Written questions

502 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Apr 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Leasehold: Ground Rent

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish an estimate of costs to leaseholders other than legal fees of extending their lease by a maximum term of 990 years at zero ground rent.

14 Apr 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Leasehold: Ground Rent

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether any exclusions will apply to the proposed changes to enable leaseholders to have the right to extend their lease by a maximum of 990 years at zero ground rent.

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

Personal Care Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he undertook an equalities impact assessment before publishing the guidance to businesses in the personal care sector on providing shorter, more basic treatments as part o

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

Personal Care Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will provide further guidance to businesses in the personal care sector on the meaning of the advice to consider providing shorter, more basic treatments as part of the covi

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

Additional Restrictions Grant

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect on businesses of the differences in criteria used by local authorities to determine applications for the Additional Restrictions Grant.

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

Additional Restrictions Grant

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many Additional Restrictions grants have been issued by each local authority in England.

23 Mar 2021 · Department for Education

Performing Arts: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what effect the review of post-16 qualifications at level 3 will have on performing arts courses.

23 Mar 2021 · Department for Education

Post-16 Qualifications at Level 3 and Below in England Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to publish a response to the consultation on the review of post-16 qualifications at level 3 that closed on 31 January 2021.

18 Mar 2021 · Treasury

Off-payroll Working

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential for the mass transfer of contractors into the workforce due to changes to IR35.

18 Mar 2021 · Treasury

Off-payroll Working

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what provision there will be for a contractor to challenge an IR35 decision about their employment status made by a business after 6 April 6 2021.

18 Mar 2021 · Treasury

Off-payroll Working

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of additional revenue to the Exchequer that will be raised by changes to IR35 from 6 April 2021..

18 Mar 2021 · Treasury

Off-payroll Working

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of business preparedness for implementing changes to IR35 from 6 April 2021.

18 Mar 2021 · Treasury

Off-payroll Working

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) client businesses and (b) contractors working through personal service companies who will be affected by changes to IR35 from 6 April 2021.

15 Mar 2021 · Department for Education

GCE A-level and GCSE: Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what process his Department has put in place to allow private candidates to be assessed effectively following the cancellation of GCSE and A Level exams in 2021.

14 Jan 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Musicians: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the UK negotiating team rejected an offer from the EU to enable visa-free travel for musicians across the UK and EU.

12 Jan 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Musicians: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the removal of visa free travel on British musicians within the EU.

12 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

India: Agriculture

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with members of the Punjabi diaspora living in the UK who have raised concerns about the ongoing protests in India.

12 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

India: Agriculture

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his Department's policy is on the concerns raised about the infringement of human rights on farmers protesting in India.

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

Hospitality Industry: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will work with businesses in the hospitality industry to establish a strategy to ensure businesses can recover after the January 2021 covid-19 lockdown.

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

Hospitality Industry: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with businesses operating in the hospitality sector on the level of economic support needed by that sector since the covid-19 lockdown was announced in

2 Dec 2020 · Home Office

Immigration: Income

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the evidential basis for her Department’s claim that the minimum income requirement encourages integration.

2 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diabetes: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the aims of the Cheque for Tech Diabetes funding campaign.

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

Sleeping Rough: Bexley and Greenwich

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support has been given to (a) Bexley Borough Council and (b) Greenwich Borough Council to help rough sleepers (i) during and (ii) after the covid-19 outbreak.

2 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Blood Tests: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what targets his Department has set for the waiting time for a blood test (a) during the covid-19 outbreak; and whether that target has changed since the start of the outbreak.

2 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Blood Tests: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the accessibility of blood tests during the covid-19 outbreak.

2 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Blood Tests: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that blood tests are accessible within an acceptable timeframe during the covid-19 outbreak.

23 Nov 2020 · Treasury

Digital Services Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much income has been generated by the Digital Sales Tax since its introduction in April 2020.

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

Council Housing: Evictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has issued guidance to local authorities on banning the eviction of people living in local authority housing during the November 2020 covid-19 lockdown.

10 Nov 2020 · Home Office

Refugees: Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how her Department decided on the amount of £39.60 per week as standard asylum support payments.

10 Nov 2020 · Department for Transport

Travel: Unemployment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to prevent job losses in the travel industry.

Source: official written-questions record.