Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

26 Jan 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many (a) affordable homes, (b) social housing units and (c) council housing units have been commissioned in each of the last five years.

26 Jan 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to encourage housing developers to build more council and other forms of social housing.

26 Jan 2021 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the disproportionate covid-19 infection rate in taxis; and what steps he is taking to tackle that issue.

25 Jan 2021 · Treasury

Businesses: Loans

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will introduce a new Government-guaranteed, zero interest business loan scheme from April 2021, with realistic repayment thresholds and flexible timescales to help business cashflow and recovery from the covid

25 Jan 2021 · Treasury

Ventilation: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide Government grants to facilitate the installation of air scrubbing UV ventilation systems to tackle the indoor transmission of covid-19 and enable venues to open.

25 Jan 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Rents: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to require landlords to reduce rent levels by 50 per cent on properties to avoid businesses that cannot trade as a result of covid-19 restrictions from havi

25 Jan 2021 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme until at least 12 months after the final covid-19 lockdown is eased.

25 Jan 2021 · Treasury

Business Rates: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend Business Rates Relief for at least 12 months after the final covid-19 lockdown is eased.

25 Jan 2021 · Treasury

VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will maintain the covid-19 reduced rate of VAT for at least 12 months after the final covid-19 lockdown is eased.

25 Jan 2021 · Department for International Trade

Coronavirus: TRIPS Agreement

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the Government’s position is on the proposed WTO Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights waiver in response to the covid-19 pandemic and allowing countries to use it in their domest

25 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the continuing emergence of new variants of the Sars Cov-2, if the Government will make it its policy to support the proposed (a) WTO Trade-Related Aspects

25 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if the Government will take steps to ensure that Gavi supports (a) the Covid-19 Technology Access Pool and (b) other measures and solutions that aim to overcome intellectual

22 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children aged (a) under one, (b) one, (c) two, (d) three, (e) four and (f) five years have received a covid-19 test; and what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the sample

21 Jan 2021 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) reviewing the cut-off date of 30 October 2020 for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and (b) extending that scheme in light of the third national covid-

21 Jan 2021 · Home Office

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the extent of movement of people between covid-19 local restriction tiers before Christmas 2020; and what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the powers the

20 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Supply Teachers: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what financial support is available to supply teachers who are not teaching as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.

20 Jan 2021 · Church Commissioners

Clergy: Discipline

To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what progress has been made on the review of the Clergy Discipline Measure.

20 Jan 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Floods: North Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what additional support he has made available to communities in North Yorkshire and York to deal with the flooding resulting from Storm Christoph.

20 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he will take to ensure that the forthcoming G7 conference promotes a wider discussion on public health and health systems in developing countries.

20 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure the forthcoming G7 summit will focus on the delivery of the roll out of the covid-19 vaccine to developing countries.

20 Jan 2021 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line: Railway Stations

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what cross-departmental work is taking place to build the maximum economic opportunity in (a) York and (b) other locations adjacent to High Speed Two stations.

20 Jan 2021 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent changes have been made in the planning for HS2 East to ensure minimum or no disruption to biodiversity and ancient woodlands

20 Jan 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will focus the integrated rail plan on (a) public transport modes and active travel and (b) other aspects of intermodal transport.

20 Jan 2021 · Home Office

Police

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will consult police forces on proposals to be introduced at the end of this lockdown prior to its easement to ensure that their views are taken on board.

20 Jan 2021 · Home Office

Ask for ANI Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to extend the Ask for Ani scheme to more venues.

20 Jan 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Violence Protection Orders: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that protection orders hearings to protect people experiencing domestic violence are not delayed during the covid-19 outbreak.

20 Jan 2021 · Home Office

Police: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support she has provided to the police to enforce the stay local principle in the context of covid-19 lockdown restrictions.

20 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disinformation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he will take to tackle social media channels communicating false information on the covid-19 vaccine.

20 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to data produced by the University of Oxford showing that the UK has the worst seven-day average of new daily covid-19 deaths per million people, what assessment he has made of the e

19 Jan 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what additional resources he will allocate to areas that are likely to be affected by Storm Christoph.

Source: official written-questions record.