Written questions
653 written questions tabled, most recent first.
1 Oct 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Electricity Generation: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will ensure that following his consultation on contracts for difference for low carbon electricity (a) biomass plants are ineligible to compete for those contracts with offs
29 Sep 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Air Pollution
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to align the UK's target for PM2.5 with the World Health Organisation's guideline amount.
28 Sep 2020 · Department for Education
Education: Disadvantaged
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of school closures on (a) Gypsy, Traveller and Roma pupils and (b) other pupils experiencing the poorest educational outcomes.
28 Sep 2020 · Department for Education
National Tutoring Programme: Travellers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will allocate ring-fenced funding as part of the National Tutoring Programme to children from Gypsy, Roma and Irish Traveller communities.
28 Sep 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Kameel Juma Hasan
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made representations to his counterpart in Bahrain on (a) securing the release from prison of 17-year-old Kameel Juma Hasan and (b) the full realisation of his
28 Sep 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Bahrain: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to meetings between his Ministers and Bahrain’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 7 September 2020, what assessment he has made of the veracity of reports from Ba
24 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Health and Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the safety of clinically vulnerable people with (a) diabetes and (b) other long term illnesses in the workplace during the covid-19 outbreak.
10 Sep 2020 · Ministry of Defence
Yemen: Military Intervention
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July to Question 68798, how many alleged breaches or violations of International Humanitarian Law in Yemen took place in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017, (d) 2018, (e) 2019 and (f) 2020
9 Sep 2020 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress the Government has made in implementing each of the recommendations of the Education Select Committee's report entitled Special educational needs and disabilities, HC20, published 23 October 2019.
9 Sep 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government will take protect shielding workers returning to the workplace.
9 Sep 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Animal Products: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to ban the import of hunting trophies.
3 Sep 2020 · Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office
Delivery Services: Coronavirus
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans his Department has to (a) recognise and (b) reward delivery drivers who transported essential items across the UK during the covid-19 lockdown.
3 Sep 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
India: British Nationals Abroad
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs,what recent discussions he has had with his Indian counterpart on the deaths of (a) Sakil Dawood, (b) Saeed Dawood and (c) Mohammed Aswat during riots in Gujarat in February 2
3 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Breast Cancer: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to maintain the standard of treatment for secondary breast cancer during the covid-19 outbreak.
1 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Breast Cancer: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to (a) maintain the standard of treatment of secondary breast cancer patients and (b) ensure the role of cancer prognoses in clinical assessments during the curr
28 Aug 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Mental Illness
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to allow health and disability benefit claimants with mental health illnesses to choose assessment types that are accessible to their needs during the covid-19 outbre
28 Aug 2020 · Department for Transport
Motorcycles: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the feasibility of powered two-wheelers as an alternative to public transport while capacity is reduced for covid-19 social distancing.
28 Aug 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Children: Day Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to reimburse childcare costs to parents working in the health and social care system who had to isolate from their children during the covid-19 outbreak.
28 Aug 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to work with third sector organisations to allow people with disabilities to self-certify as vulnerable to access donations of food and other essentials.
28 Aug 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Uprating
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to up-rate legacy benefits in line with universal credit.
28 Aug 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Statutory Sick Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to increase the rate of Statutory Sick Pay to in line with the National Minimum Wage.
28 Aug 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to permanently abolish (a) conditionality, (b) sanctioning and (c) the five-week wait for universal credit for disabled claimants.
28 Aug 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Government plans to reintroduce visiting in care homes as covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased; whether that reintroduction will follow a staggered approach; and what support his Depar
28 Aug 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress the Government has made on the expansion of a major anti-body testing programme since the update to the Government's Coronavirus (COVID-19): antibody tests guidance, published on 22 M
21 Jul 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Bahrain: Capital Punishment
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Bahraini counterpart on allegations of (a) torture and (b) due process violations in the case of (i) Mohammed Ramadhan and (ii) Husain Moos
20 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Private Rented Housing: Coronavirus
What plans his Department has to prevent tenants who have fallen into arrears as a result of financial hardship caused by the covid-19 outbreak being evicted from privately rented properties.
15 Jul 2020 · Department for Education
Students: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will reimburse the tuition fees paid by (a) nursing, (b) midwifery and (c) healthcare students to recognise their contribution during the covid-19 outbreak.
14 Jul 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Bahrain: Capital Punishment
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether British Embassy officials attended the trial of Mohammed Ramadhan and Husain Moosa in Bahrain on 13 July 2020; and what their assessment was of the decision to uphold their death
9 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the test and trace programme will be able to provide accurate information on the covid-19 R number at local authority level.
9 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Parking: Private Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his timescale is for publishing a draft code of practice containing guidance about the operation and management of private parking facilities under the Parking (Code of Prac
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