Written questions

1,438 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 Dec 2021 · Department for Education

Schools: Inspections

To the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has a timetable for the re-inspection by Ofsted of schools that were previously rated outstanding.

16 Dec 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Sick Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the proportion of workers who are not eligible for statutory sick pay.

16 Dec 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Coronavirus: Quarantine

To the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential effect of increasing statutory sick pay on compliance with self-isolation measures.

16 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that all workers can afford to self-isolate in the event that they are required to do as a result of the transmission of the Omicron covid-19 variant.

16 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether additional support is available for people in receipt of statutory sick pay who cannot afford to self-isolate.

16 Dec 2021 · Home Office

Anti-social Behaviour

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will take steps to encourage and support police and crime commissioners to introduce dedicated anti-social behaviour taskforces.

15 Dec 2021 · Home Office

Anti-social Behaviour

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to work with (a) police and crime commissioners, (b) local authorities and (c) agencies to (i) understand and (ii) tackle local challenges relating to anti-social b

15 Dec 2021 · Home Office

Anti-social Behaviour

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to improve local data on anti-social behaviour for the purposes of providing clarity on the severity of the situation at a more local level than the Police Force Ar

15 Dec 2021 · Home Office

Anti-social Behaviour

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that (a) the Community Trigger and (b) other tools designed to tackle anti-social behaviour are being used properly and effectively to stop people wh

15 Dec 2021 · Home Office

Anti-social Behaviour

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of community triggers on reducing levels of anti-social behaviour.

15 Dec 2021 · Home Office

Anti-social Behaviour

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help PCCs, local authorities and other partners work together to tackle anti-social behaviour.

14 Dec 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mineworkers' Pension Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many miners were recipients of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme in (a) May 2020, (b) November 2020 and (c) May 2021.

14 Dec 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mineworkers' Pension Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many miners were recipients of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme in November 2021.

14 Dec 2021 · Department for Education

Remote Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure online home-learning options remain available for children who are unable to attend school for health reasons post the covid-19 outbreak.

14 Dec 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Gas Cookers: Carbon Monoxide

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to gather evidence on the prevalence of incidents of carbon monoxide poisoning caused by gas cookers.

14 Dec 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Carbon Monoxide and Smoke Alarms: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, for what reason his Department has excluded gas cookers from the extended regulations on domestic smoke and carbon monoxide alarms announced in November 2021.

13 Dec 2021 · Cabinet Office

Veterans: Suicide

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent progress his Department has made on developing new ways to measure loss of veteran lives through suicide.

13 Dec 2021 · Cabinet Office

Veterans: Suicide

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent progress his Department has made on its review of veteran deaths through suicide in the last ten years.

13 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the average amount of time it takes between an individual making initial contact with Op Courage to that individual attending an assessment appointment.

13 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many veterans received support from Op Courage between (a) April-July and (b) August-November 2021.

13 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many veterans were (a) referred to or (b) contacted Op Courage for support in (ii) April-July and (ii) August-November 2021.

10 Dec 2021 · Cabinet Office

Civil Service: Veterans

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many veterans were employed by the Civil Service in (a) February 2020 and (ii) November 2021.

10 Dec 2021 · Cabinet Office

Civil Service: Veterans

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the announcement entitled Detail of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative published in October 2020, how many and what proportion of civil ser

10 Dec 2021 · Cabinet Office

Veterans: Recruitment

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of veterans who have received (a) an interview and (b) a job through the Great Place to Work scheme.

2 Dec 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Diversity and Inclusion Directorate: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many calls to the Diversity and Inclusion Directorate’s Bullying, Harassment and Discrimination helpline have been received since it was established.

2 Dec 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Diversity and Inclusion Directorate: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many complaints of (a) bullying, (b) sexism, (c) sexual assault, (d) physical abuse and (e) emotional abuse has the Diversity and Inclusion Directorate received since April 2021; and how many complaints have

16 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that GP surgeries can meet the demand for their services during the covid-19 outbreak.

16 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of GP surgeries requiring patients to phone up to book a GP appointment on waiting times for all GP appointments.

16 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure in-person appointments are available in all GP surgeries.

16 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Primary Care: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment he has made of the number of patients seeking private primary care as a result of NHS GP and referral waiting times in the periods (a) following the lifting of covid-19

Source: official written-questions record.