Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

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

Arts and Culture: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to help ensure resources from the £1.57 billion funding for cultural, arts and heritage institutions are distributed to groups supporting under represented people with

1 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Asthma: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment he has made of the (a) availability and (b) level of use of short-acting beta agonist (SABA, blue inhalers) for the treatment of asthma in each of the regions of the E

1 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Asthma: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent what comparative assessment he has made of the (a) availability and (b) level of use of short-acting beta agonist (SABA) blue inhalers for the treatment of asthma in the UK and internat

28 Aug 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Migrants: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people living in (a) York Central constituency and (b) City of York Council area have No Recourse to Public Funds.

20 Jul 2020 · Department for Education

Children: Day Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Government plans to issue guidance on whether grandparents can provide childcare for their grandchildren as covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.

17 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that diversity is prioritised in support for (a) organisations and (b) people working in the arts and creative industries.

14 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Asthma: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he made of the implications of reliever inhalers for the carbon footprint of propellant inhalers when establishing the metric in the Primary Care Network Contract to tackle that foo

14 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Asthma: Steroid Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS Long Term Plan, what progress has been made on the (a) delivery of and (b) timescales to tackle the over-reliance on short-acting beta agonist inhalers in asthma treatment

14 Jul 2020 · Department for Education

Teachers: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether teachers will be given access to covid-19 antibody tests from September 2020.

14 Jul 2020 · Department for Education

Teachers: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether teachers will be given access to weekly covid-19 diagnostic testing from September 2020.

10 Jul 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he intends to impose sanctions on businesses found to be using support from the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to fund staff notice pay.

10 Jul 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure that businesses do mot use support from the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to fund the staff notice pay.

8 Jul 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Bounce Back Loan Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which Bounce Back Loan scheme accredited lenders are providing access to that scheme to new customers.

6 Jul 2020 · Department for Education

Pupils: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department has provided to schools on whether it is permissible for schools to allow pupils to return on a part-time basis in the event that schools are not able to implement satisfactory safe

6 Jul 2020 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it Government policy to distribute face masks to passengers using buses and trains during the covid-19 outbreak; and if the Government will make an assessment of (a) levels of compliance and (b)

6 Jul 2020 · Department for Education

Holiday Play Schemes: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether additional holiday club places will be made available to working parents in summer 2020.

6 Jul 2020 · Department for Education

Extracurricular Activities

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to provide additional (a) pre and (b) after school services to support working parents when schools reopen in the autumn term.

6 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Social Distancing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June to Question 56054 on Coronavirus: disease control, what evidence the Government is using to reduce social distancing from two metres to one metre plus.

6 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Coronavirus

What assessment he has made of the role the armed forces have played in logistical planning during the covid-19 pandemic.

2 Jul 2020 · Department for Education

National Tutoring Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the basis was for calculating the allocation of £350 million to the National Tutoring Programme; and how much that sum amounts to per pupil.

2 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to recruit additional school nurses.

2 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the level of stock of home testing kits held by the Government that can be made available to schools for September 2020.

2 Jul 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many home testing covid-19 kits schools will hold on site from September 2020.

2 Jul 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much additional funding he plans to allocate to ensure that schools are able to make sufficient adaptations to ensure compliance with Government guidance on covid-19 in relation to the re-opening of schools

2 Jul 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much additional funding he plans to allocate to provide additional teaching staff to schools from September 2020.

2 Jul 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to ensure that schools have the capacity to provide additional cleaning services due to the covid-19 outbreak from September 2020; and whether he plans to allocate addition funding to sc

2 Jul 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what volume of hand sanitiser will be made available to each school from September 2020.

2 Jul 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what level of personal protective equipment will be made available to people working at schools from September 2020.

2 Jul 2020 · Department for Education

Pupils: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much additional funding he plans to allocate to supporting children’s mental wellbeing when pupils return to school during the covid-19 outbreak.

2 Jul 2020 · Department for Education

Children: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding he plans to allocate to support children who have suffered trauma during the covid-19 outbreak.

Source: official written-questions record.