Written questions

3,020 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Mar 2020 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to remove time restrictions on England National Concessionary Travel Scheme smart permits during the covid-19 outbreak.

19 Mar 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Culture: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to support the cultural sector during the covid-19 outbreak.

19 Mar 2020 · Department for Education

Universities: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to support universities during the covid-19 outbreak.

18 Mar 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Small Businesses: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support is available to small businesses who specialise in contact sport during covid-19 outbreak.

18 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS 111: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the NHS 111 service response to the covid-19 outbreak.

18 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS 111: Health Professions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to increase the number of medical professionals available via the NHS 111 telephone service.

17 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Workers: South Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the financial effect of the outbreak of covid-19 on social care workers on zero-hour contracts in South Yorkshire.

17 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on vulnerable groups of self-isolation as a result of the outbreak of covid-19.

17 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support will be provided to those with mobility issues who are self-isolating during the outbreak of covid-19.

17 Mar 2020 · Home Office

Motor Vehicles: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to help prevent the export of stolen vehicles.

16 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the financial effect on self-funded care home residents of recent increases in prices from care home providers.

16 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Debt Collection: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of regulations governing the work of enforcement officers.

16 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Debt Collection: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of establishing an independent body to regulate the bailiff industry.

16 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Debt Collection: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to introduce a body to oversee the regulation of the bailiff industry.

16 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to increase funding to local authorities for care home places.

13 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: White Papers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to publish a White Paper on social care.

12 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the level of the difference in the cost of care home places between people (a) who are self-funded and (b) funded by local authorities since the publicati

12 Mar 2020 · Department for Education

Music: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2020 Question 7627, what plans he has to increase funding for the In Harmony music programme.

12 Mar 2020 · Department for Education

Music: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to Answer of 24 January 2020 to 7627, what plans he has to ring-fence funding in the National Plan for Music Education to provide support for talented young musicians from low-income families.

12 Mar 2020 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2020 to Question 2542, what support is available to parents of children eligible for free school meals who have medical dietary requirements that the school cannot guarantee

12 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Family Conciliation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2020 to Question 19946, what plans he has to increase legal aid pay rates for family mediation services.

11 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Entry Clearances

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on former members of the armed forces being refused entry to the UK.

11 Mar 2020 · Home Office

Ilaitia Cokanasiga

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the case of Commonwealth-born army veteran, Ilaitia Cokanasiga, who was refused entry to the UK; and if she will make a statement.

11 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department’s policy on animals in warfare testing.

11 Mar 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Telecommunications: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether Openreach agreed to the Cabinet and Pole Siting Code of Practice 2013.

11 Mar 2020 · Home Office

Refugees: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential increase in refugees as a result of loss of land due to rising sea levels.

11 Mar 2020 · Department for International Development

Maldives: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she plans to allocate aid to the Maldives to support policy in relation to (a) rising sea levels and (b) human displacement.

11 Mar 2020 · Department for International Development

Kiribati: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she plans to allocate aid to Kiribati to support policy in relation to (a) rising sea levels and (b) human displacement.

10 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Retail Trade: Sheffield

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish information on the remaining six pilot areas to receive financial support from the High Streets Task Force; and whether one of the pilot areas will be lo

10 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: South Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to allocate additional funding to protect public health in the event of an outbreak of covid-19 in South Yorkshire.

Source: official written-questions record.