Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport

Electric Scooters: Hire Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2021 to Question 145058 on Electric Scooters: Pilot Schemes, if he will publish the data outlining e-scooter usage in the trials in York and other cities.

22 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport

Pedestrians: Roads

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) steps he is taking to and (b) discussions he has had with local authorities on increasing the number of pedestrianised streets.

22 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport

Electric Scooters: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of reported accidents caused by an e-scooter where that e-scooter was being used (a) as part of and (b) not as part of an e-scooter trial.

22 Jul 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

South Africa: Civil Disorder

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his South African counterpart on supporting South African access to food and essential supplies during the recent period of unrest and violen

22 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport

Electric Scooters: Hire Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to encourage local authorities to select seated e-scooter trials in order to provide a more accessible service to disabled users.

22 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport

Cycling: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that cycling infrastructure in urban areas can accommodate the use of mobility scooters.

22 Jul 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

South Africa: Civil Disorder

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what consular (a) assistance and (b) advice his Department has put in place for British nationals residing in areas of South Africa in response to the recent outbreak of viol

22 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he will take to ensure that City of York Council builds sufficient social housing to meet local need.

22 Jul 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pollution: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of light pollution on the environment.

22 Jul 2021 · Department for Education

Children: Day Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps parents can take to claim free childcare for the remainder of a term in the event that they have moved area well into a term and have missed the deadline for application as a result of the timing of

21 Jul 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Charity Commission: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to announce the appointment of the new Chair of the Charity Commission.

21 Jul 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Hospitality Industry: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on reducing the level of (a) duty on drinks and (b) VAT on food in pubs and restaurants to help support the recove

21 Jul 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Public Houses: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the financial challenges faced by pubs.

21 Jul 2021 · Treasury

VAT: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of a permanent reduction in VAT for (a) the travel industry and (b) other sectors affected by the ongoing covid-19 pandemic.

21 Jul 2021 · Treasury

VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of a permanent reduction in VAT to encourage environmentally sustainable consumer choices.

21 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: DNACPR Decisions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of care homes issued with blanket Do Not Attempt Resuscitation orders applying to all residents during the covid-19 outbreak.

21 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes and Hospitals: Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to ensure that visits to (a) NHS appointments, (b) family members of patients in hospitals and (c) people in care homes are in accordance with provisions of the Human Rights

21 Jul 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Food Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the potential demand on (a) food banks and (b) voluntary organisations supporting communities to tackle food poverty over summer 2021

21 Jul 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Charities: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what additional support his Department is making available to charities over the summer for young people who have had their education disrupted due to the covid-19 outbreak.

21 Jul 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Charities: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to help ensure that charities have sufficient resources to respond to isolation in the context of increased covid-19 infections.

21 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the CQC is taking to ensure that care company managers and their associates are not able to (a) re-establish care businesses and (b) receive a license if their reason for closure was non

21 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take in the event that social care systems are placed in Operational Pressures Escalation Levels (a) 3 and (b) 4.

21 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many local authorities are in Operational Pressures Escalation Levels (a) 3 (b) 4.

21 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether staff providing NHS services who have been outsourced will receive an NHS pay award in line with NHS staff.

21 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Government plans to respond to the NHS Pay Review Body recommendation on NHS pay.

21 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Workers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when care staff are planned to receive a pay award.

21 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Respiratory Diseases: Transplant Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have received a successful lung transplant since March 2020; and what proportion of those people have cystic fibrosis.

21 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the Government has used an old address database for booking covid-19 lateral flow tests.

21 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with recent assessment he has made of the effect of his Department's Guidance on care home visiting, updated on 16 July 2021, on the human rights of care home residents.

20 Jul 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Uyghurs

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what (a) plans he has to increase and (b) criteria he uses to assess the effectiveness of sanctions against China in response to the persecution of the Uyghur Muslim communit

Source: official written-questions record.