Written questions

821 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Contact Tracing: Software

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made on whether data collected using the NHS covid-19 contact tracing app can be categorised as anonymous under UK law.

5 May 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Yemen: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 pandemic on the humanitarian situation in Yemen.

23 Mar 2020 · Treasury

Beer: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will cancel beer duty payments due by direct debit on 25 March 2020 for small independent breweries.

20 Mar 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Food Banks: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will produce a national strategy to ensure that existing and new users of foodbanks will be fed by the food bank networks during the covid-19 pandemic.

20 Mar 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Food Banks: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has plans to allocate emergency funding to food banks to provide support for claimants of social security benefits that need additional support.

20 Mar 2020 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has plans to provide additional funding to local authorities to support people at increased risk of becoming victims of domestic violence as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.

20 Mar 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Supermarkets: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect of (a) stockpiling and (b) purchase limits being placed on products by supermarkets on the quantity of food donations to food

17 Mar 2020 · Cabinet Office

Paula Vennells

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date Paula Vennells CBE ceased to be a Non-Executive Board Member in the Cabinet Office; and what the circumstances were surrounding her departure from Government.

17 Mar 2020 · Treasury

Licensed Premises: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to provide financial relief for pubs that are required to close as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.

17 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the World Health Organisation recommendation of increased testing for covid-19.

17 Mar 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Fraud: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to prevent elderly and vulnerable people being targeted with scams related to the covid-19 outbreak.

16 Mar 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Post Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the oral contribution the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on 10 March 2020, Official Report, column 43WH, what step

9 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Horizon IT System: Convictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure the Criminal Case Review Commission is adequately resourced to process quickly the cases of former subpostmasters convicted due to errors in the Horizon IT system.

9 Mar 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Post Office: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether (a) the most recent Network Subsidy Payment or (b) any other funding from the public purse to the Post Office (i) was and (ii) will be used to fund any settlement or litig

5 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Addictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the adequacy of funding for support services for friends and family members of people with addictions.

21 Feb 2020 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line: Iron and Steel

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has established a minimum percentage of British-made steel to be used in the HS2 project.

23 Jan 2020 · Department for Transport

Thomas Cook: Insolvency

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure the prompt completion of outstanding customer claims for compensation as a result of the collapse of Thomas Cook.

23 Jan 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Thomas Cook: Insolvency

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to support customers of Thomas Cook that have outstanding personal injury claims against that company.

2 Oct 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Kashmir: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 October 2019 to Question 291427 on Kashmir: Armed Conflict, whether actions to de-escalate the tensions were agreed in those discussions.

1 Oct 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Post Office: Annual Reports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the Post Office annual report 2018-19 will be published.

26 Sep 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Yemen: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he had with his international counterparts on the situation in Yemen at the UN General Assembly.

26 Sep 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Kashmir: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken to work towards the de-escalation of tensions over the situation in Kashmir; and if he will make a statement.

26 Sep 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Kashmir: Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to his Indian counterpart on reports that 13,000 boys have been detained in Kashmir since its autonomous status was revoked on 5 August 2019; and if he

2 Sep 2019 · Department for Transport

Hope Valley Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on the capacity improvement scheme planned for the Hope Valley line.

2 Sep 2019 · Department for Education

Children: Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the recommendations made by Missing Families in its report entitled All of us were broken, published 29 July 2019; and what steps he is taking

16 Jul 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Consumer Goods: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that recalled products are not subsequently available to purchase online.

16 Jul 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Consumer Goods: Electrical Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will ask the Office for Product Safety and Standards to (a) undertake an urgent review of and (b) support Electrical Safety First campaign to improve the regulation of elect

16 Jul 2019 · Treasury

Bank Services: Payments

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect on (a) consumers and (b) businesses of the September 2019 deadline for the introduction of multi-factor authentication on electronic payments.

12 Jul 2019 · Home Office

UK Visas and Immigration: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff are employed in the processing asylum applications in the UK Visa and Immigration team.

11 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diets: Girls

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the availability of diet apps on the mental health of school-aged girls; and if he will make a statement.

Source: official written-questions record.