Written questions

1,298 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 May 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

National Food Strategy Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to publish an interim report on the independent review led by Henry Dimbleby entitled Developing a National Food Strategy.

5 May 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people in the covid-19 shielding group receive a Government food parcel every week.

5 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people diagnosed with covid-19 have been discharged from hospital into residential care since the start of the covid-19 outbreak.

5 May 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information her Department holds on the number of people who have ceased their child maintenance payments having been made unemployed since March 2020.

5 May 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Children: Restraint Techniques

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2020 to Question 4350 on Children: Restraint Techniques, when the Charlie Taylor review on restraint techniques and children will be published; and what the time table is for

5 May 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of universal credit before March 2020 have not received the 1.7 per cent increase in that benefit on 6 April; and how many new claimants have received that increase.

5 May 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new universal credit applicants there have been in each month since March 2020; and how many of those new applicants have successfully applied for a universal credit advance loan payment.

4 May 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the organisations and companies that received contracts from the Government to deliver food supplies to people considered clinically vulnerable during the covid-19 o

4 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Protective Clothing: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the organisations and companies which received contracts from the Government to deliver personal protective equipment during the covid-19 outbreak; and on what date each contract

4 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Hospitals

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many admissions have there been to Nightingale hospitals; and how many deaths have occurred within them.

28 Apr 2020 · Department for Education

Adoption and Children (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on what date his Department provided a copy of The Adoption and Children (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 to the Children’s Commissioner for England.

28 Apr 2020 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on what date he informed the Children’s Commissioner for England that children’s social care regulations were being amended; and whether the Commissioner was able to contribute to those changes.

27 Apr 2020 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on what date he discussed with the Chief Social Worker for Children and Families for England the amendments to the children’s social care regulations; and what her response was to those proposed changes.

27 Apr 2020 · Department for Education

Children in Care: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many local authorities have informed his Department that they have been unable to arrange for a social worker to have a telephone or video link call with each child in their care at least once every six wee

27 Apr 2020 · Department for Education

Adoption and Children (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which organisations requested changes to the (a) Residential Family Centres Regulations 2002, (b) Adoption Agencies Regulations 2005, (c) Children (Private Arrangements for Fostering) Regulations 2005, (d) Chil

27 Apr 2020 · Department for Education

Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 24 June 2019 to Question 266173 on Children in Care, on what date his Department began assessing changes to the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 201

27 Apr 2020 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which organisations were consulted on changes to regulations in children’s social care before the publication of the Adoption and Children (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020; and over what period were t

24 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Kidneys: Donors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of kidney organ donors that develop health problems after donating a kidney.

24 Mar 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Conditions of Employment: Kidney Donors

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what employment protections are in place for kidney organ donors.

24 Mar 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has for the continuation of the (a) School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme and (b) delivery of free sanitary products to schools whilst schools are closed during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will m

23 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Food Supply: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the announcement by his Department on 21 March 2020 on measures to protect people at highest risk from coronavirus, what plans his Department has to support the

23 Mar 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food Supply: Key Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to secure the food supply for key workers.

23 Mar 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food Supply: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people his Department estimates are in need of food assistance; and what proportion of those people (a) were vulnerable before the covid-19 outbreak and (b) are newly vulnerab

23 Mar 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Newsagents: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to regulate pricing of stock in small newsagents to prevent fluctuations on essential items during the covid-19 outbreak.

19 Mar 2020 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether vouchers for children eligible for free school meals during the covid-19 school closures will cover the cost of breakfast.

11 Mar 2020 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse has been of the roll-out of the National Accreditation and Assessment Programme to date.

11 Mar 2020 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether introduction of the National accreditation and assessment programme is voluntary for local authorities.

11 Mar 2020 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many local authorities use the National Accreditation and Assessment Programme; and how many social workers within those local authorities have (a) started and (b) completed the programme.

4 Mar 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the time it takes to (a) process and (b) decide on disputes lodged by universal credit claimants regarding their real-time information calculations.

26 Feb 2020 · Department for Education

Pupil Premium: Breakfast Clubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance he provides to schools in England on allocating pupil premium funding to the provision of free breakfasts.

Source: official written-questions record.