Written questions
214 written questions tabled, most recent first.
20 Jul 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Crimea: Politics and Government
What recent assessment he has made of the political situation in the Crimea.
12 Apr 2021 · Ministry of Defence
Cyprus: Military Bases
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has plans to provide covid-19 vaccinations for British Nationals that are working overseas under defence infrastructure organisation contracts as part of the vaccination programme for armed
22 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Elmet and Rothwell
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that residents living in Elmet and Rothwell constituency are able to access a NHS dentist.
1 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Domestic Abuse and Sexual Offences: Leeds
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding his Department has made available to organisations that provide support to victims of (a) domestic violence and (b) sexual abuse based in the Leeds area in each of the last three years; and if he
6 Jan 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Broadband: Elmet and Rothwell
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress his Department is making on delivering superfast broadband to homes and businesses located in remote, rural areas in Elmet and Rothwell constituency.
12 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to answer Question 99590 tabled by the hon. Member for Elmet and Rothwell on 6 October 2020.
21 Oct 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Electricity Generation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps with Ofgem to amend the emerging RIIO-ED2 framework so that Distribution Network Operators are encouraged to optimise voltage in the electricity network.
6 Oct 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Electricity Generation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to support innovative projects in the energy market to use smart meter readings to send signals to automatic voltage control devices in the primary electrici
6 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Test and Trace Support Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether low-income parents or guardians of a child who has been instructed to self-isolate by their school will be eligible to apply for the covid-19 £500 Test and Trace Support payment.
29 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Clinical trials: Medical Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the (a) subject and (b) outcomes for each trial of a new medical device developed for the UK market since 1 January 2006.
4 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Clinical Trials: Medical Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether all trials using new medical devices are logged centrally; and what steps he is taking to ensure that there is oversight of all non-drug trials.
1 Sep 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Arts: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will ensure that the distribution of the covid-19 arts rescue package includes funding for (a) the Royal Northern Sinfonia and (b) other institutions in the North of England.
28 Aug 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of air sanitisation and UV-C sterilisation units on reducing the spread of covid-19 in confined public spaces.
28 Aug 2020 · Treasury
Small Businesses: Coronavirus
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will use returned Discretionary Grant Funds unspent by local authorities to provide financial assistance to close companies directors who operate businesses from their homes, have had no access to business gra
28 Aug 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that high street lenders do not require firms to conduct costly third party audits before being considered for a loan under the Coronavirus Busin
28 Aug 2020 · Department for Transport
Ryanair: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Ryanair on (a) the continuation of that airline's flights to Spain and (b) the provision of vouchers or refunds to its customers who cancel a flight in order to adhere to Foreig
28 Aug 2020 · Department for Transport
Large Goods Vehicles: EU Countries
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans the Government has to introduce International Road Permits for HGVs entering the UK from 1 January 2021 in the event that a reciprocal agreement is not secured in negotiations on the UK’s future trad
21 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: Visits
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timeframe is for the resumption of (a) nursing and (b) care home visits in England; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits on enabling immediate covid-secure visits for
16 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Events Industry
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he can provide a timeframe for the events and exhibitions sector on when gatherings of more than 30 people will be allowed.
15 Jul 2020 · Department for Education
Schools: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education,if schools will be able to use the £1 billion Covid Catch-Up Premium for intensive revision lessons for Key Stage 4 pupils wishing to resit their GCSEs in the Autumn.
14 Jul 2020 · Treasury
Plastic Packaging Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to expedite the bringing forward of legislative proposals for a plastic packaging tax as a result of the (a) fall in global oil prices and (b) the rise in the level of production of vi
1 Jul 2020 · Department for Education
Academies and Schools: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if it his policy that local authorities should encourage schools and academies to update their risk assessments to reflect 1 metre plus social distancing.
29 Jun 2020 · Department for Education
Schools: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is his policy that (a) all schools return to normal teaching and (b) wraparound care providers resume normal operations in September 2020.
23 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Food Supply: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to reinstate the conditions on food supply deliveries which were relaxed on 13 March 2020 due to the covid-19 outbreak.
22 Jun 2020 · Treasury
Self-employed: Coronavirus
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support he plans to make available to recently self-employed people who are ineligible for the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme as a result of their 2018-19 self-assessment tax return including a one-off r
22 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government Finance: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether local authorities will receive grant funding for additional covid-19 related spending required by central Government; and if he will issue guidance to local authorities t
22 Jun 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Business: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will issue guidance to local authorities to allow (a) businesses whose business rates are included in their rent and (b) regular market traders to apply for the funds throug
10 Jun 2020 · Treasury
Business Rates: Coronavirus
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the effect of the Valuation Office’s rounding policy on applications for Coronavirus Business Grants; and if he will (a) temporarily suspend the rounding policy used by the Valua
9 Jun 2020 · Department for Education
Children: Day Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether parents unable to utilise their 30 hours free childcare entitlement during the covid-19 lockdown will be able to carry those unused hours over for use during the summer holidays 2020.
15 May 2020 · Treasury
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether people that are shielding are entitled to be furloughed by employers after 16 April 202 under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme instead of automatic entitlement to Statutory Sick Pay.
Source: official written-questions record.