Written questions

4,009 written questions tabled, most recent first.

25 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Redundancy and Re-employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS staff have been made redundant since 2010; and how many of those staff have since been rehired by the NHS.

13 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Education: Care Leavers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to provide young care leavers with educational opportunities.

13 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Care Leavers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to provide continued support to children leaving care upon turning 18 years of age.

13 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Children: Social Mobility

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to improve social mobility for children from working class backgrounds.

13 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Eating Disorders: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking in response to NSPCC research which found that counselling sessions for eating and body image disorders among children and young people increased since the introduction of a

13 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle (a) mental and (b emotional health issues among children caused by the covid-19 outbreak.

13 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish details of all contracts awarded to private companies relating to the Government's covid-19 response.

13 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Collective Worship

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish (a) advice and (b) guidance provided by the (i) Chief Medical Officer and (ii) Public Health England on the ban on communal worship during the November 2020 covid-19 national loc

13 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will put in place the Everyone In covid-19 funding scheme for rough sleepers for winter 2020-21.

13 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Test and Trace Support Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason people on low incomes and eligible for self-isolation payments are unable to access financial support unless they are asked to isolate by NHS Test and Trace.

13 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Test and Trace Support Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether local councils have the jurisdiction to issue self-isolation payments to people who have been instructed to self-isolate but do not possess a reference number from NHS Test and Trace.

3 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of covid-19 tests carried out since the 31 March 2020 were taken with a home testing kit.

2 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Workers: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many social care workers have died from covid-19 (a) in total and (b) since 1 August 2020.

2 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS workers have died from covid-19 (a) in total and (b) since 1 August 2020.

2 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Influenza: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of people aged 50 and above are eligible for the flu vaccine in winter 2020-21.

2 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Wakefield

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many covid-19 test centres there are within the Wakefield Local Authority area; and what their locations are.

2 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many covid-19 tests have taken place at covid-19 testing centres in (a) Wakefield, (b) Kirklees, (c) Leeds, (d) Bradford, (e) Calderdale, (f) Sheffield, (g) Rotherham, (h) Doncaster and (i) Bar

2 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of covid-19 home test kits have produced a result.

2 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Wakefield

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many covid-19 tests have been carried out in Wakefield Local Authority area through the use of home testing kits.

2 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the criteria that a local area must meet in order to transfer (a) into and (b) out of a specific local covid alert level.

2 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what dates local leaders in (a) Greater Manchester, (b) Liverpool City Region and (c) Sheffield City Region were informed of the Government's plans to place those regions under Tier 3 local covi

2 Nov 2020 · Treasury

Self-employed: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the monthly cost of providing self-employed people seeking financial support with 70 per cent of their annual profits.

2 Nov 2020 · Treasury

Self-employed: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will increase the level of financial support available to self-employed people to 70 per cent of their annual profits.

2 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Children: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the financial support available to the 900,000 children eligible for Free School Meal vouchers living in areas of the UK under enhanced covid-19 lockdown restricti

2 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: West Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were eligible for Free School Meals in (a) Wakefield, (b) Leeds, (c) Kirklees, (d) Bradford and (e) Calderdale Local Authority areas on 1 October 2020.

2 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: West Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were eligible for Free School Meals in (a) Wakefield, (b) Leeds, (c) Kirklees, (d) Bradford and (e) Calderdale Local Authority areas on 1 January 2020.

2 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were eligible for Free School Meals on (a) 1 January 2020 and (b) 1 October 2020.

30 Oct 2020 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: Voucher Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the monthly cost to the public purse of the provision of £15 weekly food vouchers for pupils eligible for Free School Meals.

15 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Sleeping Rough

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to Government funding for winter 2019 of £13 million for the Cold Weather Fund for rough sleepers, for what reason the Government is providing £12 million to keep

15 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many people were recorded as (a) homeless or (b) rough sleeping on (i) 1 March 2020 and (ii) 1 October 2020.

Source: official written-questions record.