Written questions

873 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Apr 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Skilled Workers

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits to industries such as the steel industry which are experiencing shortages of skilled workers of amending the Coronavirus Jobs Retention Scheme to enable employers

24 Apr 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Skilled Workers

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of changing the Coronavirus Jobs Retention Scheme to help industries such as the steel industry that are experiencing a shortage of skilled workers to reduce the h

20 Apr 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Conditions of Employment: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to provide workplace protections for workers that are required by their employer to go to work during the covid-19 outbreak while living with a vulnerable person

20 Apr 2020 · Treasury

Covid Corporate Financing Facility

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) removing or (b) lowering the credit rating eligibility threshold for the Covid Corporate Financing Facility to enable larger corporates without the requisit

20 Apr 2020 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to suspend the requirement for HGV drivers to udnertake a medical in order to renew their license during the covid-19 outbreak.

20 Apr 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Indonesia: Transgender People

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Indonesian counterpart on (a) protecting the human rights of the trans community in that country and (b) the murder of the trans woman, known as Mi

20 Apr 2020 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse: West Midlands Police

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the 400 domestic abuse suspects recently arrested by West Midlands Police were released to go back to live with the person they were arrested on suspicion of abusing.

20 Apr 2020 · Cabinet Office

Security Guards: Key Workers

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Government will classify private security workers as key workers during the covid-19 outbreak.

20 Apr 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) vulnerable people and (b) the elderly who have been recommended to self-isolate for 12 weeks will be eligible for support through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.

20 Apr 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether employees eligible for the Coronavirus Jobs Retention Scheme will also qualify for additional state benefit support.

20 Apr 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to extend the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to workers who will be put on short-time working arrangements.

24 Mar 2020 · Treasury

Loans: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will introduce an immediate six-month moratorium on commercial lenders enforcing loan repayments during the covid-19 outbreak.

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

Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to classify steelworkers as key workers to ensure the maintenance of blast furnaces during the covid-19 outbreak.

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

UK Shared Prosperity Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether it remains the Government's policy to undertake a public consultation on the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

21 Feb 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance: Aberavon

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been paid in back-dated payments to employment support allowance claimants in Aberavon constituency in each of the last three years.

21 Feb 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Aberavon

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been paid in back-dated payments to universal credit claimants in Aberavon constituency in each of the last three years.

21 Feb 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Aberavon

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been paid to personal independence payment claimants in back-dated payments in Aberavon constituency, in each of the last three years.

21 Feb 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance: Aberavon

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment support allowance claimants in Aberavon constituency have had a decision by her Department overturned at Tribunal in each of the last three years.

21 Feb 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Aberavon

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence payment claimants in Aberavon constituency have had a decision from her Department overturned at Tribunal in each of the last three years.

21 Feb 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants who have received an advanced payment have subsequently reported financial difficulty to their work coach in each of the last three years.

21 Feb 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of universal credit claimants in (a) Aberavon constituency and (b) Wales have received an advanced payment.

21 Feb 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children lived in (a) poverty and (b) extreme poverty in (i) Wales and (ii) Aberavon constituency in each of the last 10 years.

21 Feb 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensioners: Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners lived in (a) poverty and (b) extreme poverty in (i) Wales and (ii) Aberavon constituency in each of the last 10 years.

21 Feb 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much pension credit was unclaimed in (a) Aberavon constituency, (b) Wales and (c) the UK in each of the last three years.

6 Feb 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps she has taken to ensure that universal credit claimants paying rent weekly do not face a one-week shortfall in their UC housing element in 2020.

5 Feb 2020 · Treasury

Beer and Public Houses

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal plans he has to support the pubs and breweries industry.

6 Jan 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether she has made an assessment of the implications for her policies on the steel industry of the views expressed by the chairman of Tata Sons in The Sunday Times on 5 January

2 Jul 2019 · Department for International Trade

Iron and Steel: UK Trade with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what representations he is making to the European Commission on quotas for UK steel exports into the EU in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.

1 Jul 2019 · Department for International Trade

Iron and Steel: UK Trade with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what representations he is making to the European Commission on quotas for UK steel exports into the EU, in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.

10 Jun 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Ivan Golunov

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Russian authorities on the recent arrest and alleged physical abuse of investigative journalist Ivan Golunov.

Source: official written-questions record.