Written questions
9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.
3 Dec 2020 · Treasury
Public Sector: Pay
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people whose median annual pay is under £24,000 who are eligible to receive the £250 increase announced in the Spending Review 2020 and whose pay will fall in r
3 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will introduce rapid covid-19 testing for relatives of seriously ill patients in hospital, who may have suffered significant or life changing injuries, to allow the hospital to risk assess th
3 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Community Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking, following the closure of the Community Housing Fund outside of London, to support the delivery of innovative low-cost mutual homeownership homes develope
3 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Community Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking, following the closure of the Community Housing Fund outside of London, to support the delivery of innovative low-cost mutual homeownership homes develope
3 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether health and care professions that can administer medicines, through Patient Group Directions and Independent Prescribing Rights, will be granted rights to assist with the roll out of any cov
3 Dec 2020 · Department for Education
Children: Day Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans the Government has to provide additional funded childcare places in areas subject to Tier 2 and Tier 3 local covid alert level restrictions to help support parents and carers with work commitments.
1 Dec 2020 · Treasury
Economic Situation: Coronavirus
What assessment he has made of the effect of the Spending Review 2020 on economic recovery during the covid-19 outbreak.
27 Nov 2020 · Department for Transport
Railways: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of rail routes being closed as a result of covid-19 restrictions between 23 - 27 December 2020 on people's ability to visit family in that period.
26 Nov 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Personal Care Services: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, on what date and at what time hairdressing salons in tier 2 covid-19 areas are allowed to re-open after the November 2020 lockdown restrictions come to an end.
26 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional resources he plans to provide for care homes to carry out lateral flow testing on staff, residents and visitors.
26 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the criteria are for local authorities in the tier 2 covid-19 level to move to tier 1.
26 Nov 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
National Railway Museum
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding he plans to allocate to the National Railway Museum for stock purchases by the library Search Engine in the financial year (a) 2020-21 and (b) 2021-22.
26 Nov 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
National Railway Museum
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the projected funding allocation is from his Department to the National Railway Museum for the financial year (a) 2020-21 and (b) 2021-22.
26 Nov 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
National Railway Museum
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding his Department allocated to the National Railway Museum for stock purchases by its library Search Engine in the financial year (a) 2018-19 and (b) 2019-20.
26 Nov 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
National Railway Museum
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding his Department allocated to the National Railway Museum in the financial year (a) 2018-19 and (b) 2019-20.
16 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Coronavirus: Contact Tracing
What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on consulting local authority Directors of Public Health on improvements to the covid-19 test and trace services in their area.
11 Nov 2020 · Treasury
Self-employed: Coronavirus
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the Government will provide fiscal support for self-employed parents not eligible for the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme who cannot afford to pay for the childcare necessary to enable them to work.
11 Nov 2020 · Treasury
Employment: Coronavirus
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to his recent announcement that the Job Retention Bonus will be replaced by a retention incentive, when he plans to publish further information on that retention incentive.
10 Nov 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Green Homes Grant Scheme: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending the domestic Green Homes Grant through to March 2022 in the context of the covid-19 outbreak; and if h
10 Nov 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Green Homes Grant Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will to extend the domestic Green Homes Grant scheme for twelve months to March 2022 to allow the full uptake of the scheme and to help stimulate new green jobs.
9 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to consult clinically extremely vulnerable groups on the introduction of new covid-19 guidance on shielding.
3 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Contact Tracing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when local authorities who were under tier 2 local lockdown covid-19 restrictions will receive allocated funding for contract tracing.
2 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Gyms
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the evidential basis is for the decision of 31 October 2020 to close covid-19 secure gyms and sports facilities.
2 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Coronavirus: Religious Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the evidential basis is for the closure of covid-19 secure places of worship under the lockdown restrictions announced on 31 October 2020; and what assessment he has made us
2 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Eat Out to Help Out Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what effect the Eat Out to Help Out scheme had on levels of covid-19 infections.
30 Oct 2020 · Department for Education
Special Guardianship Orders: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Special Guardianship Orders and Adoption Orders are not delayed by constraints in the family courts system as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
30 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether health and care professions that can currently administer medicines, through Patient Group Directions and Independent Prescribing Rights, will be granted rights to assist with the roll out
22 Oct 2020 · Department for Transport
Cycling and Walking: Urban Areas
What discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding to create active travel cities as part of the Comprehensive Spending Review.
21 Oct 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Employment: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the Government's guidance is for employers in the event that an employee is unable to go into work as a result of their dependants having been instructed by a school to self-
21 Oct 2020 · Department for Education
Children: Quarantine
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government plans to provide financial assistance for low income families of children sent home from school to self-isolate during the covid-19 outbreak.
Source: official written-questions record.