Written questions
2,576 written questions tabled, most recent first.
6 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what systems are in place to ensure that covid-19 test results are (a) concluded and communicated in a timely manner and (b) followed-up by people who do not receive their test result within 48 hou
6 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals: Travel
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that GPs do not charge patients for a letter to prove that they fall into the extremely vulnerable category in order for them to claim a refund under the terms of th
5 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 page 7, subheading 5. Advice for staff, of the Government's guidance published on 2 April 2020 entitled Admission and Care of Residents during COVID-19 Incident in a Care Home, wh
5 May 2020 · Department for International Development
Development Aid: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she plans to place conditions on ODA funding to large pharmaceutical companies that are developing vaccines and medical tools for covid-19.
5 May 2020 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she has made to her counterpart in the US Administration on ensuring equitable access for countries in the Global South to (a) a covid-19 vaccine and (b) medical equipment n
5 May 2020 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government will take to ensure pharamceutical companies in receipt of public funds allow equitable access to covid-19 vaccines and medical tools for people living in the global so
5 May 2020 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will publish her Department's plan to ensure equitable access to vaccines and medical tools for people in the Global South.
5 May 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Small Business Grants Fund: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 4 May 2020 to Question 902140 on Small Business Grants Fund: Coronavirus, what additional support his Department is providing to local authorities to ens
5 May 2020 · Department for International Development
Department for International Development: Ministers' Private Offices
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 4 May 2020 to Question 41134 on Department for International Development: Ministers' Private Offices, which of her Department's Ministers have their private offices in
5 May 2020 · Department for International Development
Development Aid: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 4 May 2020 to Question 40723 on Overseas Aid: Coronavirus, how many FTE staff have been moved to work on (a) her Department's and (b) other Departments' covid-19 respon
5 May 2020 · Department for International Development
Development Aid: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 4 May 2020 to Question 40723 on Overseas Aid: Coronavirus, which of her Department's planned spend and objectives have been deprioritised in order to divert resources t
4 May 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Restaurants: Social Distancing
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the level of adherence to social distancing guidance in takeaway restaurant kitchens.
4 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average time taken is for an applicant to the NHS Bringing back staff campaign to rejoin the workforce.
4 May 2020 · Department for Education
Pupils: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his announcement on 1 May 2020 that schools could reopen on 1 June 2020, what his Department's policy is on pupils who live with people who are vulnerable to covid-19.
4 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of tests for covid-19 have been conducted (a) at home and (b) by a drive-through testing centre in the last seven days.
1 May 2020 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to monitor the equity of social distancing measures implemented in response to the covid-19 pandemic by (a) national governments and (b) security services in the Global
1 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Government's covid-19 testing data for every day of the last three weeks, for what reasons the efficiency of tests, calculated as an average of the number of covid-19 tests co
1 May 2020 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to support communities reduce the level of (a) social tension and (b) in countries in the Global South during the the covid-19 pandemic.
29 Apr 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 announcement by the Government on 28 April 2020 that care home residents will be able to access tests for covid-19, what steps he is taking to provide the care home sector wit
29 Apr 2020 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April 2020 to Question 35017, on Overseas Aid: Developing Countries, what recent assessment she has made of the overall financial health of supply partners; and whic
29 Apr 2020 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April 2020 to Question 35022, on Overseas Aid: Coronavirus, whether she has plans to allocate funding to civil society organisations in countries in the Global Sout
29 Apr 2020 · Home Office
Immigration Removal Centres: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to protect people in immigration removal centres from covid-19 by ensuring access to (a) testing, (b) personal protective equipment and (c) space to self isolate.
29 Apr 2020 · Home Office
Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional support she is allocating to services for survivors of domestic abuse during the covid-19 lockdown.
28 Apr 2020 · Department for International Development
Department for International Development: Ministers' Private Offices
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which of her Ministers' private offices are based in the (a) Foreign Office or (b) Department for international Development.
27 Apr 2020 · Treasury
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the requirement that employers applying for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) make a real time information submission to HMRC notifying payment by 19 March 2020, what assessment the Gover
27 Apr 2020 · Department for International Development
Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to provide additional funding in response to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's estimate of a $2 trillion to $3 trillion financing gap for developi
27 Apr 2020 · Department for International Development
Humanitarian Aid: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on ensuring humanitarian access remains in states which have taken lockdown measures in respo
27 Apr 2020 · Department for International Development
Development Aid: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effect of her Department's work responding to the covid-19 outbreak on her Department's objectives and priorities.
27 Apr 2020 · Department for International Development
CDC: Hospitals
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which private hospitals CDC Group holds investments in; and what steps those private hospitals are taking to tackle to tackle the covid-19 outbreak.
27 Apr 2020 · Department for International Development
Developing Countries: Debts
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of cancelling bilateral and multilateral debt repayments for countries in the global south in tackling the covid-19 pandemic.
Source: official written-questions record.