Written questions

519 written questions tabled, most recent first.

8 Jul 2020 · Home Office

Police: Forensic Capability Network

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how may police forces have voluntarily participated in the Forensic Capability Network.

7 Jul 2020 · Home Office

Forensic Science

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 5 of the 2019 Implementation plan for the joint review of forensics provision, whether the education programme for the wider CJS stakeholders as defined with the forensic scienc

7 Jul 2020 · Home Office

Forensic Capability Network

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress the Forensic Capability Network has made in developing a workforce strategy to preserve and develop skills across policing and the private sector.

7 Jul 2020 · Home Office

Forensic Capability Network

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress the Forensic Capability Network has made in developing a long-term commercial strategy so that all digital forensic services can be provided by accredited sources.

7 Jul 2020 · Home Office

Forensic Capability Network

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the Forensic Capability Network has supported accelerated compliance with accreditation requirements for (a) digital forensics and (b) crime scene investigation activities.

7 Jul 2020 · Home Office

Forensic Science Regulator

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government has taken to support the Forensic Science Regulator’s accreditation timetable.

6 Jul 2020 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proposals he has made to TfL on fares for under 18s to travel in London.

6 Jul 2020 · Department for Transport

Transport: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the criteria is for eligibility for free school travel for children in London.

6 Jul 2020 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential reduction in demand on London buses that may result from removing free travel from under 18s in London.

6 Jul 2020 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Concessions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his oral contribution of 2 July 2020, Official Report, column 513, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of a public consultation on proposed changes to free travel to educ

6 Jul 2020 · Department for Transport

Pedestrians: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what process his Department uses to monitor the effect of changes to streets to support social distancing on disabled pedestrians who are dependent on (a) tactile paving, (b) controlled crossings and (c) detect

6 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Pedestrian Areas: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that changes proposed in the Business and Planning Bill for more on-street (a) serving and (b) dining do not affect the ability of visually impa

18 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect on people with incurable secondary breast cancer of the changes to cancer treatment during the covid-19 outbreak.

12 Jun 2020 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department has issued to (a) transport operators and (b) agents of transport operators on the legal powers available to them to enforce the mandatory wearing of face coverings on public transp

9 Jun 2020 · Home Office

Crime Prevention: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much and what proportion of the Safer Streets Fund has been awarded, and where has that fund been rolled out.

9 Jun 2020 · Home Office

Crime Prevention: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what bids have been received by her Department for the Safer Street Fund.

9 Jun 2020 · Home Office

Crime Prevention: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which areas in England and Wales are disproportionately affected by acquisitive crimes and are therefore eligible to bid for the Safer Streets Fund.

2 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Treatments and Screening: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government has taken to consider using option-based guarantees to increase the production of (a) diagnostic tests, (b) pharmaceutical treatments and (c) vaccines in response to the c

2 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Internet: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of building an open software platform to match people and organisations most in need of vital medical supplies with those who can pro

2 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government has taken to introduce the sterilisation of respirators with hydrogen peroxide vapour to enable the safe re-use of single-use personal protection equipment.

1 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of Population-wide Testing, contact Tracing and Isolation to bring the covid-19 pandemic under control and safely lift the lockdown.

1 Jun 2020 · Home Office

Hate Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) schools and (b) young people have received Stand Up! workshops since her Department's document titled, Action Against Hate: The UK Government’s plan for tackling hate crime – ‘two years o

1 Jun 2020 · Home Office

Hate Crime: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made on the Online Hate Speech Dashboard created in partnership with the National Police Chief's Council and Cardiff University.

15 May 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Travellers: Hate Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many roundtables have been held with representatives of the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Liaison Group since the publication of her Department's updated Hate crime action plan i

15 May 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Sikhs: Hate Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many roundtables her Department has held with the Sikh community since the Home Office’s Hate Crime Action Plan refresh document was published in 2018.

15 May 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Antisemitism: Hate Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many Ministerial roundtables on antisemitism have been held since the Home Office’s Hate Crime Action Plan refresh document was published in 2018.

15 May 2020 · Home Office

Homophobia: Hate Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Ministerial roundtables on homophobia have been held since the Home Office’s Hate Crime Action Plan refresh document was published in 2018.

13 May 2020 · Home Office

Places of Worship Security Funding Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's News story of 19 March 2019 entitled Places of worship to get security funding boost, how much of her Department's £5 million fund to provide security training for p

13 May 2020 · Home Office

Places of Worship Security Funding Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the £1.5 million to protect vulnerable places of worship through the Places of Worship Protective Security Programme has been distributed to those places of worship.

13 May 2020 · Home Office

Hate Crime: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Government's Hate Crime Action Plan, what data has been collated through her Department's collaboration with Cardiff University and the National Police Chief’s Council on inciden

Source: official written-questions record.