Written questions

3,630 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 Mar 2021 · Home Office

Funerals: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what notice period will be given to the funeral and death care sector for guidance on the relaxation of rules limiting the number of attendees at funeral services during the covid-19 outbreak.

1 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Body Searches

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure prison inmates are only searched my officers of the same sex.

1 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Gender

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to protect single-sex spaces in prisons.

24 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Haemochromatosis: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the timetable for publication of the conclusions of the UK National Screening Committee’s review of screening for genetic haemochromatosis in adults.

24 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Haemochromatosis: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the UK National Screening Committee’s review of screening for genetic haemochromatosis in adults including an evaluation of recent medical res

24 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Haemochromatosis: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to incorporate blood tests for serum ferritin and transferrin saturation into the NHS Health Check, as a cost-effective means of identifying people at risk of ir

19 Feb 2021 · Home Office

Funerals: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support funeral (a) directors and (b) venue owners will receive in the event that mourners break (i) the 30-person limit and (ii) other covid-19 regulations.

11 Feb 2021 · Home Office

Offences against Children: Convictions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to obtain accurate data on the ethnicity of people convicted of group-based child sexual exploitation.

9 Feb 2021 · Home Office

Offences against Children: Convictions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals convicted as a result of investigations into grooming gangs have (a) been deported from and (b) remain in the UK.

9 Feb 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Public Libraries: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many libraries have closed in the last five years.

9 Feb 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Public Libraries

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many new libraries have been opened in the last five years.

9 Feb 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Cultural Heritage

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to measure Intangible Cultural Heritage.

9 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to discourage or prohibit edge of town or out of town development.

9 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to rejuvenate town centres.

9 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that placemaking is at the heart of the Government's strategic thinking about development.

9 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to implement his policy of placing beauty at the heart of the built environment.

9 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Home Ownership

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to promote home ownership.

9 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Radicalism

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce and prevent (a) radicalisation and (b) extremism in prisons.

9 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of sexual assault incidents taking place in prisons.

9 Feb 2021 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Buildings

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that local tax offices are based in town centres.

9 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Magistrates' Courts: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that magistrates' courts are based in town centres.

9 Feb 2021 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that driving test centres are based in town centres.

3 Feb 2021 · Treasury

Protective Clothing: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reinstating the VAT exemption on personal protective equipment for funeral sector workers for the duration of the covid-19 lockdown.

3 Feb 2021 · Cabinet Office

Funerals

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Government will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a cross-Departmental lead group to assess the issues affecting the funeral and death car

3 Feb 2021 · Department for Education

Funerals: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to increase the number of apprenticeships offered in the funeral and death care sector.

3 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of categorising crematorium and cemetery staff as frontline healthcare staff for the purposes of the covid-19 vaccine.

1 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Abortion: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department uses methods other than HSA4 forms for collecting data on abortions involving the home use of both sets of abortion pills beyond 10 weeks' gestation.

15 Jan 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fishing Catches

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of fish caught in UK waters were caught by supertrawlers in each of the last five years.

15 Jan 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fishing Catches

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of monitored marine fish stocks were overfished in UK waters in each of the last five years.

15 Jan 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Highly Protected Marine Areas: Fisheries

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating protected spaces in UK waters in which fishing is prohibited.

Source: official written-questions record.