Written questions

1,690 written questions tabled, most recent first.

30 Dec 2020 · Treasury

Business Rates: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will reduce business rates for (a) local shops and (b) businesses during the covid-19 outbreak.

30 Dec 2020 · Cabinet Office

Voting Rights: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to grant British citizens living abroad lifelong entitlement to vote.

30 Dec 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to compensate people who were eligible to claim State Pension under the basic State Pension system, but did not make a claim as they unaware of their eligibility.

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

BT Group: Redundancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking in response to BT Group's reported plans to make 10,000 British workers redundant in the next five years.

14 Dec 2020 · Home Office

Immigration: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will suspend the in-person reporting of migrants to immigration reporting centres (a) in the event of a national lockdowns and (b) during the covid-19 outbreak.

14 Dec 2020 · 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 including unpaid carers in the same priority group as frontline health and social care workers for the covid-19 vaccine.

30 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to place under 65 year olds with comorbidities and vulnerable diseases high on the priority list when a covid-19 vaccine is rolled out.

30 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Syria: Armed Conflict and Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he will take to support and protect civilians in Syria during the ongoing civil conflict and covid-19 pandemic.

30 Nov 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Hunting

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to prevent trail hunting being used as a cover for fox hunting on public land.

26 Nov 2020 · Treasury

Self-employment Income Support Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2020 to Question 110758, if he will enable people who are long-term self-employed to submit previous self-assessment returns prior to 2018-19 for the Self-employed Income Suppor

26 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Cemeteries: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to (a) halt mounding at Manor Park Cemetery and (b) establish an independent inspection of the effect of earlier mounding at that cemetery on remains.

25 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Brixton

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to close down HMP Brixton.

24 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: West Bank

Whether he made representations during his recent visit to Israel to his counterpart in the Israeli Government on proposals to annex parts of the West Bank.

20 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Belarus: Sanctions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking steps to extend the sanctions list to (a) people responsible for violence in Belarus and (b) institutions which are assisting or funding the Belarusian r

19 Nov 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has put in place plans to scrutinise the husbandry practices of EU nations after the end of the transition period.

19 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Students: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to prioritise the health and wellbeing of university students during the covid-19 outbreak.

17 Nov 2020 · Home Office

Visas: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 October 2020 to Question 102174, what decision-making algorithms her Department uses for processing visa applications.

17 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

West Bank: Demolition

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the recent demolition of Palestinian homes in the Bedouin settlement of Khirbet Humsa, in the Jordan Valley.

16 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Caribbean: Hurricanes and Tornadoes

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it his policy to provide funding and long term support for people affected by Hurricane ETA.

16 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Music: Private Tutors

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether music lessons can take place in the teacher's home during the November 2020 covid-19 lockdown restrictions in England.

11 Nov 2020 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to offer free visas extensions to NHS health care workers whose visa permits expire after 1 October 2020.

9 Nov 2020 · Treasury

Insurance: Older People

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government plans to ensure that insurance companies do not routinely decline cover to people aged 70 years and over.

4 Nov 2020 · Treasury

Beer: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the financial effect of the changes to Small Brewers Relief on the smallest brewers in the UK.

2 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Rape: Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the recent report by the Office of the Victims’ Commissioner for England and Wales, what steps the Government plans to take to tackle the annual and proportionate decline in the (a) number of ra

2 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Detainees: Dual Nationality

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress his Department has made on reuniting (a) Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, (b) Anoosheh Ashooori and (c) other arbitrarily detained dual British nationals with their f

2 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Education: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure an expansion of gender-responsive social protection following the covid-19 pandemic to help keep children, particularly gir

2 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Education: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October to Question 101064, with reference to Save the Children's finding that the covid-19 pandemic has put 2.5 million girls at risk of child m

2 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the pay of (a) nursing and (b) other NHS staff on Agenda for Change terms.

30 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria his Department is using to determine when a city is moved to a higher tier under the three-tiered system for local covid-19 lockdowns.

30 Oct 2020 · Home Office

Visas: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 October 2020 to Question 102174, what decision-making algorithms her Department uses in applications for processing Returning Resident visa applications.

Source: official written-questions record.