Written questions

648 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 July 2021 to Question 33332, what discussions have taken place between NHS England and Spectrum Community Health CIC, the chosen healthcare provider for the new Derwent

19 Jul 2021 · Department for Education

Social Services: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the sustainable long-term funding of disabled children’s social care ahead of the Comprehensive Spending Review in the autumn.

19 Jul 2021 · Department for Education

Respite Care: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Disabled Children’s Partnership's Left Behind report published on 16 July 2021, what steps his Department will take to help ensure every parent carer can access the respite care they need

19 Jul 2021 · Department for Education

Respite Care: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Disabled Children’s Partnerships report, Left Behind, published on 16 July 2021, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing additional funding to tackle social isolat

14 Jul 2021 · Home Office

Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the statement in her Department's Detention Services Order 06/2016: Women in the detention estate report, published in June 2016, that women detainees are entitled to ask to be exami

14 Jul 2021 · Home Office

Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her policy that at least 60 per cent of staff in direct contact with women detainees will also be women at the new Hassockfield immigration removal centre in line with her Department's a

13 Jul 2021 · Department for Education

Schools: Ventilation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to help ensure that schools in (a) County Durham and (b) across England are adequately ventilated to limit the spread of covid-19 ahead of the 2021-22 academic year.

5 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Holiday Accommodation: Noise

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government has made an assessment of the effect of (a) Airbnb and (b) other short-term rental lets on levels of noise and disruption for permanent residents in (i) th

5 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Holiday Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans the Government has to allow local authorities to manage the level of short-term (a) Airbnb and (b) other rental lets.

30 Jun 2021 · Department for Education

Students: Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what reports he has received on university students being charged additional fees by landlords if they are told to self-isolate due to the covid-19 outbreak at their term time accommodation beyond the end of th

30 Jun 2021 · Department for Education

Schools: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will publish a priority list for school rebuilds to allow the conditions of schools to be compared.

30 Jun 2021 · Department for Education

School Rebuilding Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will publish a list of schools to be rebuilt under the School Rebuilding Programme.

23 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of trends in the level of maritime shipping costs in the last six months.

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

Choirs: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to his oral contribution of 20 May 2021 Official Report 860, what the latest public health guidance is that he referred to; how that guidance takes into account research c

21 Jun 2021 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has plans to require schools to carry out on-site supervised lateral flow testing at the start of the 2021-22 school year before allowing new year seven students to commence home testing.

26 May 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the equity of her policy on two persons who qualify for the Limited Capability for Work-Related Activity element of Universal Credit make a joint claim, one of them loses

12 May 2021 · Home Office

Hassockfield Immigration Removal Centre

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria her Department used to select Hassockfield as the site for a new immigration removal centre; and which other sites were considered for that planned centre.

12 May 2021 · Home Office

Hassockfield Immigration Removal Centre: Airports

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which airports her Department plans to use to deport women who have been detained at Hassockfield Immigration Removal Centre.

12 May 2021 · Home Office

Hassockfield Immigration Removal Centre

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to undertake an equality impact assessment for the Hassockfield Immigration Removal Centre.

12 May 2021 · Home Office

Hassockfield Immigration Removal Centre: Operating Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost per year of running Hassockfield Immigration Removal Centre at maximum capacity.

12 May 2021 · Home Office

Hassockfield Immigration Removal Centre: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether organisations external to her Department will be able to contract the women detained at Hassockfield Immigration Removal Centre to carry out work.

12 May 2021 · Home Office

Hassockfield Immigration Removal Centre: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much per hour women detained at Hassockfield Immigration Removal Centre are planned to be paid for the work they carry out.

11 May 2021 · Home Office

Hassockfield Immigration Removal Centre

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to provide accommodation for women released from Hassockfield Immigration Removal Centre to continue their asylum claims.

26 Apr 2021 · Home Office

Hassockfield Immigration Removal Centre

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to provide accommodation for women released from Hassockfield Immigration Removal Centre to continue their asylum claims.

26 Apr 2021 · Home Office

Hassockfield Immigration Removal Centre: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has plans for work to be used as a form of recreation for women detained at the proposed Hassockfield Immigration Removal Centre.

25 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Justice

HM Prison and Probation Service: Surveys

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service staff agreed that they have the opportunity to contribute their views before decisions are made that affect them in the latest staff surv

25 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Justice

HM Prison and Probation Service: Surveys

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service staff agreed that when operational changes are made at work they were usually for the better in the latest staff survey.

25 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Justice

HM Prison and Probation Service: Surveys

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service staff believed that their pay was reasonable compared to people doing a similar jobs in other organisations in the latest staff survey.

25 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Justice

HM Prison and Probation Service: Bullying and Harassment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of calls to the Tackling Unacceptable Behaviour Unit have been from staff reporting acts of (a) bullying, (b) harassment, (c) victimisation and (d) discrimination since that Unit was

25 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Justice

HM Prison and Probation Service: Bullying and Harassment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many calls there have been to the Tackling Unacceptable Behaviour Unit (a) confidential helpline, (b) early resolution helpline and (c) PAM assist helpline in each month since those helplines were established

Source: official written-questions record.