Written questions

2,018 written questions tabled, most recent first.

25 Oct 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the delays in receipt of the first payment of state pension experienced by some people retiring this year have now been ended, and if she will make a statement.

25 Oct 2021 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Driving Licences

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average length of time is an applicant for a new HGV or PSV licence must wait to receive the licence; and if he will make a statement.

22 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to reply to the letter on behalf of a constituent from the hon. Member for Garston and Halewood of August 10 2021 on student nurse debt and the abolition of nurses and allied trades b

22 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance has been provided by his Department to HMCTS officials on court hearing participants using specialist equipment assessed as suitable including Roger assistive devices.

22 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Remote Hearings: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July to Question 35513 on Remote Hearings: Hearing Impairment, if his Department will publish the learning materials which provide explicit guidance on working with diverse individual

22 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Remote Hearings: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July to Question 35513 on Remote Hearings: Hearing Impairment, if his Department will publish the reasonable adjustment guidance and training available to HMCTS personnel.

22 Oct 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Remote Hearings: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July to Question 35513 on Remote Hearings: Hearing Impairment, if the Minister will publish the Equality Impact Assessment referred to.

19 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Hearing Impaired

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the needs of a hearing impaired court user for reasonable adjustment to enable them to access hearings in person are met in all cases; and if he will make a statement.

19 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Hearing Impaired

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department (a) has given and (b) plans to give to (i) HM Courts and Tribunals Service personnel and (ii) the Judiciary on enabling hearing impaired users to use specialist equipment assessed as

19 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Remote Hearings: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in the context of needing to make reasonable adjustments for hearing impaired users to access remote hearings, how the (a) availability and (b) allocation of court rooms for attended hearings is made.

19 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Remote Hearings: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) needs of hearing impaired Court users, (b) functioning of live captioning and (c) challenges experienced by those people when participating in remote hearings; w

19 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Driving under Influence: Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information or evidence of impairment has to be provided by a court user to HM Courts and Tribunals Service before reasonable adjustments will be considered.

3 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what date the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Authority issued an exceptional use authorisation for the use of lateral flow covid-19 testing on a daily basis at (a) Jaguar Land Rove

3 Feb 2021 · Department for Transport

Regional Airports

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to support regional airports; and if he will make a statement.

3 Feb 2021 · Department for Transport

Regional Airports: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to publish a recovery plan on how his Department will support regional airports to help ensure their continuing viability as covid-19 lockdown restrictions are lifted.

3 Feb 2021 · Department for Transport

Regional Airports

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he last met with representatives of (a) Liverpool John Lennon Airport and (b) other regional airports.

3 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what impact assessment he has undertaken on the potential economic effect of the introduction of hotel based covid-19 quarantine measures on (a) airlines, (b) airports, (c) tourism and (d) hospital

3 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Aviation: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he had with airline and airport representatives prior to the announcement of a policy of hotel based covid-19 quarantine from certain destinations in order to mitigate the effect o

3 Feb 2021 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the need to mitigate the effect of covid-19 quarantine measures on the (a) aviation industry and (b) regional airports.

3 Feb 2021 · Department for Transport

Travel: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the planned timescale is for the length of time that the compulsory hotel based covid-19 quarantine policy will be in place; and what steps he plans to take to compensate airport operators for loss of busi

3 Feb 2021 · Department for Transport

Regional Airports: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of flights that will be operated (a) into and (b) out of regional airports after the introduction of compulsory hotel based covid-19 quarantine measures on arrival into t

3 Feb 2021 · Department for Transport

Regional Airports: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings he has had with representatives of regional airports on the implementation of the Government's covid-19 quarantine policy; and if he will make a statement.

3 Feb 2021 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the need to mitigate the effect of covid-19 quarantine measures on the aviation industry; and if he will make a statement.

19 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Garston and Halewood dated 8 September 2020.

15 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the MHRA authorised the use of lateral flow testing on a daily basis in workplaces such as Jaguar Land Rover which are piloting the operation of the Government's protocol in workplaces.

15 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for the Government pilot of lateral flow testing at Jaguar Land Rover and other workplaces of the MHRA's refusal to authorise the daily use of that t

14 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether daily lateral flow testing following exposure to a colleague that has tested positive for covid-19 obviates the need for self-isolation for ten days.

14 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Contact Tracing: Software

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is his policy to encourage employers to require employees to disable the use of the NHS Test and Trace app at work in non-healthcare settings; and if he will make a statement.

14 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the rapid covid-19 testing procedure agreed between (a) his Department, (b) Public Health England and (c) Jaguar Land Rover.

14 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Schools: Garston and Halewood

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether schools in Garston and Halewood constituency can order additional digital devices during the January 2021 covid-19 lockdown period.

Source: official written-questions record.