Written questions

669 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to his Oral Statement on 18 March 2021, Official Report, col 517, what discussions his Department has had with the Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group regarding the suspension of fir

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

Conditions of Employment

What assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Supreme Court's ruling of February 2021 on the employment status of Uber drivers; and if he will make a statement.

22 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish an impact assessment on the cost of home test kits for covid-19 required when travelling into the UK.

15 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Households

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has within its covid-19 roadmap to allow established couples who do not live in the same household and are not eligible to establish a support bubble to mix indoors.

15 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Care Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Amnesty International's October 2020 report entitled, As if Expendable, whether the Government plans to take steps in response to the finding of that report that the Government ad

11 Mar 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tanveer Ahmed Rafique

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2021 to Question 156589, if he will publish an update on support provided to Tanveer Ahmed Rafique.

3 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure covid-19 vaccine acceptance by undocumented migrants.

1 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to allocate additional funding to community pharmacies to help them cover costs incurred as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.

24 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of prioritising frontline police officers for receipt of the covid-19 vaccine.

23 Feb 2021 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to publish an aviation recovery plan alongside the Global Taskforce’s report on 12 April.

23 Feb 2021 · Department for Transport

Travel Restrictions: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria the Global Taskforce plans to use to make its decision on the plans to open up international travel during the covid-19 pandemic.

22 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tanveer Ahmed Rafique

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 November 2020 to Question 111640, if he will publish an update on support provided to Tanveer Ahmed Rafique.

10 Feb 2021 · Department for Education

Pupils: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department has issued on the use of clear face masks in schools to allow deaf children to be able to better communicate in those settings during the covid-19 outbreak.

9 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) NHS England on prioritisation of workers at managed quarantine facilities for the covid-19 vaccine.

27 Jan 2021 · Cabinet Office

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the efficacy of the Government's communications strategy at tackling vaccine hesitancy amongst Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities

27 Jan 2021 · Cabinet Office

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the efficacy of the Government's communications strategy during the covid-19 outbreak at reaching people whose first language is not Engl

26 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Conditions of Employment: Pregnancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will meet with the family of Mary Agyeiwaa Agyapong to discuss working conditions of pregnant women during the covid-19 outbreak.

25 Jan 2021 · Department for Transport

Motorways: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Written Statement of 12 March 2020 on Strategic roads update: smart motorways evidence stocktake, HCWS155, what progress he has made on the implementation of that review's recommendations; and i

25 Jan 2021 · Home Office

British National (Overseas): Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to extend the eligibility of the Hong Kong British National Overseas visa scheme to pro-democracy activists from Hong Kong who were born after 1997.

25 Jan 2021 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to support jobs in the aviation sector in response to the hotel quarantine policy.

21 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hong Kong: HSBC

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the freezing of assets and bank accounts of pro-democracy activists by HSBC in Hong Kong.

21 Jan 2021 · Cabinet Office

Coronavirus: Quarantine

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions his Department has had with hotel companies on the potential procurement of hotel rooms for the purpose of a New Zealand-style managed isolation and quar

21 Jan 2021 · Home Office

Borders: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of introducing a New Zealand-style managed isolation and quarantine system at the border during the covid-19 outbreak.

20 Jan 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Health and Safety: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of his Department’s guidance on working safely during the covid-19 outbreak for (a) people that work as meter readers in other p

20 Jan 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the need for people that work as gas and electricity meter readers to be working in other people’s homes during January covid-19 lockdown.

20 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

New Zealand: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his New Zealand counterpart on that country's managed (a) quarantine and (b) isolation border policy during the covid-19 pandemic; and effica

20 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish data on staff absence in schools due to covid-19 infection in (a) Luton and (b) England during the 2020 autumn term.

20 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Pupils: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school pupils were absent from school in (a) Luton and (b) England during the autumn term 2020 due to covid-19 infection.

19 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mary Agyeiwaa Agyapong

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will meet with the family of Mary Agyeiwaa Agyapong.

19 Jan 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Green Homes Grant Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many and what proportion of applications to the Green Homes Grant Scheme were rejected in 2020.

Source: official written-questions record.