Esther McVey

22 Jan 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential cost to the public purse of the 2.9 million people excluded from covid-19 financial support claiming universal credit in the event of becoming un

22 Jan 2021 · Treasury

Tax Yields

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the (a) expected amount of tax to be accrued to the Exchequer in the year to 31 January 2021 and (b) amount of tax accrued in the year to 31 January 2020.

21 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Remote Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to prepare for the future role of remote learning in the education system.

21 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure (a) consistency of the curriculum and (b) the quality of pupils' education during January 2021 covid-19 lockdown.

21 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

GCE A-level: Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to provide alternative arrangements to students without teacher-assessed grades to substitute their A-level grade.

21 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Secondary Education: Remote Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to work with (a) Cloud Learn and (b) other online education providers to create a secure online learning platform for secondary school pupils.

21 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

IGCSE: Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the viability due to the covid-19 outbreak of the decision to allow IGCSEs to take place in the 2020-21 academic year.

21 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Students: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to work with providers of student accommodation to reimburse fees where students have been prohibited from occupying rooms during covid-19 lockdowns.

21 Jan 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which aspects of The Agricultural Transition Plan 2021-2024 are planned to help young farmers to gain a foothold in the industry.

21 Jan 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking under the Agricultural Transition Plan 2021-2024 to help young farmers to gain a foothold in the industry.

21 Jan 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of creating strategic partnerships between schools and local farms to introduce pupils to career opportunities in agricu

21 Jan 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agricultural and Horticulture: Subsidies

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will allocate funding saved from reducing direct payments to farmers into schemes to attract young people to the agricultural and horticultural sector.

21 Jan 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the oral contribution of Lord Gardiner of Kimble of 23 November 2020, Official Report, column 808, what progress his Department has made on creating an advisory body

21 Jan 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture and Horticulture: Subsidies

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to improve affordability and accessibility of land to prospective new entrants to the agriculture and horticulture industry.

21 Jan 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Subsidies

To ask to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if will he provide further information on the new entrant support schemes outlined in the Agricultural Transition Plan 2021-2024.

21 Jan 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Land

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with (a) local authorities, (b) landowners and (c) stakeholders on improving land accessibility to new entrants to the farming industry.

21 Jan 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Farms: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to incentivise local authorities to retain and invest in their farm estates.

21 Jan 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Farmers: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a land-matching scheme, similar to schemes in place in Scotland and Northern Ireland, to match existing farmers wit

20 Jan 2021 · Treasury

Directors: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the proposed directors income support scheme taking into account (a) the effect of an assessment based on dividends on the risk of fraud and (b) the support provided to bus

20 Jan 2021 · Treasury

Directors: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of the proposed directors income support scheme in the context of Northern Ireland’s limited company directors support scheme.

20 Jan 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the projected number of universal credit claimants by April 2022.

20 Jan 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an estimate of the potential additional costs to welfare benefit spending in the event that (a) one million, (b) two million and (c) three million people were to become u

8 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of private GPs working in England.

6 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme in response to the effects of the covid-19 outbreak on people's mental health.

6 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the accessibility of online talking therapies for patients with mental health needs and (b) the effectiveness of those online therapies compared to fa

30 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Psychiatry: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what provisions the NHS has made to deliver dialectical behavioural therapy online.

30 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Psychiatry

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to dialectical behaviour therapy.

17 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport

High Speed Two: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on transparency of public bodies of the decision to permit HS2 Ltd to enter into non-disclosure agreements with local authorities.

16 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport

High Speed Two: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department agreed to allow non-disclosure agreements between (a) HS2 Ltd and local authorities, (b) HS2 and The National Trust and (c) HS2 Ltd and the Canal and River Trust.

16 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the standard procedure is for assessing the effect on people with allergies of a vaccine during the trial stages.