Written questions

269 written questions tabled, most recent first.

23 Nov 2020 · Cabinet Office

Customs: EU Countries

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what paperwork will be required from household removal companies travelling to the EU after the transition period.

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

Tennis: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what evidence there is on the transmission of covid-19 on tennis courts.

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

Swimming Pools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what evidence there is on the transmission of covid-19 at swimming pools.

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

Golf: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what evidence there is on the transmission of covid-19 on golf courses.

11 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Outdoor Education: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what financial support he plans to make available exclusively to outdoor education and residential centres forced to close as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.

11 Nov 2020 · Treasury

Business: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what additional support, beyond the Discretionary Grant Fund scheme, he will provide to businesses ineligible for Government grants or loans, during the November 2020 covid-19 lockdown.

11 Nov 2020 · Treasury

Business: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support businesses not in the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors, who can stay open during the November 2020 covid-19 lockdown in England, will receive to help cover for lost income as a result of fewer pe

11 Nov 2020 · Treasury

Self-employed: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what financial support is available during the period of November 2020 covid-19 lockdown restrictions for self-employed people who transferred from a Limited Company during the 2019-20 financial year and are ineligi

11 Nov 2020 · Department for Transport

Railway Stations: Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether, as part of Emergency Measures Agreements with Train Operating Companies, his Department will review the use and function of Network Rail goods yards to create more off-street parking options at rural s

30 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Day Care Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the need to prevent mixing of households during covid-19 restrictions, what guidance he has given to local authorities where an individual's assessed need under the Care Act 2014

20 Oct 2020 · Department for Transport

Medway Valley Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the compliance of the decision by Southeastern to curtail the majority of services on the Medway Valley Line at Paddock Wood instead of Tonbridge with Appendix 4 to Schedule 1, Sc

20 Oct 2020 · Treasury

Taxis: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with independent taxi operators on reducing VAT to five per cent.

20 Oct 2020 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many local authorities have (a) offered structural payment plans and (b) provided three month delays to payments for annual taxi licence renewals since March 2020.

6 Oct 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when his Department plans to provide financial support to National League clubs.

30 Sep 2020 · Treasury

Business Rates: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to extend the Expanded Retail Discount scheme into the 2021-22 financial year.

30 Sep 2020 · Department for Transport

Airspace

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to implement the Airspace Modernisation strategy; and if he will make a statement.

21 Sep 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Remembrance Day: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will issue guidance on the safe holding of Remembrance Sunday events in 2020 in the context of the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement.

21 Jul 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability Living Allowance: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if the Government will allow people over 65 years of age to be reassessed for a higher rate of Disability Living Allowance if their needs have changed since they were assessed before the age of 65.

20 Jul 2020 · Department for Transport

Buses: Testing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to ensure that there are sufficient buses requiring an MOT between March 2021 and June 2021, following the suspension of tests earlier this year and increased demand for bus MOTs during summer

17 Jul 2020 · Department for Transport

Buses: Testing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the number of registered buses due an MOT before 30 November 2020.

17 Jul 2020 · Department for Transport

Buses: Testing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the additional Bus MOT testers required by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency to test all vehicles due an MOT since March 2020.

17 Jul 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether projects financed through the Government’s Priority Schools Building Programme can be constructed with the ability to lease areas of a new building to (a) local nurseries and (b) other local organisatio

17 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Edenbridge and District War Memorial Hospital: Land

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the proceeds of the sale of the land at Edenbridge War Memorial Hospital can be used to fund the new combined medical facility in Edenbridge.

17 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Capital Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance is given to NHS Property Services on reinvesting the proceeds of the sale of NHS capital assets on new medical facilities serving the same population.

8 Jul 2020 · Department for Transport

Southeastern: Railway Stations

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many tenants have rental agreements with Southeastern to operate businesses within stations that company manages.

8 Jul 2020 · Department for Transport

Railway Stations: Business Premises

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial support is available for tenants operating businesses from stations managed by Train Operating Companies subject to Emergency Measures Agreements with his Department.

7 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Offences against Children: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals similar to the provisions of the Child Cruelty (Sentences) Bill introduced in the 2017-19 Parliament.

6 Jul 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fly-tipping and Litter: Fast Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what meetings his Department has had with fast food outlets on using vehicle recognition technology to print number plates on take-aways, to make it easier to trace people guilty of li

6 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Offences against Children: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times (a) he, (b) Ministers of his Department and (c) officials of his Department have met with representatives of the Sentencing Council to discuss sentencing for child cruelty offences in the last 18 m

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

Supermarkets: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to end the relaxation of restrictions on night-time deliveries to supermarkets; and what plans he has to introduce tighter conditions on the time of deliveries wher

Source: official written-questions record.