Written questions

2,620 written questions tabled, most recent first.

12 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Christianity: Oppression

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 pandemic on levels of Christian persecution.

12 Oct 2020 · Treasury

Mortgages: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the protection from adverse entries on credit reference agency files for people who have taken mortgage holidays to beyond 31 October 2020.

12 Oct 2020 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that children with special educational needs unable to attend school receive the education that they are statutorily entitled to receive during the covid-19 outbreak.

6 Oct 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Agency Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to encourage schools to financially support their directly employed supply staff through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme or Job Support Scheme.

6 Oct 2020 · Department for Education

Students: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect on college students in cases where the uplift in universal credit has resulted in them being ineligible for a fee waiver as per the threshold set out in the Adult Educa

6 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Social Distancing

What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the 10.00pm curfew on hospitality premises serving alcohol on limiting the second wave of covid-19.

5 Oct 2020 · Department for International Trade

Tradeshow Access Programme: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she will extend the tradeshow access programme funding to domestic events during the covid-19 pandemic.

5 Oct 2020 · Treasury

Events Industry: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend business rates relief to the events and exhibitions sector during the covid-19 outbreak.

5 Oct 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Events Industry: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allowing the events and exhibitions sector to reopen with reduced capacity during the covid-19 outbreak.

29 Sep 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor on increasing funding for homelessness services in the 2020 spending review.

25 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Licensed Premises

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the evidence that informed the decision that all licensed premises should operate on a table service only basis in order to reduce the risk of transmission of covid-19 in those s

25 Sep 2020 · Home Office

Action Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2020 to Question 85114, in how many cases has a decision not to (a) record a crime or (b) refer a crime to a police force for investigation been reversed followin

25 Sep 2020 · Home Office

Action Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September to Question 85113, how many reports have been made to Action Fraud that were not recorded as crimes.

25 Sep 2020 · Home Office

Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of police resources have been allocated to fraud investigation in each of the last 10 years.

25 Sep 2020 · Home Office

Action Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria Action Fraud use to decide whether a matter reported by the public is referred to a police force.

24 Sep 2020 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Redundancy Pay

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants received severance packages in (a) 2018, (b) 2019 and (c) 2020 to date.

23 Sep 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make financial support available to (a) St Albans City FC and (b) other non-league football clubs during the covid-19 outbreak.

23 Sep 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the statement by the Prime Minister on 22 September setting out further covid-19 lockdown restrictions, whether non-league football clubs can begin playing games from 1

23 Sep 2020 · Home Office

Immigration: Overseas Students

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to introduce a new immigration route to allow international students to enter the UK on a work or study-based placement of between six and 12 months from 1 January 2021.

23 Sep 2020 · Cabinet Office

Ministers: Correspondence

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many letters Government Ministers have (a) received from MPs and (b) replied to since 1 May 2020.

22 Sep 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Hospitality Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the proportion of hospitality sales that occur after 10.00pm.

22 Sep 2020 · Home Office

Windrush Compensation Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to include a statement of apology from her Department on all Windrush Compensation Scheme compensation award letters.

22 Sep 2020 · Home Office

Windrush Compensation Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing application forms for the Windrush Compensation Scheme that have been accredited by the Crystal Mark scheme.

22 Sep 2020 · Home Office

Windrush Compensation Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications to the Windrush Compensation Scheme are yet to be considered by her Department.

22 Sep 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Unitary Councils

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the optimal upper limit of population for unitary authorities.

22 Sep 2020 · Department for Education

Educational Institutions: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the veracity of World Health Organisation guidance on staff aged over-60 or vulnerable that medical grade masks should be provided for clinically vulnerable staff in schools and c

21 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Key Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the proposal by One Dementia Voice of designating relatives of care home residents as key workers in response to the covid-19 outbreak.

21 Sep 2020 · Department for Education

Foster Care: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the Fostering Network's proposal for an additional payment of £50 a week to foster carers to offset the extra expenses of food, education equipment and ut

18 Sep 2020 · Department for International Trade

Blood: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the UK's ability to export plasma products after the transition period ends on 31 December.

17 Sep 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 September 2020 to Question 88934 on Mortgages, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of alternatives to the EWS1 form with the mortgage sector;

Source: official written-questions record.