Written questions

1,470 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Sep 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

UK Trade with EU: Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made as to whether there are sufficient supplies of heat-treated pallets to meet EU regulations covering the transport of products from 1 Jan 2021.

21 Sep 2020 · Treasury

Bank Services: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance his Department has issued to UK customers of British banks who are resident in the EU on the continued availability of their bank accounts after 1 January 2021.

21 Sep 2020 · Home Office

Asylum: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure people seeking asylum are protected from covid-19 in the even that they are evicted from accommodation provided by her Department.

21 Sep 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond to the letter of the 24 July 2020 from the Rt. hon. Member for Leeds Central on the draft building safety bill.

15 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Musicians: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) music ensembles and (b) orchestras can meet in groups of more than six people following the Government's announcement on 9 September 2020 of new covid-19 restrictions; and if he will pu

14 Sep 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Flats: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of leasehold flats in buildings that do not have an EWS1 certificate.

14 Sep 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Building Safety Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many applications to the cladding building safety fund each caseworker will be responsible for handling.

14 Sep 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Building Safety Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when applicants to the cladding building safety fund will be allocated to caseworkers.

9 Sep 2020 · Department for Transport

Roads: Kent

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which Government agency or agencies will be responsible for (a) checking lorry paperwork, (b) issuing fines and (c) impounding non-compliant lorries under the proposed Kent Access Permit scheme.

9 Sep 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: UK Trade with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether new food packaging labelling will be required from 1 Jan 2021 for items (a) exported to the EU and (b) shipped from GB to Northern Ireland.

9 Sep 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: UK Trade with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice he has issued to food manufacturers on food packaging labelling requirements from 1 Jan 2021 for items (a) exported to the EU and (b) shipped from GB to Northern Ireland.

8 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain: Tumours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much has been allocated from the public purse to research on glioma brain tumours in each of the last five years.

7 Sep 2020 · Treasury

Goods Vehicle Movement Service

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any trials have taken place of the proposed Goods Vehicle Movement Service IT system.

7 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Eating Disorders: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of calorie labelling on the incidence of eating disorders.

21 Jul 2020 · Treasury

Further Education: Public Works Loan Board

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will allow further education colleges access to borrowing from the Public Works Loan Board; and if he will make a statement.

20 Jul 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Pakistan: Temples

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to his Pakistani counterpart on plans to build a Hindu Temple in Islamabad; and if he will make a statement.

20 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain: Tumours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason only £6 million of the £40 million in funding allocated for brain tumour research has been allocated to such research to date; and if he will make a statement.

14 Jul 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

British Nationals Abroad: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has received representations on the Australian Border Agency and the ability of UK citizens with residency to leave that country; and if he will make a statement.

14 Jul 2020 · Department for Education

English Language: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to support ESOL teaching that has been disrupted by the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement.

13 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Pregnancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to extend the 12 month duration of the maternity exemption certificate for dental care for new mothers who were unable to access dental treatment during the covid-19 l

8 Jul 2020 · Prime Minister

Care Homes: Coronavirus

To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to his comments made on a visit to East Yorkshire on 6 July 2020, what procedures were being referred to in relation to care homes not following procedures during the covid-19 outbreak.

7 Jul 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Bahrain: Capital Punishment

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make urgent representations to the Government of Bahrain opposing the death sentences on (a) Mohammed Ramadhan and (b) Hussain Moosa.

6 Jul 2020 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: Japan

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether it is her policy to include Gibraltar within the scope of the proposed rollover of the EU's economic partnership agreement with Japan; and if she will make a statement.

3 Jul 2020 · Department for Education

Pupils: Attendance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the children of parents who are shielding will be required to attend school from September 2020; and if he will make a statement.

1 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) total number and (b) the rolling average number of positive (i) pillar 1 and (ii) pillar 2 covid-19 tests has been in the (A) LS1, (B) LS2, (C) LS6, (D) LS7, (E) LS9, (F) LS10 and (G)

1 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish pillar 2 covid-19 testing data by postcode.

1 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Finance: Leeds

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to make available further support for Leeds City Council to help meet the costs of tackling the covid-19 outbreak.

30 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Buildings: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the timeframe is for the removal of all unsafe cladding from residential buildings.

30 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Flats: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support he is providing to leaseholders in buildings less than 18m high to enable the removal of unsafe cladding.

29 Jun 2020 · Home Office

Immigration: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to issue reminders to EU citizens who have been granted pre-settled status of the when they should apply to convert to settled status; and if she will make a statement.

Source: official written-questions record.