Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

7 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Contact Tracing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to give permission for local directors of public health to run a localised tracing system.

7 Sep 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Dangerous Driving: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has taken recent steps to review sentencing policy for dangerous driving.

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

Fisheries: Marine Protected Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to protect Marine Protection Areas from supertrawlers operating in those zones.

2 Sep 2020 · Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office

UK Trade with EU

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals on a trade agreement with the EU.

2 Sep 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Voluntary Organisations: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the financial challenges faced by the voluntary and community sector as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.

2 Sep 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Charities: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the continued allocation of funding to medical research charities.

2 Sep 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Voluntary Organisations: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the effect of changes in local government funding on resources available to volun

2 Sep 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Charity Commission

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when he last conducted a review of the effectiveness of the Charity Commission.

2 Sep 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Kickstart Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on adapting the Kickstart scheme to make it easier for charities and social enterprises to participate in th

2 Sep 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on support from charities and social enterprises to the Kickstart programme.

2 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Quality Commission: Publicity

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons the Care Quality Commission is prevented from promoting its Give Feedback on Care service through all media channels; and whether his Department plans to amend that position.

2 Sep 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Voluntary Organisations: Redundancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that all redundancies made in the community and voluntary sector are being recorded.

2 Sep 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Africa: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how his Department plans to fund the £119 million aid package to combat covid-19 related famine in Africa, announced on 2 September 2020.

2 Sep 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of health workers in developing countries whose training to respond to covid-19 was funded from the UK aid budget.

2 Sep 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Sustainable Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the £2.9 billion reduction of funding for Official Development Assistance on the UK's contribution to delivery of the Sustainable

2 Sep 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the financial effect of a fall in Gross National Income on the Official Development Assistance budget.

1 Sep 2020 · Department for Education

Higher Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government is providing additional financial support to higher education providers to support larger numbers of students following the removal of temporary student number controls.

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

Coronavirus: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of the planned local government reorganisation on York's ability to recover from the covid-19 outbreak.

1 Sep 2020 · Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office

House of Lords: Location

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent on scoping a potential move of the House of Lords to York.

1 Sep 2020 · Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office

Coronavirus: Death

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of (a) trends in the level of non-covid-19 deaths during the peak of the outbreak and (b) the level of those deaths which resulted directly fr

1 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Influenza: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the winter flu vaccination will be ready for (a) elderly and vulnerable people who qualify for their vaccination and (b) all people aged over 50 (i) nationally and (ii) in York.

1 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he estimates cancer diagnosis and treatment waiting times will return to pre-covid-19 levels.

1 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he estimates waiting lists for (a) outpatients appointments, (b) day cases and (c) non-emergency surgery will return to pre-covid-19 levels.

1 Sep 2020 · Department for Education

Home Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils will be home educated in September 2020 compared to September 2019 (a) nationally and (b) in York.

1 Sep 2020 · Department for Education

Assessments and Curriculum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to publish the Government's proposals for (a) a recovery curriculum and (b) the conduct of end of year assessments.

1 Sep 2020 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment the Government has made of the (a) ability and (b) safety of children with SEND returning to school as covid-19 restrictions are eased.

1 Sep 2020 · Department for Education

Pupils: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that all school pupils have access to face masks.

1 Sep 2020 · Department for Education

Foster Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the adequacy of the number of short breaks foster carers (a) nationally and (b) in York.

1 Sep 2020 · Department for Education

Carers: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to recruit an adequate number of (a) short breaks foster carers and (b) community short breaks carers to care for children with disabilities.

1 Sep 2020 · Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office

Care Homes: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of whether non-covid deaths in care homes at the peak of the outbreak were accurately recorded.

Source: official written-questions record.