Written questions

2,147 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 May 2020 · Department for Education

Education: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that disabled pupils in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools are able to access (i) home learning and (ii) educational support during the covid-19 outbreak.

5 May 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Social Security Benefits: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) employment support allowance and (b) personal independence payment tribunals have been postponed as a result of the covid-19 outbreak since 16 March 2020.

5 May 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress she has made on the National Disability Strategy; and what the timeframe is for that strategy to be published.

5 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Asthma

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of people in receipt of a shielding letter sent by the Government in response to the covid-19 outbreak have severe asthma.

4 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Carers: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the average cost of supplying personal protective equipment to personal carers for disabled people funding their own care.

4 May 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new personal independence payment claims were accepted (a) with and (b) without a telephone assessment in each week since 1 March 2020.

4 May 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data her Department holds on the average processing time for new personal independence payment claims for each month from April 2019 to April 2020 in (a) Lewisham Deptford, (b) London and (c) the U

1 May 2020 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: Voucher Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the contract for provision of free school meal vouchers to EdTech companies.

1 May 2020 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the efficiency of companies issuing free school meals vouchers to families during the covid-19 outbreak.

29 Apr 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Errol Graham

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Serious Case Panel review into the death of Errol Brown has been concluded; and whether her Department plans to publish the conclusions of that review.

28 Apr 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Coroners

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish all prevention of future deaths reports submitted to her Department since 2013.

28 Apr 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Coroners

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many prevention of future deaths reports have been submitted by coroners to her Department in each of the last 10 years.

27 Apr 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Cameroon: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department is offering to people from Cameroon who have been displaced by the ongoing conflict in that country.

27 Apr 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Cameroon: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Cameroonian counterpart on a peaceful solution to the conflict in that country.

27 Apr 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Cameroon: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the conflict in Cameroon.

27 Apr 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support he will extend to people who started new jobs on or before 19 March 2020 but who are ineligible for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme as an RTI submission had not been made for them by the cut-off da

20 Apr 2020 · Treasury

Self-employment Income Support Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to support people that are recently self-employed and did not submit a self assessment tax return for the tax year 2018-19 under the Government’s Self-employment Income Support Scheme.

20 Apr 2020 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that people applying for visa renewals which require a minimum term of employment in the UK are not disadvantaged by job losses during the covid-19 pandemic.

20 Apr 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government plans to extend eligibility for universal credit to full-time students in higher education during the covid-19 pandemic.

20 Apr 2020 · Treasury

Self-employed: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to extend financial support for the self-employed to include people that make contributions through PAYE.

20 Apr 2020 · Treasury

Self-employed: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to provide financial support to self-employed people that earn up to £60,000 a year and are therefore not eligible for the covid-19 Self Employed Income Support Scheme.

20 Apr 2020 · Department for Education

Nurseries: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government plans to take steps to ensure that parents whose children are not able to attend nurseries during the covid-19 outbreak are not required to pay fees to maintain those nurseries in busines

20 Apr 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to amend the calculation of Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme claims to include the gross pay of employees whose salaries are topped up through bonuses or tronc schemes.

20 Apr 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to support people that have recently started their job, and were not on their employer's PAYE payroll on 28 February 2020, and are therefore not eligible for the Coronavirus Job R

20 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the provision of adequate care services for disabled people during the covid-19 pandemic.

20 Apr 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what additional resources her Department is allocating to ensure the timely processing of new claims for universal credit during the covid-19 outbreak.

20 Apr 2020 · Treasury

Off-payroll Working: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to support self-employed people who are registered via limited companies.

24 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to fast-track the registration of healthcare professionals trained overseas to enable them to assist the NHS during the covid-19 outbreak.

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

Buildings: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2020 to Question 8381 on Buildings, whether the Government plans to publish further guidance on (a) when an EWS1 form should be completed and

12 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

High Rise Flats: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2020 to Question 12405 on Buildings, what steps his Department will take to recoup the £200 million provided from the public purse to rectif

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