Written questions

1,365 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 May 2020 · Treasury

Visas: Turkey

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether businesspersons trading under an ECAA-2 visa are eligible for support from the Government during the covid-19 outbreak.

6 May 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Evictions: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will extend the pause on eviction notices from three months to six months during the covid-19 outbreak.

6 May 2020 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: NHS

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will grant indefinite leave to remain for all foreign nationals working in the NHS.

6 May 2020 · Home Office

Migrants: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will suspend the no recourse to public funds clause during the covid-19 outbreak.

5 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Workers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, will he bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a statutory requirement for care workers to receive a real living wage.

5 May 2020 · Department for International Development

Developing Countries: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department has allocated to support international health NGOs to continue pre-existing immunisation programmes in developing countries during the covid-19 pandemic.

4 May 2020 · Department for International Development

Developing Countries: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to help support the informal economy in developing countries during the covid-19 pandemic.

4 May 2020 · Department for International Development

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what financial support she is allocating to international NGOs to adapt pre-existing humanitarian assistance and food supply programmes to ensure continuity during the covid-19 pandemic.

4 May 2020 · Department for International Development

Developing Countries: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to help tackle the economic effects of covid-19 on local economies in developing countries.

4 May 2020 · Department for International Development

Developing Countries: Debts

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with her international counterparts on developing a debt-relief plan for developing countries.

4 May 2020 · Treasury

Music: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether rehearsal studios and music sound equipment hire companies are classed as part of the leisure and hospitality sector for the purposes of receiving a business rates holiday; and what plans he has for those co

1 May 2020 · Treasury

Small Business Grants Fund

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend the small business grant to all active businesses not eligible for business rate relief.

1 May 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to new employees that started work before 19 March 2020 but whose Real Time Information submission was made after that date.

29 Apr 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to support homeless people that will be leaving hostels after the covid-19 lockdown has been lifted.

29 Apr 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Future High Streets Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent progress has been made under the Future High Streets Fund.

29 Apr 2020 · Treasury

Primary Health Care and Veterinary Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to provide additional financial support for (a) dental, (b) physiotherapy and (c) veterinary practices during the covid-19 outbreak.

28 Apr 2020 · Department for International Development

Disaster Relief

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what criteria were used to select the 15 countries which are eligible for Rapid Response Facility (RRF) funding.

28 Apr 2020 · Department for International Development

Development Aid: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which (a) international NGOs and (b) UK charities have been allocated funding from the public purse to tackle the spread of covid-19; and how much funding each of those organisations has receive

28 Apr 2020 · Department for International Development

Development Aid: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will publish the monitoring and evaluation framework her Department is using to assess the efficacy of UK overseas aid in tackling the spread of covid-19.

28 Apr 2020 · Department for International Development

Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to engage with (a) international NGOs and (b) UK charities on their response to the covid-19 pandemic.

28 Apr 2020 · Department for International Development

Multinational Companies: Charitable Donations

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of UK donations to multilateral organisations has been spent on (a) personal protective equipment, (b) testing and (c) water, sanitation and hygiene during the covid-19 pandemic.

27 Apr 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Small Businesses: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will extend the Coronavirus Small Business Grant scheme to all active businesses, including (a) limited companies and (b) sole traders registered with HMRC who are not eligi

27 Apr 2020 · Treasury

Self-employment Income Support Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme to self-employed people who became self-employed after the deadline for submitting a 2018-19 tax return.

27 Apr 2020 · Treasury

Self-employment Income Support Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme to self-employed people who have set up as one to two person limited companies.

27 Apr 2020 · Treasury

Self-employment Income Support Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme to self-employed people who receive income through a combination of sole trader and PAYE contracts with employers.

23 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps are being taken to carry out mass covid-19 testing of NHS staff.

23 Mar 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Overseas Visitors

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will extend universal credit eligibility to self-employed individuals residing in the UK on overseas visas.

23 Mar 2020 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Redundancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure people working the airline sector are not made redundant.

23 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the supply of personal protective equipment to (a) primary care facilities and (b) GP staff.

20 Mar 2020 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of suspending student loan repayments for people who experience reductions in income due to the covid-19 outbreak.

Source: official written-questions record.