Olivia Blake

6 Jul 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carer's Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing carers' allowance.

25 Jun 2020 · Treasury

Directors: Investment Income

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide support for directors of limited companies who take the majority of their income in dividends.

23 Jun 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Economic Growth: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to change environmental (a) regulations and (b) protections in order to stimulate economic activity.

23 Jun 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Economic Growth: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that policies designed to stimulate economic activity do not undermine the environmental aims of (a) the 25 Year Environment Plan, (b) the Environment

23 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Infrastructure: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what role his Department has in developing the Government’s Project Speed deregulation proposals.

23 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to change planning regulations and environment protections in order to stimulate economic activity; and what steps he plans to take to ensure that p

23 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans with HM Treasury to make changes to (a) regulations and (b) environmental protections in order to stimulate economic activity.

23 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

Literacy: Teaching Methods

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons Ofsted's draft Initial Teacher Education Inspection Framework and Handbook, published as part of his Department's consultation on that document, bans the use of competing approaches in early re

17 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions has he had with (a) his Ministers, (b) trade unions and (c) NHS managers on the termination of student nurses’ paid placements in the NHS on 31 July 2020.

17 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, prior to student nurses taking paid placements in the NHS as part of the recruitment measures to address the covid-19 outbreak what information was provided on the terms and conditions of those pla

17 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many student nurses in (a) Yorkshire and Humber and (b) the UK were given paid placements in the NHS as part of recruitment measures to address the covid-19 crisis; and what proportion of those

12 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what post-natal care procedures he has put in place for people who gave birth during the covid-19 lockdown; and what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the provision o

12 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional (a) counselling and (b) support his Department provided to people who gave birth during the covid-19 lockdown.

12 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tongue-tie: Clinics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timeframe is for the reopening of tongue-tie clinics.

10 Jun 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Iranian counterpart on securing the release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.

8 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's Guidance last updated on 4 June 2020, Coronavirus (COVID-19) and prisons, what recent steps he has taken to release prisoners held indefinitely under imprisonment for public pro

8 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Sentences

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons he has not yet reviewed the sentences of people held under imprisonment for public protection sentences.

8 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Sentences

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons people are still being held under imprisonment for public protection sentences; and when he plans to review those sentences.

4 Jun 2020 · Cabinet Office

Research: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to communicate covid-19 support and guidance to people whose first language is not English.

4 Jun 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Research: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what guidance his Department issued to organisations representing (a) security guards, (b) bus and taxi drivers and (c) chauffeurs on adaptations to their working practices during

4 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Agricultural Shows: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will undertake a review of the role of PPE shortages in the deaths of the 760 care workers who died in the period 21 March to 8 May 2020.

3 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report published by Public Health England on 2 June 2020 entitled Disparities in the risk and outcomes of covid-19, for what reasons there were no excess deaths in hospices co

2 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

Remote Education: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of the funding allocated for digital devices, to help support home learning of disadvantaged students, has been spent.

2 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policy on covid-19 restrictions for care homes of the findings in the Statistical data set COVID-19: number of outbreaks in care homes – mana

2 Jun 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Private Education

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many private schools, who are still charging fees, have accessed the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.

2 Jun 2020 · Department for Transport

Cycling: South Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of the £2 billion in funding announced for cycling will be allocated to (a) South Yorkshire and (b) Sheffield.

2 Jun 2020 · Department for Transport

Cycling and Walking: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish the Government's cycling and walking investment strategy.

1 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Contact Tracing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what tests the test-and-trace system has undergone to ensure it is up to the standard necessary for a public launch; what level of training has been provided to contact tracers; and what oversight

1 Jun 2020 · Home Office

Home Office: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to Questions 10485 and 10486 asked by the hon Member for Sheffield, Hallam on 30 January 2020; and Question 42218 asked by the hon Member for Sheffield, Hallam on 30 April 20

22 May 2020 · Home Office

British Nationals Abroad: Passports

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will make an assessment of the potential merits of temporarily extending passports for UK citizens overseas who are unable to return safely to the UK before their passports need to b