Written questions
1,690 written questions tabled, most recent first.
1 Feb 2021 · Department for Education
Extended Services: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will provide targeted funding to wraparound care providers to ensure they can continue to provide support to (a) key workers, (b) vulnerable children and (c) working families throughout the UK.
1 Feb 2021 · Department for Education
Extended Services: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of the funding available to the wraparound care sector on the ability of businesses within that sector to remain financially viable during the covid-19 pandemic.
1 Feb 2021 · Department for Education
Extended Services: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to financially support the wraparound care sector during the covid-19 pandemic.
1 Feb 2021 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of enabling private nurseries and early year providers to furlough staff who need to self-isolate for the period of that
1 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that private nurseries and early year providers have access to covid-19 testing kits and lateral flow testing kits.
29 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of prioritising vaccinating those with mild to moderate learning disabilities.
28 Jan 2021 · Treasury
Self-employed: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of supporting self-employed workers who have had their income affected by the covid-19 pandemic in paying their tax returns for 2019-20.
27 Jan 2021 · Department for Education
Supply Teachers: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to compensate education supply staff in England and Wales through the Flexible Furlough Scheme in line with supply staff in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
25 Jan 2021 · Department for Education
Children: Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to improve cultural literacy among (a) social workers and (b) other members of children’s social services staff.
25 Jan 2021 · Department for Education
Children's Social Care Independent Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, further to his Answer of 27 November 2020 to Question 118056, on Children in Care: Ethnic Groups, what plans his Department has to tackle racial disparity as part of the upcoming Children's Social Care Review.
25 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
HIV/AIDS: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent late diagnosis of HIV among (a) Black Africans, (b) Black Caribbeans and (c) other members of Black communities.
25 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
HIV/AIDS: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the level of access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for groups at highest risk for HIV infection and (b) whether the funding allocated to the PrEP
25 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
HIV/AIDS: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to provide funding to public health teams in London boroughs to raise awareness of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) with (a) targeted and (b) culturally appropriate mes
25 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
HIV/AIDS: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Black African communities are (a) aware of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and (b) able to access PrEP.
18 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to vaccinate people who are homeless and rough sleeping.
13 Jan 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Cold Weather Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending cold weather payments to cover all UK postcodes.
11 Jan 2021 · Department for Education
Vocational Education: Assessments
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what additional provisions he will make for BTEC students who are still required to take their exams, in order for them to be assessed and graded fairly while their learning has been disrupted due to the covid-
11 Jan 2021 · Treasury
Stamp Duty Land Tax: Coronavirus
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the stamp duty holiday to mitigate the effect of logistical delays occurring during property transactions as a result of the covid-19 lockdown.
8 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of prioritising staff of (a) homelessness, (b) domestic abuse and (c) social care for the severely disabled services for covid-19 vac
8 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Contact Tracing: Software
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to extend access to the NHS covid-19 to Apple iPhone and Android phones that do not support iOS 13.5 or Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) and higher.
6 Jan 2021 · Treasury
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department will consider extending the Job Retention Scheme to include employees employed after the 30th October 2020.
6 Jan 2021 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of closing (a) nurseries and (b) other early year providers for all except the children of key workers and vulnerable children during the January 2021 covid-1
6 Jan 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to improve access to the personal independence payments assessment.
6 Jan 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to make personal independence payment assessment forms available online.
6 Jan 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times a verbal meeting with the assessment providers has generated a satisfactory personal independence payment award.
30 Dec 2020 · Department for Education
Nurses: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of reimbursing the 2018-19 cohort of nursing students for their tuition fees.
30 Dec 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Events Industry: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sports, what steps his Department is taking to support businesses in the events industry who have had to cancel events at short notice in response to new covid-19 lockdown restrictions.
30 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to revise covid-19 restrictions on patient visiting in hospitals.
30 Dec 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Zimbabwe: Famine
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will provide additional support to relief efforts in Zimbabwe to support people suffering from the famine in that country.
30 Dec 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Sri Lanka: Cremation
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will urge his Sri Lankan counterpart to stop their policy of forcibly cremating its citizens who have died from covid-19, in accordance with their religious beliefs.
Source: official written-questions record.