Written questions

1,169 written questions tabled, most recent first.

1 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Podiatry: Community Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to help expand community podiatry services to tackle levels of diabetic foot ulceration and amputation as a result of the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement.

1 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will provide further guidance to schools on using their usual school meal providers when schools reopen during the covid-19 outbreak.

1 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to encourage schools to use their school meal providers to provide school meals when schools reopen on 1 June 2020 during the covid-19 outbreak.

1 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether schools should be serving their pupils with meals provided by their usual suppliers when schools reopen for (a) some year groups on 1 June 2020 and (b) all year groups when lockdown restrictions are eas

1 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: Voucher Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is the Government's policy that the school meal voucher scheme provided by Edenred and other providers is a temporary measure during the covid-19 outbreak.

20 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the recruitment of (a) podiatrists and (b) other allied health professionals; and if he will make a statement.

20 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Vaccination: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure children receive all due vaccinations during the covid-19 outbreak.

20 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Vaccination: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the delivery of child vaccination programmes.

20 May 2020 · Home Office

Asylum: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the asylum support rate of £37.75 per week during the covid-19 outbreak.

18 May 2020 · Home Office

Human Trafficking: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of referrals to the National Referral Mechanism were made by telephone in (a) 2018 and (b) 2019.

12 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Chronic Illnesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the health of chronically ill patients who are unable to safely attend hospital for care.

12 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Nutrition

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to provide intravenous nutrition to patients who cannot safely be admitted to hospital during the covid-19 outbreak.

11 May 2020 · Home Office

Slavery: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether victims receiving outreach support through the Modern Slavery Victim Care contract will continue to be supported for the next two months during the covid-19 outbreak at the same level as victi

11 May 2020 · Home Office

Human Trafficking: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) subsistence rates are payable to all victims of trafficking in the national referral mechanism and (b) those subsistence rates are means tested.

11 May 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Beer: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether brewery businesses with fewer than 50 employees will be eligible for payments from the Discretionary Fund for local authorities announced on 2 May 2020.

6 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timetable is for the clinically-led review of NHS Access Standards.

6 May 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Public Houses: Small Business Grants Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether pub businesses with fewer than 50 employees are eligible for payments from the discretionary fund for local authorities announced on 2 May 2020.

6 May 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Small Business Grants Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits on an application to the European Commission for a derogation of State Aid rules in relation to local authority business supp

6 May 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Small Business Grants Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the level of additional business support grants required by businesses in sectors that will remain closed for an extended period after t

6 May 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Public Houses: Small Business Grants Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of British Beer and Pub Association statement that at the end of April 2020 only 40 per cent of pubs had received local authority busin

6 May 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Public Houses: Small Business Grants Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an exemption for pubs with a rateable value of £51,000 or above to enable them to be eligible for local author

5 May 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dogs: Animal Breeding

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 May 2020 to Question 40742, on Dogs: Animal Breeding, whether a puppy bred by a person that is licensed to sell a puppy in England can be sold in the UK if

4 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Epilepsy: Influenza

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will accept the recommendation of the Epilepsy Society to include epilepsy in the list of conditions eligible for a free flu vaccine.

4 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the range of urgent dental treatments available through NHS England.

4 May 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Small Business Grants Fund: Coronavirus

Whether the Government has made an estimate of the number of businesses that do not qualify for the Government’s covid-19 grant schemes.

1 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients are waiting for dental treatment that is not available through NHS England’s urgent dental treatment during the covid-19 outbreak.

1 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to provide dental treatment to people suffering from dental conditions for which treatment is not available during the covid-19 outbreak.

1 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the range of urgent dental treatments available through the NHS during the covid-19 outbreak.

28 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing NHS oncology treatment in patients' homes during the covid-19 outbreak.

28 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Hospitals

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of patients attending cancer-related hospital appointments during the covid-19 outbreak.

Source: official written-questions record.