Written questions

2,620 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect on (a) passenger numbers and (b) income to the public purse that would result from (i) increasing rail fares by RPI+1, (ii) increasing rail fares by RPI, (iii) freezing

5 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to protect people who are clinically extremely vulnerable to covid-19 in the context of data from the ONS, published on 2 November 2021, that 91 per cent of

5 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to make available in winter 2021-22 novel options for covid-19 prophylaxis, such as antivirals or monoclonal antibodies, to people who are immunocompromised or immunos

5 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set out his timeframe for making antivirals, molnupiravir and ritonavir, available to clinically extremely vulnerable NHS patients following exposure to covid-19.

3 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will reinstate monthly meetings between the Vaccines Minister and health charities in the form of the patient charity vaccine roundtable.

3 Nov 2021 · Cabinet Office

Disability: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government will include in the terms of reference for its public inquiry into covid-19 (a) specific analysis of the impact of covid-19 on disabled people and

3 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Adult Social Care Charging Policy guidance issued by his Department to local authorities includes details on how universal credit should be assessed when

3 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what obligations NHS organisations and organisations delivering NHS services currently have to document and report on complaints of sexual misconduct and assault reported by patients and staff; and

3 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of complaint and support information provided to patients who report sexual misconduct by NHS staff or staff of organisations delivering NHS services.

2 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has any plans to introduce rapid covid saliva tests for (a) primary or (b) secondary school children.

2 Nov 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Property: Ownership

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it is Government policy to introduce a public beneficial ownership register of overseas entities that own UK property.

2 Nov 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Landmines

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for what reason she has reduced funding for landmine clearance by 80 per cent.

2 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Housing: Prices

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2021 to Question 63907, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the Lifetime ISA limit so that it reflects property prices in different localities.

2 Nov 2021 · Department for Education

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect on covid transmission in areas where the local Director of Public Health has introduced extra measures in line with the contingency framework, including isolation of un

2 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish an assessment of the effect of covid-19 hospitalisations on (a) the availability of hospital (i) beds and (ii) staff and (b) elective procedures.

2 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the date on which the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation will publish advice on whether to extend the covid-19 booster vaccination programme beyond the gro

1 Nov 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

High Speed 2 Line: Rivers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of construction work related to HS2 on England’s chalk streams.

1 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line: Biodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken and what progress he has made on ensuring that HS2 delivers a net gain in biodiversity.

1 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to require Integrated Care Boards to report on their (a) past activity and (b) future plans to achieve parity of esteem between mental and physical health.

1 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of funding announced in the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 will be allocated to (a) training and recruiting diagnostic staff and (b) tackling shortages in the cancer workfor

1 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Immensa Health Clinic: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department followed its standard procurement processes when awarding covid-19 testing contracts to Immensa.

1 Nov 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 23 September 2021 to Question 50144, on Planning Permission, if he will urgently issue guidance on determining appeals to the Planning Inspector that a grea

1 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Guidance on care home visiting, last updated on 23 August 2021, will next be reviewed by his Department, in response to the vaccine rollout and modelling of likely covid-19 transmission in

28 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what time period is set for covid-19 booster vaccinations appearing on patients' medical records on the NHS App.

28 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Covid Pass

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NHS plans to update NHS Covid Passes to reflect where patients have received a booster covid-19 vaccination.

28 Oct 2021 · Treasury

Beer: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the criteria for the duty relief on draught beer, to include craft and micro breweries which distribute products to licensed premises in containers smaller than 40 litres.

25 Oct 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will set out his timetable for the introduction of the Renters Reform Bill.

25 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the recommendation of the Mothers and Babies: Reducing Risk through Audits and Confidential Enquiries report, published in January 2021, what steps he has taken to help identify a

25 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to reports that the increase in employee national insurance contributions will cost health and social care workers an additional £900 million annually from April 2022, what estimate

25 Oct 2021 · Home Office

Immigration: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will replicate the use of Secure QR code technology used in the Government’s Covid certification for EU citizens who wish to have printed proof of their immigration status under the EU Settleme

Source: official written-questions record.