Written questions

290 written questions tabled, most recent first.

28 Aug 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Colombia: Homicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of reports of a massacre in Tibu in Colombia on 18 July 2020.

28 Aug 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Eating Disorders and Obesity

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure collaboration between policies on tackling obesity and eating disorders.

28 Aug 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to include reference to the statutory duty to involve patients in service delivery in future guidance to NHS (a) trusts and (b) integrated care systems.

28 Aug 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the backlog of unmet clinical cancer need due to the covid-19 outbreak; and what steps his Department is taking to improve radiotherapy services.

16 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ovarian Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to ensure that people with suspected ovarian cancer receive a timely diagnosis.

15 Jul 2020 · Treasury

Mortgages

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the mortgage lending sector on tackling the situation affecting mortgage prisoners.

15 Jul 2020 · Treasury

Mortgages

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the modified affordability assessment on the number of mortgage prisoners unable to access new mortgages.

15 Jul 2020 · Treasury

Mortgages: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the mortgage lending sector on easing the financial pressures faced by people paying double interest on their mortgage during covid-19 outbreak; and what pl

14 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Act 1983

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals to reform the Mental Health Act 1983.

10 Jul 2020 · Home Office

Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to improve efficiency in the processing of visa applications from the point at which a visa is granted.

6 Jul 2020 · Treasury

Self-employed: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of establishing an additional fund for self-employed people who are not eligible for the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme to help cover the costs

6 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the average waiting time for the result from a home testing kits for covid-19 in the most recent period for which figures are available.

6 Jul 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the average (a) phone and (b) broadband costs incurred by universal credit claimants fulfilling their responsibility to spend 35 hours per week seeking employment.

2 Jul 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme for businesses that have not been given a date for reopening.

2 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Leisure: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2020 to Question 61607 on leisure: Coronvirus, whether a potential date of reopening can be provided to business owners of (a) soft play centres, (b) tr

19 Jun 2020 · Home Office

Passports

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what security safeguards have been put in place since UK passport production was moved from De La Rue in the UK to Gemalto in France in 2016.

18 Jun 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Leisure: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when (a) soft play centres, (b) trampoline parks and (c) other leisure facilities will be allowed to reopen during the covid-19 outbreak.

2 Jun 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether food parcels will continue for people who have shielding status as the covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.

2 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: Voucher Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether free school meal vouchers will still be sent to parents and carers who decide to not send their child back to school as covid-19 lockdown restrictions as eased.

2 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of regional lockdowns where there is a high covid-19 infection rate.

2 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the scientific evidence on the lifting of lockdown restrictions due to the covid-19 outbreak for people who are shielding.

1 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when routine services and treatments will recommence in NHS hospitals.

1 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Private Patients: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when routine services and treatments will recommence in private hospitals.

18 May 2020 · Treasury

Self-employment Income Support Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to extend the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme to October 2020.

18 May 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance he has provided to (a) primary and (b) secondary schools on helping to ensure a smooth transition for Year 6 pupils in September 2020.

18 May 2020 · Department for Education

Remote Education: Computers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many disadvantaged pupils have been provided with a laptop for homeworking during the period of school closures due to the covid-19 outbreak in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) the North East and (c) England.

13 May 2020 · Department for Education

Children: Day Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether grandparents who have no underlying health conditions and are under the age of 70 can provide childcare for their grandchildren when parents return to work during the covid-19 oubreak.

13 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many laboratories in the UK support the testing of returned covid-19 home testing kits.

12 May 2020 · Department for Education

Education: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the return of children to education in academic year 2019-20 will be voluntary.

12 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Prime Minister's statement of 11 May 2020, Official Report, column 24 on Covid-19: Strategy, whether it is Government policy that people with (a) asthma, (b) diabetes and (c) other

Source: official written-questions record.