: screening, what the reasons were for the time taken to respond that the data was not held in the format requested; and if
2 Sep 2020 · Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the maximum length of contract is which can meet the criteria of the Cabinet Office procurement policy note 01/20: Responding to Covid-19; and if he will make a stat
2 Sep 2020 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress he has made on developing an initiative to support a furlough scheme for (a) luxury coaches and (b) other assets which cannot be used during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement.
2 Sep 2020 · Ministry of Defence
Army Personnel Centre
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the facility at the Army Personnel Centre enabling people to trace the service records of their relatives will be fully operational; and when a search made for an individual with Army Service Number 14603451
Source: official written-questions record.