Written questions

1,355 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Newspaper Press: Social Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with newspaper proprietors, editors, or staff on the moderation of recognised news publisher websites.

14 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Newspaper Press: Social Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what data his Department holds on the volume of harmful comments appearing in comments sections of recognised news publisher websites.

14 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Newspaper Press: Social Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of moderator systems of comments sections on recognised news publisher websites.

14 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Newspaper Press: Social Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the prevalence of online harms occurring in the comments sections of recognised news publisher websites.

14 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of legal protection for patients who have suffered from complications after receiving a covid-19 vaccination.

14 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to improve waiting times for patients seeking consultation with their GP.

13 May 2021 · Treasury

Financial Conduct Authority: Reviews

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to support calls for an independent review of the Financial Conduct Authority.

13 May 2021 · Department for Education

Primary Schools: Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to reform the statutory assessment system in primary schools.

13 May 2021 · Department for Education

National Curriculum Tests: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of postponing SATs assessments for the academic year 2021-22 in the context of the disruption to learning caused by the covid-19 outbreak.

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

Floods: Home Insurance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to publish its response to the Public Accounts Committee Forty-Fifth Report, Managing flood risk, including that Committee's request for a reply by April 2021

11 May 2021 · Department for Education

Curriculum: Litter

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to introduce information on the effects of littering into the curriculum.

11 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Music: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of when it will be safe for community music rehearsals to resume as covid-19 restrictions are eased.

29 Apr 2021 · Department for Transport

Buses

What steps the Government is taking to ensure the long-term security of the coach sector.

27 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Autism: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of increasing funding for autism research.

27 Apr 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Events Industry: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if his Department will make an assessment of the (a) implications for his policies of the findings of the recent survey by #WeMakeEvents of businesses and individuals in the live event s

22 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to launch an inquiry into covid-19 related deaths in care homes.

22 Apr 2021 · Department for Education

Food: Further Education and Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to issue guidance to schools and colleges on offering plant-based food and drink options to pupils.

21 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Overseas Students: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he made of the potential merits of allowing incoming international students from red list countries to undertake their mandatory period of quarantine in university accommodation.

21 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Travel: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has been made of the capacity of the mandatory hotel quarantine system to accommodate incoming international students ahead of the 2021-22 academic year.

15 Apr 2021 · Home Office

Fraud: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce scam phone calls.

15 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Spain: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to identify (a) the needs of UK nationals residing in Spain and (b) how those needs may have changed since the UK left the EU.

15 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the cost of PCR tests kits are affordable for people on low incomes not currently claiming benefits.

15 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support people who are under the age of 18 and experiencing symptoms of long-covid.

14 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to investigate the reports of delayed PCR covid-19 tests from Latus Health; and if he will make a statement.

13 Apr 2021 · Home Office

Frontier Workers: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of exempting frontier workers from the ten day quarantine covid-19 rule when travelling to and from a country at least once every two we

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and which local areas have been required to produce a written statement of action after a local area SEND inspection in each year since 2016; which of those areas have been re-visited by (a) Ofsted and

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Education

Home Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children are known to be home educated in each of the last five years; and how many of those children had special educational needs.

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Education

Schools: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have been removed from school rolls and not moved to another school in each of the last five years.

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

Fisheries and Minerals: Norway

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Norwegian counterpart on fishing quotas in the Svalbard Special Protection Zone; and what steps the Government is taking as a signatory to t

12 Apr 2021 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: Western Europe

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what measures are under consideration to ensure that trade deals with (a) Norway, (b) Iceland and (c) Greenland remain fair and balanced in the event that the UK loses access to fishing opportunities

Source: official written-questions record.