Written questions

753 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Detection Dogs: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether a formal application was made for funding awarded by the Government to the Medical Detection Dogs charity as part of the covid-19 response.

10 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Detection Dogs: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what formal process the Government used to award funding to the Medical Detection Dogs charity as part of the covid-19 response.

8 Feb 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Clothing: Overseas Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions the Government has had with representatives of the fashion industry on tackling the issues that sector has been experiencing at UK borders since 1 January 2021.

8 Feb 2021 · Cabinet Office

UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the oral contribution of the Prime Minister to the Liaison Committee on 13 January 2021, what teething problems are being experienced by UK exporters.

8 Feb 2021 · Cabinet Office

Customs: Large Goods Vehicles

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many lorries have been turned away at UK borders as a result of inadequate paperwork since 1 January 2021.

8 Feb 2021 · Cabinet Office

Immigration Controls: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many lorries have been turned away at UK borders as a result of the driver failing to produce a negative covid-19 test since 1 January 2021.

8 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what basis (a) Omega Diagnostics, (b) SureScreen and (c) Global Access Diagnostics were chosen for contracts to produce lateral flow devices for covid-19.

5 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of people successfully reached by the Isolation Assurance Service.

4 Feb 2021 · Cabinet Office

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will outline the steps taken by the Government to identify which parts of its response to the covid-19 outbreak should be outsourced to private companies.

4 Feb 2021 · Cabinet Office

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the process is for (a) identifying and (b) evaluating the capacity of companies being considered for contracts relating to the covid-19 response.

4 Feb 2021 · Cabinet Office

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the (a) social value, (b) ethnic diversity and (c) gender diversity in the awarding of public sector contracts relating to the covid-19 res

4 Feb 2021 · Treasury

Secondhand Goods: UK Trade with EU

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support the Government is providing to UK charities facing difficulties in exporting second-hand clothing to the EU under rules of origin requirements.

4 Feb 2021 · Cabinet Office

Northern Ireland Protocol

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, under what circumstances the Government would trigger Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol.

3 Feb 2021 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Contracts

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to reintroduce open tendering processes when awarding contracts relating to the Government’s covid-19 response.

3 Feb 2021 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Contracts

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he made of a company’s vulnerability to cyberattacks when awarding contracts relating to the Government’s covid-19 response.

3 Feb 2021 · Northern Ireland Office

Ports: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment his Department made of the risks to security at Northern Ireland ports during preparations for the end of the transition period on 1 January 2021.

3 Feb 2021 · Cabinet Office

UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the length of extensions required to the proposed grace periods for traders moving goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

3 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Radiation Exposure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the number of veterans who were part of the Balloon Unit of Operation Grapple Z in 1958; and how many of those veterans were alive as at 3 February 2021.

2 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Test and Trace: Sitel

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total value is of service credits applied to SITEL’s contract to run call centres under NHS Test and Trace.

2 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Test and Trace: Serco

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total value is of service credits applied to Serco’s contract to run call centres under NHS Test and Trace.

2 Feb 2021 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Contracts

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the value is of service credits applied to contracts awarded without tender since 1 March 2020 for failure to meet performance standards; and how much has been retur

2 Feb 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Entertainers: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Government stating in February 2020 that it aimed to negotiate a Canada-style agreement with the EU; and statements by Baroness Barran in Parliament on 3 June 2020 outlin

2 Feb 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Musicians: Work Permits

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the oral contributions of the Minister for Digital and Culture of 19 January 2021 ., Official Report column 773 on UK Musicians: EU Visa Arrangements; what assessment t

1 Feb 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Musicians: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the EU’s standard definition of short-term business visitors which explicitly excludes any situation in which the visitor is selling services to the general public duri

1 Feb 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Musicians: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Digital and Culture of 19 January 2021, Official report, col 774-789, on what dates the EU rejected the UK’s offer during the

1 Feb 2021 · Cabinet Office

UK Trade with EU: Freight

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what additional support his Department plans to provide to tackle the problems experienced by hauliers at UK borders since 1 January 2021.

1 Feb 2021 · Cabinet Office

UK Trade with EU: Freight

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of when the volume of GB-EU freight crossings may return to the level at 1 November 2020.

1 Feb 2021 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Procurement

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total sum is that (a) the Government has assessed for claw back following unsatisfactory delivery of covid-19 related contracts, (b) has been instigated and (c)

29 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Government Departments: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a list of the companies awarded contracts via the high priority lane for procurement since 1 March 2020.

29 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Government Departments: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money has been spent on contracts awarded via the high priority lane for procurement since 1 March 2020.

Source: official written-questions record.