Written questions

450 written questions tabled, most recent first.

3 Nov 2020 · Home Office

Visas: Sports Competitors

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the multiple governing bodies for many sports played in different nations throughout the Union, which of those governing bodies her Department consults when formulating policy on vis

3 Nov 2020 · Home Office

Visas: Sports Competitors

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what meetings she has had with governing bodies of sport on the granting of visas to self-employed professional athletes entering the UK after 1 January 2021.

7 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Influenza: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle low stocks of the flu vaccine (a) for healthcare and other key workers and (b) in general.

7 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Influenza: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department is offering to healthcare settings to ensure adequate stocks of the flu vaccine for winter 2020-21.

22 Sep 2020 · Department for Transport

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether there is a backlog in (a) opening and (b) responding to postal enquiries at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency.

22 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Randox Laboratories: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 September 2020 to Question 81767 on Randox Laboratories: Coronavirus, how many Randox sampling kits were recalled following Randox’s Field Safety Notice of 7 August 202

4 Sep 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Culture Recovery Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he has taken to ensure that funding from the Culture Recovery Fund reaches self-employed workers in the arts sector.

4 Sep 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: Self-employed

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what support will be offered to self-employed people in the arts after the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme closes.

4 Sep 2020 · Treasury

Self-employed: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to support self-employed people whose industries have not re-started during the covid-19 outbreak after the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme closes on 19 October 2020.

28 Aug 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Hydrogen: Air Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of hydrogen technology on improving air quality.

28 Aug 2020 · Wales Office

Hydrogen: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps he is taking to support the Welsh hydrogen economy.

28 Aug 2020 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Hydrogen

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the role of hydrogen passenger vehicles in de-carbonising transport.

28 Aug 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Randox Laboratories: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of Randox covid-19 tests administered by individuals prior to the recall announced on 7 August 2020.

28 Aug 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Randox Laboratories: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's new story of 7 August 2020, Update on Randox test kits, which elements of Randox covid-19 tests did not meet required safety standards; and through what processes

28 Aug 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Randox Laboratories: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Randox covid-19 tests have been distributed to (a) care home settings and (b) individuals, and what proportion of the UK’s total covid-19 tests were distributed by Randox up to 31 July 202

16 Jul 2020 · Treasury

UK Trade with EU

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Minister for the Cabinet Office's 12 July 2020 news story entitled Government accelerates border planning for the end of the Transition Period, whether his Department and HMRC plan to test border sys

16 Jul 2020 · Treasury

UK Trade with EU

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Minister for the Cabinet Office's 12 July 2020 news story entitled Government accelerates border planning for the end of the Transition Period, what improvements are required to HMRC border systems;

16 Jul 2020 · Treasury

UK Trade with EU

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Minister for the Cabinet Office's oral statement of 13 July 2020, Official Report, column 1268, on EU Exit: End of Transition Period, how much has been spent on developing HMRC border trading s

13 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress the Government has made on implementing the recommendations set out in Chapter 2 of its Childhood Obesity Plan since the publication of that plan in June 2018; and if he will make a s

2 Jul 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2020 to Question 61710 on Agriculture: Seasonal Workers, if his Department will publish details of (a) the Government’s co-investment partners and (b)

2 Jul 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2020 to Question 61707 on Agriculture: Seasonal Workers, if his Department will publish the estimates made of demand for seasonal workers for (a) July

2 Jul 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2020 to Question 61707 on Agriculture: Seasonal Workers, what form the evaluation of Pick For Britain is taking; and when the results of that evaluati

23 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity

What steps his Department is taking to tackle obesity.

19 Jun 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimates his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of the Pick For Britain scheme.

19 Jun 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Labour Market

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the combined effect of the UK leaving the EU and covid-19 travel restrictions on the agricultural labour market in 2020.

19 Jun 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what targets he has set for the Pick For Britain scheme; and what assessment he has made of whether those targets have been met.

19 Jun 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to review the effectiveness of the Pick For Britain scheme; and whether that review will include analysis of the effect of (a) the UK leaving the EU and (b) t

19 Jun 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many agricultural settings have benefited from the Pick For Britain scheme to date.

19 Jun 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people have been recruited to the Pick For Britain scheme as of 19 June 2020; and whether that number has been sufficient to meet demand.

17 Jun 2020 · Treasury

Pensions: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.182 of Budget 2020, what the timeframe is for the publication of the call for evidence on pension administration.

Source: official written-questions record.