Written questions

278 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Private Education: Remote Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether independent schools are eligible to receive support under the scheme to provide laptops to children to support remote learning.

11 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

GCE A-level and GCSE: Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the guidance on teacher assessments has been made available to teachers of A-Levels and GCSEs.

30 Dec 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Rwanda: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he made an assessment of the human rights record of the government of Rwanda before agreeing to attend the next Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting with Rwanda.

17 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what date covid-19 tests were made available for people living in (a) retirement complexes and (b) sheltered accommodation; when rapid flow tests will be made to people living in those types of

9 Dec 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she will suspend all benefit debt deductions during the winter months with immediate effect.

9 Dec 2020 · Treasury

Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will allocate funding to the Department for Work and Pensions to (a) make the £20 uplift to universal credit permanent and (b) extend that uplift to legacy benefits.

9 Dec 2020 · Cabinet Office

Debt Collection

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will bring forward a new UK Government Debt Management Bill to help ensure debt collection is fair in the long term.

9 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many of the 50 hospitals which are hubs for the initial covid-19 vaccine roll out are in areas of high deprivation according to the Index of Multiple Deprivation.

2 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason his Department's guidance does not require people who self-isolate for 14 days to take a covid-19 test once that period has concluded.

2 Nov 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether employers will be able to make new claims under the extended Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.

21 Oct 2020 · Department for Transport

Bicycles: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when further vouchers will be released under the Fix your Bike Voucher Scheme; and how many vouchers have been allocated under that scheme to people in Bradford West constituency to date.

5 Oct 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken ensure that people on the covid-19 shielded patient list who were not registered for free food parcels by 1 August 2020 can continue to have priority access to

29 Sep 2020 · Cabinet Office

Coronavirus: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government has made agreements with any (a) Muslim, (b) Sikh and (c) Hindu media channels to help ensure that critical covid-19 messaging is broadcast to BAME

29 Sep 2020 · Cabinet Office

Coronavirus: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to help ensure that critical covid-19 messaging is able to reach (a) Pakistani / Urdu / Pushto, (b) Bangladeshi / Sylheti, (c) Sikh / Punjabi, (d)

29 Sep 2020 · Cabinet Office

Coronavirus: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much Government funding has been allocated to covid-19 messaging for non-English speaking BAME groups through (a) television, (b) radio and (c) written publications.

21 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Interferon Beta

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps have been taken to assess the effectiveness of (a) inhaled treatment for covid-19 and (b) trails carried out by Synairgen plc in Bradford Royal Infirmary and other hospitals.

16 Sep 2020 · Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office

Coronavirus: Advertising

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of Government covid-19 advertising spend has been allocated to (a) radio, (b) TV, (c) social media and (d) print media; and how much and what proportion o

15 Sep 2020 · Home Office

Prevent Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people (a) applied, (b) were shortlisted and (c) were interviewed for the position of the Independent Reviewer of Prevent.

15 Sep 2020 · Home Office

Prevent Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timeframe is for the independent review of the Prevent strategy; and when that review is planned to be completed.

15 Sep 2020 · Home Office

Prevent Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Independent Reviewer of Prevent will be appointed.

15 Sep 2020 · Home Office

Prevent Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps civil society organisations can take to contribute to the development of the terms of reference for the Independent Review of Prevent.

15 Sep 2020 · Home Office

Prevent Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will list the organisations being consulted on the terms of reference for the Independent Review of Prevent.

10 Sep 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Community Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will list the recipients of funding from the Faith, Race and Hate Crime Grant scheme 2020 to 2021.

22 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Towns Fund: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason funding was allocated from the Towns Fund to the low-priority towns of Brighouse, Morley, Stocksbridge and Todmorden.

15 Jul 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Hospitality Industry: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has made to ensure that (a) banqueting halls and (b) wedding venues can reopen to serve food and entertainment whilst adhering to covid-19 guidelines; and whether th

8 Jul 2020 · Home Office

Osime Brown

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will revoke the deportation order of Osime Brown in light of Mr Brown's learning disabilities, mental ill health and lack of family network in Jamaica.

8 Jul 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Physiotherapy: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the reopening of soft tissue therapist businesses.

8 Jul 2020 · Women and Equalities

Ethnic Groups: Equality

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recommendations (a) the Government has adopted and (b) are outstanding from the 2017 Equality and Human Rights Commission's report entitled A roadmap to race equality.

8 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

English Language: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding he plans to allocate to the ESOL programme in (a) 2020 and (b) each of the next five years.

8 Jul 2020 · Cabinet Office

Public Appointments

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) processes and (b) procedures are in place to elect members to commissions established by the Government.

Source: official written-questions record.