Written questions

2,786 written questions tabled, most recent first.

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

Choirs: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the clinical evidence is for the decision to not to allow amateur choral singing groups of more than six people to meet.

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

Choirs: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the clinical evidence was for the decision to lift the covid-19 social distancing restrictions on choral singing groups from 17 May 2021.

20 May 2021 · Department for Transport

Travel: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of people returning to the UK from red list countries via Turkey to avoid covid-19 hotel quarantine; and what steps his Department is taking in response to that activity.

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

Music: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the provisions in the EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement on tariff-free movement of equipment for TV and film production, what plans he has to facilitate the moveme

18 May 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Electricity Interconnectors: Portsmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish his decision on the Aquind Interconnector project.

18 May 2021 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of the Resource Account and Budgeting charge his Department estimates to be made up of maintenance loans that are not expected to be repaid.

18 May 2021 · Department for Education

Students: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of the Resource Account and Budgeting charge his Department estimates to be made up of tuition fees that are not expected to be repaid.

17 May 2021 · Ministry of Defence

HMS Queen Elizabeth: F-35 Aircraft

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the F-35Bs deploying with HMS Queen Elizabeth are UK-owned.

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

Parkrun: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking with local authorities throughout the country to facilitate the reopening of parkrun events in the context of the covid-19 outbreak.

11 May 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Shipping: National Skills Academies

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a national maritime skills academy.

11 May 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Shipping: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to (a) support maritime decarbonisation and (b) encourage further private investment in green vessel propulsion and port infrastructure.

11 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding allocated to the (a) mental health and (b) social care budgets in each of the last three years.

11 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to bring forward proposals to reform social care.

11 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publish its response to the Mental Health and Wellbeing Advisory Group’s recommendations on progress and learning from the first phase of the covid-19 pandemic publishe

11 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Thailand: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department will take steps to ensure that British citizens living in Thailand will have access to a vaccination for covid-19.

11 May 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Private Rented Housing: Housing Benefit

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether discrimination against people claiming housing benefit in the private rented sector is illegal; what recourse is open to people affected by that practice; what steps his

11 May 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of (a) inconsistencies in External Wall System forms and (b) conflicting fire safety assessments of buildings on (i) leaseholders in Eng

22 Apr 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Buildings: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of inconsistency in External Wall System forms, including buildings receiving conflicting assessments, on (a) leaseholders nationally an

22 Apr 2021 · Department for Education

Universities: Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment he has made of the number of students who go to university from (a) Portsmouth South constituency and (b) the rest of England.

22 Apr 2021 · Department for Education

Education: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment he has made of the level of achievement at the end of compulsory education in (a) Portsmouth South constituency and (b) the rest of England.

22 Apr 2021 · Cabinet Office

Exports: Small Businesses

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on SMEs and their ability to export internationally outside of the EU.

19 Apr 2021 · Home Office

English Language: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on the ability of UK teachers of English as a Foreign Language to secure work in the EU.

19 Apr 2021 · Department for Education

University of Portsmouth: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of university students in Portsmouth returning to face-to-face teaching following the end of the current academic term.

19 Apr 2021 · Department for Education

Students: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of Government financial support available for university students.

19 Apr 2021 · Department for Education

Universities: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the clinical evidential basis is for his Department’s decision to delay the return of university students to face-to-face teaching.

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

Electricity Interconnectors: Portsmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what restrictions he plans to place on third party access to the data infrastructure contained in the proposed AQUIND subsea interconnector; and if he will make a statement.

16 Apr 2021 · Ministry of Defence

HMS Queen Elizabeth: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on repairing fire damage aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth.

15 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tigray: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 9 March 2021 to Question 161799 on Ethiopia: Violence, if he will make further representations to his counterpart in the Government of Ethiopia on t

12 Apr 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of service personnel that are due to be deployed as part of the UK's Carrier Strike Group have received a covid-19 vaccination.

12 Apr 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Portsmouth Dockyard: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment his Department has made of the proportion of his Department's overall emissions of HM Naval Base Portsmouth; and what steps his Department is taking to reduce emissions at that base to meet

Source: official written-questions record.