Written questions
2,576 written questions tabled, most recent first.
13 May 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Small Business Grants Fund: Operating Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 11 May 2020 to Question 43723 on Small Business Grants Fund: Coronavirus, what the (a) timeframe and (b) conditions are for the allocation of that additi
13 May 2020 · Home Office
NHS: Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of granting international medical students who have graduated early due to the covid-19 outbreak and are working for the NHS special dispensation t
13 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 May 2020 to Question 43117 on NHS: Recruitment, whether there is a turnaround target time for applicants to the Bringing Back Staff campaign to be deployed.
12 May 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
British Nationals Abroad: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of British nationals stranded in (a) Ghana, (b) India and (c) Jamaica as a result of the covid-19 pandemic.
12 May 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Gambling: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to tackle the increase in gambling on online casino games since the covid-19 lockdown.
12 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 May 2020 to Question 38554 on Care Homes: Coronavirus, what data he holds on the number of patients who have been discharged from hospitals to care homes in (a) Birming
12 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 1 May 2020 to Question 38948 whether it remains Government policy that patients who have tested positive for covid-19 and who have not completed an isolation period
12 May 2020 · Department for Education
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what meetings he held with the National Education Union on the proposals outlined in the Prime Minister's statement of 10 May 2020 prior to that statement being made.
12 May 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Health and Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many spot checks have been conducted by the Health and Safety Executive in each of the last 10 years.
12 May 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
British Nationals Abroad: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost to the public purse has been of the Government's charter flights to repatriate people to the UK during the covid-19 pandemic.
12 May 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Businesses: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Prime Minister's statement of 10 May 2020, what support the Government plans to provide to businesses in the event that measures to ease the covid-19 lockdow
12 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS and Social Services: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) longest and (b) average waiting time has been for covid-19 test results in the (i) NHS and (ii) care sector.
11 May 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Business: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Prime Minister's covid-19 announcement on 10 May 2020 and pursuant to the Answer of 27 April 2020 to Question 35028 on Companies: Coronavirus, whether the gu
11 May 2020 · Department for Education
Children: Day Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Prime Minister's statement of 10 May 2020, what support will be made available to people who have childcare responsibilities who may now be required to go back to work.
11 May 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Business: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Prime Minister's statement of 10 May 2020, if he will (a) list the industries and workplaces that can now reopen and (b) publish guidance for those sectors and wor
11 May 2020 · Department for Education
Teachers: Protective Clothing
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Prime Minister's statement of 10 May 2020, what steps he will take to ensure that teachers returning to work have access to adequate personal protective equipment.
11 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the covid-19 alert system will be communicated to people (a) who are digitally excluded, (b) without TV licences and (c) in areas that are experiencing a localised outbreak.
11 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the (a) Association of Clinical Biochemistry and (b) Institute of Biomedical Science on scaling up testing for covid-19.
11 May 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 potential merits of using routine hospital laboratories to support the processing of covid-19 tests.
11 May 2020 · Department for International Development
Development Aid: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which countries in receipt of Official Development Assistance have yet to reach the peak for covid-19 infections.
11 May 2020 · Department for International Development
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to support countries that have not reached the peak of the covid-19 outbreak to lower those peaks with prevention projects and programmes.
11 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Assessments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to hold discussions with representatives of the Royal College of General Practitioners in respect of the cancellation of the (a) applied knowledge test and (b) clinical skills asse
11 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Professions: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his Department's policies of the Medscape data on the ranking of health worker deaths in countries in Europe; and if he will make a statement.
11 May 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
British Nationals Abroad: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much money from the public purse has been paid out in emergency repatriation loans; and what the average size of loans granted has been.
11 May 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
British Nationals Abroad: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK citizens stranded abroad have (a) made enquiries, (b) applied for and (c) been granted an emergency repatriation loan as at 7 May 2020.
11 May 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
British Nationals Abroad: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK citizens stranded abroad have been unable to afford flights back to the UK.
11 May 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
British Nationals Abroad: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people have (a) registered for and (b) been allocated seats on repatriation flights as at 7 May 2020.
11 May 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
India: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people have (a) registered for and (b) been allocated seats on repatriation flights from India as at 7 May 2020.
9 May 2020 · Treasury
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to companies in administration that may wish to apply for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, what criteria need to be met for those companies to have a reasonable likelihood of being able to re-hir
6 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of covid-19 test results have been concluded and communicated to the person concerned within the target of 48 hours.
Source: official written-questions record.