Vicky Foxcroft

15 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Disability: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to issue guidance on minimising the risk of covid-19 infection in disability transport service settings.

15 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to issue guidance on the creation of cohort bubbles in adult day and social care centres as covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.

15 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of relaxing the covid-19 lockdown restrictions to enable adults from different households to meet indoors in social care and da

13 Jul 2020 · Department for Education

Overseas Students: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what step his Department is taking to encourage the return of international students to UK universities.

13 Jul 2020 · Home Office

Overseas Students: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will exempt international students from the mandatory covid-19 quarantine period of two weeks.

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

Theatres: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to help ensure the economic viability of theatres that are unable to operate under social distancing measures.

24 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Baby Care Units: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that parents with babies on neonatal units have urgent access to covid-19 testing.

22 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Visual Impairment: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 18 June to Question 52245 on Coronavirus: Visual Impairment, where the guidance and advice on guiding for blind and partially sighted people has been published; and what s

17 Jun 2020 · Department for Transport

Railways: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve accessibility for disabled people using the rail network.

16 Jun 2020 · Department for Transport

Railways: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received on extending the validity period for Disabled Persons Railcard holders to compensate them for lack of access to rail services during the covid-19 outbreak; and what steps he

15 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit mandatory reconsiderations were processed in 2019, by the main issue they related to.

15 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will place in the Library each internal memorandum circulated to Departmental staff in relation to applications and mandatory reconsiderations of personal independence payments since 1 March 2020

15 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy that existing disability living allowance recipients who are awarded a higher rate of Mobility or Daily Living allowance after applying for personal independence payment (

15 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2020 to Question 43084, how many requests for mandatory reconsideration of (a) employment support allowance and (b) personal independence payment were completed by her D

15 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2020 to Question 43084, how many requests for mandatory reconsideration of universal credit were completed by her Department in May 2020.

15 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22 May 2020 to Question 47371, for what reasons personal independence payment (PIP) claimants whose award was made following an appeal to the First Tier Tribunal and was due to

8 Jun 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that people who (a) are shielding, (b) live with people who are shielding and (c) are clinically vulnerable but are not shielding are offered furlough during the covid-1

8 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of uprating (a) disability and (b) carer benefits to reflect potential additional costs for people who are (i) shielding and (ii) clinically vulnerab

8 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Distancing: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the financial effect of the covid-19 lockdown restrictions on people who are (a) shielding, (b) isolating with someone who is shielding and (c) social distancing as a res

8 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work Capability Assessment: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to publish data on the effectiveness of the legacy benefits system in responding to increased demand for work capability assessments including the (a) number of referrals f

5 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure that any future reviews of guidance on shielding are undertaken in consultation with charities working with shielded groups and patient organisations.

2 Jun 2020 · Home Office

British Nationality: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there are concessions for fees for citizenship applications for British citizenship whose income is prohibitively low.

2 Jun 2020 · Home Office

British Nationality: Learning Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support the Government has made available to people with learning disabilities who wish to apply for British Citizenship but are unable to complete the application without assistance.

2 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Autism and Learning Disability: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has been allocated to supporting people with a learning disability and autistic people move from inpatient settings into the community for the financial year 2020-21.

1 Jun 2020 · Cabinet Office

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the needs of people with disabilities and long-term health conditions to inform the strategy to end the covid-19 lockdown.

1 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure people with disabilities and long-term health conditions can have independent lives and are not marginalised by the covid-19 outbreak.

1 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will extend the temporary suspension of mandatory face-to-face assessments for benefit applications (a) beyond 17 June 2020 and (b) indefinitely.

1 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Mental Illness: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure people with mental health problems are aware of their right to have a friend, family member or support worker on a phone assessment through a conference cal

1 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department are taking to ensure applicants for disability benefits during the covid-19 outbreak are offered (a) a remote benefits assessment and (b) the choice between completing remote b

1 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of ONS data showing that in March and April 2020, 20 per cent of those dying with covid-19 had dementia as a main under