Rachael Maskell

10 Dec 2021 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will put a covid-19 testing plan in place for schools in the new year.

10 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Safety and Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the (a) adequacy and (b) safety of (i) adult social care and (ii) children services in local authorities (A) nationally and (B) in York.

10 Dec 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he will take to ensure that local authorities receive adequate funding to provide public services in a safe manner during the covid-19 outbreak.

10 Dec 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of reductions in local government finance on the provision of vital services by those authorities.

10 Dec 2021 · Treasury

Coronavirus: Government Assistance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide additional financial support to local authorities to assist (a) people who have to isolate and (b) business during the new covid-19 restrictions.

10 Dec 2021 · Treasury

Coronavirus: Government Assistance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing additional support to the (a) hospitality, (b) tourism and (c) travel sectors with respect to the Omicron variant.

10 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the AstraZeneca vaccine is being phased out; and what estimate he has made of the proportion of all UK vaccines issued that are AstraZeneca.

10 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Music: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the (a) Chief Medical Officer and (b) Chief Scientist have made of the risk of singing without a facemask in indoor settings; and whether he has received advice from those persons o

10 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason vaccination passports will be used as criterion for entry to (a) indoor spaces and (b) large outdoor gatherings when those who have been vaccinated can still transmit covid-19.

10 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason face masks are not required in all indoor spaces.

10 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the most recent covid-19 restrictions do not prohibit mixing in social settings.

9 Dec 2021 · Department for Education

Foster Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of parent and child foster placements; and what steps he plans to take to recruit and train more foster carers in those fostering arrangements.

9 Dec 2021 · Department for Education

Social Workers: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he plans to take to help ensure that children's social workers have appropriate and manageable caseloads.

9 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pregnancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Policy paper entitled The best start for life: a vision for the 1,001 critical days, what steps he is taking to help ensure that vulnerable parents are given the support they

9 Dec 2021 · Department for Education

Parents

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that vulnerable parents are supported while child needs and risk assessments are being undertaken.

9 Dec 2021 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding levels for children services in local authorities.

9 Dec 2021 · Department for Education

Offences against Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to establish a cross-departmental working group to review multi-agency findings of serious case reviews to help ensure co-ordinated and successful system change.

9 Dec 2021 · Department for Education

Offences against Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to implement recommendations from serious case reviews at the earliest possible opportunity, including during the review if appropriate.

9 Dec 2021 · Department for Education

Offences against Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many serious case reviews in the last 20 years have resulted in all recommendations being implemented.

9 Dec 2021 · Department for Education

Offences against Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many serious case reviews there have been in each of the last 20 years.

9 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to increase capacity in the social care sector over the next four months.

9 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospital Beds

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to monthly NHS data on delayed transfers of care, what assessment he has made of whether delayed discharges are caused by (a) unavailability of domiciliary care, (b) unavailability o

9 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will specifically encourage people to take a covid-19 test ahead of seeing family over the Christmas period.

9 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of people taking (a) PCR and (b) lateral flow covid-19 tests.

9 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the level of covid-19 transmission in venues that have introduced requirements for proof of vaccination and testing in the context of the outbreak of that virus at Yo

9 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the introduction of NHS vaccine passes in incentivising the take up of the covid-19 vaccine.

9 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in the context of transmission of covid-19 being able to occur between people who have been vaccinated, for what reason the Government is introducing the NHS vaccine pass.

9 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will he make it his policy to not make vaccines mandatory due to the effect on trust between a clinician and their patient.

9 Dec 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Music: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the passage of aerosol particles when singing; and for what reason are singers exempt from the requirement to wear face coverings introduced on 30 Novembe

8 Dec 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: Curriculum

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the role the arts in the school curriculum.