Written questions
3,264 written questions tabled, most recent first.
28 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Contact Tracing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he made an assessment of the potential merits of awarding covid-19 test, track and trace contracts to local authorities before he awarded them to private sector companies.
28 Sep 2020 · Treasury
Business: Coronavirus
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will allocate funding to local authorities to enable them to create their own discretionary business support schemes based on local information.
28 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Contact Tracing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will (a) commission and (b) resource local authorities to conduct covid -19 test, track and trace programmes.
24 Sep 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to improve communication and partnership working between the universal credit system and landlords and letting agents when there are concerns about a claimants' tenancy.
24 Sep 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tenants: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward a tenant loan scheme similar to the Tenancy Saver Loans and Tenant Hardship Loan Fund introduced by the Welsh and Scottish Government respectively.
24 Sep 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Greenfield Sites
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to amend the definition of a brownfield site to include areas with large numbers of void properties.
23 Sep 2020 · Department for Transport
Rolling Stock: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to continue to cover the cost of rolling stock company contracts under the new Emergency Recovery Management Agreements; and if he will make a statement.
23 Sep 2020 · Department for Transport
Rolling Stock: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what comparative assessment he has made of the merits of (a) directly procuring rolling stock and (b) leasing trains from rolling stock companies.
23 Sep 2020 · Department for Transport
Rolling Stock: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is taking steps to reduce the costs of maintenance contracts with rolling stock companies as part of negotiating the Emergency Recovery Management Agreements.
23 Sep 2020 · Department for Transport
Train Operating Companies: Investment Income
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what restrictions he plans to place on the payment of dividends by train operating companies as a condition of the Emergency Recovery Management Agreements.
23 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Protective Clothing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to introduce a national exemption card for people unable to wear a face-covering on public transport and enclosed spaces.
23 Sep 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to increase uptake of pension credit; and if she will put in place a strategy to achieve full uptake of that benefit.
23 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people waiting for cancer treatment whose (a) diagnosis and (b) screening were delayed during the covid-19 outbreak.
22 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure access to routine healthcare and dental treatment during a second wave of covid-19.
22 Sep 2020 · Cabinet Office
Veterans: Suicide
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 September 2020 to Question 88289 on Veterans: Suicide, if he will make representations to the Secretary of State for Justice on amend guidanc
22 Sep 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Suicide: Veterans
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to require coroners statistically to record veteran suicides.
21 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Radiotherapy: Medical Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the funding allocations for the replacement of NHS linear accelerator radiotherapy machines (a) was for the financial year 2019-20 and (b) is for the financial year (i) 2021-22 and (ii) 2022-2
21 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Radiotherapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to increase capacity in radiotherapy services to help reduce the number of cancer patients awaiting treatment as a result of backlogs accrued during the covid-19 outbreak.
21 Sep 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help minimise the number of evictions of people in receipt of universal credit as a result of rent arrears.
21 Sep 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Rents
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to permit the direct payment of rent to landlords at any point during a universal credit claim to support the budget management of claimants.
15 Sep 2020 · Treasury
Beer: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the changes to Small Brewers’ Relief on pubs.
15 Sep 2020 · Treasury
Beer: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to link duty relief to inflation under proposals to convert Small Brewers’ Relief to a cash basis.
15 Sep 2020 · Treasury
Beer: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what level of duty relief is planned under proposals to convert Small Brewers’ Relief to a cash basis.
15 Sep 2020 · Treasury
Beer: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department made of market access when carrying out the review of Small Brewers’ Relief.
15 Sep 2020 · Treasury
Beer: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2020 to Question 86639, whether he plans to publish a proposed taper (a) before or (b) with that consultation to enable small breweries to understand the potential effect of th
14 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Protective Clothing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria must be met for the Government to review its policy on mandatory face coverings in enclosed spaces.
14 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much additional funding he has made available for (a) cancer drugs, (b) chemotherapy and (c) radiotherapy to help cancer services return to pre-covid-19 levels.
10 Sep 2020 · Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office
Veterans: Suicide
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what systems are in place to monitor and record veteran suicide rates.
10 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Veterans: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring forward proposals to introduce an annual mental health assessment for veterans for three years following discharge.
9 Sep 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions: Health and Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether a health and safety committee will be formed for the Benton Park site, where a request has been made under Regulation 9 of the Safety Representatives and Safety Committees Regulations 1977 by tw
Source: official written-questions record.