Written questions
1,365 written questions tabled, most recent first.
6 Jan 2021 · Home Office
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve living conditions at asylum seeker processing and detainment sites.
6 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Professions: Radioisotopes
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including Nuclear Medicine Technologists on the Health and Care Professions Council register.
6 Jan 2021 · Department for Transport
Hammersmith Bridge: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to fund the (a) restoration of Hammersmith suspension bridge and (b) construction of a temporary bridge at that location.
6 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Protective Clothing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason there is a shortage of scrubs in hospitals and vaccination clinics; and who holds the contracts for scrubs provision.
6 Jan 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Car Washes: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will enable open air car wash businesses which operate safely to remain open during the covid-19 outbreak.
6 Jan 2021 · Treasury
Personal Care Services: Coronavirus
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support he plans to provide for hairdressers who have had to pay national insurance, pension contributions and other additional furlough costs on top of rent for several months without income and who face losin
6 Jan 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Building Safety Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many applicants have applied to the Building Safety Fund for the remediation of unsafe non-ACM cladding systems since the inception of that Fund; how many of those applicant
6 Jan 2021 · Department for Education
Children: Computers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many more laptops and data packages are needed to allow all pupils in Wandsworth to access learning online.
6 Jan 2021 · Department for Education
Schools: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether teachers and school staff will receive priority for covid-19 vaccination to protect staff, reduce disruption and increase the chances of exams being able to go ahead in the summer.
6 Jan 2021 · Department for Education
Nurseries: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will) provide additional financial support to nurseries during the January 2021 covid-19 lockdown period.
6 Jan 2021 · Department for Transport
Immigration Controls: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to learn from steps taken effectively by New Zealand and Australia and introduce stronger border controls alongside increased covid-19 restrictions to restrict the spread of the virus into the
11 Dec 2020 · Department for Education
Students: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that universities provide Kosher food options to Jewish students who have been forced to self-isolate due to the covid-19 outbreak.
4 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport
Electric Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he taking to ensure that electric vehicles bought prior to the implementation of regulations on Acoustic Vehicle Alerting Systems will be made compliant with those regulations.
3 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Building Safety Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the deadline for applications to the Building Safety Fund beyond 31 December 2020.
30 Nov 2020 · Department for Education
Teachers: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reversing the reduction in teacher training bursaries announced in October 2020.
27 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Diabetes: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional support his Department is providing to people living with diabetes who are more likely to experience serious complications from covid-19.
27 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Diabetes: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the disproportionate effect of diabetes in areas with greater health inequalities.
23 Nov 2020 · Department for Transport
Motor Vehicles: Diesel and Petrol
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government's plans to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2030 includes (a) motorcycles, (b) scooters and (c) mopeds.
23 Nov 2020 · Department for Transport
Motorcycles: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) motorcycles, (b) scooters and (c) mopeds were registered in Putney, Roehampton and Southfields in (i) 2019 and (ii) 2020.
23 Nov 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Travel: Repayments
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will temporarily suspend the requirement of a 14-day refund period stipulated in travel packages regulations for small travel companies unable to process refunds.
23 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what process is in place for carers who attend the homes of their clients to obtain regular covid-19 testing.
18 Nov 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Sunday Trading: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will suspend Sunday trading hours and extend them in December 2020 to allow for social distancing during the Christmas shopping rush on the limited number of Sundays between
16 Nov 2020 · Department for Education
Universities: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse is of his Department's contracts with (a) accountancy and (b) auditing for the purposes of supporting universities to access finances during the covid-19 outbreak.
16 Nov 2020 · Department for International Trade
Health Services: Protective Clothing
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to remove trade barriers to imports of medical scrubs.
16 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Protective Clothing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who the primary supplier of NHS scrubs is.
16 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Department for Health and Social Care: Protective Clothing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many companies hold procurement contracts for scrubs with his Department; and how many procurement contracts for scrubs his Department has put out to tender in the last 12 months.
11 Nov 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that people seeking employment are able to access in-person work-related training under (a) the November 2020 and (b) future covid-19 restrictions.
10 Nov 2020 · Home Office
British Nationality: Ceremonies
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has made to enable the covid-safe continuation of citizenship ceremonies during the period of the new national covid-19 lockdown from 5 November 2020.
10 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Muslims
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many formal complaints were received from British-born Muslim armed forces personnel in service from (a) 2016 to (b) 2019.
10 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Muslims
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British-born Muslims who joined the armed forces from (a) 2016 to (b) 2019 completed the minimum length of service before exiting the armed services.
Source: official written-questions record.