Written questions

1,525 written questions tabled, most recent first.

1 Sep 2020 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving test appointments the DVSA made on (a) 21 August 2020 and (b) 25 August 2020; how many appointment applicants were unsuccessful on each day; and if he will make a statement.

1 Sep 2020 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving test appointments on 14 September will be made available in (a) Poole, (b) Southampton and (c) Salisbury; for what reason it is not possible to reopen the test centre at Gillam road in Bournemo

15 Jul 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason his 10 July 2020 guidance to employers on individuals for whom they can claim wages who are not employees was not issued before that date; and what estimate he has made of the number of new eligible

15 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

P14 Medical: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria were applied when awarding contracts to P14 Medical in Stroud for the supply of PPE equipment to the NHS; and whether that procurement was the subject of a competitive tender invitati

1 Jul 2020 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Driving Licences

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the DVLA to respond to the change of address registration application for an HGV driving licence, reference WM509761918GB, sent by recorded delivery on 7 May 2020; and when the updated driving l

25 Jun 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what regulatory impact assessment the Government made of the effect of the decision to extend the restrictions on (a) cricket, (b) indoor swimming, and (c) real tennis beyond 4 July 2020

25 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Endoscopy: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the national shortfall in medical staff able to provide elective endoscopy services; and what steps he is taking to ensure that all NHS hospitals are urgently able to p

24 Jun 2020 · Department for Transport

Bus Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date he next plans to meet with representatives from bus and coach operators.

15 Jun 2020 · Treasury

Tourism: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library a copy of his response to the letter dated 5 June signed by over five hundred coach operators on the classification of the coach travel industry as leisure businesses for the purposes

11 Jun 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to tackle defects in smart meters; and if he will make a statement.

10 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Nusinersen

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many sufferers of spinal muscular atrophy have not yet received the drug spinraza for which they are eligible following the decision of NICE; and if he will make a statement.

3 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Bowel Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the despatch of new or replacement bowel cancer screening test kits has been suspended; what steps the Government is taking to ensure that delayed tests will not adversely affect th

2 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Social Distancing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will conduct a regulatory impact assessment of the effect of PHE guidance on 2 metre social distancing during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement.

2 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Social Distancing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 May 2020 to Question 44954, on Coronavirus: Social Distancing, if he will place in the House of Commons Library the study on respiratory droplet characteristics and dis

2 Jun 2020 · Department for Transport

Driving Licences: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons people are currently not able to apply for a new provisional driving licence; when he plans to reinstate that service; and if he will make a statement.

2 Jun 2020 · Cabinet Office

Electrical Safety: Standards

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it the policy of the Government that all relevant Government contracts involving electrical installation should comply with the eighteenth edition of BS7671 published in 2018; and if he will make

1 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Justice

HM Prison Service: Dairy Products

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of the milk and dairy products used by the Prison Service in England comes from UK producers; what steps he is taking to increase that proportion; and if he will make a statement.

1 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Dairy Products

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the milk and dairy products used by his Department comes from UK producers; what steps he is taking to increase that proportion; and if he will make a statement.

20 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason it is his policy that routine dentistry is not permitted under covid-19 outbreak restrictions; what assessment he has made of the potential merits of permitting private dentists to

20 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) consultations and (b) surgical operations were carried out for NHS patients in private hospitals in England in (a) March 2020 and (b) April 2020; and what steps he is taking to ensure

20 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many of the care homes in England which did not have any residents diagnosed with covid-19 as at 20 May 2020 received patients who were discharged from hospitals in England between 19 March 20

20 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many care homes where one or more residents has died with covid-19 received people who were discharged from hospitals between 19 March 2020 and 31 March 2020.

20 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients were discharged from hospitals in (a) England and (b) to (i) care homes and (ii) nursing homes between 19 March 2020 and 31 March 2020.

19 May 2020 · Department for Transport

Motorcycles: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to promote the use of powered two wheelers as an alternative to public transport; and if he will make a statement.

19 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Hospitals

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many residents of (a) care homes and (b) nursing homes were admitted to NHS hospitals in England in (i) March and (ii) April 2020.

19 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hospital patients in England were discharged to nursing homes and care homes in (a) March and (b) April 2020; and how many of those patients subsequently died from (i) covid-19 and (ii) ot

18 May 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Shops: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if the Government will prioritise reopening of (a) caravan and motor home sites and (b) other accommodation businesses without shared facilities on the same timescale as reopening non-es

15 May 2020 · Department for Transport

Motorcycles: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to promote the use of low emission scooters and light motorcycles as an alternative to public transport during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement.

15 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group: Annual Reports

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, (a) when the annual report of the New and Emerging Respiratory Threats Advisory Group for 2018 and 2019 will be published and (b) what advice his Department has given Public Health England on the

15 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group: Annual Reports

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the Annual Report of the New and Emerging Respiratory Threats Advisory Group for 2017 has not been published.

Source: official written-questions record.