Written questions
1,495 written questions tabled, most recent first.
8 Jun 2021 · Home Office
Hate Crime: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many instances of hate crime towards people of Indian heritage were reported in (a) 2016, (b) 2017, (c) 2018, (d) 2019 and (e) 2020.
8 Jun 2021 · Home Office
Hate Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many instances of hate crime were reported in (a) 2016, (b) 2017, (c) 2018, (d) 2019 and (e) 2020.
7 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Hate Crime and Racial Discrimination: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of the use of the term Indian variant to refer to a variant of covid-19 on levels of (a) racism and (b) hate crime towards I
7 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Religious Hatred: Hinduism
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to tackle Hinduphobia in the UK.
7 Jun 2021 · Home Office
Hate Crime: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of reported instances of hate crime towards people of Indian heritage in the UK in the last (a) 3 and (b) 12 months.
7 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Department's report entitled Achieving Better Access to Mental Health Services by 2020 that was published in October 2014, what recent progress his Department has made to deliver
7 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals: Visits
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of ongoing restrictions on visitors at hospitals on patient care.
7 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Social Rented Housing: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 27 May 2021 to Question 6503 on Housing: Standards, which stakeholders are being consulted as part of the Decent Homes Standard review.
7 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has allocated additional funding to local authorities to help ensure that the Decent Homes Standard is implemented.
7 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was for accessing NHS mental health services in March (a) 2021 and (b) 2020.
7 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Defence
Morocco and Western Sahara: Military Exercises
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the joint military manoeuvres with the USA, Italy, UK, Netherlands, Canada, Brazil, Tunisia, Morocco and Senegal will take place in (a) Morocco or (b) occupied Western Sahara.
24 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS Covid Pass: Clinical Trials
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of people are not eligible for the proposed vaccination passports due to their participation in the Novavax trial.
24 May 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Social Rented Housing: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if his Department will commit to ensuring that upon completion of the review of the Decent Homes Standard local authorities and housing associations will be allocated funding to
24 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Nepal: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support the Government has provided to Nepal to (a) help halt the spread of covid-19 and (b) roll out vaccines.
24 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of people in the UK have been delayed from receiving any covid-19 vaccine because they have participated in the Novavax trials.
24 May 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many people volunteered to participate in Novavax trials.
21 May 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will ensure that any proposed reforms to the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020, will apply equally to (a) same-sex marriages, (b) heterosexual marriages and (c) civil partnerships.
20 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Colombia: Freedom of Association and Protest
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps the Government is taking to ensure that (a) the right to protest and (b) freedom of association is respected in Colombia.
20 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: Visits
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the proportion of care homes without covid-19 outbreaks that are adhering to the Government's guidance on care home visiting and out-of-home visits.
20 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Homes: Visits
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that Government guidance on out-of-home visits which came into force on 4 May 2021 is adhered to by care homes.
20 May 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Credit: Personal Savings
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what incentives are in place for people in receipt of pension credit to continue saving when they reach the savings threshold of £10,000 and their entitlement reduces.
20 May 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answers of 24 November 2020 to Questions 115838 and 115839 on Buildings: Disability and Housing: Construction, whether he plans to amend building regulation
20 May 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish the findings of his Department's consultation entitled Raising accessibility standards for new homes.
20 May 2021 · Department for Education
Children: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of covid-19 on the (a) development and (b) education of children with disabilities; and what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that children who have
20 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Disability: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to (a) vital therapies and (b) essential health appointments for children with disabilities during the covid-19 outbreak.
20 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it his policy to help ensure that project at (a) institutions and (b) academics that rely on Official Development Assistance funded research will continue aft
20 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of reducing Official Development Assistance research funding on covid-19 research partnerships between the UK and l
20 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and (b) Global Challenges Research Fund projects that will be terminated as a resu
20 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Travel: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will introduce a cap on the amount private companies can charge people returning to the UK for covid-19 tests and results.
20 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Travel: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether companies contracted to provide covid-19 tests to people returning to the UK have to adhere to a threshold of successful on time (a) deliveries and (b) results in order to keep their contra
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