Written questions

1,903 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 Jul 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the ratio of work coaches to work coach managers at jobcentres in each year since 2013.

1 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Phlebotomy: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's policy is on home visiting community phlebotomy for children with serious health conditions which require them to be shielding during the covid-19 outbreak.

25 Jun 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Department for Work and Pensions Committee report, DWP's response to the coronavirus outbreak, published on 22 June 2020, what the planned timescale is for b

25 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment Schemes: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on the Youth Obligation Support Programme in the 2019-20 financial year; how many young people entered the Youth Obligation Support Programme in that year; what proportion of young p

25 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment Schemes: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what changes she has made to the Youth Obligation Support Programme in response to the covid-19 outbreak; and what employment support her Department is providing to job seekers aged 21 and under.

25 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consultation her Department is undertaking with (a) unions, (b) job centres and (c) staff on re-introducing the universal credit conditionality regime on 1 July 2020.

25 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of (a) the number of additional full-time equivalent (i) staff and (ii) work coaches her Department would require to re-introduce the conditionality regime for universal credi

18 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2020 to Question 55987, what information her Department holds on the ethnicity of universal credit claimants; what information on ethnicity is planned for future public

18 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support for searching for work her Department is providing to jobseekers.

18 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many additional work coaches she plans to recruit by September 2020.

18 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2020 to Question 55988, on Jobcentres: Staff, how many full-time equivalent work coaches are currently employed by her Department.

18 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Sports

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has for the funding of school sport in the academic year 2020-21.

17 Jun 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Actors and Theatres: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what support he is providing to (a) self-employed actors and (b) theatres who lost income as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.

16 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with representatives of employers on the continuation of planned apprenticeships in (a) 2020 and (b) 2021.

16 Jun 2020 · Treasury

Airports: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support he is providing to airports in England and Wales in response to the economic effects of the covid-19 pandemic.

9 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to support local authorities to introduce employment strategies in response to covid-19 related unemployment.

9 Jun 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Businesses: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Government support package for innovative firms hit by coronavirus announced on 20 April 2020, how many businesses (a) have accessed this support through; an

9 Jun 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will review the Business in difficulty criteria of the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme to support smaller businesses.

9 Jun 2020 · Treasury

Enterprise Investment Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will amend rules of the Enterprise Investment Scheme to help protect Future Fund investors from losing relief on previous investments.

8 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Health and Safety Executive: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the annual budget of the Health and Safety Executive (a) is in 2020-21 and (b) was in each of the last 10 years.

8 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Health and Safety Executive: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Health and Safety Inspectors were employed by the Health and Safety Executive at the end of May in each of the last 10 years up to and including 2020.

8 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time equivalent work coaches were employed by her Department in (a) January, (b) February, (c) March, (d) April and (e) May 2020; and how many additional work coaches she plans to recruit

8 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data her Department (a) holds and (b) reports on the number of universal credit applications by applicants who are (i) white, (ii) mixed, (iii) Asian or Asian British, (iv) black or black British,

8 Jun 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

British Nationals Abroad: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 May 2020 to Question 46666 on British Nationals Abroad: Coronavirus, of the 150 charter flights delivered by the Government to support repatriation efforts, f

8 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

Remote Education: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations he has received from (a) children’s charities and (b) schools on the effect on learning of a lack of access to school online classrooms during the covid-19 outbreak.

8 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

Remote Education: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 18 May 2020 to Question 46667 on Education: Coronavirus, what recent estimate the Government has made of the number of (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupils who are unable to acc

8 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

Children: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Downing Street Press Conference on 19 April 2020, how many eligible children had received (a) laptops and (b) 4G routers through the Government’s scheme as at 31 May 2020.

8 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

Remote Education: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 18 May 2020 to Question 46667, on Education: Coronavirus, how much of the £100 million funding that the Government has committed to support vulnerable and disadvantaged children in Eng

5 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) financial, (b) emotional an (c) additional support the Government plans to provide to people (i) who are shielding, (ii) who live with people who are shielding and (iii)

5 Jun 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that people (a) who are shielding, (b) who live with people who are shielding and (c) identified as clinically vulnerable during the covid-19 outbreak but are not shielding are furl

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