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.