Written questions
5,143 written questions tabled, most recent first.
10 Sep 2020 · Treasury
Food: Wholesale Trade
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason business rate relief has not been made available to food and wholesale businesses during the covid-19 outbreak.
10 Sep 2020 · Treasury
Food: Wholesale Trade
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the financial effect of the covid-19 outbreak on food and drink wholesalers.
10 Sep 2020 · Treasury
Food: Wholesale Trade
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of financial support available to food and drink wholesalers who have been affected financially by the covid-19 outbreak.
4 Sep 2020 · Department for Transport
Railways: Season Tickets
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions has he had with rail operators on the introduction of flexible season tickets.
4 Sep 2020 · Department for Transport
Level Crossings: Accidents
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps his Department has taken to prevent collisions with motor vehicles on rail crossings.
4 Sep 2020 · Department for Transport
Railways: Coastal Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the use of coastal rail services.
4 Sep 2020 · Department for Transport
Railways: Accidents
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to prevent incidents similar to the Stonehaven derailment.
4 Sep 2020 · Department for Transport
Railways: Landslips
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to help prevent landslips occurring on the UK's railways.
28 Aug 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Pakistan: Religious Freedom
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Pakistani counterpart on taking steps against the alleged discrimination and conversion of Hindu minority community and others
28 Aug 2020 · Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence: Racial Discrimination
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that his Department does not contain institutional racism.
28 Aug 2020 · Department for Transport
Taxis: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the financial support available to taxi drivers who have been affected financially by the covid-19 outbreak.
22 Jul 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
India: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 22 July 2020 to Questions 76100 and 76099, what assessment he has made of the effect on UK residents stranded abroad in Punjab as a result of the covid-19 pande
22 Jul 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
India: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2020 to Question 76100 on India: coronavirus, for what reasons repatriation flights from India did not initially include the Punjab; for what reasons (a)
22 Jul 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
India: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 22 July 2020 to Questions 76098 and 76102 on India: coronavirus, how his Department determined the number of repatriation flights required to retur
22 Jul 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
India: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 22 July 2020 to Questions 76098 and 76102 on India: coronavirus, how many instances there have been of multiple registrations by (a) the same perso
22 Jul 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
India: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 22 July 2020 to Questions 76098 and 76102 on India: Coronavirus, what estimate he has made of the number of UK residents stranded in India as a res
22 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Social Rented Housing: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with local authorities on reducing social housing waiting lists.
17 Jul 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
India: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of UK residents stranded in India as a result of the covid-19 pandemic who registered for charter flights with his Department but remain in India.
17 Jul 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
British Nationals Abroad: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK residents stranded abroad as a result of the covid-19 pandemic who registered for UK Government charter flights returned home by other means.
17 Jul 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
India: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK residents stranded abroad as a result of the covid-19 pandemic who were located in Punjab, India have returned home on UK Government charter flights.
17 Jul 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
India: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April 2020 to Question 38493 on India: Coronavirus, if he will provide an update on the number of UK residents stranded abroad in Punjab, India as a result of
17 Jul 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
India: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK residents stranded abroad in India as a result of the covid-19 pandemic registered with his Department for flights to return to the UK by the deadline of 19 April 2020.
14 Jul 2020 · Department for Transport
Railways: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to monitor the proportion of customers using face masks on trains.
10 Jul 2020 · Department for Transport
Crossrail Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has with Transport for London on the timescale for when Crossrail will be fully operational; and what the status is of that project.
10 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Performing Arts: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what funding his Department has allocated to stand-up comedy performers who have been unable to work as a result of the covid-19 lockdown restrictions.
10 Jul 2020 · Department for Transport
Railways: Job Creation
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussion he had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the role of the rail industry in job creation in advance of the Summer economic update statement.
10 Jul 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the temporary absence period in which benefits can be paid in relation to claimants of (a) universal credit and (b) housing benefit th
10 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Sleeping Rough: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what long-term support he plans to provide to local authorities to house rough sleepers that were assisted during the covid-19 lockdown.
8 Jul 2020 · Department for Transport
Railways: Commuters
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with rail operators on the effect on their services of a potential increase in flexible and part-time commuters.
8 Jul 2020 · Department for Transport
Railways: Commuters
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of changing work patterns on commuter behaviour on the train network.
Source: official written-questions record.