Rachael Maskell

23 Feb 2021 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HMRC is able to take when a business makes staff return some of their furlough payment to them as a loan.

23 Feb 2021 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on employers taking furlough payments from employees as loans to support their business.

19 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Crown Court: Opening Hours

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Crown Court sitting days have been lost in each month since January 2020.

19 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Crown Court: Opening Hours

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Crown Court sitting days there have been in each month of the last three years.

19 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Laboratories

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to ensure that the healthcare science infrastructure being built through the lighthouse laboratories and megalabs announced by his Department is fully utilised after t

19 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Laboratories: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) pay and (b) terms and conditions will be of the staff employed by each of the megalabs announced by his Department; and how those (i) pay and (ii) terms and conditions have been determ

19 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Laboratories: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff will be employed at each megalab site announced by his Department; and what the occupations will be of those staff employed at each of those sites.

19 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Laboratories: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the operating budget is in the financial year (a) 2020-21 and (b) 2021-22 for each of the megalabs announced by his Department.

19 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Laboratories: Accountability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the lines of accountability are within the NHS Test and Trace structure for the megalabs announced by his Department.

19 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Laboratories: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the planned duration of the contracts with providers will be for each of the megalabs announced by his Department.

19 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Laboratories: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which organisations have been identified to run the new megalabs announced by his Department in November 2020 based in (a) Leamington Spa, Warwickshire and (b) Glasgow.

10 Feb 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Night-time Economy: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to support venues in the nighttime economy during the imposition of covid-19 restrictions.

8 Feb 2021 · Department for Education

Remote Education: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress has been made on the provision of dongles for the purpose of home education online.

8 Feb 2021 · Department for Education

Assessments: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to announce the detail of the assessment process to replace summer exams for 2021.

8 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Clinical Trials and Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his policy on the prioritisation for the covid-19 vaccines of staff working in private laboratories on covid-19-related clinical trials and the vaccination programme.

8 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Clinical Trials and Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether private laboratories are working on (a) covid-19-related clinical trials and (b) the vaccination programme; and if he will categorise their workers as health and social care staff for the p

8 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Local Restrictions Support Grant

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether there is a deadline for businesses to claim support via the Local Restrictions Support Grants (Closed) Addendum announced on 5 January 2021.

8 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his timetable is for the development of the new subsidy control regime to replace EU state aid rules; and whether he plans to introduce a formal consultation process on that

8 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Business: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government plans to expand the State Aid Temporary Framework and financial cap, in line with the EU expansion announced on 28 January 2021, for existing business suppo

8 Feb 2021 · Treasury

Gift Aid

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the Charities Aid Foundation proposal to temporarily increase Gift Aid for two years, similar to the 2008 Gift Aid Transitional Relief Scheme, in order to suppo

8 Feb 2021 · Treasury

Business Rates: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to extend the 100 per cent Business Rates Relief discount for a further year to mitigate the ongoing effect of the covid-19 pandemic on businesses and retailers.

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

Community Development and Voluntary Organisations: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2021 to Question 145062, for what reason data is not available on levels of employment in the voluntary and community sector.

8 Feb 2021 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to support (a) key workers and (b) other people learning to drive who have been unable to take their practical test within the timeframe their theory test certificate was valid as a result of

8 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Health and Safety: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that members of the public protect themselves from the risk of covid-19 transmission from couriers and tradespeople calling at their homes.

8 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Delivery Services: Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he has taken to ensure that couriers and delivery drivers are protected from the risk of covid-19 transmission.

8 Feb 2021 · Department for Education

Adoption Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the budget is for the Adoption Support Fund for the financial year 2021-22.

8 Feb 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Cold Weather Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will review the locations of the Met Office Weather Stations used to determine eligibility for the cold weather payment to ensure that the measurements taken to activate those payments accurately

8 Feb 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Cold Weather Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will review the criteria for cold weather payments in situations where the relevant Met Office Weather Station records higher temperatures than that experienced by people whose eligibility for p

8 Feb 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Cold Weather Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the accuracy of using fixed Met Office Weather Stations to determine payment under the cold weather payment scheme.

8 Feb 2021 · Department for Education

Students: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will review the adequacy of the publicly available information and guidance from his Department for students relating to alternative student finance.