Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

23 Jun 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Swimming Pools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the evidence used to determine that swimming pools are not yet considered safe to open with social distancing in place.

23 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the scientific evidence is that underpins the decision that people with underlying respiratory conditions should be exempt from wearing a face mask.

23 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

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, for what reasons he has not made an assessment of the trends in the level of the potency of covid-19.

23 Jun 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Charities: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which charities supporting disabled people are in receipt of (a) (i) direct or (ii) indirect funding from a Government department or (b) direct funding from local authorities.

23 Jun 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Charities: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which charities supporting women in receipt of (a) (i) direct or (ii) indirect funding from a Government department or (b) direct funding from local authorities.

23 Jun 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Charities: LGBT+ People

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which LGBTQ+ charities are in receipt of (a) (i) direct or (ii) indirect funding from a Government department or (b) direct funding from local authorities.

23 Jun 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Charities: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which BAME charities are in receipt of (a) (i) direct or (ii) indirect funding from a Government department or (b) direct funding from a local authority.

23 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether additional spaces required by schools for physical classroom capacity due to the covid-19 outbreak will be funded by his Department or by schools.

23 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Suicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with local authority leaders on the sharing of coroner reports on suicide in relation to former members of the armed forces at (a) the UK and (b) local authority level.

23 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Contact Tracing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason track and trace staff do not always have cases to follow up when they are logged on to the system.

23 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason staff returning to medical practice and recruited to the track and trace service have to undergo two DBS checks.

23 Jun 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Manufacturing Industries: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to help ensure the economic resilience of supply chains during the covid-19 outbreak.

23 Jun 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the level of risk to food security during the next 12 months.

23 Jun 2020 · Home Office

Repatriation: Charter Flights

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of UK Visas and Immigration working with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in relation to the (a) prioritisation of cases and (b) availability and s

23 Jun 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Voluntary Organisations: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish a covid-19 recovery strategy for voluntary and community sector organisations.

22 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what additional support he is providing schools for children with SEND to ensure that they remain safe in response to the covid-19 outbreak.

22 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

Teachers: Holiday Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that teachers and school leaders are able to take leave over the 2020 summer holidays.

22 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

Education: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what additional support his Department plans to provide to parents to ensure effective children's learning during the covid-19 outbreak.

22 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: Voucher Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that parents that are eligible for free school meal vouchers over summer 2020 will be able to obtain those vouchers.

22 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

Children: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the provision of CAMHS during summer holidays 2020; and what steps he is taking to ensure the adequacy of access to those se

22 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to allocate additional funding to schools for the provision of additional teaching space from September 2020 in the event that those schools do not have adequate teaching space to r

22 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department has issued to schools that do not have the physical space to deliver full-school education safely by September 2020.

22 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

Teachers: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an estimate of the number of former teachers that will return to the profession to help tackle problems with capacity as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.

22 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure the adequacy of staffing levels at schools while the covid-19 restrictions are in place.

22 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

Education: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to help ensure there is an agreement between (a) his Department, (b) schools and (c) parents on the (i) delivery of lessons in person or virtually, (ii) amount of teacher pupil contact a

22 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

Education: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to help ensure (a) the safety of and (b) presence of a teacher at all on-line classes.

19 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Trusts: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will allocate additional resources to NHS Trusts to help tackle the backlog of outpatient appointments, day care treatments and surgery that has resulted from the covid-19 outbreak; and what

18 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS and Social Services: Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will continue to provide NHS staff, care staff, NHS Volunteer responders with free parking.

18 Jun 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Conditions of Employment: Adoption

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to extend employment protection rights for pregnant women to people that are in the process of adopting children.

17 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Meetings

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities are holding full council meetings; and of those councils how many are holding those meetings (a) virtually, (b) as a hybrid mix of virtual and in perso

Source: official written-questions record.