Written questions
1,117 written questions tabled, most recent first.
17 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Travel: Quarantine
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what financial support his Department is providing to travellers on low incomes with limited savings that are required to pay for a managed quarantine hotel on returning to the UK from countries on
17 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Travel: Quarantine
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the list of medical conditions that exempt an individual from the requirement to stay in a managed quarantine hotel on their return from a covid-19 red list country.
26 Apr 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Health and Safety Executive: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many frontline (a) enforcement officers and (b) inspectors were employed on average in the Health and Safety Executive for the 2020-21 annual reporting period.
26 Apr 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Health and Safety Executive
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish a classification of the matters being investigated by the Health and Safety Executive for the 2020-21 annual reporting period.
26 Apr 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate and National Minimum Wage Enforcement Unit
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many investigations were carried out by the (a) Employment Standards Agency Inspectorate and (b) HMRC National Minimum Wage enforcement team for the 2020-21 annual reporting p
26 Apr 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
National Minimum Wage Enforcement Unit: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many frontline (a) enforcement officers and (b) inspectors were employed on average in the HMRC National Minimum Wage enforcement team for the 2020-21 annual reporting period.
26 Apr 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate and National Minimum Wage Enforcement Unit
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish a classification of the matters being investigated by the (a) Employment Standards Agency Inspectorate and (b) HMRC National Minimum Wage enforcement team for t
22 Apr 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Employment: Inspections
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many workplace inspections were carried out by the (a) Employment Standards Agency Inspectorate, (b) HMRC National Minimum Wage enforcement team, (c) Health and Safety Executi
14 Apr 2021 · Cabinet Office
Taskforce on Innovation, Growth and Regulatory Reform
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether it is in the scope of the Taskforce on Innovation, Growth and Regulatory Reform to consider or recommend changes to the Employment Tribunal system.
14 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Workers: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to end the use by social care providers of lump-sum payments for staff working sleep-in shifts and to encourage providers to pay staff for all hours spent on sle
14 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Minimum Wage
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government plans to bring forward legislation proposals for sleep-in shifts in the social care sector to be considered working time for the purposes of calculating compliance with the N
14 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Workers: Working Hours
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the average number of hours that social care staff on sleep-in shifts spend (a) working and (b)sleeping.
14 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Workers: Working Hours
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the workload of social care staff working sleep-in shifts.
14 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Workers: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage social care providers to increase payments to staff working sleep-in shifts.
14 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Workers: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that social care providers are not reducing the amount paid to staff working sleep-in shifts following the Supreme Court ruling of 19 March 2021 on sle
12 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Travel: Quarantine
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the list of medical conditions that would exempt an individual from the requirement to stay in a managed quarantine hotel on their return from a covid-19 red list country.
12 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Travel: Quarantine
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking with Corporate Travel Management to tackle the issue of travellers returning to the UK from covid-19 red list countries unable to book accommodation in a managed
12 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Travel: Quarantine
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what financial support his Department is providing to travellers on low incomes with limited savings that are required to pay for a managed quarantine hotel on returning to the UK from countries on
12 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Travel: Quarantine
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that there is sufficient capacity in managed quarantine hotels to accommodate travellers who are returning from Pakistan and Bangladesh.
12 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Travel Restrictions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the advice from the Joint Biosecurity Centre on expanding the countries on the red list travel ban to include (a) Pakistan and (b) Bangladesh.
9 Mar 2021 · Treasury
Railways: North of England
What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the potential economic benefits of including a Bradford city centre stop on the proposed Northern Powerhouse Rail line.
19 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Conditions of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans his Department has to improve rights and protections for employees.
19 Feb 2021 · Treasury
Build Back Better Council
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the membership of the Build Back Better Council does not include representatives of trade unions.
19 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Labour Market: Unfair Practices
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to publish the Labour Market Enforcement Strategy 2020 to 2021.
19 Feb 2021 · Treasury
Railways
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions officials in his Department have had with officials in the Department for Transport on the integrated rail plan for the Midlands and the North.
2 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Director of Labour Market Enforcement
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has appointed an Interim-Director of Labour Market Enforcement to succeed Matthew Taylor.
2 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Director of Labour Market Enforcement
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to appoint a permanent Director of Labour Market Enforcement.
2 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Director of Labour Market Enforcement
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason his Department decided not to extend Matthew Taylor's contract as the Interim-Director of Labour Market Enforcement until a successor is found.
2 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Director of Labour Market Enforcement
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department has spent on recruitment for the position of Director of Labour Market Enforcement to date.
2 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Director of Labour Market Enforcement
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason his Department has reopened the recruitment process for the position of Director of Labour Market Enforcement.
Source: official written-questions record.