Written questions

2,786 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 Mar 2020 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Portsmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date will Portsmouth city council receive a decision on its application to the Transforming Cities Fund.

11 Mar 2020 · Treasury

Off-payroll Working

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of IR35 changes on the contractor workforce on the ability of the Government to complete major infrastructure projects.

11 Mar 2020 · Treasury

Off-payroll Working

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of changes to IR35 legislation on contractors' ability to secure work.

10 Mar 2020 · Department for Education

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to reduce the use of unregulated care homes for the care of unaccompanied asylum seeking minors.

10 Mar 2020 · Department for Education

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of recent trends in the number of people under the age of 18 under Portsmouth City Council’s care being housed in unregulated care homes on the safety of those people.

10 Mar 2020 · Department for Education

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people under the age of 18 under the care of Portsmouth City Council are being housed in unregulated care homes.

10 Mar 2020 · Department for Education

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of recent trends in the number of unaccompanied asylum seeking children under the care of Portsmouth City Council being housed in unregulated care homes on the (a) well

10 Mar 2020 · Department for Education

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many unaccompanied asylum seeking children are being housed in unregulated care homes.

10 Mar 2020 · Department for Education

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many unaccompanied asylum seeking children there are (a) in the care of Portsmouth City Council and (b) in the UK.

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

Coronavirus: Waste Management

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what additional funding will be made available to local authorities to deal with potential waste management issues arising from workforce challenges caused by covid-19.

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

Coronavirus: Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on public health of undisposed waste arising from local authority workforce challenges caused by covid-19.

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

Coronavirus: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on potential risks arising from workforce challenges caused by covid-19.

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

Coronavirus: Waste Management

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency measures he has put in place for potential waste management workforce challenges arising from the spread of covid-19.

9 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure that people administering adult social care are able to identify early stage symptoms of covid-19.

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

Local Government: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with local government representatives on reducing the spread of covid-19.

9 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Workers: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the risk of social care workers who visit multiple social care recipients in one day spreading covid-19; and will he make a statement.

9 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the risk of harm from covid-19 to people in receipt of adult social care.

9 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Workers: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to support local authorities in training adult social care staff on reducing the spread of covid-19.

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

Local Government: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment has he made of the potential effect of a covid-19 outbreak on the operational capacity of local authorities; and if he will make a statement.

4 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Incontinence: Products

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that continence products can be transported without interruption after the end of the transition period; and if he will make a statement.

3 Mar 2020 · Department for Education

Braille

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of people that are fluent in braille.

3 Mar 2020 · Department for Education

Braille

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of trends in the number of people with fluency in braille on the ability of (a) visually impaired and (b) blind people to communicate.

3 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rare Diseases: Clinical Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the UK will participate in EU-led clinical trials for personalised medicines for the treatment of rare diseases.

3 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rare Diseases: Clinical Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on the future success of clinical trials for personalised medicines for the treatment of rare diseases.

2 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is (a) monitoring the temperature of, (b) distributing relevant literature to and (c) carrying out health checks on all those returning to the UK from countries with high num

2 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Italy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to monitor people returning to the UK from Italy for symptoms of covid-19.

27 Feb 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Pakistan: Crimes against Humanity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with his Pakistani counterpart on mass graves in (a) Khuzdar, (b) Turbat and (c) Dera Bugti.

27 Feb 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Pakistan: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Pakistani counterpart on reports of human rights abuses using British made arms in the region of Balochistan.

27 Feb 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Pakistan: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that UK arms exports are not used in human rights violations in Balochistan.

27 Feb 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Pakistan: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of allegations that British made arms have been used in human rights abuses in Balochistan.

Source: official written-questions record.