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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