Written questions

876 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Sep 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Migrants

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of individuals subject to No Recourse to Public Funds conditions who are currently supported by the furlough scheme.

18 Sep 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Migrants

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to provide financial support to those with No Recourse to Public Funds conditions who are currently supported by the furlough scheme, when the scheme ends.

17 Sep 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Travel Agents: Repayments

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure travel agents provide full refunds within 14 days to customers who have booked package holidays which have been cancelled as a result of the covi

9 Sep 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2020 to Question 64332 on Broadband and Mobile Phones, what assessment his Department has made of the efficacy of the strategy to ensure access to full f

9 Sep 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: Poplar and Limehouse

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to full-fibre broadband internet for people who live and work in Poplar and Limehouse constituency.

9 Sep 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: Poplar and Limehouse

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to ensure that people who work and live in Poplar and Limehouse constituency can access full-fibre broadband internet.

9 Sep 2020 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of staff who applied for promotion within his Department between 1 September 2019 and 31 August 2020 and identified as (a) BAME and (b) White were successful at each grade; and if h

9 Sep 2020 · Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of staff who applied for promotion opportunities run by the Government Recruitment Service between 1 September 2019 to 31 August 2020 and who

9 Sep 2020 · Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 October 2019 to Question 292944 on Cabinet Office: Ethnic Groups, whether his Department has since collected equality data on promotions in hi

9 Sep 2020 · Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 October 2019 to Question 292944 on Cabinet Office: Ethnic Groups, what recent assessment he has made of equal opportunities for people who hav

9 Sep 2020 · Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 October 2019 to Question 292944 on Cabinet Office: Ethnic Groups, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of his Department’s employm

9 Sep 2020 · Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office

Civil Servants

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the legal employers of all categories of civil servants by Government department.

9 Sep 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Civil Servants

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether civil servants in the (a) Foreign and Commonwealth Office and (b) Department for International Development will see a change in their legal employer on the formation of the Foreig

9 Sep 2020 · Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office

Coronavirus: Public Inquiries

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether officials in (a) his Department, and (b) the wider Civil Service have been advised not to destroy covid-19-related records that could be considered relevant in th

9 Sep 2020 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Pay

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of HMRC compliance with the requirement in Section 3.1.8 of the Civil Service Management Code that time off with pay for safety representatives will not be set against facility time allow

9 Sep 2020 · Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Living Wage

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Government departments are able to specify that wages of at least the Real Living Wage as determined by the Living Wage Foundation must be paid to all workers emp

9 Sep 2020 · Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Living Wage

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Government departments can apply to the Living Wage Foundation to become a Living Wage Accredited Employer; and if he will make a statement.

2 Sep 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

USA: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government has taken to support UK citizens working in the US during the covid-19 pandemic.

22 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

High Rise Flats: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support his Department is providing to people living in residential blocks with prohibited aluminium composite material cladding who wish to sell their property in Poplar an

22 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

High Rise Flats: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the average (a) weekly and (b) monthly cost to leaseholders in buildings in Poplar and Limehouse with unsafe cladding systems of (i) temporary safety

22 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Flats: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the timeframe is for the removal of any unsafe cladding from 84 Stainsby Road, London, E14 6JD.

22 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Westferry Printworks: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his oral contribution of 22 July 2020 to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, for what reason it was his policy on the Westferry housing scheme th

22 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Westferry Printworks: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to implement the lessons learned from the Westferry Printworks planning application to a future decision on the proposal.

22 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Westferry Printworks: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department made of Northern & Shell's reported tax arrangements when considering the financial feasibility of the affordable housing element of Westferry Pri

22 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Westferry Printworks: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department made of whether the Viability Assessment for the Westferry Printworks planning proposal submitted by the appellant took into account Northern & She

22 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Westferry Printworks: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant of the Answer of 15 July 2020 to Questions 72267, 72268, 72269 and 72270 on Property Development: Isle of Dogs, what steps his Department took to assess and test the ac

22 Jul 2020 · Home Office

Passports: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will waive fees for renewing a passport for people who travel often for work when the new rules on the passport expiry date come info force for travel to the EU after the transition period.

22 Jul 2020 · Department for Transport

British Nationals Abroad: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support is available to UK citizens who are stranded abroad with an out-of-date driving licence which is preventing them from returning to the UK.

22 Jul 2020 · Department for Transport

British Nationals Abroad: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it possible for a UK citizen stranded abroad with an out-of-date driving licence to receive a temporary emergency licence in order for them to return the UK.

22 Jul 2020 · Department for Education

Remote Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to make available additional online learning resources for children during the 2020 summer holiday.

Source: official written-questions record.