Written questions

Paula Barker

798 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Feb 2021 · Cabinet Office

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Lost Working Days

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Average Working Days Lost were for (a) female and (b) male civil servants in the calendar years (i) 2019 and (ii) 2020.

27 Jan 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Food Banks: Voucher Schemes

27 Jan 2021 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Subsidies

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to provide emergency bus funding directly to local transport authorities rather than to bus operators.

27 Jan 2021 · Department for Transport

Transport: Subsidies

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Urban Transport Group and (b) city region transport authorities on covid-19 funding support.

27 Jan 2021 · Department for Transport

Transport: Subsidies

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to provide covid-19 funding support for (a) light rail (b) buses and (c) active travel.

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

Agriculture: Trade Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what safeguards the Government has put in place to protect high British food and farming standards after new trade deals are agreed with countries outside the EU.

21 Jan 2021 · Department for Transport

Parking: Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to consider the needs of people living in residential areas who may have to park on narrow roads and pavements as part of its plans to tackle pavement parking.

20 Jan 2021 · Treasury

Tax Avoidance: Bankruptcy

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people facing bankruptcy as a result of the Loan Charge.

20 Jan 2021 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Contracts

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many contractors have worked for HMRC while using disguised remuneration schemes in relation to the Loan Charge.

20 Jan 2021 · Treasury

Tax Avoidance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HMRC is taking to tackle umbrella companies that advise their clients to use disguised remuneration schemes.

20 Jan 2021 · Treasury

Veterans: Tax Avoidance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many armed forces veterans (a) are subject to and (b) have settled to avoid paying the Loan Charge.

20 Jan 2021 · Treasury

Health Professions: Tax Avoidance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) doctors and (b) nurses who (i) are subject to the Loan Charge and (ii) have settled to avoid that Charge.

20 Jan 2021 · Treasury

Tax Avoidance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what action is being taken against people who promoted and operated schemes now subject to the Loan Charge.

20 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 an assessment of the potential merits of prioritising for covid-19 vaccination NHS contractors providing critical equipment and medicine.

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

Help to Buy Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will extend the help-to-buy scheme to enable smaller developers to obtain materials and meet their obligations to buyers.

25 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of enabling couples who live in separate households to see each other without the need for social distancing in tiers (a) two and (b) three at th

10 Nov 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Holiday Leave: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the compliance of the Health and Safety Executive’s rules on annual leave carry-over with the Working Time (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020; and if she will mak

10 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Holiday Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the compliance of his Department’s rules on annual leave carry-over with the Working Time (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020; and if he will make a statement.

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

Holiday Leave: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the compliance of the Insolvency Service’s rules on annual leave carry-over with the Working Time (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations

10 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Holiday Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the compliance of his Department’s rules on annual leave carry-over with the Working Time (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020; and if he will make a statement.

7 Oct 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Music

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department can provide to schools to ensure that their risk assessments during the covid-19 outbreak do not lead to reduced access to music rooms and equipment.

7 Oct 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Music

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that music education provision in schools is not reduced during the covid-19 outbreak.

7 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with private care providers on the recent increase in rates of under occupancy in care homes in England.

7 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surgery: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to (a) clear the backlog of and (b) reduce the size of waiting lists for elective care procedures.

7 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surgery: Liverpool

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the backlog is of elective care procedures in Liverpool CCG.

7 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to ensure that people who have contracted covid-19 and are in a hospital setting are not discharged into a care home.

7 Oct 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Culture: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how the £1.57 billion support package for the arts and culture sectors has been allocated.

6 Oct 2020 · Cabinet Office

Civil Service: Sustainable Development

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 29 September 2020 to Question 95244 on Civil Service: Sustainable Development, how many requests for a meeting of the Sustainability Forum his D

30 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Advisory Bodies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department processes consultations held by his Department’s advisory groups; and if he will publish a list of consultations undertaken in the last 12 months.

30 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Advisory Bodies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many officials of his Department performing a secretariat function for an advisory group were redeployed as a result of the covid-19 outbreak; how many such staff worked for each such advisory

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