Written questions
4,009 written questions tabled, most recent first.
7 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Future High Streets Fund and Towns Fund: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support will be made available to councils shortlisted for the Future High Street Fund and Towns Fund who need to meet the match-funding requirements but who have incurred a
7 Jul 2020 · Treasury
Aerospace Industry: Coronavirus
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will introduce a sector specific job protection package for the aerospace industry in response to the covid-19 outbreak.
7 Jul 2020 · Treasury
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in each region of the UK are benefiting from the Coronavirus Retention Scheme.
7 Jul 2020 · Treasury
Business Rates: Coronavirus
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend the business rate discount scheme to companies in the retail, hospitality and leisure sector until the end of financial year 2020-21.
7 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government Finance: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what fiscal plans he has to help mitigate reductions in local authorities business rates revenue as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
7 Jul 2020 · Treasury
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that organisations using the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme do not use funding from that scheme as part of an employee’s notice period.
7 Jul 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Airbus: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, on what day he held discussions with representative from AirBus on safeguarding jobs in that company; and what support the Government has provided to that company during the covid
7 Jul 2020 · Cabinet Office
Business: Hemsworth
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many businesses have ceased trading in Hemsworth constituency since March 2020.
7 Jul 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time was for an application for universal credit to be processed in each of the last three years.
7 Jul 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Unemployment: Hemsworth
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of the covid-19 oubreak on the level of unemployment in Hemsworth consistency.
7 Jul 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Hemsworth
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of universal credit there were in Hemsworth consistency in each month since January 2020.
7 Jul 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Credit: Hemsworth
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of pensioners in Hemsworth constituency are in receipt of pension credit.
7 Jul 2020 · Department for Education
Pupils: West Yorkshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils have been attending a (a) primary and (b) secondary school in (i) Hemsworth parliamentary constituency (ii) the Wakefield Council area on a daily basis since 1 June 2020.
7 Jul 2020 · Department for Education
Children in Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many looked-after children in England there have been place in (a) foster care, (b) residential children’s homes and (c) other residential settings in each year since 2010.
7 Jul 2020 · Department for Education
Children in Care: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what is the average weekly cost to the public purse is for a child in (a) residential care, (b) foster care and (c) other residential care settings.
7 Jul 2020 · Department for Education
Children in Care: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has he made of the trends in the level educational attainment of children in care at (a) GCSE, (b) A level or equivalent and (c) undergraduate degree level.
7 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Airports: Coronavirus
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 introduction of temperature checks for passengers at airports during t
6 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether a letter from an NHS Trust or GP advising an individual that they are classed as clinically extremely vulnerable is sufficient evidence to provide an employer with when explaining that they
6 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what advice his Department is providing to employers on whether individuals classed as extremely clinically vulnerable, whilst no longer shielding, should return to the workplace.
6 Jul 2020 · Treasury
Self-employment Income Support Scheme
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to support people classed as self-employed for the 2017-18 and 2018-19 tax years and not the 2019-20 tax year who are ineligible for support through the Self-employment Income Sup
6 Jul 2020 · Treasury
Self-employment Income Support Scheme
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons people classed as self-employed for the 2019-20 tax year only are ineligible for the Self-employment Income Support Scheme.
6 Jul 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Statutory Sick Pay: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the covid-19 outbreak, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the general public is aware that statutory sick pay is payable from the first day of sickness.
6 Jul 2020 · Treasury
Statutory Sick Pay: Coronavirus
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that employers accessing the Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme are able to recoup money that they have paid out in sick pay from the first day of an employee’
6 Jul 2020 · Treasury
Statutory Sick Pay: Coronavirus
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on the number of people whose statutory sick pay was affected by the HMRC Statutory Sick Pay Calculator incorrectly calculating SSP as payable from the fourth day and not the fi
6 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Contact Tracing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish details of the contract awarded to Serco for contact tracing training.
6 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Serco
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Serco's sharing of 296 email addresses belonging to covid-19 contract tracers, for what reasons Serco was not required to refer itself to the Information Commissioner’s Office for
6 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Coronavirus: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of people classed as clinically extremely vulnerable had registered for Government coronavirus support for the clinically extremely vulnerable as of
6 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support people classed as clinically extremely vulnerable who have been unable to register for the Government's coronavirus support for the clinically vulnera
6 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that people classed as clinically extremely vulnerable are able to successfully register for coronavirus support as a clinically extremely vulnerable person.
6 Jul 2020 · Treasury
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which companies (a) applied for and (b) received cash grants in excess of £1,000,000 through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme as at 29 April 2020.
Source: official written-questions record.