Written questions

673 written questions tabled, most recent first.

1 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

Pupils: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that children of key workers in all school year groups can still attend school as schools partially return with the proscribed year groups during the covid-19 outbreak.

1 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that Education, Health and Care plans are met as schools reopen during the covid-19 outbreak.

20 May 2020 · Home Office

Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2020 to question 34992, on Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre: Coronavirus, how many new detainees that centre has accepted since the start of covid-19 outbreak.

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

Arlington Automotive: Insolvency

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on support for disabled employees of Arlington Automotive following the insolvency of that company and resulting job losses.

15 May 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Arlington Automotive: Insolvency

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to support disabled employees of Arlington Automotive following the insolvency of that company and resulting job losses.

13 May 2020 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Domestic Service

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the remit of the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority is for inspecting private households to prevent exploitation of migrant domestic workers.

13 May 2020 · Home Office

Visas: Domestic Service

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support Overseas Domestic Worker visa holders in the UK whose six months visas are due to expire and who are unable to travel due to covid-19 lockdown measures.

13 May 2020 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Domestic Service

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to protect migrant domestic workers who entered the UK on the Overseas Domestic Worker visa; and what support her Department is providing to those migrant domestic

12 May 2020 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the announcement on 11 April 2020 of funding from Fujitsu for domestic abuse charities, what the cost to the public purse of that funding is; and what the commissioning process was.

12 May 2020 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's announcement of support for the domestic abuse sector from Fujitsu on 11 April 2020, (a) which organisations have received support and (b) how much support each such

12 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the failure to collect completed tests from a number of care homes, whether there has been a problem with the courier system for the collection of covid-19 tests from care homes;

4 May 2020 · Home Office

Migrants: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the second reading of the Domestic Abuse Bill, what evidence her Department is seeking to gather through the £1.5 million pilot fund to cover the cost of safe accommodation for migra

4 May 2020 · Home Office

Migrants: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of victims of domestic abuse will be able to (a) access accommodation as a result of the £1.5 million pilot fund to cover the cost of safe accommodation for mi

4 May 2020 · Home Office

Migrants: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the oral contribution of 28 April 2020 of the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, Official Report, column 299, whether the £1.5 million pilot fund to cover the cost of safe a

1 May 2020 · Home Office

Crimes of Violence: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's strategy entitled Ending Violence against Women and Girls 2016-2020, when she plans to publish a new version of that strategy.

1 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Cleaning Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether cleaning staff working in hospitals and other healthcare settings are eligible for the death in service benefit announced on 27 April 2020.

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

Housing: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to ensure that councils that have received emergency funding for emergency accommodation for victims of domestic abuse during the covid-19 outbreak

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

Housing: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the letter issued to local authority leaders on of 27 April 2020 on the use of emergency funds to house victims of domestic violence, what plans his Department

21 Apr 2020 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the charity sector on community support provision for children affected by domestic abuse.

20 Apr 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on the representations made by the Barnardo’s charity on strengthening the provisions relating to children in the Domestic Abuse Bill.

20 Apr 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of setting up an enforcement telephone line for employees to report employers that are not following social distancing guidance relating to covid-19

20 Apr 2020 · Home Office

Immigration Removal Centres: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to (a) prevent cross-infection and (b) tackle transmission of covid-19 in (i) Yarl's Wood and (ii) other immigration removal centres.

25 Mar 2020 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse: Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) national broadcasts and (b) online communications the Government has planned to help safeguard people at risk of domestic abuse during the covid-19 outbreak.

25 Mar 2020 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance during the covid-19 outbreak has been issued to statutory agencies including the (a) police and (b) NHS on support for (i) victims of domestic abuse and (ii) perpetrators of such abuse w

25 Mar 2020 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to increase the capacity of (a) national domestic abuse helplines and (b) online access to specialist domestic abuse support during the covid-19 outbreak.

25 Mar 2020 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse and Sexual Offences: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government has taken to help ensure that deaf and disabled victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence can access refuge services and helplines during the covid-19 outbreak.

25 Mar 2020 · Home Office

Migrants: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help victims of domestic abuse with No Recourse to Public Funds access domestic abuse services during the covid-19 outbreak.

25 Mar 2020 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Domestic Abuse Commissioner has been included in contingency planning for vulnerable groups during the covid-19 outbreak.

25 Mar 2020 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse and Sexual Offences: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been allocated to frontline organisations providing emergency support for victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence during the covid-19 outbreak.

25 Mar 2020 · Home Office

Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre has accepted new detainees since the start of the covid-19 outbreak; and what steps that centre is taking to ensure that new detainees are not exposed to

Source: official written-questions record.