Written questions

2,337 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Jun 2020 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Racial Discrimination

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, many non-disclosure agreements have been used by each Government department for settling discrimination cases in each of the last five years.

22 Jun 2020 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Complaints

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many non-disclosure agreements have been used by each Government department for settling grievance cases in each of the last five years.

22 Jun 2020 · Cabinet Office

Civil Service: Racial Discrimination

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Government's policy is on the use of non-disclosure agreements in the civil service for settling cases involving racial discrimination or abuse grievances.

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

Retail Trade: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2020 to Question 59479, on Reopening High Streets Safely Fund, what assessment his Department has made of the compatibility of the criteria of t

18 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what was the value of contracts awarded to (a) eBay and (b) Clipper Logistics to develop an online portal to enable primary, social and community care providers to order personal protective equipme

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

Local Government Finance: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to help ensure that local authorities do not need to set emergency budgets to reduce services as a result of increased costs and lost revenues during

17 Jun 2020 · Prime Minister

Official Meetings: Prime Minister

To ask the Prime Minister, how many times and on what dates he has met with Richard Desmond since he became Prime Minister.

17 Jun 2020 · Cabinet Office

Conservative Party: Finance

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a list all meetings the Prime Minister has had with donors to the Conservative Party since he became Prime Minister.

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

Public Places: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reasons local authorities are not permitted to fund (a) street wardens and (b) town ambassadors to support the reopening of high streets through the Reopening High Stree

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

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what consultation he plans to undertake as part of his work to establish a comprehensive plan for financial sustainability for local authorities.

15 Jun 2020 · Cabinet Office

Westferry Printworks: Planning Permission

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Cabinet Secretary is undertaking an inquiry into the circumstances by which the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government made his decision on the Westferry Printworks developm

10 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to provide postcode level data on (a) positive and (b) negative covid-19 tests obtained through (i) Pillar 1 and (ii) Pillar 2 testing strands to (A) local resilience f

8 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Contact Tracing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department holds data on the proportion of identified contacts who are then traced as a part of the NHS Test and Trace system.

8 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all positive covid-19 test results are shared with relevant local authorities within a time frame that enables an individual's contacts to be trac

8 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Deloitte: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that positive covid-19 test results under the commercial Deloitte system are shared with relevant local authorities.

8 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department holds data on the average time taken for a covid-19 positive test result to be reported to the relevant local authority by test setting.

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

Westferry Printworks: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the ministerial code and to his discussions with the developer of the Westferry Printworks development (PA/18/01877/A1) in Tower Hamlets at a fundraiser for the

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

Local Government: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) powers and (b) guidance has been given to Local Authorities to enable local lockdowns in the event of an increase in covid-19 cases in their local area.

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

Westferry Printworks: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which Minister will make a decision on the Westferry Printworks development planning decision, PA/18/01877/A; and when that decision will be made.

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

Westferry Printworks: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the evidential basis for his decision to overturn the decision of the planning inspector in relation to the Westferry Printworks development, PA/18/01877/A1 on

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

Local Government: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to provide local authorities with additional powers to respond to and control localised covid-19 outbreaks.

2 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Joint Biosecurity Centre

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the new Joint Biosecurity Centre will interact with Local Resilience Forms and Local Health Protection Boards.

1 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by what means local authorities were informed of the launch date of the NHS test and trace service.

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

Local Government: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish a list of expenditure related to the covid-19 outbreak that the Government will reimburse local authorities for.

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

Health and Safety: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what additional resources his Department plans to provide to local authorities in support of their role as the main enforcing authority for health and safety in industries includ

21 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional resources his Department plans to provide to local authorities to support the test, track and trace programme during the covid-19 outbreak.

20 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Protective Clothing: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many individual items of personal protective equipment have been delivered to local authorities through the Clipper distribution system to date.

20 May 2020 · Cabinet Office

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on which dates data on people who are medically extremely vulnerable to covid-19 and should therefore be shielded has been provided to local authorities; and the details of how many individuals were provided on

15 May 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Resilience Forums: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government has made an assessment of the effectiveness of its coordination with Local Resilience Forums during the covid-19 pandemic.

15 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that local authority public health officials receive data on positive covid-19 test results in their local authority area.

Source: official written-questions record.