Written questions

3,797 written questions tabled, most recent first.

8 Mar 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Tree Felling: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of trees felled in urban areas where they obstruct building construction and development.

8 Mar 2021 · Department for Education

Educational Visits: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department will publish specific covid-19 guidance on residential school trips.

8 Mar 2021 · Cabinet Office

Veterans: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to support (a) veterans and (b) recently discharged personnel during the covid-19 outbreak.

8 Mar 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the deployment by the Russian Federation of covid-19 vaccines in the occupied areas of Ukraine.

8 Mar 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Georgia: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Georgian counterpart following the recent unrest in that country.

8 Mar 2021 · COP26

UN Climate Conference 2021

To ask the President of COP26, what discussions he has had with the new US Administration as part of preparations for the COP26 summit in Glasgow.

8 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport

Cycling and Walking: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing long-term goals for increasing active travel in urban areas of the UK.

8 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport

Railway Network: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to reduce emissions on the rail network.

8 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to reduce domestic air travel in line with the Government's climate change policies.

8 Mar 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water: Consumption

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to set the personal water consumption target consulted on in 2019.

3 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Haringey

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing funding for health-related capital investment in Haringey.

3 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward proposals for new housing regulations to help decrease carbon emissions from new housing

26 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how the pilot temporary accommodation service for prison leavers will ensure vulnerable female prison leavers with complex needs (a) receive appropriate support from local services and (b) are provided with housi

26 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Prisoners' Release: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken to implement the recommendations of the Safe Homes for Women Leaving Prison initiative’s findings and recommendations report; and if he will m

19 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Belarus: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to his Belarusian Counterpart on the reported raid of the offices and homes of trade union activists and human rights defenders on 16 February

19 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Belarus: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Belarusian counterpart on reports of trade union and human rights abuses by Belarusian authorities.

19 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Belarus: Police Brutality

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to the Government of Belarus on (a) police in that country beating up and arresting workers at their workplaces and (b) other instances of pol

19 Feb 2021 · Home Office

Electric Scooters: Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what enforcement measures her Department is planning to tackle the anti-social use of e-scooters on pavements.

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

Remote Working: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what research his Department has carried out into employer compliance with the work from home requirement during the covid-19 outbreak.

11 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Canada: Foreign Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to strengthen the relationship between the UK and Canada following the end of the transition period.

11 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support his Department is offering Ukraine to (a) help it tackle and (b) facilitate a recovery from the covid-19 pandemic.

11 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gibraltar: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support his Department is providing to the Government in Gibraltar to assist their covid-19 recovery.

9 Feb 2021 · Cabinet Office

Sports: Coronavirus

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the scientific advice for the decision to close outdoor sports facilities during the covid-19 lockdown announced in January 2021 and keep children's playgrounds open.

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

Media: Antisemitism

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking with (a) the press and (b) media industries to tackle discriminatory speech towards the Haredi Jewish Community.

5 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department is considering an extension to planning permissions previously extended in the Planning and Business Act 2020.

4 Feb 2021 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2021 to Question 137261, whether the Government plans to publish further guidance on this matter; and whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential effect o

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

Broadband: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that customers who have been identified as being of vulnerable or priority status under coronavirus guidance, and therefore in need of broadband service

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

Broadband: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how each regulatory mechanism governing consumer-compensation schemes with respect to broadband service providers is monitored to ensure it is (a) accessible to and (b) practically funct

29 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether frontline NHS staff are being routinely provided with high quality FFP3 protective masks.

29 Jan 2021 · Home Office

Children in Care: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that local authorities are supporting eligible children in their care to apply to the EU Settlement scheme.

Source: official written-questions record.