Catherine West

12 Jan 2021 · Home Office

Police: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to protect police officers and police staff from covid-19; and whether they will be prioritised for the covid-19 vaccine.

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

Guide Dogs: Travel

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the rules are on guide dog owners travelling to the (a) EU and (b) Northern Ireland following the end of the transition period.

12 Jan 2021 · Treasury

Self-employment Income Support Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will ensure that the fourth grant of the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme covering February-April 2021 remains at 80 per cent of an individual's average monthly trading profits.

12 Jan 2021 · Treasury

Self-employment Income Support Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to (a) close the gaps in the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme identified by the Institute for Fiscal Studies in the fourth round of the scheme for February-April 2021 and (b) pay arrears in res

11 Jan 2021 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Testing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of further extending the MOT eligibility period in response to the January 2021 covid-19 lockdown.

8 Jan 2021 · Home Office

Windrush Compensation Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many interim or preliminary payments have been made to Windrush Compensation Scheme applicants since changes to the scheme were announced on 14 December 2020.

8 Jan 2021 · Home Office

Police: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many new police officers have been recruited since 2019 by region of deployment.

8 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Iceland: Climate Change and Fisheries

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to strengthen relations with Iceland on (a) sustainable fishing and (b) research and cooperation on climate change.

6 Jan 2021 · Cabinet Office

Coronavirus: Death

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people have died of covid-19 as a proportion of the overall death toll to the start of January 2021 have been people with a known pre-existing condition and woul

6 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has assessed the potential risk of transmission of covid-19 between visually impaired people and their guides

6 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure disabled people can access support services during the covid-19 outbreak without proving their disability.

6 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Epilepsy: Cannabis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what urgent steps he is taking to support families to continue to access Bedrolite oil for the treatment of severe epilepsy following the end of the transition period.

6 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support is being offered to families where one member of the household is shielding and another is an NHS staff member working with covid-19 patients, and where self-isolation isn’t possible w

6 Jan 2021 · Home Office

UK Visa and Citizenship Application Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many appointments UK Visa and Citizenship Application Services are available each week at Core sites which do not require a fee.

6 Jan 2021 · Home Office

UK Visa and Citizenship Application Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to assist people who are unable to attend UKVCAS centre appointments as they are shielding.

6 Jan 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the time required to clear the backlog of Court cases.

6 Jan 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the efficacy of measures introduced during the covid-19 outbreak in supporting Court administration.

6 Jan 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Remote Hearings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has provided support to HM Courts and Tribunals Service to facilitate upgrades to the digital systems of the court network to allow remote hearings.

6 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 assessment he has made of the potential merits aligning the deadlines for all Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery scheme phases with the Voucher Scheme deadline of Mar

6 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

National Skills Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to increase funding in retrofit skills as part of the Government’s National Skills Fund.

6 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Whittington Health NHS Trust: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support is being provided to Whittington Health NHS Trust to support staff and patients during the period of increased covid-19 related admissions.

30 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether UK residents who are in the UK on Tier Visas will be eligible to be vaccinated under the UK covid-19 vaccination programme in line with Government guidelines for priority of vaccination.

30 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that heart failure patients have access to specialist care in the event of future covid-19 outbreaks.

30 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will put in place steps to ensure that everyone (a) with suspected heart failure has access to a BNP or NT-proBNP test within the NHS to support accurate diagnosis and (b) with a

30 Dec 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israfil Erbil

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made representations to his Turkish counterpart on the detention of Israfil Erbil.

30 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure teachers and school staff have access to the covid-19 vaccine; and what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making teachers and school staff a priori

17 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Children and Young People: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the £500 million package to support mental health services in England announced in the Spending Review 2020 will be ring-fenced to fund mental health support services for childre

17 Dec 2020 · Department for Education

Coronavirus Catch-up Premium

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to ensure transparency and accountability in the use that schools make of their allocation of the £650 million catch-up premium.

17 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure a timely and adequate supply of test kits are made available for staff and residents in care homes throughout the UK.

16 Dec 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Nagorno Karabakh: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to support investigations into human rights abuses during the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.