Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional steps he is taking to ensure that people working in retail and hospitality have rapid access to a covid-19 vaccine in (a) York and (b) other parts of the UK.

17 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to prevent the spread of the new covid-19 variant in other parts of the UK.

17 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with faith communities in the UK on the conflict in Israel and Palestine.

17 May 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure people living in deprivation in areas of affluence are effectively supported.

17 May 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the levels of (a) poverty and (b) child poverty in York.

17 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Loneliness

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what his priorities are for delivering the loneliness strategy.

17 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Loneliness

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to measure delivery of the Government's loneliness strategy.

17 May 2021 · COP26

UN Climate Conference 2021: Civil Society

To ask the President of COP26, what steps he is taking to help ensure there are opportunities for civil society to engage with the COP26.

17 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Bereavement Counselling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to ensure that bereavement services are provided in (a) York and (b) England as covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.

17 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Dormant Assets Scheme: National Lottery Community Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of whether a higher proportion of funds from dormant bank and building society accounts transferred to the Reclaim Fund Ltd could potentially be transferred t

17 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Reclaim Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of people were reconnected with their assets (a) before and (b) after they were transferred to the Reclaim Fund Ltd in each year since the inception of that

17 May 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many homeless people he has met since 24 July 2019.

17 May 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will meet with the hon. Member for York Central to discuss the shortage of housing in York.

17 May 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will undertake a review of how Local Housing Allowance is calculated.

17 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Reclaim Fund: Civil Society

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what initiatives have been supported by the £150 million in funding allocated from Reclaim Fund Ltd during the covid-19 outbreak.

17 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Reclaim Fund: Civil Society

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much of the £150 million of funding from Reclaim Fund Ltd which was allocated to good causes during the covid-19 outbreak contributed to the £750 million in funding announced on 8 Ap

17 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Reclaim Fund: Civil Society

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much of the £750 million in funding announced for the voluntary and community sector on 8 April 2020 came from Reclaim Fund Ltd.

17 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what evidence there is on which vaccine provides the highest levels of immunity against each variant of covid-19.

14 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the upgraded York exchange to provide fibre to the cabinet service, how many cabinets in York have not yet been upgraded to deliver fibre to households and businesses.

14 May 2021 · Cabinet Office

Census: Students

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, (a) what assessment he has made of adequacy of communication on the need for students to complete Census forms for both their home and term-time address, and ((b) whether

13 May 2021 · Cabinet Office

Elections: Fraud

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many cases of voter fraud have been identified in (a) York, (b) Yorkshire, (c) England and (d) UK in each of the last 10 years.

13 May 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the planned timescale is for resuming normal rail services through York after the withdraw of the Hitachi trains from service.

13 May 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect on rail services in York of the withdraw of the Hitachi 800s trains.

13 May 2021 · Cabinet Office

Census: Gender

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason Census 2021 did not include gender identity on the forms required to be completed by students at their term-time address.

13 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the US administration on the potential role of the US in helping de-escalate tensions in Israel.

13 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to help de-escalate the situation in East Jerusalem and the West Bank.

13 May 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Tree Planting: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many trees have been planted in (a) York, (b) Yorkshire's White Rose Forest and (c) the Northern Forest in each of the last three years.

13 May 2021 · Cabinet Office

Census: Advisory Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the extent to which people seeking support to complete Census 2021 experienced technical and communication problems in accessing that suppo

13 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS dentists are in (a) York, (b) other areas in Yorkshire, and (c) England.

13 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of NHS dentists in York.

Source: official written-questions record.