Written questions
1,108 written questions tabled, most recent first.
6 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the article in the British Medical Journal entitled, Covid-19: Timing is critical for antibody tests, published on 25th June 2020, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of t
2 Jul 2020 · Department for Education
Health Professions: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to ensure that (a) nursing, (b) midwifery and (c) healthcare students are reimbursed their tuition fees for the 2019-20 academic year.
2 Jul 2020 · Department for Education
Health Professions: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reimbursing tuition fees for the spring 2020 term for nursing, midwifery and allied healthcare students.
29 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme: Sign Language
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria her Department uses when deciding which Access to Work materials are translated into British Sign Language.
29 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme: Sign Language
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department plans to update its British Sign Language translation of the Access to Work factsheet for customers.
29 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Access to Work Programme: Sign Language
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the accuracy of the current British Sign Language translation published in 2015 of the Access to Work factsheet for customers.
25 Jun 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Nature Conservation: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the resourcing needed to ensure that the proposed Local Nature Recovery Strategies are (a) of a high standard and (b) cover the whole of Engl
25 Jun 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Nature Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to publish a strategy that will set out how a national nature recovery network is to be established.
25 Jun 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Nature Conservation: Maps
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how he plans to ensure that the national habitat map for England is (a) accurate and (b) comprehensive.
24 Jun 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Nature Conservation: Maps
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his timescale is for publication of the first national habitat map for England.
24 Jun 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Nature Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to conduct pilots for local nature recovery strategies.
24 Jun 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Nature Conservation: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding he plans to make available to responsible authorities for local nature recovery strategies.
24 Jun 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Nature Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to consult on the procedure for (a) preparation, (b) publication and (c) review of local nature recovery strategies.
24 Jun 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Nature for Climate Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his timescale is for launching the Nature for Climate Fund announced in the Budget 2020; what the duration of that fund will be; and how much funding will be available through tha
24 Jun 2020 · Department for Education
Dance: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when dance schools will be permitted to reopen as the covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.
23 Jun 2020 · Department for Education
Dance: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to permit the re-opening of dance schools as the covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.
16 Jun 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many of each type of air quality monitors Highways England have put into operation along the Strategic Road Network; whether the pollution concentrations at each monitoring locatio
16 Jun 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Government plans to publish its plan to reduce air pollution on the Strategic Road Network to within legal limits; and whether that plan will include Highways England’s recen
11 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Protective Clothing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with the Chief Scientific Officer to support the production of a CE-marked clear panel face mask.
10 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Protective Clothing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Government press release dated 5 June 2020, Face masks and coverings to be worn by all NHS hospital staff and visitors, if he will issue guidance on whether staff will be perm
10 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Government's press release of 5 June 2020, Face masks and coverings to be worn by all NHS hospital staff and visitors, if he will issue guidance on if staff should remove face
10 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hearing Impairment: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Government's press release of 5 June 2020, on surgical masks worn in NHS hospitals, what provision his Department has made for NHS staff who are (a) deaf or (b) have hearing
10 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hearing Impairment: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of face coverings on accessibility for people who are deaf or have hearing loss.
15 May 2020 · Department for Transport
Public Transport: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to require employers to publish travel plans for their employees which minimise the use of public transport during the covid-19 outbreak.
15 May 2020 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using tour operators' coaches to (a) increase public transport capacity and (b) reduce overcrowding on the national rail network.
4 May 2020 · Department for Transport
Taxis: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on taxis and private hire drivers; and what steps his Department is taking to support that sector.
4 May 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Self-employed: Coronavirus
What estimate he has made of the number of self-employed people who do not qualify for covid-19 support.
17 Mar 2020 · Treasury
Small Businesses: Coronavirus
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department plans to implement the mechanisms of financial support for small businesses announced in response to the covid-19 outbreak.
16 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Prescription Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to simplify the process for immunosupressed people collecting controlled medication during the covid-19 outbreak.
16 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Prescription Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to lift the requirement for pharmacists to be present when people sign prescriptions for controlled medication to reduce pressure on pharmacists during the covid-19 outbreak..
Source: official written-questions record.