Written questions

695 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Parking: Codes of Practice

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish the results of the consultation on the Parking Code of Practice; and what the timetable is for publishing that code of practice.

19 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

UK Lighthouse Labs Network

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason Lighthouse Laboratories are not required to report covid-19 testing cases and data directly to Public Health England.

19 Feb 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Winter Fuel Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of making the winter fuel payment available to all people in receipt of state pension for winter 2021-2022.

9 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Airports

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing free state-funded covid-19 testing sites in all major UK airports.

9 Feb 2021 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his department's timescale is for publishing the finding of the major review into support for special educational needs announced on 6 September 2019.

8 Feb 2021 · Home Office

Asylum: Penally Camp

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Penally barracks had been used to accommodate people for a period of longer than three months prior to be used for accommodating asylum seekers.

8 Feb 2021 · Home Office

Asylum: Penally Camp

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to extend planning permission for the Penally Camp, which is set to expire on 20 March 2021.

8 Feb 2021 · Home Office

Asylum: Napier Barracks

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what surveys have been undertaken to assess the quality of the buildings at the Napier barracks site for their use as accommodation and workplaces.

8 Feb 2021 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish the review of initial accommodation for single adult asylum seekers undertaken by Human Applications.

5 Feb 2021 · Cabinet Office

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effect on holding local elections in May 2021 of the use of community centres as vaccination centres that are usually used as polling s

5 Feb 2021 · Cabinet Office

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what representations his Department has received from Sage on the safe holding of local elections in May 2021 during the covid-19 outbreak.

4 Feb 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Peatlands: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's press release dated 29 January 2021 announcing plans to bring forward legislation to prevent the burning of heather and other vegetation on protected

3 Feb 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Peatlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the England Peatland Strategy will provide a strategic approach to restoring and protecting peat resources.

3 Feb 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Peatlands: Controlled Burning

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the announcement of 29 January 2021 that the Government will bring forward legislation to prevent the burning of heather and other vegetation on protected blanket bog

3 Feb 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Peatlands: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2021 to Question 145891 on Peat Bogs: Environment Protection, what steps he is taking to extend statutory protections to the remaining 38 per cent

2 Feb 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Peatlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's press release, England’s national rainforests to be protected by new rules, published on 29 January 2021, what assessment he has made of the proporti

2 Feb 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Peatlands: Controlled Burning

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the total CO2 emissions created by the burning of vegetation on peat under 40 cm in depth.

1 Feb 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Peatlands: Controlled Burning

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's press release entitled New rules for burning on protected blanket bog habitats, published on gov.uk on 30 January 2020, in what circumstances a licen

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

Peatlands: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's press release, England’s national rainforests to be protected by new rules, published on 29 January 2021, what assessment he has made of the proporti

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

Supermarkets: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential benefits to the wellbeing and financial security of vulnerable people isolating as a result of the covid-19 outbreak from

26 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Assessments: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to publish his Department's full plans for replacing exams with teacher-assessed grades.

26 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Assessments: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with teaching unions about using teacher assessed grades in place of exams this year.

26 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Assessments: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what training will be given to teachers awarding teacher-assessed grades in the context of the covid-19 outbreak.

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

Pesticides: Bladder Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the risk of bladder cancer from working with (a) acetamiprid, (b) cypermethrin and (c) glyphosate.

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

Pesticides: Forests

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of banning the use of (a) acetamiprid, (b) cypermethrin, (c) glyphosate and (b) other chemicals designated as toxic by the Forestr

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

Pesticides: Forests

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of continued usage of chemicals that contain active ingredients (a) acetamiprid, (b) cypermethrin, and (c) glyphosate i

18 Jan 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Forests: Working Conditions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a statutory number of Forestry England site visits to (a) publicly managed and (b) privately managed UK forests to monitor worke

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

Pesticides: Health Hazards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the health risks to forest workers of handling (a) acetamiprid, (b) cypermethrin, (c) glyphosate and other highly hazardous chemicals.

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

Winter Sports

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of categorising (a) figure skating, (b) ice hockey and (c) other ice-based sports, as sports rather than as leisure activities.

13 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to extend the mobile vaccination model being used to support the vaccination of care home residents and workers in the UK covid-19 vaccines delivery plan to (a) people who have exp

Source: official written-questions record.