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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