Written questions
667 written questions tabled, most recent first.
14 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Property Development: Taxation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how his Department plans to ensure that the proposed new levy on developers raises at least as much value as is currently captured through the Community Infrastructure Levy and s
14 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Planning Obligations
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the financial implications for local authorities of removing section 106 payments.
14 Oct 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of families who will be newly subject to the benefit cap after the end of the current grace period.
14 Oct 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her plans are for the future of face-to-face assessments for welfare payments.
14 Oct 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Food Banks
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what representations she has received from food bank providers on levels of demand for emergency food assistance in the last six months.
14 Oct 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on poverty levels of reintroducing universal credit sanctions and conditionality in the next six months.
14 Oct 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of families with children affected by the benefit cap.
14 Oct 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
State Retirement Pensions: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to investigate and rectify underpayment made in error of the state pension to retired women.
14 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with medical logistics experts on the roll-out of a covid-19 vaccine.
14 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on ensuring that the correct supply chain requirements have been made for distributing a covid-19 vaccine.
14 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional support he plans to make available to general practices (a) during and (b) after the coronavirus outbreak.
14 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Long Covid: Clinics
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set up more post-covid 19 clinics to support people who are chronically ill with coronavirus symptoms.
13 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Coronavirus: Disease Control
What steps he is taking to ensure equitable access internationally to vaccines and medical equipment to tackle the covid-19 pandemic.
28 Sep 2020 · Home Office
Coronavirus: Disease Control
If she will hold discussions with Cabinet colleagues on ensuring public understanding of covid-19 lockdown regulations and legislation.
7 Sep 2020 · Department for Education
Schools: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to support schools with high numbers of pupils with family members with severe health risks during the covid-19 outbreak.
7 Sep 2020 · Department for Education
Schools: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to support schools with high numbers of pupils from inter-generational family units during the covid-19 outbreak.
4 Sep 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israel: Palestinians
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the report to the UN Human Rights Council of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, da
4 Sep 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Palestinians: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to support the covid-19 response in the occupied Palestinian territories.
4 Sep 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Palestinians: Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support his Department plans to provide to vulnerable Palestinians through the £2.7m UK aid package that he announced on 25 August 2020.
4 Sep 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israel: Palestinians
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the rate of (a) demolitions and (b) confiscations of (i) Palestinian homes and (ii) other structures by Israel in 2020 compa
4 Sep 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Lebanon: Palestinians
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the humanitarian needs of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.
4 Sep 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the capacity of the health system in Gaza to cope with the recent increase in locally-transmitted covid-19 cases.
4 Sep 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the humanitarian situation in Gaza in relation to recent locally-transmitted cases of covid-19.
28 Aug 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
China: Uyghurs
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the size of the Uighur population in Xinjiang region for each of the last five years.
28 Aug 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
China: Freezing of Assets
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what provisions he has made to freeze individual Chinese assets if they have played a role in the repression of the Uighur minority population; and if he will make a statemen
28 Aug 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
China: Uyghurs
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that no products made from human hair taken from the Uighur population in Xinjiang, China are (a) imported and (
28 Aug 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
China: Uyghurs
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made recent representations to his Chinese counterpart on the detention and repression of the Uighur people in Xinjiang region.
28 Aug 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
China: Detainees
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the number of detention camps in Xinjiang region, China where Uighurs and other minority communities are allegedly being held.
13 Jul 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Myanmar: War Crimes
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what diplomatic steps he plans to take to hold the Myanmar military to account for the killing and maiming of children and for sexual violence against them as identified in the UN Secreta
15 Jun 2020 · Department for International Trade
Contracts: Developing Countries
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is able to take to uphold the UK's global reputation as a reliable market as a result of UK companies reportedly ignoring contracts with suppliers in developing countries.
Source: official written-questions record.