Written questions
277 written questions tabled, most recent first.
30 Dec 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of (a) the end of the transition period and (b) covid-19-related border restrictions on the Government's ability to procure covid-19 vaccines.
30 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the criteria is for an area to given a Tier 4 covid-19 lockdown designation.
30 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Government was made aware of the existence of the VUI-202012/01 covid-19 variant.
30 Dec 2020 · Department for International Trade
Arms Trade: Sri Lanka
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, for what reason her Department approved an export license to Sri Lanka for military helicopters on 4 March 2020 with a value of £149,724; and what assessment was made of the risk of those items being
15 Dec 2020 · Department for Education
Remote Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has assessed the effect of remote schooling during the covid-19 outbreak on levels of student learning.
15 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Family Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress his Department has made on implementing the recommendations from its report of June 2020, Assessing Risk of Harm to Children and Parents in Private Law Children Cases.
15 Dec 2020 · Department for Education
Schools: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the evidential basis is for keeping schools open a week before they break up for the Christmas period; and what the basis is for potential Government legal action against schools that wish to resume remote
15 Dec 2020 · Department for Education
Educational Institutions: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to help safeguard (a) staff and (b) pupils from rising cases of covid-19 infection in schools and colleges.
15 Dec 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Saudi Arabia: Detainees
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in Saudi Arabia on the alleged inhumane treatment of African and other migrants in Saudi Arabian detention centres.
10 Dec 2020 · Home Office
Police: Stun Guns
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will conduct an assessment of police use of tasers on (a) Black, Asian and minority ethnic children and (b) other children.
10 Dec 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Events Industry: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the economic effect on (a) festivals, (b) music venues and (c) the live events sector of his Department (i) announcing an indicative date
10 Dec 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Music Festivals: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of (a) music festivals have accessed and (b) the number of roles in music festivals have been supported by the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to date.
8 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Homelessness
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that homeless people have access to (a) shelter, (b) financial support and (c) mental health services during winter 2020-21.
8 Dec 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential effect of the policy of limiting welfare benefits to two children on abortion rates since (a) that policy’s implementation and (b) the begi
8 Dec 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Renewable Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number and proportion of energy suppliers selling green tariffs that buy 100 per cent renewable power from renewable generators,
8 Dec 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Renewable Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to ensure customers who choose green electricity tariffs can (a) locate and (b) verify the renewable power plant from which the electricity company purchase
8 Dec 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Coal: Heating
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of the ban on burning coal in domestic settings on the (a) availability and (b) price of sized and washed lump coal for use in ste
7 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Surgery: Warwickshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of potential options for alleviating demands on NHS services to help maintain the provision of elective services in (a) Coventry and (b) Warwickshire in Winter 2020-21.
7 Dec 2020 · Department for Education
Teachers: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, since the Spending Review 2020, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor on a potential pay-rise for teachers in college, primary and secondary School settings.
7 Dec 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Business Travel: Quarantine
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential economic benefit of exempting certain business travellers from self-isolation after travel from countries outside England’
7 Dec 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Public Houses: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the restriction on selling alcohol in Tier 2 pubs without an accompanying substantial meal on levels of food waste.
7 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the High-value Business Travelers Exemption policy on (a) public health and (b) the rate of covid-19 transmission.
7 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications of the lateral flow test pilot programme having taken place in local authority areas with lower transmission rates for his policy on enabling safe pu
7 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: Visits
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of inconsistent lateral flow tests on the adequacy of testing undertaken to facilitate visits in care homes.
7 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: Visits
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the (a) financial and (b) logistical strain on care homes from the introduction of lateral flow testing to facilitate visits.
7 Dec 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that people with pre-existing health conditions living in an area under Tier (a) One and (b) Two covid-19 restrictions do not have to go to a wor
15 Sep 2020 · Ministry of Defence
Warships: Shipbuilding
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential economic merits of building naval support vessels in UK shipyards.
11 Sep 2020 · Treasury
Self-employment Income Support Scheme
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Self-Employment Income Support Scheme grants have been paid to furloughed workers who lost income due to an inability to carry out additional, part-time self-employment.
28 Aug 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Poland: Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to encourage the Polish Government to remain a signatory to the Istanbul Convention.
28 Aug 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Poland: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps the UK Embassy in Poland is taking to help support human rights defenders in that country.
Source: official written-questions record.