Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

8 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) different swabs for a person or (b) individuals are each counted in the number of covid-19 tests conducted.

8 Jun 2020 · Treasury

Business: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to enable businesses that have applied for and not been awarded covid-19 grant funding by their local authority to appeal the interpretation by that local authority of Government guidance on

8 Jun 2020 · Treasury

Business: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what process his Department has in place to ensure that local authorities adhere to Government guidance on the distribution of grants to businesses during the covid-19 outbreak.

8 Jun 2020 · Treasury

Local Government Finance: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to ensure that local authorities distribute funding from Government grant schemes equitably.

8 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Conditions of Employment and Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to increase (a) pay and (b) benefits for NHS staff.

8 Jun 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Hong Kong: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Chinese counterparts on the human rights situation in Hong Kong and the potential effect of that situation on future trade with China.

8 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the trends in the level of the potency of covid-19.

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

Tourism: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment the Government has made of the economic effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the (a) overseas and (b) internal tourist trade; and what support he plans to provide to (i) Yo

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

Air Pollution: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support he plans to provide to Local Authorities to help maintain the reduced pollution levels recorded during the covid-19 lockdown period.

8 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in each country in Europe have (a) been infected by Covid-19 and (b) died of Covid-19; and how many of those people are BAME.

8 Jun 2020 · Department for Transport

Transport: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to investigate abuse against transport (a) staff and (b) BAME staff during the covid-19 outbreak.

8 Jun 2020 · Home Office

Recycling: Aluminium

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to extend the provisions of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 to support charitable groups co

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

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to prevent the building of new homes (a) in flood risk areas and (b) on flood plains.

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

Flood Control: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of allocation of Government funding for flood defences since 2007; if he will make a comparative assessment of the allocation of such

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

Flood Control: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will increase spending on flood defences in line with the recommendations of the 2007 Pitt Review.

4 Jun 2020 · Cabinet Office

Coronavirus: Death

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish (a) the (i) number and (ii) type of underlying health conditions among and (b) the socio-economic status of people who have died from covid-19.

4 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to help ensure that care home residents have access to (a) medical assessments and (b) treatment irrespective of age.

4 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to ensure that the NHS has not discriminated against (a) BAME, (b) elderly (c) other patients with protected characteristics in its provision of treatment during the covid-1

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

Local Government: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what instructions he has issued to local authorities on undertaking a race equality audit.

4 Jun 2020 · Home Office

Police: Racial Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken in 2020 to investigate potential institutional racism in the police.

4 Jun 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Hong Kong: Human Rights and Press Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to protect (a) journalists and (b) human rights defenders in Hong Kong.

4 Jun 2020 · Treasury

Riot Control Weapons: Exports

To ask the Chancellor for the Exchequer, what the value was of exports of (a) rubber bullets, (b) riot shields and (c) tear gas to (i) the US and (ii) other countries in the last five years.

4 Jun 2020 · Department for International Trade

Riot Control Weapons: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, to which countries the UK exports (a) rubber bullets, (b) riot shields and (c) tear gas.

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

Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support his Department is providing to local authorities to ensure that people who are homeless are supported into housing.

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

Sleeping Rough

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support his Department provides to the Housing First in England project; and what steps he is taking to ensure that homeless people are not returned to the streets after the

4 Jun 2020 · Home Office

Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in (a) England and (b) York have no recourse to public funds in the most recent period for which figures are available.

4 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of pupils in (a) nursery settings, (b) reception, (c) Year 1 and (d) Year 6 returned to school in (i) England and (ii) York in the week commencing 1 June 2020.

4 Jun 2020 · Leader of the House

House of Commons: Coronavirus

To ask the Leader of the House, what discussions he has had with (a) House of Commons staff and (b) trade unions on the health and safety concerns of working on the Parliamentary Estate during the covid-19 outbreak.

4 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment he has made of the number of daily deaths caused by covid-19 infection in England and EU member states; and what assessment he has made of effect of easing the lockdown

4 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Government plans to respond to the Public Heatlh England Report, Disparities in the risk and outcomes of COVID-19, published in June 2020.

Source: official written-questions record.