Written questions

2,620 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 Mar 2021 · Home Office

Fire and Rescue Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a Firefighters and Rescue Service staff covenant to enhance support and protection for those personnel.

17 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Green Belt: Hertfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Government's housing standard methodology on the greenbelt in Hertfordshire.

17 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport

Parking: Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish the Government's response to the Consultation on managing pavement parking, which closed on 22 November 2020.

17 Mar 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Financial Institutions: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether financial institutions are permitted to refuse offers of employment to people who have a poor credit history where that poor credit history is as a result of a period of i

16 Mar 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pesticides: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to ban the export of pesticides not allowed in the UK or the EU to (a) India and (b) other countries; and whether he has made an assessment of the (i) hea

16 Mar 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

India: Agriculture

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to engage with grassroots farmers organisations and related civil society groups in India to review the UK-India Infrastructure Technical Co-Oper

15 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Hospitality Industry: Permitted Development Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November 2020 to Question 104771, whether local authorities can exercise their discretion in order to permit those (a) pubs and (b) hospitality busine

15 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sapropterin

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that Sapropterin (Kuvan) may be prescribed in doses greater than 10mg in the event that there is an identified clinical need.

15 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Phenylketonuria: Sapropterin

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make urgent representations to NICE to ensure that Sapropterin (Kuvan) can be made available for Phenylketonuria (a) on the basis of clinical need and (b) not restricted to people under

12 Mar 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Fairgrounds: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to guidance, Covid-19 Response - Spring 2021, at what stage the Government plans that travelling showpeople will be able to proceed with (a) fairground rides and (b) other

12 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Justice

HMP Coldingley and HMP Spring Hill: Prisoners' Transfers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether prison transfers are being accepted to (a) HMP Spring Hill and (b) HMP Coldingley.

11 Mar 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Peat

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what date he will publish the England Peat Strategy.

11 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date he plans to publish the aviation recovery plan; and whether it is his policy to make Government support for the aviation industry dependant on commitments to reduce carbon emissions.

10 Mar 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fish Farming

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of (a) antibiotics and (b) pesticides used on farmed fish in UK waters on other (i) marine life and (ii) human health.

10 Mar 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Sick Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will review the definition of Statutory Sick Pay to fully recognise long-term and fluctuating conditions.

10 Mar 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Endometriosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the accessibility of (a) personal independence payment and (b) universal credit for people with endometriosis.

10 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport

Travel: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will extend the list of travellers exempt from covid-19-related travel quarantine restrictions to include those children whose custody is shared between one parent in the UK and another abroad, subject to

8 Mar 2021 · Department for Education

Teachers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of reducing the levels of teaching bursaries to zero for some subjects on the diversity of applicants from (a) lower socio-economic groups and (b) other groups under-re

8 Mar 2021 · Department for Education

Teachers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the methodology used by his Department to determine the level of teaching bursaries allocated to different subjects in England from 2021.

8 Mar 2021 · Department for Education

Outdoor Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a Nature Premium for children to help tackle inequalities of access to nature.

8 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport

Motorways: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to implement all of the recommendations from smart motorways review before allowing any new smart motorways to start operating again.

8 Mar 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Products: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what requirements there are for online marketplaces to check the safety of the products that are sold via their platforms.

8 Mar 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Toys and Games: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to protect children from dangerous toys being sold by third-party sellers in online marketplaces.

8 Mar 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit: Publicity

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2021 to Question 157304 on Pension Credit: Publicity, how much the Government spent on promoting the uptake of pension credit in (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19 and (c) 2019-2

4 Mar 2021 · Department for Education

Supply Teachers: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, who is responsible for the provision of lateral flow testing for supply teachers; and what steps he is taking to ensure the ongoing covid-19 testing of supply teachers not directly employed or on an ongoing ass

4 Mar 2021 · Department for Education

GCE A-level and GCSE: Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether qualified teachers who are not currently employed by a school, but operating as a private tutor, can submit teacher assessments for private candidates in lieu of cancelled GCSE and A level exams.

4 Mar 2021 · Department for Education

International Baccalaureate: Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that International Baccalaureate grading will rely on teacher assessments using pupils' coursework to form part of that assessment.

4 Mar 2021 · Department for Education

International Baccalaureate Organization

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions his Department has had with the International Baccalaureate Organisation since 14 January 2021.

4 Mar 2021 · Department for Education

International Baccalaureate: Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to publish details on how the grades of pupils taking the International Baccalaureate will be determined in the 2020-21 academic year.

4 Mar 2021 · Department for Education

Children: Education and Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the reorganisation of local government on the provision of (a) children's care and (b) education services.

Source: official written-questions record.