Written questions

Helen Hayes

2,538 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Universities: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with universities on ensuring that students applying for university in the 2021/22 academic year are not disadvantaged by the cancellation of exams.

18 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2021 to Question 134007, what discussions he has had with NHS England, NHS trusts and foundation trusts and organisations providing outsourced services in hospi

18 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2021 to Question 134007, what engagement he has had with unions and staff associations representing NHS staff and outsourced staff working in hospitals on staff

18 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2021 to Question 134007, if he will undertake an assessment of (a) long covid and (b) the other long-term health effects of covid-19 on NHS staff and outsourced

14 Jan 2021 · Treasury

Self-employment Income Support Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to enable people who were previously unable to access the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme to apply for support through that scheme based on their self-assessment for the 2019-20 fin

14 Jan 2021 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements

What recent steps she has taken to ensure continuity of trading relationships for UK businesses after the end of the transition period.

13 Jan 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the amount of plastic waste (a) exported to non-OECD countries by the UK in each year since 2016 and (b) that will be exported to non-OECD countries by the

13 Jan 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the Government has opted not to adopt EU regulations banning the export of plastic waste to non-OECD countries; and what assessment he has made of the effect of that ma

13 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 pandemic on poverty rates in the global south; and what discussions he is having with international partners

13 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

USA: Foreign Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent engagement the Government has had with the incoming Biden administration on UK-US joint priorities.

13 Jan 2021 · Home Office

Asylum: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2021 to Question 131351 on Asylum: Greater London, what monitoring her Department is undertaking of the (a) health and (b) mortality of residents in asylum accommo

13 Jan 2021 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2020 to Question 131351 on Asylum: Greater London, what assessment she has made of trends in the number of deaths in asylum accommodation.

12 Jan 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Courts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many outstanding cases in (a) Crown courts and (b) magistrates' courts (i) there are as of 12 January 2021 and (ii) there were on 12 January 2020.

12 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Oxygen

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the availability of oxygen to hospital trusts in (a) London and (b) England; and what contingency plans are in place to mitigate low oxygen supplies in hospital trust

12 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason the Government plans to base early years entitlement funding on January 2021’s attendance figures during a national lockdown and not pre-pandemic attendance levels, as it did in the Autumn 2020

11 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2021 to Question 126929 on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Children and Young People, if he will make an assessment of the level of risk of suicide and self harm

11 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2021 to Question 126930 on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Children and Young People, what recent assessment his Department has made of the availability of beds f

11 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2021 to Question 126931 on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Children and Young People, what monitoring his Department undertakes on the length of stays in institut

6 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

National Skills Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to increase funding in retrofit skills as part of the Government’s National Skills Fund.

6 Jan 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Green Homes Grant Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits aligning the deadlines for all Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery scheme phases with the Voucher Scheme deadline of Mar

6 Jan 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Green Homes Grant Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans the Government has to use the results of the Local Authority Delivery scheme to evaluate the effectiveness of local authorities in the future.

6 Jan 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Green Homes Grant Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the deadline for the Local Authority Delivery Scheme on the development of sustainable jobs and skills.

6 Jan 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Green Homes Grant Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the deadline for delivery of the Local Authority Delivery Scheme 2.