Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

15 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what date the next round of covid-19 vaccine boosters be available for the over 75s; and if the roll-out of this booster round will be organised by (a) age and (b) vulnerability.

15 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will publish covid-19 testing guidance for (a) NHS and (b) wider social care staff from 1 April 2022.

15 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will publish his guidance on covid-19 testing for care home visitors from 1 April 2022.

15 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to respond in a timely way to potential increases in covid-19 infection rates in the context of the time taken to collate and report data by the ONS in its relea

15 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Hospitals

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of people contracting covid-19 in hospitals.

15 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends of the level in covid-19 in York.

15 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to monitor trends in the level of people diagnosed with long covid.

15 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Mortality Rates

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made in trends in the level of covid-19 mortality.

15 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Patients

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of NHS patients with covid-19.

15 Mar 2022 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line: Trees

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to require HS2 to reduce the avoidable mortality of trees it plants; and if he will make it his policy that HS2 Ltd publish the results of their ecological monitoring.

15 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Adoption

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to review the options for equalising the rights and entitlements of all adopters, irrespective of their employment status.

15 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Adoption: Self-employed

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will conduct an equalities impact assessment on statutory adoption pay; and if he will make it his policy to extend an allowance to self employed adoptive parents.

14 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Oil: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the UK oil supply that comes from Russian sources; and what assessment he has made of steps that could be taken to reduce UK oil con

14 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with SAGE on the (a) recent rise in covid-19 infections, (b) scale of pressure on the NHS and (c) potential need to take steps to reduce covid-19 hospital admissions.

14 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of continuing the provision of free covid-19 testing beyond 1 April 2022 in the context of the recent rise in covid-19 hospitalisations.

14 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the (a) level of transmission of covid-19 and (b) possible emergence of new variants in the context of fewer people testing for covid-19.

14 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to control the transmission of covid-19 in areas where NHS services are under pressure as a result of high levels of covid-19 resulting in increased hospital admissio

14 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the transmission rates of covid-19 in areas where there are a relatively higher levels of hospital admissions and bed occupation.

14 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to reduce infection rates of covid-19 in the context of recent levels of covid-19 hospital admissions.

14 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Adoption: Parental Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of paragraph 9.38 of the Statutory Guidance on Adoption in providing support to adoptive parents who are ineligible to receive Statutory Adoption Pay as a result

14 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Adoption

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the Statutory Guidance on Adoption published in July 2013.

14 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Adoption: Self-employed

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2022 to Question 110445 on Adoption, what assessment he has made of the impact of the policy not to offer self-employed adopters an equivalent to the statutory maternity all

14 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Adoption: Self-employed

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2022 to Question 110445 on Adoption, what plans his Department has to attract self-employed adopters.

14 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Adoption: Self-employed

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the impact of paragraph 9.38 of the Statutory Guidance on Adoption 2013 on the (a) number and (b) proportion of successful applications made by self-employed adopters for financia

14 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Adoption: Self-employed

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to help ensure geographical equity of support for self-employed adopters.

14 Mar 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Adoption Allowance: Self-employed

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an adoption allowance for self-employed people that is the equivalent to those who are employees.

14 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Adoption: Self-employed

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish an equalities impact assessment on statutory adoption pay, including how it relates to the decision not to extend an equivalent of the maternity allowance to self-employed adoptive parents.

14 Mar 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Charges: Social Tariffs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will implement a single social tariff for water and sewerage services.

14 Mar 2022 · Department for International Trade

Overseas Trade: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will take steps to encourage UK-based companies to end trade with Russia.

14 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Housing: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to take steps to fund retrofitting manufacturing and construction skills to encourage retrofitting of domestic housing in the context of the energy divestment pla

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