Written questions

1,768 written questions tabled, most recent first.

7 Dec 2020 · Home Office

Police: Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers from Cambridgeshire and Peterborough have been identified to assist other forces when the transition period ends.

2 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Air Traffic Control: Permitted Development Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many airport radar towers have been built using permitted development rights.

1 Dec 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Giulio Regeni

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will have discussions with his Egyptian and Italian counterparts on the Egyptian authorities temporarily closing the investigation into the 2016 murder of Cambridge PhD

24 Nov 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Poaching: Animal Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Game Act 1831 to enable the recovery of kennelling costs from people convicted of poaching offences.

24 Nov 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Poaching: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Game Act 1831 to remove the limit on fines that can be imposed for poaching offences.

24 Nov 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Poaching: Confiscation Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Game Act 1831 to provide the police and courts with greater forfeiture and confiscation powers in relation to (a) vehicles

24 Nov 2020 · Attorney General

Poaching: Prosecutions

To ask the Attorney General, for what reason a record of the species involved is not collated when recording prosecutions of poaching offences.

24 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Hare Coursing: Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department will set out clear guidance for prosecutors and magistrates on the use of Community Impact Statements and of expert witnesses in cases of illegal hare coursing prosecuted under the Game Act 18

24 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Hare Coursing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions his Department has had with representatives of the Sentencing Council on guidance for magistrates on dealing with illegal hare coursing offences prosecuted under the Game Act 1831.

23 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Giulio Regeni

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Italian counterpart on the Italian magistrates’ investigation into the five officials suspected of involvement in the murder of Ph

23 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Test and Trace Support Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the funding allocated to councils for the Test and Trace Support Payment has been spent in (a) Cambridge, (b) Cambridgeshire and Peterborough and (c) England.

17 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Contact Tracing

What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the NHS Test and Trace service.

12 Nov 2020 · Home Office

Visas: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the restrictions on marriage services may have on those individuals who required a spousal visa during the covid-19 outbreak.

11 Nov 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Denmark: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of recent covid-19 travel restrictions on the movement of goods from Denmark on (a) UK food supply chains and (b) pork supplies to

11 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Denmark: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how long the restrictions on travel and movement of goods out of Denmark will last.

11 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Mink

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what capacity the UK has to detect whether mink-related mutations of coronavirus have arrived in the UK.

11 Nov 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mink: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions the Government is having with officials in countries outside of Europe which farm mink on the status of coronavirus on their farms.

11 Nov 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mink: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions the Government is having with the (a) Danish and (b) other European Governments to (a) assess the risk posed to public health by the current outbreak of covid strains

10 Nov 2020 · Treasury

Gift Aid

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will temporarily increase the rate of Gift Aid from 20 per cent to 25 per cent for two years, similar to the Gift Aid Transitional Relief Scheme of 2008.

9 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Eating Disorders: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the inquest into the deaths of Averil Hart, Emma Brown, Maria Jakes, Amanda Bowles, and Madeline Wallace, if he will take steps to improve the quality of NHS care for those with e

9 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Hospital Food Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the recommendations of the NHS Hospital Food Review are adopted by NHS hospital trusts.

9 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Influenza: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether informal carers are eligible to receive a flu vaccine in winter 2020-21.

6 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Overseas Students: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether applicants to higher education whose families are settled in the UK through the EU Settlement Scheme (pre-settled and settled) will be eligible for (a) home fee status and (b) undergraduate, postgraduat

4 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Wild Mammals (Protection) Act: Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) proceeded against and (b) convicted of an offence under the Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996 in each police force area in (i) 2018 and (ii) 2019.

4 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Protection of Badgers Act: Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) proceeded against and (b) convicted of an offence under the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 in each police force area in (i) 2018 and (ii) 2019.

3 Nov 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Performing Arts: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what covid-19 safety guidance his Department has issued to arts organisations planning to stream live events from closed venues during the covid-19 outbreak.

2 Nov 2020 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of non-urgent inquiries by MPs on immigration matters were dealt with within 20 working days in the period August-October 2020.

2 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

USA: Bank Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to his US counterpart on the effect of that country's Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act and Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts on

30 Oct 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Coronavirus: Social Distancing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when Vivacity Labs, operating on behalf of the Department, first used cameras that use artificial intelligence to monitor pedestrians to improve the collection of social distancin

30 Oct 2020 · Home Office

Overseas Students: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether EU students with pre-settled status who are isolating themselves in other EU countries as a result of covid-19 and who are continuing their UK education will be exempted from the continuous re

Source: official written-questions record.