Written questions

1,333 written questions tabled, most recent first.

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

Fossil Fuels: Overseas Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Prime Minister's press release of 12 December 2020, PM announces the UK will end support for fossil fuel sector overseas, if he will make an assessment of th

9 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Pupils

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) offering confirmatory polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests for all students who test positive for covid-19 after taking an in-school late

5 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Eating Disorders: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Government’s commitment to investing £70 million into weight management services, what assessment he has made of potential merits of offering specialist, evidence-based suppor

5 Mar 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of families in temporary accommodation subject to the (a) benefit cap and (b) two-child limit.

4 Mar 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the effect on relative poverty levels of the decision not to uprate legacy benefits in line with universal credit.

3 Mar 2021 · Treasury

Treasury: Social Media

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the 1 March video posted on HM Treasury's social media, what cost-benefit analysis he has made of the £400 spent to licence music at the start of the video.

2 Mar 2021 · Department for Education

Higher Education: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of (a) changes to the Higher Education Teaching Grant budget for the 2021-22 financial year and (b) removal of London weighting on higher education in London.

2 Mar 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Pakistan: Blasphemy

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Pakistani counterpart on the imprisonment of Shagufta Kausar and Shafqat Emmanuel.

2 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Endometriosis: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking in response to the recommendations by the APPG on Endometriosis Inquiry Report 2020 entitled Endometriosis in the UK: to reduce diagnosis to four years or less b

2 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made on the adequacy of the international provision of the covid-19 vaccine access to British Nationals abroad, who are unable to return to the UK due to national or Internat

24 Feb 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Festival UK* 2022: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much spending has been allocated to the Festival UK* 2022 in (a) 2021-22 and (b) 2022-23; and from which departmental budget that spending will be taken.

23 Feb 2021 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure schools and colleges are adequately ventilated.

23 Feb 2021 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to provide additional temporary classrooms ahead of schools and colleges reopening to all students on 8 March 2021.

22 Feb 2021 · Home Office

Asylum: Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2021 of Question 143017, how much the Government has paid Clearsprings Ready Homes to manage temporary asylum seeker accommodation during the covid-19 outbreak.

19 Feb 2021 · Department for International Trade

Pesticides: India

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the effect of pesticides such as Paraquat, which are banned in the UK, being exported to India in the context of ongoing farmers’ protests in that country.

19 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

India: Agriculture

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he has taken to assess the effect of recent agricultural protests in India on the (a) Conceptual Framework on Agriculture and (b) UK-India Infrastructure Technical

19 Feb 2021 · Home Office

Asylum: Greece

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department will take to relocate more asylum seekers and refugees from the Aegean Islands to the UK.

19 Feb 2021 · Treasury

Insurance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the insurance sector's level of compliance with their terms of cover and obligations with respect to claims made by consumers in the last 12 months.

19 Feb 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carer's Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of funding a £20 a week supplement for carers entitled to carers' allowance.

19 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to prioritise kinship carers that are not in the first nine covid-19 vaccination priority groups in the next phase of the covid-19 vaccination programme.

11 Feb 2021 · Cabinet Office

UK Trade with EU: Bureaucracy

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent steps he has taken to simplify trading arrangements between the UK and the EU.

11 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Weddings: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will provide additional financial support to the wedding industry.

10 Feb 2021 · Treasury

Hospitality Industry and Leisure: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of extending the length of time of the operation of the (a) Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, (b) business rates relief scheme and (c) the five per cen

10 Feb 2021 · Department for Transport

Eurostar: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to support Eurostar during the covid-19 pandemic.

9 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Selahattin Demirtaş

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Turkish counterpart regarding the imprisonment of Selahattin Demirta.

8 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prisons: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what type of covid-19 vaccine doses were (a) delivered to and (b) administered in prisons in England and Wales between 1 January and 8 February 2021.

8 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prisons: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the guidance issued to prison governors on (a) covid-19 vaccination roll-out in prisons for eligible groups set out by JCVI and (b) covid-19 vaccine reservation lists to prevent

8 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prisons: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prisoners are eligible for the covid-19 vaccine; and how many (a) prisoners in JCVI priority groups (i) 1-4 and (ii) 5-9 and (b) prison staff have received the first dosage of the covid-19

4 Feb 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the universal credit standard allowance for people aged under-25 living independently to match the amount people aged over 25 rec

4 Feb 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Services: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Disability Unit has made of the potential merits of introducing emergency funding for disabled children’s social care.

Source: official written-questions record.