Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

23 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Carer's Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on uplifting Carer's Allowance.

23 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure that people will not be separated from their spouse or partner if one requires residential social care.

23 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to increase the quality of care in all care settings.

23 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will place care staff on Agenda for Change pay, terms and conditions.

23 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services and Social Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to integrate health and social care funding.

23 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Government will make it its policy to provide a national insurance contributions based solution to funding social care.

23 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy that every person will have a choice over which residential care home they are placed in under his forthcoming social care reforms.

23 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is making an assessment of the potential merits of making it his policy that the Government's forthcoming social care reforms will include social care services that are universally free

23 Jun 2021 · Department for Education

Schools: Uniforms

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with school uniform suppliers on the potential merits of reducing synthetic materials in school uniforms.

23 Jun 2021 · Department for Education

Schools: Uniforms

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to include in his Department's guidance on school uniforms a description of the materials used in uniforms that should reduce the use of synthetic microplastic-shedding; and what steps he plan

23 Jun 2021 · Department for International Trade

Cattle: Australia

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she has visited an Australian cattle station.

23 Jun 2021 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: Australia

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many times she visited Australia (a) in person and (b) virtually to discuss a trade deal between Australia and the UK; and how many meetings has she attended in the UK about the trade deal since D

22 Jun 2021 · Department for Education

Schools: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will establish exceptional criteria for schools waiting for a full or partial rebuild to enable schools that do not fit into his Departmental modelling to apply for funding.

22 Jun 2021 · Department for Education

School Rebuilding Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will set out the reasons for which schools that are awaiting full or partial rebuilds have not been included in each round of the School Rebuilding Programme.

22 Jun 2021 · Department for Education

Schools: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will provide details of the schools that are awaiting (a) full and (b) partial rebuilds; and whether schools are ranked in order of priority for rebuilds.

22 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Probation: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will visit York and accompany the Member for York Central on a visit to a probation hostel in York.

22 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: East Riding

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to meet any of the people objecting to the new prison complex at Full Sutton to listen to their concerns.

22 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Domestic Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times he has visited a prison since being appointed on 24 July 2019.

22 Jun 2021 · Cabinet Office

Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure his public communications on covid-19 over summer 2021 are effective.

22 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what advice he is receiving from SAGE on the rise in infection rates in (a) York and (b) England.

22 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he is having with the providers of PCR testing centres to ensure that there is an increase in PCR tests available to meet increasing infection levels.

22 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will review the public communications on covid-19 symptoms to ensure all the symptoms of the delta-variant are included.

22 Jun 2021 · Department for Education

Pupils: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the number of pupils who were off school and self-isolating as a result of covid-19, on each day of the last two months.

22 Jun 2021 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to issue new advice and guidance to secondary schools on managing covid-19 infection rates in response to rising cases.

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

Holiday Lets and Second Homes: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will introduce local occupancy restrictions for York to prevent second homes and holiday lettings.

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

Peat: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department's Peat Action Plan to ban the sale of peat in England will include a ban on the import of peat.

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

Supermarkets: Plastic Bags

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of abolishing the plastic bag charge for supermarket deliveries in the event of a future lockdown to help prevent covid-19 transmi

22 Jun 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason women's football was classified as a non-elite sport during the recent covid-19 lockdowns; and if he will review that classification in the event of a future lockdown.

22 Jun 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Coronavirus: Disinfectants

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to ensure hand sanitiser manufacturers provide clear information on the labels of their products on whether those products kill the covid-19 virus.

22 Jun 2021 · Home Office

Migrants: Documents

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that migrants with a right to live in the UK have the documentation to prove that right.

Source: official written-questions record.