Written questions

Catherine West

3,797 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 Jun 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Georgia: Foreign Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to increase British-Georgian economic co-operation.

15 Jun 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gyms and Sportsgrounds: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when his Department plans to allow the reopening of outside gyms and sport pitches following their closure in response to the covid-19 outbreak.

15 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the long-term health impacts and support needs of people severely affected by covid-19.

15 Jun 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Charities: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the level of support required by BAME charities working to support people in Hornsey and Wood Green constituency who are being disproportionately affected

15 Jun 2020 · Home Office

Community Development: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that charities working to build community resilience are eligible for funding from the Building a Stronger Britain Together programme.

15 Jun 2020 · Home Office

Internet: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of risk of online harm as more people spend time online during the covid-19 outbreak.

15 Jun 2020 · Home Office

Community Development

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to make funding from the Building a Stronger Britain Together programme available to charities to help support their work in countering extremism and building community resil

15 Jun 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Turkey: Press Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Turkish counterpart on the release of detained journalists in that country.

12 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of making mandatory the use of face coverings in shops in response to the covid-19 outbreak.

12 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Influenza: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has put in place to avoid a flu epidemic at the same time as managing the covid-19 outbreak.

11 Jun 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Litter: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to increase statutory fines for littering.

11 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in prisons and Young Offender Institutions have been (a) released under End of Custody Temporary Release Scheme and (b) granted temporary release under each of the three categories eligible for

11 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons and Young Offender Institutions: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prisoners and (b) prison staff in each of Prisons and Young Offender Institutions have (i) been tested, (ii) tested positive and (iii) died of covid-19.

11 Jun 2020 · Home Office

Police: Horses

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has plans to review the use of police horses during protests and crowd control operations.

10 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Visitors: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to make an assessment of the effect of the redeployment of health visitors on the wellbeing of babies and families during the covid-19 outbreak.

10 Jun 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Ukraine: Peace Negotiations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to (a) facilitate the peace process in Ukraine and (b) support the implementation of reforms in Ukraine in line with the EU-Ukraine Association Agreeme

10 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to increase mental health service provision for 18-25 year olds who have reported mental health issues relating to the lockdown due to the covid-19 outbreak.

9 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Statutory Sick Pay: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Government has made of the potential effect that the level of the rate of statutory sick pay will have on the number of employees who choose to self-isolate during the covid-19 outbr

9 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Statutory Sick Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate the Government has made of the potential cost to the public purse of removing the lower earnings limit for qualification for statutory sick pay.

9 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Statutory Sick Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employees with children earn less than the lower earnings limit for statutory sick pay.

9 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Statutory Sick Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of employees who do not qualify for statutory sick pay as a result of their pay being below the lower earnings limit.

9 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department undertook data protection impact assessments before entering into NHS data-sharing contracts with (a) Faculty, (b) Palantir and (c) other companies.

8 Jun 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Renewable Energy: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of opening up the sale of locally produced renewable electricity.

8 Jun 2020 · Cabinet Office

Coronavirus: Death

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people that died in (a) care homes and (b) the community that had their deaths classified as non-covid-19 related had post-mortems to confirm that classification since the start of the covid-19 outbreak