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.
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