Written questions

1,285 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Aug 2021 · Department for Education

Disability: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding covid-19 recovery policies for disabled children.

18 Aug 2021 · Treasury

Disability: Children

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of long-term funding for disabled children's health and care services.

18 Aug 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Disability: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what fiscal steps his Department is taking to ensure that every family with a disabled child can access the therapies and respite care they have missed out on during the covid-19 outbreak.

18 Aug 2021 · Treasury

Disability: Children

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of providing dedicated covid-19 recovery funding for families with disabled children.

18 Aug 2021 · Women and Equalities

Employment: Discrimination

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending the legal deadlines for individuals making employment discrimination claims.

18 Aug 2021 · Women and Equalities

Employment: Discrimination

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the impact of legal deadlines for employment discrimination claims on individuals' access to justice.

18 Aug 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Earwax: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of reintroducing NHS ear wax syringing services.

18 Aug 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterpart on accepting the Novavax covid-19 vaccine for international travel.

18 Aug 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Covid Pass

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) UK nationals and (b) non-UK nationals who have received covid-19 vaccinations overseas will be able to be certified as vaccinated by the NHS C

18 Aug 2021 · Department for Transport

Travel Restrictions: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the evidential basis is for his Department's decision to assign countries to the red, amber or green travel list for covid-19.

18 Aug 2021 · Department for Transport

Airports: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that passengers arriving at airports from countries on the covid-19 green list do not mix with passengers arriving from amber and red list countries.

18 Aug 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on arrangements for UK citizens to access the EU covid-19 pass.

18 Aug 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Travel: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of making covid-19 testing kits for international travel free of charge for fully vaccinated people returning from countries subject

18 Aug 2021 · Cabinet Office

Coronavirus: Public Inquiries

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress the Government has made on the public inquiry into the Government's response to the covid-19 pandemic, announced on 21 May 2021.

18 Aug 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Air Force: Work Experience

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of the Royal Air Force (RAF) offering a work experience opportunity for those declined for work at the RAF as a result of a driving ban.

18 Aug 2021 · Treasury

Stamp Duty Land Tax: Greater London

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of increasing the allowance for stamp duty tax relief for those living in London, in the context of higher average house prices in that city.

18 Aug 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Long Covid

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what financial support is available to frontline healthcare workers suffering with long covid who have had difficulties returning to work in the NHS.

18 Aug 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Exela Technologies: Probate

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the role of Exela Technologies in the efficiency of the probate process.

18 Aug 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Probate: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to tackle delays in the probate system.

18 Aug 2021 · Treasury

First Time Buyers: Greater London

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to support first-time buyers in Central London who cannot receive help through the Help to Buy ISA scheme due to high average house prices regularly exceeding £450,000.

20 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Food: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish his Department's evidence on the relationship between mandatory calorie labelling on menus and reduction in levels of obesity.

20 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Food: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, (a) when and (b) how many experts were consulted by his Department on its policy to make calorie labelling mandatory for all restaurants, pubs and cafes with 250 or more employees.

20 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Food: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria his Department will use to determine the (a) efficacy and (b) success of its policy to make calorie labelling mandatory for all restaurants, pubs and cafes with 250 or more employees.

20 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Food: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether a full mental health impact assessment was carried out prior to the creation of his Department's policy to make calorie labelling mandatory for all restaurants, pubs and cafes with 250 or m

20 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Travel: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the Government requires people who have received both covid-19 vaccinations abroad to quarantine when returning to the UK from a country on the amber travel list, while those who r

19 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many pregnant women have received (a) one dose (b) two doses of a covid-19 vaccine in the London Borough of Wandsworth as of 19 July 2021.

19 Jul 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Conflict Resolution: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the new International Development Strategy will support implementation of the National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security.

19 Jul 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Women's Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that women’s rights organisations and experts have opportunities to input into the new International Development Strategy.

19 Jul 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Women's Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) gender equality and (b) women’s rights are supported beyond commitments to girls’ education in its International Develo

16 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pregnancy: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the number of pregnant women yet to receive a single dose of the covid-19 vaccine, what steps he is taking to help ensure that pregnant women are kept safe as covid-19 (a) infecti

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