Written questions

Rachael Maskell

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

1 Jun 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Voluntary Work

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether an employee of a business who volunteers for a charity as part of that company's corporate social responsibility scheme can continue to undertake that voluntary work while furloughed.

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

Horizon IT System: Inquiries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to establish an independent judge-led inquiry into the Post Office Horizon Accounting System case.

1 Jun 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to extend the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to employees that cannot work as a result of grandparents being unable to provide their usual childcare during the covid-19 lockdown.

1 Jun 2020 · Home Office

Marriage: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether virtual meetings can take place with the registrar for weddings.

1 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

Children: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when local authorities will receive IT equipment for vulnerable children so that they are able to access digital learning resources during the covid-19 outbreak.

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

Charities: Voluntary Work

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on enabling furloughed charity staff to (a) volunteer for their organisation, (b) volunteer for their organisation in a d

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

Charities: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how small (a) national and (b) local charities specialising in loneliness can access the £5 million covid-19 loneliness grant fund.

1 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the covid-19 testing of children under five years of age in the context of the reopening of schools, nurseries and ch

1 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he plans to take to ensure that each school has the right quantity and quality of personal protective equipment (PPE) according to their respective risk assessments; and how that PPE will be funded.

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

Charities: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to his announcement of £150 million charity funding in the covid-19 press conference on 20 May 2020, how much of that funding is new money; and from which sources that mon

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

Broadband: Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what additional access to digital connectivity will he provide to ensure that those from lower socio-economic communities have equal access to broadband.

1 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Voluntary Work

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the NHS volunteering scheme in respect of the use of volunteers in response to the covid-19 outbreak.

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

Local Government: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he will determine how much funding in addition to that announced on 18 April 2020 will be made available to each local authority to respond to the covid-19 outbreak.

20 May 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Care Homes: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential prosecution of cases of breaches of health and safety legislation in care homes that took place during the covid-19 outbreak.

20 May 2020 · Leader of the House

House of Commons: Coronavirus

To ask the Leader of the House, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policy on the House returning on 2 June 2020 of regional variations in the risk of contracting covid-19.

20 May 2020 · House of Commons Commission

Parliament: Coronavirus

To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, when it plans to publish the risk assessment on the safety of Parliament opening on 2 June 2020.

20 May 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have applied for universal credit due to being ineligible for the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme because they are a sole trader and receive a dividend instead of PAYE; and how man

20 May 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have applied for universal credit due to being ineligible for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme because of their start date in employment; and how many of those claimants have receive