Written questions

1,690 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Feb 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carer's Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of introducing a £20 a week supplement for carers with an entitlement to carer’s allowance as part of Budget 202

19 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will provide funding for the repair of unsafe cladding on (a) buildings under 18m in height with flammable external cladding and (b) buildings with no freeholders or owners

19 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential disproportionate effect of long covid on BAME children.

19 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of long covid on children.

11 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason it is his policy to exempt people from wearing face coverings without the need to provide medical proof.

11 Feb 2021 · Treasury

Directors: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to progress a directors’ income support scheme package for directors of limited companies.

11 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of prioritising foster carers in the covid-19 vaccine rollout.

10 Feb 2021 · Treasury

Leisure: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend the reduced 5 per cent VAT rate on admission charges to attractions beyond 31 March 2021.

8 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Myanmar: Journalism

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to protect journalists facing threat of harm or arrest in Myanmar.

8 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening and Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including shop workers providing essential services in the priority group for covid-19 vaccination and testing.

8 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Travel: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will reduce the costs of British residents and citizens returning to the UK from red-list countries and their hotel quarantine for people who are unable to meet those costs.

8 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the (a) scientific evidence and (b) his rationale for his Department's policy to extend the gap between covid-19 vaccine doses to 12 weeks.

8 Feb 2021 · Department for Education

PE and Sport Premium

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure funding for the PE and sport premium from 2021 onwards.

8 Feb 2021 · Treasury

Hospitality Industry: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential the merits of extending the hospitality industry’s VAT reduction to include wine and spirit sales.

5 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will prioritise the covid-19 vaccination of people living in the same household as people with blood cancer in the latter stages.

5 Feb 2021 · Treasury

Self-employment Income Support Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he provide ongoing financial support to the self-employed through the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme in the period between the end of the third grant in January 2021 and his budget statement on the fourth

4 Feb 2021 · Department for Education

Remote Education: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) laptops, (b) devices and (c) tablets his Department has provided to schools under the Get help with technology during coronavirus scheme in (i) London, (ii) Lambeth and (iii) Streatham since March

3 Feb 2021 · Department for Education

Adoption: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of the policy under the Adoption and Children Act 2002 that consideration to the child’s religious persuasion, racial origin and cultural and linguistic background is m

2 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Midwives and Nurses: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the emergency standards of the Nursing and Midwifery Council to reintroduce emergency education standards to enable final year nursing students to opt-in to support the response t

1 Feb 2021 · Department for Education

Children: Day Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the effect on levels of inequality of the closure of businesses in the wraparound childcare sector due to their ineligibility for Government support.

1 Feb 2021 · Women and Equalities

Children: Day Care

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will hold discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of providing tailored support to the wraparound childcare sector during the covid-19 outbreak to help tackle gender ine

1 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Children: Day Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the role of the wraparound childcare sector in supporting mental health among parents.

1 Feb 2021 · Department for Education

Children: Day Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the role of the wraparound childcare sector in supporting children’s mental health during the covid-19 outbreak.

1 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Children: Day Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will have discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Secretary of State for Education on the potential merits of providing financial support to the wraparound childcare sector durin

1 Feb 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Extended Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the effect on the ability of single parents to find work of the closure of businesses in the wraparound care sector resulting from their ineligibility for financial

1 Feb 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Extended Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect on childcare sector employment levels of the closure of businesses in the wraparound care sector resulting from their ineligibility for financial support.

1 Feb 2021 · Department for Education

Extended Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure the safety of vulnerable children unable to attend wraparound care due to the closure of businesses in the sector resulting from their ineligibility for Government financial su

1 Feb 2021 · Department for Education

Extended Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to provide financial support to the wraparound care sector during the covid-19 outbreak.

1 Feb 2021 · Department for Education

Extended Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the (a) adequacy of funding for the wraparound care sector and (b) effect of closures in that sector on the (a) learning and (b) development of children.

1 Feb 2021 · Treasury

Extended Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the potential merits of subsidising access to wraparound care for (a) vulnerable children and (b) children of key workers.

Source: official written-questions record.