Written questions

2,582 written questions tabled, most recent first.

26 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will set out all circumstances in which early years staff may be furloughed.

26 Jan 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pets: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will assess the merits of making pet theft a specific criminal offence in response to the rising number of instances of that crime during the covid-19 outbreak.

25 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason private, voluntary and independent early years providers are not eligible for the roll-out of covid-19 home testing kits.

25 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason maintained nursery schools are receiving covid-19 home testing kits a week later than primary schools and school-based early years provision.

25 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to increase the funding allocated for free school meals to take account of a rise in registrations in the January 2021 census.

25 Jan 2021 · Attorney General

Taking of Hostages Act 1982: Prosecutions

To ask the Attorney General, on what basis she makes an assessment of the applications for instituting proceedings for an offence under article 2 of the Taking of Hostages Act 1982; and whether her Department has published guidance for preparing such appl

25 Jan 2021 · Attorney General

Taking of Hostages Act 1982: Prosecutions

To ask the Attorney General, how many proceedings for an offence under article 2 of the Taking of Hostages Act (1982) her office has instituted in the last 10 years.

25 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost is of NHS distributed covid-19 home testing kits from dispatch to test result.

22 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to review the decision to change the dosing schedule for the Pfizer/ BioNTech covid-19 vaccine.

22 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Barnardo's: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to extend Government funding for Barnardo’s See, Hear, Respond programme after March 2021.

21 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tigray: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to (a) ensure that all civilians in Tigray have access to humanitarian assistance and (b) help restore peace to the Tigray region.

21 Jan 2021 · Treasury

Stamp Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the stamp duty holiday for people who have requested solicitors to buy or sell a house before the stamp duty holiday deadline.

21 Jan 2021 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) extending the expiry date of DVSA theory test certificates or (b) providing free re-takes for the DVSA theory test for individuals who have been unabl

21 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Asthma: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of placing asthma sufferers who purchase asthma medicine abroad in the same priority group as clinically vulnerable asthma sufferers for the covi

20 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Antenatal Care: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of antenatal care specifically in relation to the event of a miscarriage.

20 Jan 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 of the potential merits of giving frontline NHS staff priority access to the second dose of the covid-19 vaccination.

20 Jan 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 of the potential merits of prioritising (a) workers in homeless services, (b) school and childcare staff and (c) frontline police officers for the covid-19 vaccination.

19 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to ensure that all care home residents receive their first covid-19 vaccination by 24 January 2021.

19 Jan 2021 · Treasury

London Capital & Finance: Insolvency

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to (a) compensate London Capital and Finance bondholders and (b) reform Financial Conduct Authority regulation to prevent future regulatory failure.

14 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Remote Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether children receiving remote learning from their early years provider during the covid-19 lockdown will be counted in the January 2021 census as registered at that provider for the purposes of calculating

14 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Assessments: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that external candidates who have entered into exams for 2020-21 that have been cancelled can receive qualifications.

14 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Nurseries and Primary Education: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the evidential basis was for the decision to provide covid-19 test kits to primary schools and local authority-run nurseries but not to private, voluntary and independent early years providers.

14 Jan 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Green Homes Grant Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to extend the Green Homes Grants: Local Authority Delivery Scheme (LAD) after March 2021.

13 Jan 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Estate Agents: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what scientific evidence his Department is using to guide the decision to allow estate agent offices to remain open to staff during the January 2021 covid-19 lockdown restriction

13 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: Voucher Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding Edenred has received to deliver the national free school meal voucher scheme in 2020.

13 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Students: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to provide financial support to university students who have been unable to return to their student accommodation due to the covid-19 lockdown restrictions implemented on 5 January

13 Jan 2021 · Cabinet Office

Weddings: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what scientific evidence his Department is using to base its decision to restrict marriage ceremonies to only couples with exceptional circumstances under the January 202

13 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department recognises Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe as a hostage of Iran as per the terms of the Taking of Hostages Act 1982.

8 Jan 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Tennis: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the scientific advice for the decision to extend the national restrictions commencing on 5 January 2021 to outdoor tennis facilities.

8 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to publish (a) updated transparency data on looked-after children in independent or semi-independent placements for the year ending 31 March 2020 and (b) a response to the consultation

Source: official written-questions record.