Written questions

648 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, where his Department's offices, including arm’s length bodies, are currently located in (a) the West Midlands and (b) the East Midlands.

22 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Wolverhampton

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what criteria he used when deciding to establish his Department's new headquarters in Wolverhampton.

22 Mar 2021 · Home Office

Hassockfield Immigration Removal Centre

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with (a) the Refugee Council, (b) local refugee support groups and (c) advocacy organisations prior to the commencement of plans to re-open the former Hassockfi

22 Mar 2021 · Home Office

Hassockfield Immigration Removal Centre: Job Creation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the (a) number, (b) security and (c) pay of new jobs which will be created by plans to re-open the former Hassockfield Detention Centre in Medomsley as an Im

22 Mar 2021 · Home Office

Hassockfield Immigration Removal Centre

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether, before the commencement of plans to redevelop the former Hassockfield Detention Centre in Medomsley as an immigration removal centre, the Government consulted with (a) victims of historic abu

22 Mar 2021 · Home Office

Hassockfield Immigration Removal Centre

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions were held with (a) Durham County Council, (b) local councillors and (c) other local stakeholders before plans were progressed to redevelop the former Hassockfield Detention Centre in

22 Mar 2021 · Home Office

Hassockfield Immigration Removal Centre: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what public consultation has been undertaken prior to the commencement of plans to re-open the former Hassockfield Detention Centre in Medomsley as an Immigration Detention Centre; and what plans she

16 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to ensure that adequate funding is available to neonatal units to allow them to provide effective psychological support to parents when their baby is admitted into neonatal

25 Feb 2021 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: Canada

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to her oral contribution of 25 February 2021, what discussions she has had with Mary Ng regarding the review of procedures for the resolution of investment disputes between investors an

12 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

What plans he has to train healthcare professionals in communicating the (a) safety and (b) effectiveness of covid-19 vaccines.

15 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of HMPPS adopting the Safe Inside Prisons Charter from the Joint Unions in Prisons Alliance; and if he will make a statement.

15 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2020 to Question 119223 on Prison Officers: Coronavirus, whether prison educators are categorised as agency or sessional workers.

15 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether it is his Department’s policy to permit prison management to remove trade union health and safety posters from staff rooms in prisons.

15 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether vulnerable (a) prison staff and (b) prisoners will be prioritised for receipt of the covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement.

15 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of assaults (a) between prisoners and (b) against staff were committed during education activities in (i) YOI institutions and (ii) all prisons in each of the last 12 months; and if h

14 Dec 2020 · Home Office

Immigration: Overseas Students

What discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the effect of changes to the immigration system on the UK's ability to attract overseas students.

10 Dec 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are in receipt of payment of (a) the carer element of universal credit, (b) carer addition and (c) the carer premium as at 10 December 2020.

19 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Justice

HMP/YOI Low Newton

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women were known to be pregnant while on remand or serving a sentence in HMP Low Newton in each quarter from 31 March 2015 to 30 September 2020, by ethnicity.

16 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department for Health and Social Care: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to provide an Answer to Question 88395 tabled by the hon. Member for City of Durham on 10 September 2020.

16 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Forced Marriage: Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been successfully prosecuted for predatory marriage under section 121 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.

16 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Wills

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of whether the automatic revocation of wills upon marriage provides a potential incentive for predatory marriage.

19 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on waiting times for Child Maintenance Service appeals.

23 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hearing Impairment: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to issue further guidance to health and social care providers on (a) ensuring the availability of and (b) determining the clinical requirement for clear face masks for

23 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hearing Impairment: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department’s press release of 5 September 2020 entitled Government delivers 250,000 clear face masks to support people with hearing loss, what plans he has to review the initi

10 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Quality Commission: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether CQC inspectors visiting care homes will be tested regularly for covid-19.

10 Sep 2020 · Home Office

Visas: Health Professions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to extend the visas of (a) podiatrists and (b) other allied health professionals due to the covid-19 outbreak; and if she will make a statement.

10 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on self-employed healthcare practitioners; and if he will make a statement.

8 Sep 2020 · Department for Education

Supply Teachers: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the use of supply teachers in schools.

8 Sep 2020 · Department for Education

Remote Education: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government has taken to improve online access for disadvantaged pupils in the event of online teaching resuming during the covid-19 outbreak in the 2020-21 academic year.

7 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by what date he will publish the Social Care Taskforce plan for supporting the social care sector through coronavirus.

Source: official written-questions record.