Written questions

753 written questions tabled, most recent first.

15 Jul 2020 · Treasury

Customs: Kent

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what environmental impact assessment has been carried out on building physical customs inspection sites in Kent.

15 Jul 2020 · Cabinet Office

Public First

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the findings of the work carried out under each contract awarded to Public First Limited.

15 Jul 2020 · Cabinet Office

Public First

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the findings of the focus groups carried out under the contracts awarded to Public First Limited have been shared with other Government departments.

14 Jul 2020 · Cabinet Office

Public First

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many focus groups will be carried out under the contracts awarded to Public First Limited.

14 Jul 2020 · Cabinet Office

Public First

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason a retrospective direct award letter was sent to Public First Limited on 5 June 2020 formalising contracts that had been awarded in March 2020.

14 Jul 2020 · Cabinet Office

Public First

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason the titles (a) GOV COMMS EU EXIT PROG and (b) EU EXIT COMMS were used as cost codes for two contracts awarded to Public First Limited since the beginning of March 2020.

13 Jul 2020 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Contracts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the potential cost to the public purse of fraud or error in contracts awarded under the Regulation 32 (2)(c) exemptions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 during the covid-19 o

13 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether an internal audit has been undertaken into reported problems with data collection for testing during the covid-19 outbreak.

13 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money from the public purse has been (a) allocated to and (b) spent to date on the (i) test, (ii) trace, (iii) contain and (iv) enable elements of the Test, Trace, Contain and Enable progr

13 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Protective Clothing: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to maximise opportunities for UK-based companies to fulfil orders of personal protective equipment.

13 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Protective Clothing: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money from the public purse has been spent with small and medium-sized businesses in the procurement of personal protective equipment.

9 Jul 2020 · Cabinet Office

Customs

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Trade on the UK’s plans for the customs border after the end of the transition period; and what steps the Government is taking to

9 Jul 2020 · Cabinet Office

UK Trade with EU

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Trade on the level of risk of smuggling from the EU in the event that UK ports are not ready to carry out checks on imports.

9 Jul 2020 · Cabinet Office

Overseas Trade

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Trade on the effect of the Government’s post-transition period border plans on the Government's trade negotiations with non-EU countries.

9 Jul 2020 · Cabinet Office

Import Duties: Northern Ireland

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Trade on the (a) political, (b) legal and (c) reputational risks of a difference in tariff controls between Great Britain and Nort

9 Jul 2020 · Cabinet Office

UK Trade with EU

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Trade on the risk of legal challenge against the UK at the World Trade Organisation as a result of the Government's plans to phase in bor

2 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the value was of his Department’s stockpile of personal protective equipment in each year since 2010.

2 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Exercise Cygnus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who the members of the National Planning Team were with responsibility for managing the development and delivery of Exercise Cygnus.

2 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Exercise Cygnus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who the members of the Steering Group were which was to oversee the overall strategic direction of the 2016 Exercise Cygnus.

2 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Exercise Cygnus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether a Pandemic Concept of Operations was produced following Exercise Cygnus.

25 Jun 2020 · Cabinet Office

Ventilators: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reasons the figures supplied on the number of ventilators procured through the Ventilator Challenge are different in the Answer of 23 June 2020 to Question 61475 and the Written Statement of 22 June 202

24 Jun 2020 · Cabinet Office

Contact Tracing: Software

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 22 June 2020 to Question 60837 on Contact Tracing: Computer Software, if he will publish the results of the peer review carried out by the GDS into Zuhlke Engineering.

24 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Protective Clothing: Production

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much Deloitte was awarded for the Government contract to increase British production of protective equipment and source stocks from the UK and abroad.

24 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the contracts relating to the construction and maintenance of the seven Nightingale field hospitals will be published.

24 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason no procurement contracts been published to date relating to the construction and maintenance of the seven Nightingale field hospitals.

18 Jun 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether ministerial directions relating to the response to the covid-19 outbreak have been issued other than those that have been published.

18 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Ventilators

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the statement by the Medical and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on the 28 April 2020 that the UK has fulfilled the clinical need for ventilators through a combination of ex

18 Jun 2020 · Cabinet Office

NHS: Ventilators

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department plans to award further contracts under the ventilator challenge.

18 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Ventilators

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many mechanical ventilators are available to the NHS; how many have been made available as a result of the Ventilator Challenge; and how many ventilators are in use as at 18 June 2020.

18 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS and Social Services: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2020 to Question 48563 on NHS and Social Services: Protective Clothing, what the timeframe is for the delivery of the 2 billion items of personal protective equipm

Source: official written-questions record.