Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that measures to ease the lockdown restrictions due to the covid-19 outbreak do not increase the level of infection among at risk groups identified in the Public H

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 findings in relation to health inequalities of the report, Health Equity in England: The Marmot Review 10 Years, published in February 2020 and the fi

3 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether each glove from a pair of gloves is counted as an individual piece of personal protective equipment for the purposes of statistics that his Department collates on such equipment.

3 Jun 2020 · Department for Transport

Travel: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether UK residents are required to self-isolate prior to travelling overseas during the covid-19 outbreak; and if so, for how long should UK residents so self-isolate.

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

Local Government: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the covid-19 outbreak, whether his Department plans to review local authority recovery plans.

3 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

Children: Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that distribution of food to communities with specific needs is maintained during the school holidays.

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

Local Government: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support he is providing to local authorities to enable them to restructure their local economies after the covid-19 outbreak.

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

Local Enterprise Partnerships: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the provision of additional funding for Local Enterprise Partnerships to support the local regeneration of the

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

Economic Situation: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of a green and sustainable economic programme on the level of economic recovery after the covid-19 outbreak.

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

Urban Areas: Regeneration

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking support the redesign and regeneration of the high street after the covid-19 outbreak.

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

Self-employed: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support and enable self-employed business people to return safely to trading.

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

Economic Situation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to support local economies in broadening their economic base.

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

Regeneration

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of investment in innovation and skills on the regeneration of local economies.

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

Unemployment: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to prevent an increase in unemployment in (a) York and (b) England as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.

3 Jun 2020 · Home Office

Police: Social Distancing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the police on maintaining social distancing in public spaces.

3 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the effectiveness of the Government's communications on social distancing, hygiene and personal protective equipment.

3 Jun 2020 · Women and Equalities

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government plans to take in response to the report published by Public Health England on 2 June 2020 entitled COVID-19: review of disparities in risks and outcomes.

2 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria the Care Quality Commission is using to determine if it will inspect care homes during the covid-19 outbreak.

2 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 is taking to ensure that care homes inform families of covid-19 infections in their care homes.

2 Jun 2020 · House of Commons Commission

Divisions: Coronavirus

To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the evidential basis was for the safety of the Division system introduced on 2 June 2020; and if the Commission will publish that evidence.

2 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average time is between a swab being taken at (a) hospital, (b) care homes and (c) through home testing kits to the receipt of a response; and in how many cases has that response time been

2 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Contact Tracing: Software

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department make of the level of risk that the covid-19 tracking app could be hacked; and what steps he has taken to protect the app against such attacks.

2 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Contact Tracing: Software

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure that data collected through the covid-19 tracking application will not be used for reasons other than tracking for covid-19; and that data will not be sold by service providers.

2 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Contact Tracing: Software

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what contingency plans he has in the event that covid-19 application for tracking contacts fails.

2 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Contact Tracing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the process will be for the implementation of manual track and trace for covid-19.

2 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Contact Tracing: Software

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what alternative access arrangements he has made for people who do not have the necessary (a) phone and (b) other hardware to download the covid-19 tracking app.

2 Jun 2020 · Home Office

Discrimination: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that policing activity does not (a) directly and (b) indirectly discriminate against BAME people in the UK.

2 Jun 2020 · Home Office

Arrests and Stop and Search: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of (a) stop and search cases, (b) arrests and (c) charges were made against BAME people by the police in each of the last 12 months.

2 Jun 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

USA: Police

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his US counterpart on discriminatory policing practices against BAME people in the US; and what the outcome was of those discussions.

2 Jun 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

USA: Police

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his US counterpart on (a) the murder of George Floyd and (b) the policing of citizens in the US.

Source: official written-questions record.