Written questions

3,708 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 Jan 2021 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November 2020 to Question 121034 on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, when HMRC plans to publish the information on the companies that made claims under the Coronavirus Job Retention

30 Dec 2020 · Home Office

Death Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the General Register Office plans to introduce an officially-recognised digital version of death certificates.

30 Dec 2020 · Department for International Trade

Newcastle United FC: Takeovers

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will publish all relevant correspondence between her Department and the Premier League relating to the proposed takeover of Newcastle United; whether her Department are involved in the arbitrat

9 Dec 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Peat: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the Government has to ban the import of peat.

7 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport

Cycling and Walking: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding has been provided to local government for cycling and walking schemes, by scheme (a) in total and (b) by (i) combined authority, (ii) county, district or unitary authority and (iii) parish coun

4 Dec 2020 · Treasury

Sanitary Products: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what VAT rate he plans to apply to reusable menstrual products in January 2021.

3 Dec 2020 · Department for Education

Outdoor Education: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has held with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on providing additional financial support to outdoor education providers following the covid-19 outbreak.

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

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many people with (a) cancer, (b) fibromyalgia, (c) multiple sclerosis and (d) other serious conditions each of the covid-19 vaccines have been tested on.

25 Nov 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to publish the names of the companies that received support under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme in (a) tranche one up to December 2020 and (b) tranche two for new claims from December 2020.

24 Nov 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Coronavirus: Holiday Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the decision by booking.com, Expedia and other providers to continue to promote bookings for holiday accommodation in England d

19 Nov 2020 · Home Office

Slavery: Libya and Sub-Saharan Africa

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to (a) tackle human trafficking from sub-Saharan Africa and Libya and (b) educate and inform people about the resultant modern slavery.

19 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Army: Parades

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that parents and guardians of soldiers can attend passing out parades during the covid-19 outbreak.

19 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Special Educational Needs: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many parents in each local authority area have taken Local Education Authorities (LEA) to appeal at a tribunal against an Education, Care and Health Plan decision in each of the last five years; and what prop

19 Nov 2020 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the On-Street Residential Scheme is still available; whether Durham County Council has (a) applied for and (b) been allocated funding under that scheme; and which town and parish councils in County Durh

18 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Hassockfield Secure Training Centre

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which Department owns or is now responsible for the former Hassockfield Secure Training Centre in Medomsley, near Consett; and what plans that Department has for the redevelopmen

17 Nov 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what provisions the Child Maintenance Service has put in place to help parents paying child maintenance whose wages have decreased as a result of the covid-19 outbreak and who have to make late or reduc

17 Nov 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether additional charges and fines placed on parents paying child maintenance have been (a) revised and (b) temporarily halted due to financial hardship as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.

12 Nov 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when the Government's Rethink, Reskill, Reboot campaign was launched.

12 Nov 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Tree Planting

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential (a) economic and (b) environmental merits of widespread planting of deciduous woodland.

12 Nov 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Government: Audit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the audit process is to ensure that funds to support local authorities to provide for the most deprived people in their communities are received by those people.

10 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, further to the Answer of 23 October 2020 to Question 104201, what the contribution rates are for (a) employers, (b) employees in service personnel pensions and for what reason neither rate is shown on the pay sli

5 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department has allocated to the PAUSE scheme in each of the last 10 years.

2 Nov 2020 · Treasury

Business: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether covid-19 grants allocated to businesses will be classed as income for the 2020-21 financial year irrespective of when those moneys were received.

30 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there is a comprehensive list of UK armed forces personnel who died in service, by conflict, that includes their birthplace and final address in the UK.

30 Oct 2020 · Treasury

Money: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of trends in cash acceptance by UK businesses during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will appoint the Financial Conduct Authority to track and publish those trends.

30 Oct 2020 · Treasury

Money

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Financial Conduct Authority on the Government’s proposals that that regulator be given responsibility for maintaining a well-functioning retail cash system.

30 Oct 2020 · Treasury

Care Homes: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to help representatives of care homes to work with representatives of the insurance industry to resolve difficulties caused by rising insurance premiums since the start of the cov

30 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing regular testing for covid-19 infection for a named visitor for each person in a care home so that, after that test

30 Oct 2020 · Treasury

Credit: Interest Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the door-to-door and payday loans market.

30 Oct 2020 · Treasury

Business: Insurance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that insurers settle claims as swiftly as possible for businesses now assessed as qualifying for business interruption insurance coverage as a result of the outcome of t

Source: official written-questions record.