Written questions
1,333 written questions tabled, most recent first.
8 Sep 2020 · Women and Equalities
Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities: Costs
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the cost to the public purse was of establishing the Race and Ethnic Disparities Commission.
8 Sep 2020 · Women and Equalities
Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities: Recruitment
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department took to ensure that recruitment of the (a) Commissioners and (b) staff of the Race and Ethnic Disparities Commission was (a) open, (b) fair and (c) transparent.
8 Sep 2020 · Women and Equalities
Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities: Training
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether Race and Ethnic Disparities Commissioners will receive unconscious bias training in connection with their role.
8 Sep 2020 · Women and Equalities
Administration of Justice: Equality
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what plans the Race and Ethnic Disparities Commission has to investigate inequalities of (a) outcome from the judicial system and (b) composition of (i) Supreme Court judges, (ii) Court of Appeal judges (iii)
8 Sep 2020 · Women and Equalities
Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities: Standards
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what estimate she has made of the average time taken by the Race and Ethnic Disparities Commission to respond to queries from members of the public.
8 Sep 2020 · Department for Transport
Low Traffic Neighbourhoods
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding has been received by each local authority in (a) London and (b) England for the purposes of creating low traffic neighbourhoods.
8 Sep 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government: Sanctions
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Supreme Court ruling of 29 April in R (on the application of Palestine Solidarity Campaign Ltd and another) (Appellants) v Secretary of State for Communitie
28 Aug 2020 · Treasury
Eat Out to Help Out Scheme
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he plans to extend the eat out to help out scheme beyond the end of August 2020.
28 Aug 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to support people suffering long-term effects from covid-19.
28 Aug 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to raise public awareness of the potential long-term effects of covid-19 on people who may have only had mild symptoms of the disease to date.
28 Aug 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the Covid-19 Symptom Study data that one in 10 people experience covid-19 symptoms for longer than th
28 Aug 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Palestinians: Recognition of States
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has held with his counterparts in other European states on reaching a co-ordinated recognition of the State of Palestine after the end of the transition p
28 Aug 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Qatar: Saudi Arabia
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when his Department last participated in multi-national discussions on the diplomatic relationship between Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
28 Aug 2020 · Department for Education
Students: Disadvantaged
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to help the most disadvantaged students catch up on learning missed during the covid-19 lockdown to prevent the attainment gap from widening.
28 Aug 2020 · Department for Transport
Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern Rail Franchise
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to split up the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern rail franchise.
28 Aug 2020 · Department for Transport
Bus Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing demand responsive bus services to reduce the level of private car dependency for travel.
28 Aug 2020 · Department for Transport
Rolling Stock
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department has provided to train operating companies on the ratio of first class seating to standard class seating on passenger trains.
28 Aug 2020 · Department for Transport
Railways: Fares
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to make rail travel in the UK more affordable to passengers.
28 Aug 2020 · Department for Education
Secondary Education: Curriculum
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of adding critical thinking to the secondary school curriculum.
21 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dementia: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to draft explicit guidance for carers of people with dementia to ensure that dementia patients are able to receive the physical and mental support needed from family and fri
16 Jul 2020 · Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Remote Working
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of home working throughout HMRC offices; and if he will make a statement.
16 Jul 2020 · Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Ealing
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department asked HMRC to make an assessment of the socio-economic effect of the closure of the HMRC office at International House, Ealing, as a result of the economic effect of the covid-19 outbreak on that l
16 Jul 2020 · Treasury
Revenue and Customs: Ealing
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an equality impact assessment of the proposed closure of the HMRC office at International House, Ealing.
14 Jul 2020 · Treasury
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Government has made of the number of people with (a) blood cancer and (b) other long-term illnesses who are (i) shielding during the covid-19 outbreak and cannot work from home and (ii) have been a
13 Jul 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Animal Welfare: Inspections
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which local authorities have access to a fully trained Animal Welfare Inspector to undertake the enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act 2006; and what additional funding his Department
10 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2020 to Question 54982 on Social Security Benefits: Medical Assessments, what her timetable is for that consultation and evaluation process.
9 Jun 2020 · Department for Education
History: Curriculum
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to include in the school curriculum mandatory lessons on (a) black history and (b) UK colonial history.
4 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's Press release of 16 March 2020, Face-to-face health assessments for benefits suspended amid coronavirus outbreak, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of
3 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Rented Housing: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received from landlords and tenants organisations on a potential extension to the protection given to renters during the covid-19 outbreak.
20 May 2020 · Treasury
Self-employment Income Support Scheme: Greater London
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to change the earnings threshold for businesses based in London to enable more self-employed people to access the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.
Source: official written-questions record.