Written questions

2,620 written questions tabled, most recent first.

27 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Contact Tracing: Software

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data risk assessment has been carried out for the new covid-19 tracing app being developed by NHSX.

27 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Contact Tracing: Software

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what user or stakeholder consultation processes are in place for the new covid-19 tracing app being developed by NHSX.

27 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Contact Tracing: Software

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the new COVID-19 tracing app being developed by NHSX complies with (a) purpose limitation (b) data minimisation (c) data privacy by design, (d) freedom from bias and other data principles.

27 Apr 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Civil Proceedings: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department and Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service are taking to ensure that (a) telephone and video hearings are accessible to all disabled participants, (b) disabled defendants can understa

27 Apr 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: Coronavirus

If he will convene a virtual forum for representatives of (a) the creative industries and (b) political parties in Parliament to discuss Government support for the creative industries during the covid-19 outbreak.

24 Apr 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to allow schools to challenge examination boards and Ofqual where student grades are adjusted on the basis of statistical modelling.

24 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Working Hours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the suspension of the European Working Time Directive on the physical and mental wellbeing of the NHS workforce; and what the timeframe is for the reins

22 Apr 2020 · Treasury

Public Houses and Restaurants: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish any correspondence he has had with insurance companies on covering the contingent liability of losses suffered by pubs and restaurants between 16 and 20 March 2020 due to the covid-19 outbreak.

22 Apr 2020 · Treasury

Public Houses and Restaurants: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish any correspondence he has had with insurance companies on covering the contingent liability of losses suffered by pubs and restaurants between 16 and 20 March 2020 due to the covid-19 outbreak.

22 Apr 2020 · Treasury

Hospitality Industry: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what financial support will be made available to (a) pubs, (b) restaurants and (b) other businesses in the hospitality sector that have closed during the covid-19 outbreak.

22 Apr 2020 · Treasury

Asos: Redundancy

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will meet with ASOS plc to discuss how the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme applies to employees that were being consulted on redundancy before the announcement of that scheme.

21 Apr 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether furloughed directors of small limited companies can carry out (a) marketing, (b) future sales planning and (c) other non-income generating tasks for their businesses in preparation for re-opening shuttered h

20 Apr 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Hydroelectric Power: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will extend the deadline in the Feed-in Tariffs (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Order 2020 for commissioning new hydropower generating stations by an additional six months to refl

20 Apr 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme: Hertfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many businesses (a) registered and (b) operating in Hertfordshire have applied for a Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan; and how many of those businesses have been awarded

20 Apr 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

District Councils: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what financial support he plans to provide to district councils to compensate for lost revenue from (a) car parking charges, (b) rent, (c) leisure services and (d) council tax du

20 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons the drive through testing facility for NHS workers who are based in Hertfordshire is located at Stansted Airport.

20 Apr 2020 · Cabinet Office

Protective Clothing: Supply Chains

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date Lord Agnew assumed responsibility for the procurement and supply chain of personal protective equipment.

20 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Milk: Donors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide additional funding to scale up milk banks to help meet demand for donor milk during the covid-19 outbreak.

20 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Milk: Donors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to enable milk donors facing difficulties accessing GP and hospital-based phlebotomy services during the covid-19 outbreak to access donor clinics run by NHS Blood and Transfu

20 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Milk: Donors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to grant human milk bank workers key worker status to ensure milk collection and distribution is not affected during the covid-19 outbreak.

20 Apr 2020 · Department for Education

Children: Day Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if the Government will cover the increased childcare costs for part-time (a) NHS and (b) emergency workers who return to work full-time during the covid-19 outbreak.

20 Apr 2020 · Department for Transport

Railways: Key Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps with train operating companies to compensate key workers commuting to work by train using a reduced train service during the covid-19 outbreak.

20 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of (a) looked after children and (b) formerly looked after children had (i) foetal alcohol syndrome and (ii) foetal alcohol spectrum disorder in each of the last three years.

20 Apr 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been admitted to prison (a) in total and b) with sentences of less than 12 months since 23 March 2020.

16 Mar 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Internet: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how the Government plans to tackle online harms committed by publishers of news media and information websites.

9 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing free dental care to cancer patients.

3 Mar 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: EU Grants and Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the EU’s Creative Europe programme on the growth of creative industries in the UK.

27 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Leasehold: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 31 October 2019 on Leasehold update, HCWS55, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals on leasehold and commonhold refor

26 Feb 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Creative Europe: Membership

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make it his policy to negotiate the UK's continued membership of Creative Europe from 2021.

13 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Pre-sentence Reports: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Written Statement of 27 June 2019, Female Offender Strategy - First Anniversary, HCWS1662, whether the new checklist for Pre-Sentence Reports on women referred to in that statement has been

Source: official written-questions record.