Written questions
934 written questions tabled, most recent first.
30 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospital Beds: Private Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what consultations will take place with local NHS acute care providers before any new contracts for private sector beds are signed.
30 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospital Beds: Private Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timetable is for the publication of the contracts on the use of private sector beds in response to the covid-19 outbreak.
30 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospital Beds: Private Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of using private sector beds during the covid-19 outbreak.
30 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Subsidiary Companies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timetable is for the publication of changes to the guidance from NHS Improvement on the formation of subsidiary companies.
30 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care: VAT
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to publish a formal response to the proposals from HM Treasury on Reform to VAT refund rules.
23 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Out-patients: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that NHS trusts have adequate information on future funding to facilitate planning for rescheduling outpatient appointments cancelled as a result of the covid-19 o
22 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS Trusts: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to inform NHS trusts of their financial settlement for the remainder of 2020-21, for the period October 2020 to March 2021.
15 Sep 2020 · Treasury
Self-employment Income Support Scheme
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria are used to decide whether to allow an appeal for a Self Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) grant application; how many SEISS applications have been allowed an appeal; and how many of those appli
17 Jul 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Self-employment Income Support Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2020 to Question 63380, whether her Department collects information on which universal credit claimants have received a payment under the Self-employment Income Support
17 Jul 2020 · Department for Education
Children: Day Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the findings of the Women’s Budget Group report, A Care-Led Recovery from Coronavirus, published on 30 June 2020, what steps he plans to take to increase investment in the (a) child and (b) so
17 Jul 2020 · Treasury
Adult Education: Finance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on estimating the potential resource requirement for retraining people who are no longer employed as a result of the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will include inve
17 Jul 2020 · Department for Education
Apprentices: Disadvantaged
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the finding of the Social Mobility Commission’s Report on Apprenticeships and Social Mobility, published 24 June 2020, that disadvantage gaps
17 Jul 2020 · Attorney General
Crime: Airguns
To ask the Attorney General, what estimate she has made of the number of young people under the age of 18 charged with air weapons offences.
17 Jul 2020 · Department for Education
Apprentices: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of new apprenticeships that will be taken up by (a) SMEs and (b) large employers benefiting from the £2,000 incentive announced in the summer economic update
17 Jul 2020 · Treasury
Individual Savings Accounts
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on amending the terms of the Lifetime ISA.
17 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the NHS People Plan.
16 Jul 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Flexible Working
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2020 to Question 64958 on Females: Coronavirus, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the cultural shift in flexible working for all
16 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Nurses: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing more flexible bridging programmes to enable NHS staff to meet the entry requirements for (a) nursing and (b) nursing associate
16 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Nurses: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the King's Fund report, Closing the gap: Key areas for action on the health and care workforce, published in March 2020, what recent assessment he has made of the level of attriti
16 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Higher Education: Nurses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many applications have been received for traditional higher education self-funding degree programmes for nursing in 2020 to date.
16 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Nurses: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to protect (a) mental health and (b) learning disability nursing routes.
16 Jul 2020 · Department for Education
Apprentices: Taxation
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2020 to Question 64954 on Nurses: Coronavirus, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the deadline of the apprenticeship levy so that NHS trusts do not
16 Jul 2020 · Department for Education
GCSE: English Language and Mathematics
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2020 to Question 64956, what estimate his Department has made of how much per pupil the £35 million funding equates to for pupils without a GCSE in (a) maths and (b) English at
16 Jul 2020 · Home Office
Firearms: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2020 to Question 12350, when she plans to respond to the consultation entitled, Policing and Crime Act: proposals to implement legislation to define antique firea
16 Jul 2020 · Home Office
Firearms: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2020 to Question 12349, when she plans to respond to the consultation entitled, Statutory guidance to police on firearms licensing, which closed in September 2019
16 Jul 2020 · Home Office
Firearms: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress she has made on a public consultation on firearms safety.
16 Jul 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Air Pollution: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2020 to Question 64952 on Air Pollution: Coronavirus, what further studies he has (a) commissioned or (b) plans to commission on the association betwee
16 Jul 2020 · Treasury
Self-employment Income Support Scheme: Maternity Leave
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2020 to Question 64246 on Self-employment Income Support Scheme: Maternity Leave, whether self-employed women who took maternity leave during the last three years will be entitled t
16 Jul 2020 · Department for Education
Adult Education: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the provision of adult skills.
16 Jul 2020 · Department for Education
Apprentices: Taxation
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the of unspent levy funds.
Source: official written-questions record.