Written questions

1,333 written questions tabled, most recent first.

25 Oct 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to speed up the transition from culling badgers to vaccinating cattle to reduce the spread of bovine tuberculosis in England.

20 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vitamin D

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of restarting the scheme to provide free vitamin D supplements for people at high risk from covid-19 on the NHS this winter.

20 Oct 2021 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of maintaining the student loan repayment threshold at its current level in England.

20 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Endometriosis and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing funding for research into (a) endometriosis and (b) polycystic ovary syndrome in England.

19 Oct 2021 · Department for Education

Students: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress his Department has made on introducing alternative student finance options for Muslim students.

19 Oct 2021 · Department for Education

Teachers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of awarding (a) teachers and (b) all other school staff in England a pay rise.

18 Oct 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Ivory

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of creating an ivory surrender scheme.

15 Oct 2021 · Department for Education

Remote Education: Computers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing laptops to all disadvantaged secondary school pupils in England.

15 Oct 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Museums and Galleries: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of public (a) galleries and (b) museums on the provision to customers of telephone numbers to ensure that those customers without

23 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of using the free flu jab list to identify people eligible for priority access to the covid-19 booster jab.

22 Sep 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Personal Income

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of reversing the reintroduction of the Minimum Income Floor.

21 Sep 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Evictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of abolishing section 21 no fault evictions.

21 Sep 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Private Rented Housing: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish a white paper on reforms to the private rented sector by the end of October 2021.

21 Sep 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Housing: Heat Pumps

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to incentivise the transition from gas boilers to heat pumps.

21 Sep 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Hedges and Ditches

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the creation of more hedgerows.

16 Sep 2021 · Department for Transport

Parking: Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the result of the Government's consultation on pavement parking by the end of October 2021.

15 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cardiovascular Diseases: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the covid-19 outbreak on access to cardiovascular care for people in England; and what steps he is taking to tackle the backlog in NHS cardiovasc

15 Sep 2021 · Department for Education

Holiday Activities and Food Programme: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to publish a long-term funding plan for the Holiday Activities and Food Programme.

15 Sep 2021 · Department for Education

Free School Meals and Healthy Start Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of expanding eligibility for (a) free school meals and (b) the Healthy Start scheme.

14 Sep 2021 · Department for Transport

Roads: Freight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing forward a road freight recovery plan based on the input of (a) training providers, (b) examiners, (c) businesses, (d) industry bodies, and (e) tra

14 Sep 2021 · Department for Education

Teachers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Initial teacher training market review report, published in July 2021, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposals set out in that report on the numbers of trainee

14 Sep 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Average Earnings

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her oral contribution of 7 September 2021, Official report, column 185, whether her Department has made an assessment of the level of wage growth which discounts the impact of furlough

13 Sep 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ghana: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many covid-19 vaccines his Department will be providing to Ghana.

8 Sep 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Oil: Shetland

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the compatibility of the Cambo oilfield near Shetland with the UK's upcoming role as President of the COP 26 summit.

8 Sep 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an estimate of the impact of removing the £20 uplift to the standard allowance of universal credit on child poverty levels in England.

8 Sep 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Products: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ban the import of hunting trophies into the UK.

6 Sep 2021 · Treasury

Banks

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the number of (a) bank branch closures and (b) cashpoints in England.

6 Sep 2021 · Treasury

Money

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ensure the long-term future of cash.

6 Sep 2021 · Treasury

Banks

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the number of (a) bank branch closures and (b) cashpoints in England.

6 Sep 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to double research funding on dementia.

Source: official written-questions record.