Written questions

653 written questions tabled, most recent first.

23 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Rents: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a covid-19 rent debt fund for renters in financial difficulties as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.

23 Feb 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Watersure

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including (a) people in receipt of attendance allowance and (b) additional benefit recipients in the qualification criteria for t

23 Feb 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

National Insurance Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she has taken to (a) mitigate the effects of the pause in face-to-face interviews and issuing of National Insurance numbers and (b) bring in alternative plans in the interim.

23 Feb 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

National Insurance Contributions: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the digital service for issuing National Insurance Numbers will be ready for public use.

22 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Population: Coventry

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Office of National Statistics population growth estimates for Coventry.

22 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Green Belt: Coventry South

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that greenbelt land surrounding Coventry South constituency is protected from development.

19 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people in the top four priority groups who have not yet received the covid-19 vaccine are provided with an appointment for that vaccine.

19 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what tools his Department is using to keep track of those people who have received the covid-19 vaccination; and whether the NHS numbers of those people are being recorded as part of that tracking

10 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people who are exempt from wearing face masks do not receive abuse or intimidation when in public places.

3 Feb 2021 · Home Office

Asylum: Napier Barracks

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how complaints on the conditions of asylum seekers in Napier Barracks are (a) investigated and (b) responded to.

3 Feb 2021 · Home Office

Asylum: Napier Barracks

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what complaints her Department has received on the conditions of asylum seekers in Napier Barracks made by current or former residents at those barracks.

3 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Asylum: Napier Barracks

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will place a copy in the Library of the report produced by Public Health England on the safety of Napier Barracks as a site for housing asylum seekers in light of the covid-19 outbreak in tha

3 Feb 2021 · Home Office

Asylum: Napier Barracks

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish any reports commissioned to determine the suitability of Napier Barracks as a centre for asylum seeker accommodation.

3 Feb 2021 · Home Office

Asylum: Napier Barracks

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what reports the Government has commissioned to assess the suitability of Napier Barracks as a centre for asylum seeker accommodation.

1 Feb 2021 · Home Office

Asylum: Napier Barracks

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department was aware of the presence of asbestos at Napier barracks in Kent when it authorised the site to house people seeking asylum in the UK.

1 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to recommendation 46 of the Achieving World-Class Cancer Outcomes: A Strategy for Cancer 2015-2020, what proportion of metastatic breast cancer patients have their care discussed by

27 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cases of covid-19 need to be reported in (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools, to be classified as a covid-19 outbreak in that school.

6 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what enhanced support measures his Department is putting in place for SEN schools and children during the January 2021 covid-19 lockdown.

17 Dec 2020 · Cabinet Office

Voting Rights: Travellers

What assessment he has made of the potential effect of introducing mandatory voter ID on the Traveller and Roma communities’ ability to vote.

16 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Contact Tracing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the locations of the 15,841 positive covid-19 cases that were not referred to NHS Test and Trace in October 2020 by (a) region, (b) upper tier local authorities and (c) lower tie

16 Dec 2020 · Treasury

Eat Out to Help Out Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many restaurants registered for the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme; how many meals were claimed through that scheme; and how much was claimed in each (i) Local Authority District, (ii) parliamentary constituency and

16 Dec 2020 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the (a) reintroduction of the 14 Year Residency Rule for undocumented migrants and (b) amnesty for undocumented migrants previously proposed by

15 Dec 2020 · Home Office

Fire and Rescue Services: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allocating funding to fire and rescue services to enable the recruitment of 5,000 additional frontline firefighters.

15 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diabetes: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of allocating funding for a National Diabetes Technology fund to ensure equitable patient access to diabetes

15 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Asthma: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reducing the cost of inhalers to alleviate the financial burden on long term sufferers of asthma.

14 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Declassified UK

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the parent unit was of the military officer referred to in the Government's review of the Defence Communications Directorate’s response to Declassified UK.

14 Dec 2020 · Home Office

Immigration: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the 66 spousal applications and 58 child applications being processed for family members of people settled in the UK under the Afghan Ex Gratia scheme have had a decision made on their cas

14 Dec 2020 · Home Office

Immigration: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made on the length of time it will take for family members of people settled in the UK under the Afghan Ex Gratia scheme to be relocated to the UK.

14 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Afghanistan: Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment her Department has made of the risk to family members of people settled in the UK under the Afghan Ex Gratia scheme who remain in Afghanistan.

4 Dec 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Recreation Spaces

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing legally binding targets on widespread access to nature and green space.

Source: official written-questions record.