Written questions
1,169 written questions tabled, most recent first.
24 Mar 2020 · Department for International Development
Palestinians: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the capacity of the Palestinian health sector to respond to the covid-19 pandemic.
24 Mar 2020 · Treasury
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether employers will incur any (a) costs or (b) conditions as a result of accessing the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.
24 Mar 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Dogs: Animal Breeding
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the proposed ban on third party sales of puppies will prohibit breeders that breed dogs outside England from selling those dogs in England.
23 Mar 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
FareShare: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has has to support the expansion of the FareShare network during the covid-19 outbreak.
18 Mar 2020 · Home Office
Places of Worship Security Funding Scheme: Nottinghamshire
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received from Nottinghamshire Police on the administration of the Places of Worship Protective Security Funding Scheme; and if she will make a statement.
18 Mar 2020 · Home Office
Places of Worship Security Funding Scheme: Nottinghamshire
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications from Nottinghamshire the Places of Worship Protective Security Funding Scheme (a) received, (b) shortlisted and (c) allocated funding to in the latest period for which figures ar
17 Mar 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Winter Fuel Payment: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of an additional fuel payment to pensioners following Government advice for them to stay at home.
11 Mar 2020 · Home Office
Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the budget of the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority commensurate with the expansion of the Seasonal Workers Pilot scheme.
11 Mar 2020 · Home Office
Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential effect of officials of UK Visas and Immigration attending Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority inspections of farms under the Seasonal Worker
11 Mar 2020 · Home Office
Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons officials of UK Visas and Immigration attend Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority inspections of farms under the Seasonal Workers Pilot scheme.
11 Mar 2020 · Home Office
Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on organising meetings for people seeking asylum in the UK with Government officials of their home countries.
3 Mar 2020 · Department for Education
Primary Education: Curriculum
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department takes account of attainment outcomes at (a) secondary and (b) further education level the development of the curriculum for key stages 1 and 2.
3 Mar 2020 · Department for Education
Schools: Discipline
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen the powers of teachers to deal with unruly pupils.
3 Mar 2020 · Department for Education
Education: Boys
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of a change from a competence-based curriculum to a knowledge-rich curriculum on the education attainment of white working class boys.
3 Mar 2020 · Department for Education
Literacy: Boys
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on the educational attainment of white working class boys of encouraging those boys to develop their (a) reading skills and (b) vocabulary at an e
2 Mar 2020 · Department for Education
Education: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of teaching synthetic phonics on the attainment gap between (a) advantaged and disadvantaged students and (b) boys and girls.
2 Mar 2020 · Department for Education
Children: Literacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of synthetic phonics lessons on children's reading outcomes since the introduction of the Phonics Partnership Grant programme in 2015.
2 Mar 2020 · Department for Education
Culture: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to help schools improve the cultural literacy of pupils aged four and five.
26 Feb 2020 · Women and Equalities
Employment: Menopause
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government has taken to encourage employers to support women in the workplace that are experiencing menopause by (a) training staff to provide support, (b) raising awareness and (c) providing tr
25 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hormone Replacement Therapy: Shortages
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment the Government has made of the effect of HRT shortages on (a) work attendance and (b) productivity.
25 Feb 2020 · Women and Equalities
Employment: Menopause
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what plans the Government has to improve workplace support for women experiencing the menopause.
25 Feb 2020 · Women and Equalities
Employment: Menopause
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to improve workplace support for women going through the menopause.
21 Feb 2020 · Home Office
Slavery and Trafficking Reparation Orders
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Slavery and Trafficking Reparation Orders under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 have been made in each year since the passing of that Act; how many victims of those offences have received compens
12 Feb 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Greece: Refugees
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees on the (a) overcrowding of the Moria refugee camp on the island of Lesbos and (b) resettlement and repatriation o
10 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Home Care Services: Storms
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of Storm Ciara on the provision of home care in (a) Nottingham North constituency and (b) England.
10 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Sleeping Rough: Storms
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of Storm Ciara on rough sleepers in (a) Nottingham and (b) the UK.
10 Feb 2020 · Department for Transport
Public Transport: Storms
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of Storm Ciara on public transport in (a) Nottingham and (b) the UK.
6 Feb 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment, whether her Department plans to make exempt people with long-term health problems from assessments to include people assessed before 2017.
6 Feb 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to improve the benefits claim process by (a) sharing assessment data between benefits and (b) making the criteria for claiming different benefits consistent.
6 Feb 2020 · Home Office
Offences against Children: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the prevalence of online live-streaming of the sexual exploitation of children that originates from (a) the UK and (b) other countries.
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