Written questions
2,620 written questions tabled, most recent first.
24 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Greenfield Sites: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to urgently introduce statutory protections to protect green belt and greenfield sites from speculative developments before wider planning reforms are i
23 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make It his policy to provide applicants to the Coronavirus Test Device Approvals (CTDA) service with weekly status updates on their applications.
23 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason foreign-manufactured PCR tests are not subject to the same Coronavirus Test Device Approvals (CTDA) process to which UK manufactured tests must comply.
23 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Tixagevimab/cilgavimab
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 20 April 2022 to Question 151279, on Evusheld, whether the UKHSA has reviewed studies published by the US Food and Drug Administration and European Medicines Agency
23 May 2022 · Home Office
Homes for Ukraine Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason there is a delay between a positive decision to issue a visa under the Homes for Ukraine scheme and the provision of a Permission to Travel document.
23 May 2022 · Home Office
Homes for Ukraine Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's MP hotline and subsequent selection of option 2 relating to the Homes for Ukraine scheme, what the average call wait time was until calls are answered in the latest
23 May 2022 · Home Office
Homes for Ukraine Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications to the Homes for Ukraine scheme were received by UK Visas and Immigration between 18 and 25 March 2022; and of those applications, how many had received a permission to travel le
23 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Tixagevimab/cilgavimab
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2022 to Question 151279 on Evusheld, when the UKHSA began testing Evusheld’s effectiveness against the covid-19 omicron variant; and whether UKHSA has guidance on
23 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 20 April 2022 to Question 151279, on Evusheld, how long the Antivirals and Therapeutics Taskforce or its predecessor took to assess and make a recommendation on the
23 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Quarantine and Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the ways his Department communicated with clinically extremely vulnerable people during the covid-19 outbreak with reference to (a) shielding and
23 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the equality impact assessment relating to the guidance published on 21 February 2022, entitled COVID-19 Response: Living with COVID-19.
23 May 2022 · Home Office
Refugees: Ukraine
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy for refugees from Ukraine who have arrived under the Ukraine Family Scheme to be entitled to free travel on public transport for follow up visa appointments with her Dep
23 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Diagnosis: Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what long-term plans for investment in the domestic diagnostics industry he has made to help ensure that the necessary (a) relationships, (b) infrastructure and (c) supply chains are in place for t
23 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the UK Health Security Agency’s Coronavirus test device approval (CTDA) process for covid-19 diagnostics, in helping UK manufacturers to b
17 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Surgery
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2022 to Question 483 on Surgery, if he will make it his policy to record how many elective surgeries have been cancelled in England as a result of (a) patients and
16 May 2022 · Home Office
Visas: Ukraine
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to provide data to the Hertfordshire Strategic Migration Steering Group on arrivals to Hertfordshire through the Ukraine Family Visa Scheme.
11 May 2022 · Home Office
Passports: Applications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many appointments have been made available each week between February and May 2022 by Her Majesty's Passport Office for (a) fast track and (b) premium services to renew a British passport.
11 May 2022 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Uniforms
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Government's position is in response to the offer from ECOPEL, the manufacturers of faux fur, to support his Department with unlimited free faux bear fur until 2030.
11 May 2022 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Uniforms
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 10 February 2022 to Question 118592, what the required standard is for ceremonial caps.
11 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will respond to the letter of 23 December 2021 from the Member for St Albans on the poor service standards of covid-19 travel test providers TestnGO and Covid Travel Clinics.
11 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medical Equipment: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the increased energy costs facing dialysis patients and other patients using medical equipment at home.
10 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Long Covid
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of (a) funding and (b) other resources allocated to (i) research, (ii) diagnosis and (iii) treatment of Long Covid.
10 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Surgery
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many elective surgeries have been cancelled in England as a result of (a) patients and (b) clinicians having covid-19 since 21 February 2022.
10 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what advice (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have (i) requested and (ii) received from the Government's Chief Scientific Advisor and Chief Medical Officer on the Government's Living with
10 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Homes for Ukraine Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to publish guidance to local authorities to enable Ukrainian nationals to be reassigned to new UK sponsors if initial placements break down.
10 May 2022 · Home Office
Intelligence Services: Registration
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date she will publish draft legislation to force foreign agents to sign a register.
10 May 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Russia: Diplomatic Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has plans to expel Russian diplomats from the UK.
10 May 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Glass: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 16 June 2020 to Question 58093 on Glass: Recycling and the consultation response entitled Extended Producer Responsibility for Packaging, published on 2
25 Apr 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Solar Power: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has undertaken an assessment of the amount of non-residential building roof space that is (a) available and (b) suitable for the installation of solar panels.
25 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2022 to Question 151279, on Evusheld, whether the UKHSA conducted similar testing against the covid-19 omicron variant for the therapeutic treatments available fo
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