Written questions

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

5,143 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 May 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Photographs: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 pandemic on the travel photography industry.

13 May 2021 · Treasury

Photographs: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what financial support is available to people working in the travel photography industry who have been affected by the covid-19 restrictions.

13 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Travel: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that people arriving in the UK for the purpose of seeing a relative before they pass away are not prevented from doing so as a result of response times within his

13 May 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Hate Crime: Asians

To ask the Secretary of State for Ministry, Housing and Local Government, what steps he is taking to tackle the level of focussed hate crime targeted at Asian people.

13 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, on what date the Government was first informed by the US Administration that it was planning to withdraw all US armed forces personnel from Afghanistan.

13 May 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of introducing infrastructure changes to ensure all train journeys in the UK were fully accessible.

13 May 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 20 April 2021 to Questions 181389, 181390 and 181391 on Railways: Disability, what steps he is taking to increase public awareness of the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower lanyard an

13 May 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: England and Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 19 April 2021 to Questions 178622, 178623 and 178626, how many of the 1,110 miles of track were the (a) Government and (b) devolved Administrations responsible for.

13 May 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Benefits: Lone Parents

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of lone parent families claiming housing benefit are women.

13 May 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has she made as to the number of people at risk of domestic violence and subject to the Benefit Cap.

13 May 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Slough

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Slough are subject to the benefit cap.

13 May 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether plans to increase the benefit cap.

13 May 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the joint briefing from Shelter and Women’s Aid on the benefit cap and domestic abuse published in May 2021.

13 May 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of financial support provided to people who have moved from (a) severe disability premium and (b) other legacy benefits to universal credit.

13 May 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Re-employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ban fire and rehire practices.

13 May 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Space Weather

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to better understand the changing risks from the expansion of small satellite constellations that use cheaper commercial components and the inc

12 May 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Refuges

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the level of demand is for refuge spaces in England; and how many refuge spaces there are.

12 May 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a National Flood Resilience Centre.

11 May 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Space Weather

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government plans to conduct a cross-government exercise to respond to a simulated severe space weather event.

11 May 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Space Weather

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, on which date the Government last undertook a cross-departmental exercise on responding to a simulated severe space weather event; and what lessons were learnt from that exercise.

11 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Contact Tracing: Software

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to ensure that incorrect covid-19 alerts are not sent out from the NHS Test and Trace app.

23 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Disability: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report by the Disabled Children's Partnership, entitled The loneliest lockdown, published in March 2021, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of th

23 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Disability: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to support disabled children and their parents in (a) Slough and (b) the South East who have felt socially isolated as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.