Written questions
2,538 written questions tabled, most recent first.
25 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to put in place a comprehensive new spending package for the social care sector; and if he will make a statement.
25 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) plans and (b) support he is putting in place to reform the social care sector and help it recover from the covid-19 outbreak.
25 Jun 2020 · Department for Education
Children and Young People: Broadband and ICT
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that children and young people eligible for technology support will have access to devices and broadband over the 2020 summer holidays to catch-up on learning progr
25 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Contact Tracing: Software
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons contracts #12 and #13 pertaining to the NHS X contact tracing app have not yet been published; and when he plans to publish those contracts.
25 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Clipper Logistics: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of funding awarded to Clipper Logistics to oversee the delivery of personal protective equipment to NHS trusts and Foundation trusts.
24 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Contact Tracing: Software
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many companies have been sub-contracted by Serco to undertake covid-19 contact tracing work; and what proportion of the total contract that represents.
24 Jun 2020 · Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office: Contracts
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish his Department’s processes to monitor the performance of contracts which involve significant amounts of sub-contracting.
24 Jun 2020 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Contracts
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of private contracts issued by the Government during the covid-19 outbreak which have subsequently been sub-contracted to other firms.
24 Jun 2020 · Cabinet Office
Civil Service: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to increase BAME representation among Non-Executive Directors in the UK Civil Service.
24 Jun 2020 · Cabinet Office
Civil Service: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of BAME people serving as Non-Executive Directors in the Civil Service.
22 Jun 2020 · Department for Education
Vocational Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress his Department has made on its review of BTECs and other applied general qualifications.
22 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dementia: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the covid-19 social care taskforce plans to make an assessment of the effect of covid-19 on people affected by dementia.
17 Jun 2020 · Cabinet Office
Contact Tracing: Software
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether a Government Digital Service peer review of the contact tracing app has been completed.
17 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Contact Tracing: Software
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) extent and (b) terms of Zühlke Engineering’s involvement has been in the management and development of the NHS covid-19 contact tracing app; and whether staff of Zühlke Engineering bas
17 Jun 2020 · Cabinet Office
Protective Clothing: Coronavirus
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what checks on standards are carried out before suppliers are listed in the Crown Commercial Service’s COVID-19: Catalogue of supplier offers.
17 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Protective Clothing: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to to Answer of 10 June 2020 to Question HL3357, how many new supply lines have been secured by the cross-Government personal protective equipment sourcing unit.
17 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: Protective Clothing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2020 to Question 52266, on Care Homes: Protective Clothing, if his Department will list the designated wholesalers for onward sale to social care providers.
17 Jun 2020 · Home Office
Windrush Compensation Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) scope and (b) purpose are of the community grant fund established to promote access to the Windrush Scheme and Windrush Compensation Scheme with regard to (i) when that scheme will be lau
12 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has he made of the effect of social isolation on people with (a) Dementia and (b) Alzheimer’s disease during the covid-19 outbreak, and what steps his Department has taken to suppor
12 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Death
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has he made of reasons for the level of death by covid-19 of people diagnosed with (a) Dementia and (b) Alzheimer’s disease in (i) care homes and (ii) other settings.
8 Jun 2020 · Women and Equalities
Ethnic Groups: Coronavirus
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the timeframe is for the publication of the work of the Racial Disparity Unit in response to the report of Public Health England on disparities in risks and outcomes in relation to covid-19.
4 Jun 2020 · Cabinet Office
Faculty: Contracts
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government has taken to ensure the protection of citizens’ data and privacy under the Government’s contract with Faculty.
4 Jun 2020 · Cabinet Office
Faculty: Contracts
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) scope and (b) remit of the Government's contract with Faculty is to deliver services related to the covid-19 pandemic.
4 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Disability: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment the Government has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on disabled people.
4 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Disability: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to support disabled people affected by the covid-19 outbreak.
4 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when his Department plans to consult on mandating optional access standards.
4 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that accessible housing for older and disabled people remains a priority in light of the covid-19 outbreak.
2 Jun 2020 · Department for Education
Remote Education: Broadband and ICT
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) completed, (b) in-progress and (c) refused requests for devices and broadband under his Department’s scheme to support remote learning during the covid
2 Jun 2020 · Department for Education
Remote Education: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of households who have been given an internet connection under his Department’s scheme to support remote learning during the covid-19 outbreak in (a) London a
2 Jun 2020 · Department for Education
Remote Education: ICT
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) schools and (b) pupils that have been given digital devices under his Department’s scheme to support remote learning during the covid-19 outbreak in (i
Source: official written-questions record.