Written questions

1,596 written questions tabled, most recent first.

12 Jan 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Parental Leave: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the fieldwork and other research that will form the basis for the Government’s evaluation of the Shared Parental Leave scheme was (a) initiated and (b) completed.

12 Jan 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Click and Collect Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it Government policy to close click and collect services as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.

11 Jan 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Supermarkets: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will have discussions with supermarkets to request that security guards act to encourage the use of masks by customers and restrict the number of customers in their stores.

11 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to provide fast-track covid-19 vaccination training to health care workers who are already qualified to carry out vaccinations.

8 Jan 2021 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to extend the validity of driving theory tests due to the January 2021 covid-19 lockdown.

8 Jan 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish the Integrated Rail Plan.

6 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his latest forecast is for the covid-19 vaccine to have been offered to everyone eligible for that vaccine in the UK.

6 Jan 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to stop national insurance contributions made by women who have not yet reached state pension age, but were born before 1960 and had already fully contributed under the st

17 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Lone Parents

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to expand eligibility for the Test and Trace Support Payment to working single parents who do not have alternative childcare options in the event that their children m

16 Dec 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to allocate funding to maintain the £20 uplift to universal credit payments beyond April 2021.

15 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Hospitality Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential (a) merits and (b) implications of permitting Christmas household bubbles to attend hospitality settings in areas with Tier 2 covid-19 restrictions.

14 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport

Airports: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to introduce rapid covid-19 testing at all UK airports.

11 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Rented Housing: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to (a) write off tenants' rent arrears and (b) provide financial assistance to help tenants pay rent arrears accrued due to loss of earnings during the covid-19

9 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Test and Trace Support Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to allow people in receipt of qualifying benefits who have been advised to claim the Test and Trace Support Payment by (a) NHS hospitals and (b) schools, but not by NH

8 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Concessions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to extend eligibility for the older person's bus pass to women who have not yet reached state pension age but were born before 1960.

7 Dec 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Arcadia Group: Insolvency

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will undertake an inquiry into the collapse of Arcadia.

3 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to ensure the procurement and tendering process for rapid testing for covid-19 is fair and transparent.

2 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Protective Clothing: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the contracts tendered by the Government for personal protective equipment during the covid-19 outbreak went to companies owned by (a) women and 9b) BAME individuals.

2 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department is undertaking on the longer-term health impacts of covid-19 for women.

2 Dec 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department plans to publish an equality impact assessment for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.

2 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social care, when his Department plans to publish equality impact assessments for the covid-19 tier measures.

2 Dec 2020 · Cabinet Office

Redundancy: Statistics

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to publish regular redundancy statistics that combine age and sex data.

2 Dec 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Internet: Disinformation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make it his policy to introduce financial penalties for companies that allow misinformation about vaccines to be spread on their platforms; and if he will set up a taskforce t

1 Dec 2020 · Department for Education

Union Learning Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, will he review the decision to end the Union Learning Fund.

30 Nov 2020 · Treasury

Bus Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total value is of grants or payments made from the public purse to subsidiaries of (a) Stagecoach, (b) National Express, (c) Go-Ahead, (d) First Group, (e) Serco, (f) Arriva and (g) Abellio for support with

30 Nov 2020 · Treasury

Bus Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse is of grants and payments to (a) Stagecoach, (b) National Express, (c) Go-Ahead, (d) First Group, (e) Serco, (f) Arriva and (g) Abellio in response to the effects of the covid-19 pa

30 Nov 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Bus Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government has issued loans via the British Business Bank to subsidiaries of (a) Stagecoach, (b) National Express, (c) Go-Ahead, (d) First Group, (e) Serco, (f) Arriva

30 Nov 2020 · Treasury

Bus Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether loans have been made from the public purse to (a) Stagecoach, (b) National Express, (c) Go-Ahead, (d) First Group, (e) Serco, (f) Arriva and (g) Abellio as part of the Government's response to the covid-19 o

30 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Children: Terminal Illnesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to provide funding for short breaks and holidays for children who are seriously ill.

27 Nov 2020 · Department for Transport

Garden Bridge: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will review the decision to publish the report on the London Garden Bridge.

Source: official written-questions record.