Written questions

1,066 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Sep 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Nuclear Weapons: Testing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 23 May 2019 to Question 256302, what records his Department holds on the civilian (a) women and (b) children who travelled to Christmas Island on troop ship HMT Dunera in 1958.

15 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Social Distancing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to monitor the implementation of his Department’s Safer Transport Guidance for Operators, particularly with regard to social distancing on public transport; how the public can report non

30 Jun 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Financial Services: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans the Information Commissioner's Office has to take regulatory action against banks and other financial lenders, who fail to meet their obligations relating to Subject Access Re

30 Jun 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Financial Services: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what further steps he will take to ensure that banks and other financial lenders are meeting their obligations when responding to Subject Access Requests, submitted to them by law firms

30 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Environmental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to ensure that the environmental health profession is supported through adequate (a) funding and (b) skills and training to deliver its services.

28 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Environmental Health: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to make additional resources available to increase the number of apprentices in environmental health training within local authorities.

28 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent steps he has taken to help ensure that (a) environmental health and (b) other local regulatory services are operating effectively with sufficient resources.

23 Jun 2021 · Department for Education

Assessments: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department consulted functional skills qualifications professionals prior to taking the decision of April 2021 that functional skills qualifications should resume based on examination wherever possi

22 Jun 2021 · Department for Education

Overseas Students: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to university tuition fees for prospective students starting courses in the academic year 2021-22 who have been granted settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme, whether the three-year resid

22 Jun 2021 · Department for Education

Assessments: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the decision of April 2021 that assessment by examination should resume wherever possible while in line with covid-19 public health measures for functional skills qualifications (FSQ), what th

22 Jun 2021 · Department for Education

Assessments: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the decision of April 2021 that functional skills qualifications should resume based on examination wherever possible while in line with covid-19 public health measures rather than using cours

22 Jun 2021 · Department for Education

Assessments: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason his Department decided that functional skills qualifications should resume based on examination wherever possible while in line with covid-19 public health measures rather than coursework and/or

21 Apr 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Nuclear Weapons: Testing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) health measures and (b) radiobiological monitoring did the Government introduce after the British Nuclear Test Programme ended in 1991 for (i) all service personnel involved in the operations, (ii) all i

20 Apr 2021 · Cabinet Office

Veterans: Radiation Exposure

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason the December 2020 report of the independent Advisory Military Sub-Committee to the Committee on the Grant of Honours Decorations and Medals advised that a

20 Apr 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Radiation Exposure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the potential effects of the British Nuclear Test Programme 1952 - 1991, what assessment (a) his Department has and (b) other Government Departments have made of internationally published peer-r

20 Apr 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Radiation Exposure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the results will be published of the fourth follow up study carried out by the National Radiological Protection Board (Public Health England) considering overall mortality and cancer incidence in Nuclear Tes

20 Apr 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Radiation Exposure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to correspondence (ref D/Min(Lords)/AGMC2021/01429e) between the Rt Hon Baroness Goldie DL and the hon Member for Salford and Eccles, what research studies have been reviewed by or on behalf of his

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Transport

Travel Restrictions: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether humanitarian aid work and volunteering qualify for exemptions from covid-19 travel restrictions; and if he will update the online Government guidance on travel to clarify what travel restrictions apply

25 Mar 2021 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Procurement

What steps his Department is taking to improve transparency in procurement in its response to the covid-19 outbreak.

3 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his policy is on requiring front line NHS staff to be vaccinated against covid-19.

11 Feb 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bees: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has held with the devolved Administrations on improving the clarity of the regulatory framework that applies to the import of colonies and packages of b

11 Feb 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bees: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to protect (a) imported packages of and (b) colonies of bees in the context of (i) permissible bee imports to GB extending only to queen bees and (i

9 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Travel: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his policy is on UK citizens studying for their degree as full time students abroad during the covid-19 pandemic; whether students who return home to the UK from countries on the red list will

9 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria the Government used to determine which (a) professions and (b) services would be allowed to operate during the covid-19 lockdown announced in January 2021; and for what reason Police

9 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Police

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2021 to Question 141498 on Health Services: Police, whether he plans to issue guidance on the reopening of police treatment centres.

8 Feb 2021 · Department for Transport

A303: Stonehenge

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of implications for his policies of the Unesco World Heritage Committee’s concerns that proposed changes to the A303 near Stonehenge would impact adversely on the Stonehenge l

3 Feb 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Winter Fuel Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whom in her Department constituents can contact for emergency support to arrange the payment of overdue winter fuel payments for 2020-21.

3 Feb 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Winter Fuel Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to tackle the technical issues that have caused delays to some households receiving their winter fuel payments for 2020-21.

3 Feb 2021 · Department for Transport

Motorcycles: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his department has made of the potential merits of extending the validity period of Compulsory Basic Training certification for frontline and key workers needing to commute during the pandemic w

3 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what statistical data is publicly available on the (a) location of test centres, (b) records of tests conducted daily, (c) types of tests used daily and (d) results from testing daily.

Source: official written-questions record.