Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

1 Oct 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nature Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the RSPB campaign highlighting a lost decade for nature; and if he will make a statement.

1 Oct 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sustainable Development: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to ensure an environmentally sustainable economic recovery from the covid-19 outbreak.

1 Oct 2020 · Department for Transport

Transport: Sustainable Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to encourage people to switch to more sustainable transport; and if he will introduce a scrappage scheme to remove the most polluting vehicles from use.

1 Oct 2020 · Department for Transport

Parking: Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that people who do not have internet access are able to participate in the consultation on pavement parking.

1 Oct 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to hold a North Yorkshire flood summit in place of the planned Yorkshire flood conference.

1 Oct 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has decided to hold smaller flood summits in place of the planned flood conference for Yorkshire.

1 Oct 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to hold the Yorkshire flood conference in York.

1 Oct 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to hold the Yorkshire flood conference.

30 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to ensure that a woman can be accompanied to (a) maternity appointments, (b) antenatal classes and (c) the birth of their child.

30 Sep 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Property Development: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the £77.1 million allocated to the York Central Development includes the provision whereby in the event Network Rail and Homes England achieve a return of 20 per cent on

28 Sep 2020 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason the process for establishing an Education, Health and Care Plan for SEND children is dependent on the medical model of disability and not the social model of disability.

28 Sep 2020 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason the process for establishing an Education, Health and Care Plan for SEND children is dependent on a diagnosis.

28 Sep 2020 · Treasury

Retail Trade: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on retailers in the UK of removing the reclaiming of VAT by customers on luxury good sales at custom points.

28 Sep 2020 · Treasury

Retail Trade: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason he plans to remove the ability for customers to reclaim VAT on luxury good sales in the UK at custom points.

28 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the evidential basis is for having an attendance limit of 15 people for weddings and 30 people for funerals and no attendance limit for worship services if social distancing measures are appli

28 Sep 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nature Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of Wildlife and Countryside Link's campaign for a National Nature Service.

28 Sep 2020 · Cabinet Office

Redundancy

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) people and (b) people who are (i) women, (ii) disabled, (iii) BAME, (iv) under 25 years old, (v) who are over 55, (vi) who are over 60, (vii) who are over 65

28 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Public Houses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the decision to close pubs at 10pm was recommended by the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies.

28 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Public Houses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the evidential basis for the decision to introduce a 10pm closing time for pubs as part of the covid-19 lockdown restrictions announced on 22 September 2020.

21 Sep 2020 · Treasury

Self-employment Income Support Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) people and (b) women have received support from the Self Employment Income Support Scheme.

21 Sep 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: York

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in receipt of support from the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme are women in York.

21 Sep 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) people and (b) women are in receipt of support from the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme nationally.

21 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternal Mortality: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the evidence supporting the identification by his Department of a higher prevalence of mortality for caucasian women in pregnancy and childbirth.

21 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternal Mortality

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) caucasian and (b) non-caucasian women died (i) during pregnancy and (ii) in childbirth in each of the last three years.

21 Sep 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Evictions: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on delaying evictions of tenants facing hardship during the covid-19 outbreak.

21 Sep 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his timescale is for publishing the Local Government Finance Settlement 2021-22.

21 Sep 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Plans: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with the Planning Inspectorate on the timescale for (a) review and (b) response to the draft City of York local plan.

21 Sep 2020 · Department for Education

Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans for (a) GCSE, (b) BTEC and (c) A-level (i) exams and (ii) assessments to take place in 2021.

21 Sep 2020 · Department for Education

GCE A-level: Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he requested data on the effect of the algorithm generated 2020 A-level results on the attainment gap between the date his Department received those results results and the publication of those results.

21 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Infection Prevention Control interventions in reducing covid-19 infection levels in care homes.

Source: official written-questions record.