Written questions
1,682 written questions tabled, most recent first.
11 Nov 2020 · Home Office
Migrants: Private Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department will take to ensure that information on tenants’ immigration status is kept fully up to date on the new Right to Rent online checking system for landlords.
10 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Homelessness: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to tackle changes in the level of youth homelessness; and how he plans to ensure the availability of age appropriate accommodation (a) in wint
10 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Homelessness: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Everyone In scheme is continuing to provide accommodation for people who have found themselves homeless in the last two months.
10 Nov 2020 · Home Office
Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure the independence and effectiveness of the proposed Migrants' Commissioner role.
9 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Sleeping Rough: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when the Cold Weather Fund to support councils get rough sleepers off the streets will be available; and how that funding will be distributed in London.
3 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Public Health: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional resources his Department is providing to public health teams in local authorities to help tackle the covid-19 outbreak.
3 Nov 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 is providing to public health teams in local authorities to help them manage the covid-19 outbreak.
3 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tuberculosis: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the findings of the Stop TB Partnership's assessment entitled, The TB response is heavily impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, published on 8 April 2020, what
2 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Migrants
To ask the Secretary of State for the Health and Social Care, whether all foreign nationals living in the UK will be able to access free covid-19 related healthcare treatment during the November 2020 covid-19 lockdown.
2 Nov 2020 · Home Office
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to suspend evictions from asylum accommodation during the November 2020 covid-19 lockdown.
2 Nov 2020 · Home Office
Migrants: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to suspend No Recourse to Public Funds conditions for the duration of the November 2020 covid-19 lockdown.
2 Nov 2020 · Home Office
Migrants: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she will take to support people whose visas are due to expire and who cannot return to their country of origin as a result of the covid-19 pandemic.
30 Oct 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Electronic Commerce: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he plans to update consumer laws (a) to include terms and conditions applicable to consumers buying through online platforms and (b) for those terms to include warranties from
30 Oct 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Toys and Games: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to tackle unsafe toys being sold online.
30 Oct 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Electronic Commerce: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department are taking to ensure that online marketplaces are (a) enforcing safety regulations for third-party products sold on their platform and (b) accountable fo
30 Oct 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Consumer Goods: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will introduce legislative proposals to give Trading Standards and the Office for Product Safety and Standards the power to (a) remove unsafe products from online marketplac
30 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Sleeping Rough: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when the application process for the Cold Weather Fund will open; and when organisations will be informed about the allocation of that funding.
30 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Night Shelters: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what type of accommodation for homeless people will meet the threshold for safety set out in his Department's guidance entitled Covid-19: provision of night shelters.
30 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Night Shelters: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's guidance entitled Covid-19: provision of night shelters, whether communal shelters for homeless people will be able to open in winter 2020-21.
23 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure greater coordination of the UK’s overseas development budget (a) on global health research and development with the Department for (i) Healt
23 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Developing Countries: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) strengthen his Department’s expertise on global health and (b) help ensure effective coordination with other development partners globally.
23 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
G7: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans he has to use the UK’s forthcoming presidency of the G7 to increase (a) investment and (b) coordination in global health systems strengthening in order to help (i)
19 Oct 2020 · Department for Transport
Emergency Services: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to mandate the removal of temporarily imposed restrictions on road space for traffic introduced under emergency provisions during the covid-19 outbreak in the event that it is show
19 Oct 2020 · Department for Transport
Emergency Services: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on whether any lives have been lost as a result of delays affecting emergency service vehicles that have been caused as a result of road closures to facilitate social dista
19 Oct 2020 · Department for Transport
Emergency Services: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the average increase in journey times of emergency service vehicles that have been caused as a result of road closures to facilitate social distancing during the covid-1
13 Oct 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claim decisions have been delayed as a result of claimants waiting for EU Settlement Scheme applications to be processed.
13 Oct 2020 · Home Office
Immigration: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of children who need support to apply for Settled Status and who do not have a parent to complete the process for them.
13 Oct 2020 · Home Office
Immigration: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people identified as being in a vulnerable group with citizenship from an EU member state have been contacted and supported with funding from her Department to make an application to the EU S
13 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Immigration: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals to EU Settlement Scheme decisions have (a) been made and (b) been successful in reversing a decision made by his Department.
13 Oct 2020 · Home Office
Immigration: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long on average her Department takes to process an EU Settlement Scheme application.
Source: official written-questions record.