Written questions

667 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Nov 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

High Rise Flats: Bethnal Green and Bow

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2021 to Question 60421 on Housing: Bethnal Green and Bow, whether tenants decanted from Clare House on an emergency basis by Clarion Housing Grou

24 Nov 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

High Rise Flats: Bethnal Green and Bow

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answers of 25 October 2021 to Question 57038 on Social Rented Housing: Bethnal Green and Bow and 57041 on High Rise Flats: Safety, if he will ask Clarion Housing Grou

24 Nov 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

High Rise Flats: Bethnal Green and Bow

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answers of 25 October 2021 to Question 57038 on Social Rented Housing: Bethnal Green and Bow and 57041 on High Rise Flats: Safety, if he will ask Clarion Housing Grou

18 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hepatitis: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) reduce new hepatitis C virus infections and (b) support local authorities' efforts to tackle that transmission of that virus, such as needle and syringe p

18 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hepatitis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the UK Health Security Agency plans to release data on the prevalence of the hepatitis C virus in (a) London and (b) England.

12 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Myanmar: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the recommendations made by the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar in his

12 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Myanmar: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will convene an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council in response to the military escalation in Myanmar.

12 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Myanmar: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the warning from the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar on the risk of fur

8 Nov 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

What assessment her Department has made of the potential effect of ending the universal credit uplift on levels of in-work relative poverty.

21 Oct 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

High Rise Flats: Bethnal Green and Bow

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to Clarion Housing Group’s decision to urgently decant tenants and leaseholders from Clare House, if he will ask the Regulator for Social Housing to report the reasons

21 Oct 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

High Rise Flats: Bethnal Green and Bow

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will ask the Regulator for Social Housing to commence an investigation into whether residents of Clare House have suffered serious detriment that would amount to a breach of it

21 Oct 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Bethnal Green and Bow

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to Clarion Housing Group’s decision to urgently decant tenants and leaseholders from Clare House, whether that organisation has the legal power to make direct offers o

21 Oct 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Bethnal Green and Bow

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to Clarion Housing Group’s decision to urgently decant tenants and leaseholders from Clare House, if he will ask that organisation to specify how many additional homes

15 Oct 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

High Rise Flats: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, in the context of Clarion Housing Group’s decision to decant Clare House, if he will urgently commission independent research into the progress of steps taken by social landlords to

15 Oct 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Building Safety Fund: Bethnal Green and Bow

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has received an application from Clarion Housing Group to the Building Safety Fund for fire safety measures at Clare House.

15 Oct 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing Associations: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what budget (a) his Department or (b) the Homes and Communities Agency holds for contingency funding to provide financial support to a housing association facing a critical fire safe

15 Oct 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Social Rented Housing: Bethnal Green and Bow

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will request a report from Clarion Housing Group on (a) the reasons for its decision to institute a waking watch at a 21 story tower block from September 2020 and (b) the timel

15 Oct 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Temporary Accommodation: Bethnal Green and Bow

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the maximum permissible period tenants and leaseholders decanted from Clare House for fire safety reasons by Clarion Housing Group can be expected to reside in hotel accommodati

15 Oct 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Temporary Accommodation: Bethnal Green and Bow

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make a statement on the steps taken by his Department following notification by Clarion Housing Group of its decision to urgently decant 122 tenants and leaseholders from

20 Sep 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Myanmar: Food Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the level of demand for food assistance in Myanmar (a) for internally displaced people, (b) in Kachin, and (c) in Northern Shan.

20 Sep 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Myanmar: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the political situation in Myanmar.

22 Jul 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Karim Ennarah

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Egyptian counterpart on the case of Karim Ennarah, a human rights activist who faces terrorism charges, travel restrictions and an asset

22 Jul 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Egypt: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Egyptian counterpart on the arrests, travel bans and the freezing of assets of human rights advocates in that country.

22 Jul 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Egypt: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the extent of human rights abuses under the current Egyptian regime.

22 Jun 2021 · Treasury

Economic Policy: Coronavirus

What economic contingency planning his Department has undertaken in the event of a third wave of covid-19.

18 Jun 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Myanmar: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the allocated aid budget for Myanmar is for 2021-22.

10 Jun 2021 · Department for Education

Children: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps is he taking to help disabled children recover from lost progress in managing their conditions in the context of the covid-19 outbreak.

10 Jun 2021 · Department for Education

Children: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of funding additional therapies for disabled children.

10 Jun 2021 · Department for Education

Respite Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of funding additional respite care for the families of disabled children to mitigate exhaustion and social isolation among carers.

4 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Public Lavatories: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the announcement by his Department on 4 March 2021 of funding for accessible toilets under the Changing Places scheme, when his Department plans to provide furt

Source: official written-questions record.