Written questions

1,673 written questions tabled, most recent first.

9 Dec 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

ICT: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to encourage (a) private companies and (b) the public sector to train and hire staff in (i) robotics (ii) data science and (iii) cybersecurity.

11 Nov 2020 · Treasury

Employment: Females

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential long-term effects of the covid-19 outbreak on women’s (a) pay and (b) employment.

11 Nov 2020 · Treasury

Equal Pay: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that progress in closing the gender pay gap is not adversely affected by the covid-19 outbreak.

11 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Exercise Cygnus: Private Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the roles were of private companies involved in Exercise Cygnus.

11 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Protective Clothing: Contracts for Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list the private companies that tendered for Government contracts relating to personal protective equipment.

11 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Contact Tracing: Contracts for Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list the private companies that tendered for the contract to run the Government's covid-19 contact-tracing system in England.

10 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide funding from the public purse for (a) a one-off bonus and (b) an annual pay increase to health care workers in recognition of their efforts in responding to the covid-19 outbreak

10 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Religious Buildings: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, to what extent were religious leaders involved in the Government's discussions on the closure of places of worship during the second covid-19 lockdown in England.

10 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Gyms

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that gym closures during the November 2020 covid-19 lockdown do not have long term effects on public health.

10 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Exercise and Religious Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish the science-based evidence on the transmission of covid-19 in places of (a) worship and (b) exercise.

16 Oct 2020 · Cabinet Office

Borders: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to implement AI infrastructure at EU-UK borders.

16 Oct 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Local Government: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport what plans he has to launch AI registers that track how algorithms are being used locally.

16 Oct 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Public Sector: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport what steps his Department is taking to ensure AI used in public services operates on the same principles of responsibility, transparency, and security as other local government activities

16 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ayanda Capital: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 22 September to Question 81545, what checks were made prior to direct awarding Ayanda Capital Limited a contract for providing PPE to the NHS.

16 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September to Question 81560, what other approaches were considered in determining where procurement meets the tests for the use of Regulation 32.

16 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Public Sector: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to regulation 32(2)(c) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015, what criteria constitutes an emergency.

16 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Public Sector: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2020 to Question 81561 on Public Sector: Contracts, in which (a) regional areas and (b) constituencies have are companies awarded contracts by direct award ba

16 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Public Sector: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2020 to Question 81561 on Public Sector: Contracts; what the average value is of contracts awarded to suppliers through direct award.

16 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Public Sector: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2020 to Question 81561 on Public Sector: Contracts, what the average length is of contracts awarded to suppliers through direct award.

15 Oct 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Remote Working: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to ensure people who work remotely are not being required to accept a loss in (a) pay, (b) job stability, and (c) opportunities for promotion.

15 Oct 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Remote Working: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans his Department has to publish guidance on worker's rights for people working from home.

15 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance he is providing to people who (a) work in and (b) commute from an area with different three-tier covid-19 restrictions.

15 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Cost of Living

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the average additional financial costs of living with cancer.

15 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason local authorities are not running covid-19 testing in local communities.

15 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the scientific basis is for the imposition of different attendance restrictions between weddings and funerals during the covid-19 outbreak.

15 Oct 2020 · Treasury

Employment: Females

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure the covid-19 outbreak does not increase (a) job security, (b) job opportunity and (c) pay inequalities among men and women.

15 Oct 2020 · Treasury

Public Expenditure

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to tackle (a) gender, (b) race and (c) socioeconomic inequality as part of his Winter Economic Plan.

14 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his strategy is for administering a covid-19 vaccine once it has been approved by the Government.

14 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the (a) clinical performance and (b) delivery rate of NHS treatments not related to covid-19.

14 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that care homes are prepared for a second wave of covid-19 ahead of winter 2020-21.

Source: official written-questions record.