Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

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

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to allocate further funding to support the provision of Covid Marshals.

19 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish proposals on the reform of social care.

19 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Disease Control and Public Health: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to continue funding infection prevention and control support to public health teams.

19 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish cancer catch-up programmes for each health area.

19 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional personal protective equipment he is making available to care homes in response to the new variant of covid-19.

19 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish plans for easement of the covid-19 lockdown announced in January 2021 to allow a consultation on those proposals prior to them coming into force.

19 Jan 2021 · Home Office

Travel: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the effect of unnecessary journeys on the level of covid-19 infections.

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

Supermarkets: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with supermarkets to ensure that they are covid-19 secure environments.

19 Jan 2021 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research has been undertaken on the transmission rate of the new variant of covid-19 in taxis.

19 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he has taken to waive Intellectual Property Rights to enable the covid-19 vaccine to be manufactured in the global south.

19 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps is he taking to ensure that his Department's annual early years census will take account of children being absent from nursery settings as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.

19 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Remote Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the levels of adequacy of home learning environments (a) nationally and (b) in York for pupils of (i) secondary age and (ii) primary age during the covid-19 outbreak.

19 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Remote Education: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many laptops have been requested by City of York Council to enable pupils to access remote learning during the covid-19 outbreak; and how many of those laptops have been delivered.

19 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Remote Education: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many dongles have been requested by City of York Council to support remote learning during the covid-19 outbreak; and how many of those dongles have been delivered.

19 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Remote Education: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of giving every school pupil at each Key Stage access to a laptop or desktop IT device and broadband for the future delivery of education.

19 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the roll-out of the covid-19 vaccine does not have a negative effect on clinical trials for other diseases.

19 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will cap the income repayment threshold for student loans in the aftermath of the covid-19 outbreak.

19 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Students: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to provide compensation to students who are unable to move into their student accommodation because of the covid-19 outbreak.

18 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pancreatic Cancer: Clinical Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the current research activity status is of clinical trials for pancreatic cancer in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland.

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

Neonicotinoids

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the environmental risks to allow the use of neonicotinoid thiamethoxam pesticides on sugar beet seed; and what assessment he has made of how

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

Affordable 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 affordable housing.

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

Owner Occupation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help people buy their own home in (a) York and (b) England.

15 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Fluoride: Drinking Water

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of potential merits of rolling out water fluoridation.

13 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to retain support bubbles in the event that tighter restrictions are introduced during the January 2021 covid-19 lockdown period.

13 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to ensure that the Dental Activity Targets for the NHS contract are deliverable.

13 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Public Health England on requiring NHS and social care staff to have the covid-19 vaccine in order to keep patients and care residents safe.

13 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to encourage all schools to routinely offer every child eligible for free school meals attending school a hot meal each school day during the covid-19 lockdown that has been in place sin

12 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Harrogate

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to open the NHS Nightingale hospital in Harrogate to patients.

12 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Re-employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with representatives of (a) the Royal College of Nursing, (b) the Royal College of Midwives, (c) the Health and Care Professions Council, (d) the British Medical Associa

12 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to complete the administration of first and second covid-19 vaccines to people in priority groups one and two prior to progressing to roll out those vaccines for people in priority

Source: official written-questions record.