Written questions

1,298 written questions tabled, most recent first.

12 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much each of the NHS Nightingale hospitals cost to construct; and what estimate he has made of the running costs of each of those hospitals.

11 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2020 to Question 52025 on Unemployment: Immigrants, what support her Department is providing for people who fall outside of all of the coronavirus financial support pack

11 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Contact Tracing: Software

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS GoodSAM Responder App, how many volunteers (a) applied, (b) were successful and (c) have been utilised since the app was launched.

10 Jun 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Welfare Assistance Schemes: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the £63 million of local welfare assistance to be used by local authorities announced by the Prime Minister on 10 June 2020 , what his timescale is for (a) publishin

4 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of universal credit are repaying an advance payment.

2 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

Foster Care: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) the fostering workforce and (b) retention levels in that workforce are supported during and after the covid-19 outbreak.

2 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

Foster Care: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that foster carers who have had to shield during the covid-19 outbreak are financially supported until they can return to fostering.

2 Jun 2020 · Cabinet Office

Mortuaries: Coronavirus

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 29 May 2020 to Question 45531 on Mortuaries: Coronavirus, how many of the of the procured temporary mortuary spaces have (a) been built and (b) are in use.

1 Jun 2020 · Department for International Trade

Defence and Security Organisation: Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the Defence and Security Organisation's key markets are for 2019-20; and if she will make a statement.

1 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Hospitals

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 May 2020 to Question 43030 on Coronavirus: Hospitals, what information his Department holds on the number of (a) admissions and (b) deaths in (i) all and (ii) each Nigh

1 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Arms Trade: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff in his Department worked on the export campaigns for (a) Eurofighter Typhoon, (b) complex weapons and (c) F-35 sustainment as of 1 April 2020; in which teams those staff are placed; and what the bu

1 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

Children: Missing Persons

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department has issued to (a) local authorities and (b) police forces on the (i) reporting of and (ii) response to children going missing from the family home during covid-19 lockdown.

1 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

Children: Missing Persons

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have been reported missing from the family home since the introduction of the covid-19 lockdown; and how many of those incidents had domestic abuse citied as a contributing factor.

1 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

Children in Care: Missing Persons

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department has issued to (a) local authorities, (b) foster carers, (c) children’s homes and (d) semi-independent unregulated accommodation on the (i) reporting of and (ii) response to children

1 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

Children in Care: Missing Persons

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have been reported missing from care since the introduction of the covid-19 lockdown.

1 Jun 2020 · Home Office

Missing Persons: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children were reported missing in (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19 and (c) 2019-20; and when he plans to publish missing persons data for those periods.

1 Jun 2020 · Home Office

Missing Persons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timeframe is for her Department to undertake a review of the 2011 Missing Children and Adults strategy.

1 Jun 2020 · Home Office

Missing Persons: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on the establishment of the national missing persons database; and what the timeframe is for that database to be operational.

1 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment Benefits: Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support her Department is providing to people who have been made unemployed as a result of the covid-19 outbreak and who do not have recourse to public funds following their indefinite leave to rem

1 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

South Tyneside Hospital: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to review the Path to Excellence in respect of South Tyneside Hospital as announced in December 2019.

29 May 2020 · Department for International Trade

Defence and Security Organisation

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many staff worked for the Defence and Security Organisation (DSO) on 1 April 2020; how many of those staff are in the export support team; and what the DSO's budget is for 2020-21.

19 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the Government's policy is on the distinction between (a) high risk individuals that need to shield and (b) high risk individuals that need to practise social distancing in response to the cov

19 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued on the (a) provision and (b) use of personal protective equipment in mental health services that are commissioned by the NHS and delivered by third-sector pr

18 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been tested for covid-19 in each region as at 15 May 2020.

11 May 2020 · Cabinet Office

Mortuaries: Coronavirus

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many temporary mortuaries (a) have been built and (b) are in use as a result of the covid-19 outbreak; and what the capacity is of each of those facilities.

11 May 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will implement with immediate effect the policy announced in the Budget 2020 on lowering the repayment rate and extending the repayment period for universal credit advances, which is currently no

6 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued on the use of personal protective equipment in mental health trusts.

6 May 2020 · Treasury

Carers: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether respite and day carers for children and adults that are unable to work as a result of the covid-19 outbreak are eligible for financial support from the Government.

6 May 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of employees that are eligible for furlough that have been made unemployed.

6 May 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Food Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect on household food insecurity of the introduction of the 10 new food security questions in the Family Resources Survey in 2019.

Source: official written-questions record.