Written questions

2,786 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 Apr 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of officials in his Department continuing to work on (a) the transmission of covid-19 and (b) the wellbeing of those officials.

20 Apr 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Supermarkets: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what processes are in place for the Government to monitor compliance of supermarkets with covid-19 legislation.

20 Apr 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Supermarkets: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of reports that supermarkets are not implementing Government policy (a) restricting shopping to essential goods and (b) on social dista

20 Apr 2020 · Department for Transport

British Airways: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of British Airways on the provision of financial support for that company during the covid-19 outbreak.

20 Apr 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Conditions of Employment: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that businesses uphold workers' rights during the covid-19 outbreak.

24 Mar 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Employment: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether non-customer facing workers who do not have the facilities to work from home are able to continue to work at their workplace during the covid-19 outbreak.

24 Mar 2020 · Cabinet Office

Parliamentary Scrutiny: Coronavirus

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what criteria the Government uses to determine what work is essential during the covid-19 outbreak.

19 Mar 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Civil Society: Key Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if the Government will classify people working in the voluntary, community and social enterprise sectors as critical workers during the covid-19 outbreak.

17 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what additional funding will be made available to local authorities to provide housing for (a) rough sleepers and (b) homeless people to cater for the additional number of people

17 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to amend the criteria for Priority Need for (a) homeless people and (b) rough sleepers to reflect the (i) age and (ii) underlying health condition implications

17 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) homeless people, (b) rough sleepers who do not meet the legal test of Priority Need but have (i) underlying health conditio

16 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Rented Housing: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make as assessment of the potential merits of an immediate freeze on (a) section 21 no-fault evictions and (b) section 8 evictions for rent arrears in response to the

16 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Rented Housing: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to safeguard renters who lose earnings as a result of covid-19 from (a) eviction and (b) homelessness.

16 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Military Aid: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with (a) Ministers and (b) civil servants at the Ministry of Defence on the deployment of armed forces during the covid-19 outbreak.

16 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Military Aid: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of deploying the armed forces to assist with the effective running of public services during the covid-19 outbreak.

16 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Military Aid: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in what circumstances would the armed forces be deployed to assist public services in dealing with the covid-19 outbreak.

16 Mar 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Supermarkets: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of stockpiling from supermarkets by the general public on the ability of supermarkets to maintain stocks during the covid-19 outbreak.

16 Mar 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Supermarkets: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help reduce stockpiling from supermarkets by the general public in response to covid-19.

16 Mar 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Supermarkets: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the Government’s performance in disseminating information on covid-19 on levels of stockpiling from supermarkets by the general p

16 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Voluntary Work

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people volunteering to help people vulnerable to covid-19 do so safely.

16 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Council Tax Reduction Schemes: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that funding from the covid-19 Hardship Fund is allocated on the basis of need.

16 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Council Tax Reduction Schemes: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and which local authorities have applied for funding from the Hardship Fund announced in Budget 2020 in response to covid-19.

16 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Council Tax Reduction Schemes: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that local authorities understand the processes by which to apply for the Hardship fund announced in the Budget 2020 in response to

16 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Council Tax Reduction Schemes: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when his Department plans to introduce council tax relief via the Hardship Fund announced in Budget 2020 to people financially affected by covid-19.

16 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Council Tax Reduction Schemes: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the timetable is for funding to be allocated from the Hardship Fund announced in Budget 2020 in response to the covid-19 outbreak.

16 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many covid-19 testing kits his Department currently has in stock.

16 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of covid-19 testing kits it will require during the next eight weeks.

16 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the Government's eligibility criteria are for covid-19 testing.

16 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the UK on the (a) ability of and (b) speed with which testing kits for covid-19 can be imported.

16 Mar 2020 · Department for Education

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that local authorities place unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in regulated care homes.

Source: official written-questions record.