Written questions

653 written questions tabled, most recent first.

15 Jun 2020 · Cabinet Office

Schengen Agreement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Schengen 90/180 rule is subject for negotiation with the EU.

12 Jun 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department provides to projects (a) with and (b) for religious communities facing discrimination throughout the world.

12 Jun 2020 · Home Office

Firearms and Knives: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what resources she has allocated to (a) researching and (b) tackling the causes of gun and knife-related crimes in (i) Coventry, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) England.

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

Television: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to take steps with representatives from the BBC to improve subtitles across all BBC channels and services.

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

Television Licences: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reasons a television licence discount is not available for people with hearing impairments.

12 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has for Local Housing Allowance (LHA) in the next Spending Review; whether she has plans to allocate additional funding to (a) mitigate the effect of the four-year freeze to LHA and (b) s

4 Jun 2020 · Department for International Development

Diseases: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of progress on her Department's development objectives in relation to building resilience against common diseases to tackle preventable child deaths.

4 Jun 2020 · Department for International Development

Development Aid: Malnutrition

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make it her policy to pledge £800 million a year from 2021 to 2025 for tackling malnutrition at the Nutrition for Growth Summit in Tokyo, December 2020.

4 Jun 2020 · Department for International Development

Vaccination: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that the most marginalised and under-served children are prioritised in future global vaccination initiatives.

4 Jun 2020 · Department for International Development

G7: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department has identified strengthening health systems as one of its objectives for the UK's G7 presidency in 2021.

1 Jun 2020 · Cabinet Office

Intelligence and Security Committee

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Intelligence and Security Committee will be reappointed; and when that Committee's report on Russia will be published.

1 Jun 2020 · Treasury

Wonga

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claims for refunds from Wonga customers who were mis-sold higher risk loans remain outstanding; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing support from the public purse to those

1 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Endoscopy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department is providing to increase (a) training and (b) employment of endoscopists for the optimisation of bowel screening.

1 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobseeker's Allowance: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to suspend the 182 day entitlement limit to the new style Job Seeker's Allowance in response to the covid-19 outbreak.

1 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ovarian Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies on achieving a shorter diagnostic pathway for ovarian cancer in England of the conclusions of the Target Ovarian Cancer report entit

1 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Centrepoint's Chance to Move On campaign, what plans her Department has to bring forward legislative proposals to include homeless people aged under 25 in (a) Coventry South constituen

1 Jun 2020 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Repayments

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure refunds are paid to people (a) whose theory test has expired during the driving test suspension and (b) whose theory test will expire while they are on the waiting list for a pra

1 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Eating Disorders

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his will make it his policy to work with the eating disorders charity Beat to (a) access the most recent data on issues facing people with eating disorders, (b) support people with eating disord

1 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Eating Disorders

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to reduce the time period between people displaying symptoms of eating disorders and receiving treatment.

28 May 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Criminal Legal Aid Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the recommendations of the Law Society's submission to Criminal Legal Aid Review, published in February 2020.

19 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect on (a) disabled people and (b) their carers of the changes to Care Act 2014 duties for local authorities to discretions in the Coronavirus Act 2020.

19 May 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food Supply: Coronavirus

What steps he is taking to maintain food supplies for vulnerable people during the covid-19 outbreak.

12 May 2020 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will ensure that theory test refunds are administered for (a) people whose theory test (a) has expired during the driving test suspension (b) will expire while they are on the waiting list for a practical

1 May 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

British Nationals Abroad: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to repatriate UK citizens that have a relative in the UK that is in receipt of end-of-life care.

1 May 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

British Nationals Abroad: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will publish information on the allocation of the £75 million for the repatriation of UK citizens; and whether UK citizens that have incurred costs to repatriate themselves are eli

1 May 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

India: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many seats on each flight from Amritsar, India have been reserved for UK citizens who have been reported to his Department as vulnerable.

27 Apr 2020 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money has accrued to the public purse from (a) NHS trusts, (b) organisations that provide social care, (c) universities and other higher education institutions and (d) state-funded primary an

27 Apr 2020 · Home Office

Migrants: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money has accrued to the public purse from (a) NHS trusts, (b) organisations that provide social care (c) universities and other higher education institutions and (d) state-funded primary and

24 Apr 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Saudi Arabia: Arms Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what effect the order by the Court of Appeal in June 2019 not to issue new licences for the export of equipment to Saudi Arabia for use in Yemen has had on the Government's obligations to Saudi Arabia under exist

24 Apr 2020 · Department for International Trade

Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the effect on UK export licensing of the 11 December 2019 communication to the ICC calling on it to investigate UK Government-authorised exports of arms to members of t

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