Written questions
189 written questions tabled, most recent first.
25 Mar 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Unemployment: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of (a) trends in unemployment among people aged over 60 and (b) the effect of that matter on their household incomes if they have not yet reached the state
25 Mar 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Unemployment: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of unemployed people aged over 60 who are unable to claim universal credit but (a) have not reached the state pension age and (b) have a low household inc
25 Mar 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Support for Mortgage Interest
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has reviewed the eligibility criteria for Support for Mortgage Interest payments during the covid-19 pandemic.
25 Mar 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Redundancy: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support people aged 60 and over who have been made redundant and who are ineligible to claim universal credit and have not yet reached the state pension age.
5 Mar 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Packaging: Deposit Return Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his department has made an assessment of the carbon impacts of including glass in a future deposit return scheme for single use packaging.
5 Mar 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Beverage Containers: Deposit Return Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to what extent the proposed deposit return scheme for England and Wales will mirror the Scottish Government’s scheme.
5 Mar 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Beverage Containers: Deposit Return Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what economic impact assessments the Government has undertaken in relation to the proposed deposit return scheme for England and Wales.
5 Mar 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Beverage Containers: Deposit Return Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has modelled the effect of including glass in the proposed deposit return scheme on existing kerbside recycling rates.
5 Mar 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Beverage Containers: Deposit Return Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what modelling his Department is using to assess the effect of including glass in a deposit return scheme on existing recycling rates.
26 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the most recent (a) number and (b) proportion of population by age of people vaccinated against covid-19 in each electoral ward in Normanton, Pontefract, and Castleford constitue
23 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the common risks of exposures of people who contracted covid-19 by setting in each local authority area in each week during the January 2021 covid-19 lockdown.
23 Feb 2021 · Home Office
Extradition (Provisional Arrest) Act 2020: Arrests
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests have been made under the Extradition (Provisional Arrest) Act 2020 (a) since that Act was brought into force and (b) in January 2021.
23 Feb 2021 · Home Office
Arrest Warrants: EU Countries
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrest warrants the UK has received from EU Member States since 11.00pm on 31 December 2020.
23 Feb 2021 · Home Office
Extradition Act 2003: Arrests
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of the UK ceasing to access the second generation Schengen Information System on the number of arrests made under Part 1 of the Extradition Act 2003.
23 Feb 2021 · Home Office
Extradition Act 2003: Arrests
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests were made under Part 1 of the Extradition Act 2003 in (a) January 2021 and (b) in each month of 2020.
16 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the guidance is for people (a) who are elderly and (b) with relevant underlying heath conditions on how they can reduce or minimise their personal risk of contracting covid-19.
16 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the Government will assess whether the steps being taken are delaying the spread of covid-19 in the absence of full testing.
16 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is the Government’s objective to establish herd immunity against covid-19; and what level of infection is required for that immunity to be established.
16 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the Government will estimate (a) the level of prevalence of and (b) rates of infection and immunity to covid-19 if symptomatic patients are not tested.
16 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the Government’s modelling estimates the average likelihood is of a UK resident catching covid-19 in the next seven days; and what the estimated peak of the covid-19 outbreak is for (a) indivi
16 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Intensive Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the national capacity of (a) intensive care unit beds and (b) ventilators is; what level of capacity he estimates reaching in the next four weeks; and what proportion of covid-19 cases are lik
16 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish (a) the Government’s modelling of the delay to and reduction in the peak of the UK covid-19 outbreak (i) most likely to be achieved by the steps announced on 12 March 2020 and (i
16 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the Government’s modelling suggests the peak level of covid-19 infection will be; how many people will be infected at that point; and what the confidence intervals are around that projection.
16 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the statement by the Chief Medical Officer on 9 March 2020 that, The risk is that if we go too early people will understandably get fatigued and we won't be able to sustain it ove
11 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Carers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral statement on Coronavirus, 3 March 2020, Official Report, column 771, what steps he is taking to support people that are dependent on informal social care from family memb
13 Feb 2020 · Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Office for Tackling Injustices
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, with reference to the Answer of 15 October 2019 to Question 748, what the timetable is for the establishment of an Office for Tackling Injustices; and if he will publish the structural and staffing arrangem
30 Sep 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Jobcentres: Closures
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many job centres have closed in each constituency in each year between 2010 and the most recent year for which figures are available.
30 Sep 2019 · Department for Education
Children's Centres: Closures
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish a list including the postcode locations of the Sure Start children’s centres that have closed between 2010 and the most recent year for which figures are available.
30 Sep 2019 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Public Libraries: Closures
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish a list including the postcode locations of the public libraries that have closed between 2010 and the most recent year for which figures are available.
30 Sep 2019 · Ministry of Justice
Courts and Tribunals: Closures
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish a list of the courts and tribunals, including the postcode locations, that have closed between 2010-11 and the most recent financial year for which figures are available.
Source: official written-questions record.