Written questions
5,143 written questions tabled, most recent first.
19 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to provide a substantive Answer to Question 109579, on Coronavirus: Screening, tabled on 28 October 2020 by the hon. Member for Slough.
11 Feb 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Local Press: Slough
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on news outlets in Slough.
9 Feb 2021 · Home Office
Asylum: Homelessness
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support (a) homeless and (b) other asylum-seeking and refugee women during the covid-19 pandemic.
9 Feb 2021 · Home Office
Asylum: Homelessness
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she taking to prevent homelessness among asylum-seeking and refugee women during the covid-19 pandemic.
9 Feb 2021 · Treasury
Child Benefit: Coronavirus
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on increasing child benefit by £10 a week to ensure that families have enough money to meet the additional financial pressures of children and young people havi
9 Feb 2021 · Department for Education
Remote Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that all children in (a) Slough and (b) England have access to (i) a device, (ii) broadband and WiFi, (iii) stationery and (iv) space for home schooling.
9 Feb 2021 · Department for Education
Remote Education: ICT
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the press release published by his Department on 20 December 2020 entitled One million laptops and tablets for disadvantaged children and young people, what progress has been made on distribut
9 Feb 2021 · Department for Education
Remote Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what financial support is available for families on low incomes in (a) Slough and (b) England that are required to purchase educational resources as a result of school closures during the covid-19 outbreak.
9 Feb 2021 · Department for Education
Remote Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to ensure that school pupils and their families have access to the educational resources they need to support learning at home in (a) Slough, (b) the South East and (c) England during th
9 Feb 2021 · Department for Education
Remote Education: ICT
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to support school pupils and families with access to (a) technology and (b) broadband and WiFi in (i) Slough and (ii) England (A) during the covid-19 outbreak and (B) in the long term.
9 Feb 2021 · Home Office
Housing: Insulation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to support people with (a) visible and (b) hidden disabilities to obtain a Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan, particularly in buildings with fire safety problems.
9 Feb 2021 · Home Office
Housing: Insulation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to ensure that residents with accessibility needs and disabilities living in properties with dangerous cladding have a Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan.
9 Feb 2021 · Home Office
Housing: Insulation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate the Government has made of the number of people with disabilities living in buildings with ACM cladding without a Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan.
9 Feb 2021 · Home Office
Housing: Insulation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure that disabled people living in buildings with dangerous cladding have a Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan.
9 Feb 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Local Press: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment has he made of the effect of (a) suspension and (b) permanent closure of local newspapers during the covid-19 outbreak on local democracy.
9 Feb 2021 · Treasury
Local Press: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to extend Business Rates Relief to local news publishers.
9 Feb 2021 · Treasury
Advertising: Tax Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing tax credits to encourage advertisers to use UK media.
9 Feb 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Press: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to introduce sector-specific financial support for (a) public interest journalism and (b) local newspapers affected by the covid-19 outbreak.
9 Feb 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Local Press: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on the effect of reduced advertising revenues during the covid-19 outbreak on local newspapers.
9 Feb 2021 · Department for Transport
Taxis: Slough
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial support the Government is providing for the taxi and private hire sector in Slough during the covid-19 outbreak.
9 Feb 2021 · Department for Transport
Taxis: Slough
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made on the effect of the covid-19 lockdown announced in January 2021 on the private hire taxi sector in Slough.
9 Feb 2021 · Department for Transport
Taxis: Slough
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps has he taken to support taxi drivers in Slough affected by the covid-19 outbreak.
8 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Coal: Cumbria
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the proportion of coal from the proposed coal mine in Cumbria which will be (a) burned for energy, (b) exported, and (c) used in domestic steel prod
4 Feb 2021 · Department for Education
Remote Education: ICT
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to implement the recommendations from the January 2021 briefing by the Child Poverty Action Group on Digital exclusion during the covid-19 pandemic.
4 Feb 2021 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that early years providers are covid-19 secure.
3 Feb 2021 · Department for International Trade
Arms Trade: India
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the Government is taking steps to ensure that no UK made weapons or arms are exported to India where such weapons may be used in repressing the ongoing farmers protests in that country.
3 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
China: Uyghurs
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking steps to verify reports that Uighur camp detainees in China have been systematically raped, sexually abused and tortured; and if he will make a statement
3 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what professions within the cancer workforce have been prioritised for redeployment to work on the NHS response to the covid-19 outbreak.
3 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the cancer workforce has been redeployed to work on the response to the covid-19 outbreak.
3 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Breast Cancer: Surgery
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) priority 1 and (b) priority 2 breast cancer surgeries have been cancelled in (a) London, (b) Slough and (c) England since December 2020.
Source: official written-questions record.