Written questions
1,507 written questions tabled, most recent first.
6 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Professions: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support healthcare students who assisted throughout the covid-19 outbreak; and what plans he has to forgive current debt for all current nursing, midwifery and allied hea
6 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Professions: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government plans to introduce a universal, living maintenance grant for healthcare students in England.
6 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Professions: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to reimburse tuition fees or forgive current debt for all current nursing, midwifery and allied healthcare students.
6 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Professions: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the reimbursement of tuition fees for current nursing, midwifery and allied healthcare students.
6 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Professions: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the financial effect of tuition fees on healthcare students.
6 Jan 2021 · Cabinet Office
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether a limit applies to the number of adults from the same household visiting essential retail venues during the January 2021 covid-19 lockdown period.
6 Jan 2021 · Department for Education
National Curriculum Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans for Key Stage 2 SATs to proceed as scheduled in 2021.
6 Jan 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Offences against Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Sexual Offences Act 2003 to expand the definition of position of trust to include any adult regularly involved in caring for, training, supervising and
6 Jan 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Zoo Animals Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to extend the Zoo Animals Fund beyond 29 January 2021; and whether that fund is planned to be made more accessible to large zoos and aquariums.
6 Jan 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Offences against Children: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the (a) Lord Chief Justice and (b) Crown Prosecution Service on the sentencing of UK offenders involved in the livestreaming of child sex abuse.
6 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Democratic Republic of Congo: Health Professions
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the training of healthcare professionals in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
30 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Rotherham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to roll out mass lateral flow testing to Rotherham.
30 Dec 2020 · Home Office
Deed Poll
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will bring forward proposals (a) to remove the right to a change of name for a person convicted of sex offences or who is on the sex offenders register and (b) establish a regulatory
17 Dec 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gender Based Violence: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans his Department has to tackle the change in the level of violence against women and girls as a result of the covid-19 pandemic.
17 Dec 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gender: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of his Department's aid was targeted to projects (a) with gender equality as a (i) principal and (ii) significant objective and (b) that were not-gender relat
17 Dec 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Education: Girls
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the barriers girls face in accessing education throughout the world.
15 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport
M1: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of smart motorway on the M1 were covered by stopped vehicle detection technology in (a) March and (b) December 2020.
15 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport
M1: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many additional smart motorway emergency refuges have (a) been constructed and (b) entered the design phase on the M1 since the publication of his Department's report entitled Smart Motorway Evidence Stockt
11 Dec 2020 · Home Office
Slavery
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to include survivors’ voices when designing and delivering its response to modern slavery.
9 Dec 2020 · Department for International Trade
Eggs: Import Duties
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to research published by Wageningen University in its report The Competitiveness of the UK Egg Sector, an international comparison of production costs, base year 2018, published in 2019
9 Dec 2020 · Department for International Trade
Eggs: Import Duties
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether her Department plans to reduce or remove any tariffs in the egg industry for non-EU countries in 2021.
8 Dec 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Foreign Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether any financial assistance will be available to staff from the Department for International Development who are non-UK nationals who wish to become UK citizens or apply
8 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport
Motorways: ICT
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of smart motorway were covered by stopped vehicle detection technology in (a) March and (b) December 2020.
8 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport
Motorways: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many additional smart motorway emergency refuges have (a) been constructed and (b) have entered the design phase since the publication of his Department's report entitled Smart Motorway Evidence Stocktake a
7 Dec 2020 · Treasury
Debts: Developing Countries
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of debt owed by countries eligible for G20 Common Framework on Debt Treatments applies to (a) non-official creditors owed to entities resident in the UK and (b) private creditors governed by English
4 Dec 2020 · Treasury
Debts: Developing Countries
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many countries have (a) had, or (b) are expected to have, debt payments to the UK Government suspended under the G20 Debt Service Suspension Initiative in (i) 2020 and (ii) 2021; and how much debt has been suspe
4 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November 2020 to Question 118531 on Prisons: Coronavirus, how many (a) pregnant women and (b) mothers of dependent children have entered prison since the end of March 2020.
4 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners' Release: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November to Question 118531, what discussions he has had with (a) the Chancellor the Exchequer and (b) other Cabinet colleagues on ensuring that adequate funding is in place for the s
3 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ask the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation to revise its recommendation not to include unpaid carers on the priority list for covid-19 vaccinations.
3 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation decision not to include unpaid carers on the priority list for covid-19 vaccination of the po
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