Written questions
810 written questions tabled, most recent first.
19 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Western Sahara: Politics and Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2021 to Question 144869, on Western Sahara: Politics and Government, and the Answer of 29 January 2021 to Question 141623, on Western Sah
19 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Building Safety Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release of 10 February 2021, Government to bring an end to unsafe cladding with multi-billion pound intervention, whether buildings with flammable cla
11 Feb 2021 · Treasury
Languages: Schools
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to provide specific financial support for language schools which have not been included in the list of eligible business for covid-19 support to date.
11 Feb 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Sanitary Products
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of use of reusable menstrual products; and whether his Department has set any waste reduction objectives for menstrual products.
11 Feb 2021 · Treasury
Sanitary Products: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on women of not including reusable menstrual underwear in the new zero rate of VAT for sanitary protection products.
11 Feb 2021 · Treasury
Sanitary Products: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the zero-rate of value-added tax for period products is not applied to reusable menstrual underwear that has been specifically designed for period management.
3 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Breast Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of women taking up their screening invitation within six months in (a) April 2020, (b) May 2020, (c) June 2020, (d) July 2020, (e) August 202
3 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Breast Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking in response to the fall below the national minimum standard of 70 percent in the proportion of women taking up their breast screening invitation within six month
3 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
National Cancer Screening Programmes in England Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish an implementation plan in response to Professor Sir Mike Richard's Independent review of adult screening programmes.
28 Jan 2021 · Department for Transport
Driving Instruction: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to extend (a) provisional licences and (b) theory test certificates in response to the discontinuation of driving lessons during the covid-19 outbreak.
28 Jan 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Horizon Europe
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps his Department has taken to prepare for the UK potentially not associating to Horizon Europe.
28 Jan 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Coronavirus: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support research into new SARS-CoV-2 variants.
28 Jan 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Horizon Europe
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has for the UK’s future association with the Horizon Europe programme.
27 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Western Sahara: Trade Agreements
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to Answer of 26 January to Question 139167 on Western Sahara: Trade Agreements, were the Saharawi people in (a) occupied Western Sahara and (b) the refugee camps con
27 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Western Sahara: Politics and Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to Answer of 26 January to Question 139168 on Western Sahara: Politics and Government, is Morocco listed by the UN as the Administering Power of Western Sahara.
25 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will include people with mild to moderate learning difficulties in the covid-19 vaccination priority list.
18 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Western Sahara: Politics and Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will seek clarification from the United Nations on which Government has Administering Power of Western Sahara.
18 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Western Sahara: Trade Agreements
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Saharawi people in (a) occupied Western Sahara and (b) refugee camps were asked whether they agreed with the non-self governing territory of Western Sahara being
18 Jan 2021 · Treasury
Schools: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will include language schools in the eligible retail and leisure categories for business rates relief to allow those schools to access support from future Government grant schemes.
13 Jan 2021 · Department for Education
Free School Meals: Voucher Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making free school meals vouchers to be exchangeable at community food unions and food pantries to allow greater quantities and quality of food to be ava
12 Jan 2021 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of the provision of emergency funding to the early years and nursery sector to cover (a) the maintenance of the funding calculation based on pre-covid 2
11 Jan 2021 · Treasury
Business: Bank Services
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the banking sector does not cease to offer business bank accounts to support people who have lost their jobs being able to set up in business or as self-employed.
6 Jan 2021 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to provide (a) medical grade PPE, (b) frequent testing and (c) priority vaccination to teaching assistants and SEND support staff who work with vulnerable children who find it difficult to main
6 Jan 2021 · Department for Education
Children: Day Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the sustainability of nursery and childminder provision of funding places on current occupancy; and if he will make an assessment of t
6 Jan 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Infant Foods
To ask the Secretary of State Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on whether the provision of first infant formula milk to formula fed babies at (a) baby and (b) food banks across the UK complies with relevant regulatory requirements.
6 Jan 2021 · Treasury
Self-employment Income Support Scheme
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will open the Self Employed Income Support scheme to people in self-employment who were not eligible in the initial March 2020 launch of that scheme and now have two years' trading but are still not eligible f
6 Jan 2021 · Treasury
Directors: Coronavirus
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he will implement the Directors Income Support Scheme proposal from FSB, Forgotten Ltd and ACCA UK, which would provide a taxable grant calculated at 80 per cent of 3 months average monthly trading profits,
6 Jan 2021 · Treasury
Business: Coronavirus
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the merits of a German -style scheme where Government pays a certain percentage of revenue lost, for a business effected by covid-19 restrictions.
6 Jan 2021 · Treasury
Business: Coronavirus
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the merits of reintroducing the (a) £10,000 through the Small Business Grant Fund and (b) targeted Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund of up to £25,000 to assist businesses for
6 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the (a) letter of 22 December 2020 from the Chief Dental Officer to Dental Colleagues and (b) recent increases in covid-19 infection rates, if he will review the viability of the
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