Written questions
653 written questions tabled, most recent first.
17 Jun 2021 · Home Office
Retail Trade: Abuse and Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help protect retail workers from abuse, threats and violence during the covid-19 outbreak.
17 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Community Care: Learning Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Government will make it its policy to make community support available to prevent people with learning disabilities from being admitted to inpatient units.
17 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Autism and Learning Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Government plans to publish its cross-government action plan to transform care and provide community support for people with a learning disability and/or autism.
17 Jun 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Medicine: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to (a) modernise medical research and (b) replace animal testing with human-relevant techniques.
17 Jun 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Travel: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the level of risk of contracting covid-19 for people travelling overseas for (a) study and (b) work; and what steps he is taking to mitigate th
17 Jun 2021 · Treasury
Debt Respite Scheme
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of including universal credit advance payments in the Debt Respite Scheme (Breathing Space).
16 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medical Records: Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to help ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place for the data collected as part of the General Practice Data for Planning and Research service for NHS Digital.
16 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medical Records: Data Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to inform the general public about the option to opt out of the General Practice Data for Planning and Research service for NHS Digital.
16 Jun 2021 · Treasury
Self-employment Income Support Scheme: Carers
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 19 May 2020 to Question 45025 on Self-Employment Income Support Scheme: Carers, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the eligibility criteria for the Self
16 Jun 2021 · Treasury
Self-employment Income Support Scheme
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to support recipients of grants from the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme who are being refused mortgages as a result of financial insecurity following the covid-19 outbreak.
16 Jun 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Travel: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the level of risk posed to people travelling abroad for study or work of contracting covid-19.
15 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Parking: Key Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the extension of covid-19 restrictions beyond 21 June 2021, what assessment has he made of the potential merits of extending the emergency parking passes for (a
14 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Obesity
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure its Tackling Obesity Strategy does not promote crash diets.
11 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence: Advisory Bodies
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 June 2021 to Question 7292 on Richard Paniguian, when the Gulf Advisory Group last met; how often that group has met since its establishment; and who has chaired the meetings of that g
11 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence: Advisory Bodies
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 June 2021 to Question 7292 on Richard Paniguian, if he will list attendees of the Gulf Advisory Group; and whether Geoffrey Tantum is included in that list.
11 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence: Advisory Bodies
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 June 2021 to Question 7292 on Richard Paniguian, when the Gulf Advisory Group was established; and what steps he has taken to inform the House of the establishment of that group.
9 Jun 2021 · Department for Education
Higher Education: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the UKCISA analysis. Who pays home fees for higher education in England, published on 28 May 2021, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of removing criteria d of the quali
9 Jun 2021 · Department for Education
Higher Education: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the UKCISA analysis, Who pays home fees for higher education in England, published on 28 May 2021, if he will clarify the meaning of ordinarily resident in criteria c of the qualification for
8 Jun 2021 · Home Office
Asylum: Napier Barracks
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her oral answer on 7 June 2021,Official Report, column 664, if she will publish (a) a list of the wide range of covid-compliant measures that were taken at Napier barracks and (b) th
8 Jun 2021 · Home Office
Asylum: Napier Barracks
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were accommodated at Napier Barracks (a) in total and (b) in each dormitory at the site on 8 June 2021.
8 Jun 2021 · Treasury
Health Services: Private Sector
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 26 April 2021 to Question 182103 on Health Services: Private Sector, if he will publish the rationale for his decision to make covid-19 financial support, such as business rates discounts a
7 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Home Births
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the recent court ruling regarding the use of “proportional force” by healthcare workers against a pregnant woman wishing to have a home birth.
7 Jun 2021 · Department for International Trade
Food: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the potential effect on the environment of food imports resulting from the trade deal between the UK and Australia.
7 Jun 2021 · Cabinet Office
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Government intends to revisit its plans to lift covid-19 lockdown restrictions on June 21 2021 in light of new covid-19 variants.
26 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Travel: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that students studying abroad in the 2021-22 academic year will have received their covid-19 vaccinations before travelling.
25 May 2021 · Ministry of Defence
Richard Paniguian
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Sir Richard Paniguian met defence ministers on 11 January 2016 at a session of the Gulf Advisory Committee or Gulf Advisory Council.
21 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the full easing of lockdown restrictions on 21 June 2021 on the health and wellbeing of people under 30 who have not been vaccinated.
20 May 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Food Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on steps taken in response to the Trussell Trust's State of Hunger report, published on 12 May 2021.
20 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department is taking to support people under the age of 30 experiencing heightened mental health issues during the covid-19 outbreak.
20 May 2021 · Treasury
Social Services: Finance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that the next Comprehensive Spending Review delivers sustainable funding to adult social care.
Source: official written-questions record.