Written questions

3,020 written questions tabled, most recent first.

15 May 2020 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to extend the Bus Services Support Grant beyond the 12 week period announced by his Department on 2 April 2020.

15 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to publish the covid-19 reproduction R number for each region of the UK.

15 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made on the effect of socio-economic deprivation on registered deaths involving covid-19.

15 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of (a) registered deaths involving covid-19 and (b) hospital admission rates from covid-19 in the (i) North of England and (ii) Yorkshire and the

13 May 2020 · Department for Education

Coronavirus: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of school closures due to the covid-19 outbreak on the mental health of pupils.

12 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Workers: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to address the shortage of adult social care workers.

12 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support care home residents to maintain virtual contact with friends and family following the outbreak of covid-19.

12 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance the Government has issued to care homes on mitigating the risk of staff coming into contact with residents who have tested positive for covid-19.

12 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is his policy that care homes will be subject to parity of esteem with NHS acute settings for the provision of personal protective equipment.

12 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance the Government has provided to care homes on the (a) suitability and (b) availability of personal protective equipment.

11 May 2020 · Department for Education

Adult Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment his Department has made of the (a) social and (b) economic effect of residential adult education colleges on local communities.

11 May 2020 · Department for Education

Adult Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to maintain the level of funding for residential adult education colleges.

6 May 2020 · Department for Education

Pupils: Young Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of school closures during the covid-19 outbreak on the educational attainment of young carers; and what additional support his Department is providing to those young ca

6 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Young Carers: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional support his Department is providing to young carers during the covid-19 outbreak.

6 May 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Powers of Attorney: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the length of time taken to process an application for Lasting Power of Attorney; and what steps his Department is taking to allocate additional resources to processing those applic

6 May 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Huawei: 5G

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the UK's relationship with the United States of the review by the United States National Security Council on Huawei’s involvement in

5 May 2020 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending the national voucher scheme over future school holidays during the outbreak of covid-19 for pupils in receipt of free school meals.

5 May 2020 · Treasury

Financial Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that specialised social economy lenders are included as (a) Bounce Back Loans and (b) Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme accredited lenders.

5 May 2020 · Treasury

Businesses: Government Assistance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to extend financial support during the covid-19 outbreak to businesses that do not pay business rates.

5 May 2020 · Treasury

Agency Workers: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that agency workers employed by umbrella companies can access financial support following the outbreak of covid-19.

4 May 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on employees ineligible for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme because they were not added to their employers payroll on or before 19 March 2020.

4 May 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Angling: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment the Government has made of the safety of resuming coarse angling, whilst maintaining social distancing, during the covid-19 outbreak.

1 May 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Postal Services: Universal Service Obligation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with Royal Mail on the retention of the universal service obligation.

1 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure the health and safety of (a) staff and (b) residents in care homes where covid-19 patients have been transferred from hospitals.

29 Apr 2020 · Department for Transport

Cycling and Walking: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of providing additional funding for (a) walking and (b) cycling routes to increase active travel capacity in response to the challenges of

29 Apr 2020 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is taking steps to issue guidance on wearing (a) face masks and (b) other personal protective equipment on public transport as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.

29 Apr 2020 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential merits of wearing (a) face masks and (b) other personal protective equipment to reduce the transmission

29 Apr 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Private Rented Housing: Natural Gas

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending CP12 certificate dates to suspend routine gas safety inspections for three months to reduce the poten

29 Apr 2020 · Cabinet Office

Key Workers: Bereavement Benefits

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans the Government has to extend the death in service benefit to families of all key workers during the covid-19 outbreak.

28 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to ensure that female NHS staff have properly fitting personal protective equipment during the covid-19 outbreak.

Source: official written-questions record.