Written questions
457 written questions tabled, most recent first.
5 Nov 2020 · Department for Transport
Road Works: Water Companies
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has instructed Highways England to review their speed of response for providing permits for roadworks to enable water companies to meet their targets set by Ofwat in relation to leakage reduction.
30 Oct 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Chemicals: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of chemical bans by the (a) EU and (b) Chemicals Regulation Division in the last five years on (i) crop yields, (ii) costs of alternative chem
30 Oct 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Chemicals: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether an impact assessment was carried out by the Chemicals Regulation Division on each of the chemicals that were withdrawn by manufacturers during investigation of those chemicals
30 Oct 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Chemicals: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will list the chemicals that have been withdrawn by their manufacturers as a result of investigation by the (a) EU and (b) Chemicals Regulation Division.
30 Oct 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Chemicals: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will list the chemicals that have been banned from use in the UK as a result of EU legislation over the last five years.
30 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Continuing Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to (a0 monitor the delivery of Continuing Health Care (CHC) assessments and (b) ensure that CHC assessments are carried out by an appropriately constituted m
30 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Continuing Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department will take to reduce the (a) length of time taken for the Continuing Health Care eligibility appeals process and (b) effect of that process on individuals and families goin
30 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Continuing Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will review the effectiveness of the Decision Support Tool used for assessing Continuing Health Care eligibility.
21 Oct 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Housing: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what comparative assessment he has made of the average cost for an (a) off grid rural home and (b) urban home to meet average energy efficiency standards.
21 Oct 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Housing: Heating
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to support off grid homes in rural areas decarbonise their home heating.
21 Oct 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water Industry (Schemes for Adoption of Private Sewers) Regulations 2011
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Water Industry (Schemes for Adoption of Private Sewers) Regulations 2011; and whether he plans to extend the provisions of those
21 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Patients: Personal Records
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review, what proportion of patients identified to have suffered the effects of the prescribed drug promodos reported that thei
9 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Contact Tracing: Software
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to modify the NHS covid-19 app to ensure that the app is compatible with phone handsets that are unable to run the iOS 13.5 software.
28 Sep 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his timetable is for bringing forward legislative proposals on animal sentience.
14 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review, what proportion of patients identified to have suffered the effects of the prescribed drug sodium valporate reported t
10 Sep 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Business: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the coronavirus local authority discretionary grants scheme, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect of the introduction of additional criter
10 Sep 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Business: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the coronavirus local authority discretionary grants scheme, how many local authorities added additional eligibility criteria to the scheme.
10 Sep 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Small Businesses: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of local authorities with excess funding under Phase 1 of the Coronavirus local authority discretionary grants scheme scheme (a) kept all their criteria unaltered
10 Sep 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Small Businesses: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to ensure that unspent monies allocated to the coronavirus Local Authority Discretionary Grants Fund are (a) re-distributed under that scheme or (b) r
10 Sep 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Small Businesses: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been allocated to each local authority through the coronavirus Local Authority Discretionary Grants Fund.
28 Aug 2020 · Department for Transport
A1: Bedfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on the number of journeys on the A1 in Bedfordshire of the opening of the East West Rail line.
28 Aug 2020 · Department for Transport
A1: Bedfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent cost-benefit analysis has been undertaken of the options for improvements or realignment of the A1 in Bedfordshire.
28 Aug 2020 · Department for Transport
A1: Bedfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many journeys have been undertaken on average on each day on the A1 in Bedfordshire in each of the last three years; and at which locations those traffic measurements have been taken.
28 Aug 2020 · Department for Transport
A1: Bedfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what type of measurements of air quality are taken along the A1 in Bedfordshire; in which locations those measurements are so taken; what recent assessment has been made of the air quality in those locations; a
28 Aug 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Affordable Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of housing affordability in (a) Cambridge city, (b) Cambridgeshire, (c) Bedfordshire, (d) Milton Keynes, (d) Oxfordshire and (e) Oxford.
28 Aug 2020 · Department for Transport
Railway Stations: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 27 April 2020 to Questions 34321 and 38037, when the audit trail which his Department is undertaking with the Rail Delivery Group to identify and validate whether the information on st
28 Aug 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 August 2020 to Question 78605, whether the weekly covid-19 testing of care home staff and testing of residents every 28 days in all care homes without outbreaks through
28 Aug 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Child Maintenance Service: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to prevent silo working and improve information sharing within the Child Maintenance Service.
28 Aug 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Child Maintenance Service: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she will take to improve the ability of the Child Maintenance Service to scrutinise effectively new claims of hardship from a paying parent who has previously been proven by the First-tier Tr
28 Aug 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Child Maintenance Service: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Child Maintenance Service's Financial Investigations Unit.
Source: official written-questions record.