Written questions

902 written questions tabled, most recent first.

25 Sep 2020 · Department for Education

Children: Literacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to support children who have regressed with their reading levels during the covid-19 lockdown.

25 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Wansbeck

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children in Wansbeck constituency have been tested for covid-19 since schools reopened.

25 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Wansbeck

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) mean and (b) median average distance is that people from Wansbeck constituency have had to travel to access a covid-19 test.

25 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Wansbeck

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people accessed the covid-19 test centre in Wansbeck constituency on each day since that centre opened.

7 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Wansbeck

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure people in Wansbeck can be tested locally for covid-19.

7 Sep 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what additional funding from the public purse he plans to make available to schools to enable them to hire more staff so that pupils can work in smaller groups during the covid-19 outbreak.

7 Sep 2020 · Department for Education

Pupils: Social Distancing

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that school children adhere to social distancing guidance.

7 Sep 2020 · Department for Education

Students: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what research is being done on younger students spreading covid-19 into the wider community.

7 Sep 2020 · Department for Education

Nurseries: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether maintained nurseries are able to access Catch Up Grant funding.

7 Sep 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether daily testing will be provided for professionals working in schools.

7 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when covid-19 restrictions will be lifted allowing partners to attend maternity appointments and scans.

7 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) minor and (b) major operations have been cancelled since January 2020; and what steps he is taking to minimise waiting times for those operations.

7 Sep 2020 · Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office

Press Conferences: Coronavirus

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of re-introducing the daily covid-19 briefings that took place in Downing Street that included questions and answers.

7 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Wansbeck

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of covid-19 tests that have taken place each week in Wansbeck constituency since the start of the covid-19 outbreak.

7 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Wansbeck

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether patients with covid-19 were discharged from hospitals into care homes in Wansbeck constituency.

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

Social Rented Housing: Wansbeck

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many people are on the waiting list for social housing in Wansbeck constituency.

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

Social Rented Housing: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many people are on the waiting list nationally for social housing.

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

Homelessness: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many people in Wansbeck constituency were placed in emergency housing as a result of a risk of homelessness between March and August 2020.

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

Homelessness: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many people were placed in emergency housing as a result of a risk of homelessness between March and August 2020.

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

Social Rented Housing: Northumberland

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to allocate additional funding to Northumberland county council to build more social houses.

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

Private Rented Housing: Evictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to repeal section 21 of the Housing Act 1988.

16 Jul 2020 · Home Office

Radicalism

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the increase in right-wing extremism.

16 Jul 2020 · Home Office

Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date she plans to publish the call for evidence on violence and abuse toward shop staff; and what plans she has to ensure that shop staff are protected against violence and abuse.

16 Jul 2020 · Home Office

Migrants: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national NHS and social care workers have (a) paid and (b) been refunded the NHS surcharge since 21 May 2020.

16 Jul 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to assess whether there has been an increase in the number of children living in poverty due to the covid-19 outbreak.

16 Jul 2020 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what additional support he plans to provide to schools to ensure that the needs of children with an Education, Health and Care plan are able to safely return to school during the covid-19 outbreak.

16 Jul 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what additional support he plans to provide to schools to ensure that children receive additional emotional and mental wellbeing support on returning to school during the covid-19 outbreak.

16 Jul 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what additional support he plans to provide to schools to ensure that they can adequately plan catch-up programmes for children returning after the lockdown due to the covid-19 outbreak.

16 Jul 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will commit to further funding increases to schools for (a) building improvements and (b) teacher recruitment.

16 Jul 2020 · Department for Education

Children: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support he plans to make available to children who live with elderly or vulnerable people in the Autumn in the event that there is a second wave of covid-19.

Source: official written-questions record.