Written questions

1,333 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Jul 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Conflict Resolution: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the (a) funding and (b) budget breakdown is for the Government's support of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda.

13 Jul 2021 · Home Office

Hate Crime: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing the maximum sentence for people convicted of racist hate crime.

12 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Public Transport: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of mandating the wearing of face coverings on public transport beyond 19 July 2021 in the context of recent rising numbers of cases of covid-19.

12 Jul 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hassan Mushaima

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Bahraini counterpart on the continued detention and wellbeing of Hasan Mushaima.

12 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing free (a) FFP2 and (b) FFP3 face masks to clinically extremely vulnerable people during the covid-19 outbreak.

9 Jul 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Job Creation

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish data by ethnicity on the number of jobs created by the Government's job creation schemes.

9 Jul 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Bounce Back Loan Scheme: Repayments

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he made an assessment of the potential merits of delaying bounce back loan repayments for 12 months to enable local businesses to recover from the covid-19 outbreak.

9 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a (a) new duty for Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) to promote parity of esteem between mental and physical health and (b) requ

9 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Strokes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the findings of the Stroke Association's report, Stroke Recoveries at Risk, published in September 2020; and what steps he is taking to support stroke survivors.

7 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport

Musicians: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the three-stop limit for hauliers on those working with touring musicians and events across the EU.

5 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will appoint an independent commissioner to oversee the closure of inappropriate inpatient care units and increased funding for community care to ensure that people can move from those i

5 Jul 2021 · Department for Education

Educational Institutions: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of providing daily lateral flow tests to schools and other education settings to prevent pupils who remain covid-19 negative following a positive covid-19

30 Jun 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Large Goods Vehicle Drivers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take cross-departmental steps to ensure that restrictions on lorry drivers' working hours are not relaxed in response to recent shortages of HGV drivers potentially leading

30 Jun 2021 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will review the decision to reduce the funding available to help schools in England cover the costs of implementing covid-19-related mitigations.

30 Jun 2021 · Department for Education

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase the uptake of covid-19 testing during the summer 2021 term.

30 Jun 2021 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to review the guidance on covid-19 bubbles within schools ahead of the summer holidays.

29 Jun 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Day Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of current levels of subsidised childcare on the ability of mothers to return to work.

29 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Travel: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of allegations that people quarantining in hotels under covid-19 travel restrictions have been sexually harassed by security guards;

29 Jun 2021 · Cabinet Office

Electoral Commission: Powers

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the proposed removal of prosecutorial powers from the Electoral Commission on the (a) accountability of the executi

29 Jun 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Hedgehogs: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to grant hedgehogs greater legal protection.

28 Jun 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Copyright

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has met with representatives of the UK book industry to discuss the potential impact of an international copyright exhaustion regime on that industry.

25 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Freehold: Valuation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if his Department will make available a standardised freehold valuation calculator on the gov.uk website.

24 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing ringfenced funding to ensure all young people diagnosed with cancer can access support from specialist psychologists.

24 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a 10-year funded plan to tackle the NHS cancer backlog.

24 Jun 2021 · Department for Education

Music: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of (a) Step 3 guidance issued by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on covid-19 restrictions and indoor singing and (b) communications from his

24 Jun 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Job Creation

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish data by sex, ethnicity and disability on the number of jobs created by the Government's job creation schemes.

24 Jun 2021 · Women and Equalities

Equal Pay

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will take steps to (a) reinstate gender pay gap reporting, (b) introduce ethnicity pay gap reporting and (c) modernise equal pay laws to give women the right to know what their male counterparts earn.

23 Jun 2021 · Treasury

Debt Respite Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will include advance payments under universal credit in the Debt Respite Scheme (Breathing Space).

22 Jun 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to accelerate the rollout of the 100 million covid-19 vaccine doses the UK has committed to donating to the rest of the world.

22 Jun 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Nigeria: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, on what date he last met with his Nigerian counterpart to discuss reports of human rights abuses in that country.

Source: official written-questions record.