Written questions
695 written questions tabled, most recent first.
18 May 2020 · Treasury
Directors: Coronavirus
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to support Directors of small businesses during the covid-19 outbreak; and if will he introduce financial support measures for those Directors.
15 May 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Supermarkets: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps is he taking to ensure that all those who have registered with the Government as extremely vulnerable are contacted by supermarkets for priority deliveries.
15 May 2020 · Department for Education
Remote Education: Computers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when Government funding will be made available to schools for laptops for remote learning for pupils during the covid-19 lockdown.
13 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Patients
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what standardised (a) advice, (b) guidance and (c) support is made available to the family and friends of covid-19 inpatients.
12 May 2020 · Home Office
Visas: Travel Restrictions
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on people who have vignette visas who are unable to travel to the UK due to covid-19 related travel restrictions; and if she will remove extension fees for vignette visas given the
12 May 2020 · Department for Education
Children: Day Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) extending the 30 hours of free childcare available to parents of pre-schoolers to the parents of older children and (b) extending that provision to par
12 May 2020 · Department for Education
Children: Day Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support he plans to provide to parents who are key workers on irregular or weekend hours and who previously relied on now self-isolating family members to provide childcare during the covid-19 outbreak.
12 May 2020 · Treasury
Probate: Coronavirus
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending probate for people who have experienced bereavement during the covid-19 lockdown and who therefore cannot meet the six month deadline for inheritance
12 May 2020 · Department for International Trade
Furs
Whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ban the (a) import and (b) sale of real fur products.
11 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Surgery: South Yorkshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in South Yorkshire were awaiting elective surgery before the covid-19 lockdown.
11 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to provide adequate supplies of FFP3 face masks to health and dentistry workers.
11 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Workers: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that people with personal care budgets who are making direct payments are (a) receiving personal protective equipment (PPE) for the care workers they employ, (b) a
11 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Airports
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department are taking to introduce covid-19 testing at airports for passengers on incoming flights.
11 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Abortion
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what risk assessment his Department made of the 30 March 2020 amendment to the Abortion Act 1967; and what resources his Department has allocated to mitigate the risks that were identified.
5 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure covid-19 tests are not double counted when returned.
1 May 2020 · Home Office
Detention Centres: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's policy is on placing people in detention centres during the covid-19 outbreak; and what steps she is taking to protect detainees in those centres from the spread of covid-19.
1 May 2020 · Home Office
Migrants: Detainees
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to suspend the detention of migrants in detention centres during the covid-19 outbreak.
1 May 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.
28 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Surgery
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of ICU bed availability on the delivery of complex cancer surgery during the covid-19 outbreak.
28 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Surgery: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that elective surgical procedures are able to recommence safely and efficiently after the peak of the covid-19 outbreak.
28 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Surgery: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to tackle the backlog of elective surgical procedures during the covid-19 outbreak.
28 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Surgery: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many elective operations have been delayed as a result of the covid-19 outbreak; and what the average length is of those delays.
27 Apr 2020 · Department for Education
Free School Meals: Voucher Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how the value of food vouchers in the covid-19 free school meals voucher scheme was calculated.
27 Apr 2020 · Department for Education
Free School Meals: Voucher Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of students who are entitled to free school meals are participating in the Government's food voucher scheme in (a) South Yorkshire and (b) the UK.
27 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Carers: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional support he is providing during the covid-19 outbreak to people who care for a friend or family member.
27 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Carers: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) people who are financially responsible for the care of a friend or relative continue to be able to pay in the event of a reduction in their income as a re
27 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Local Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional resources he is providing to local government for care services during the covid-19 outbreak.
24 Apr 2020 · Department for Transport
Railway Network
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what process the Government will use to decide which rail routes and stations closed after the Beeching report are re-opened; what the Government's timeframe is for that process; and if he will consider reopeni
20 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Protective Clothing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to ensure that personal protective equipment provided to NHS workers tackling the covid-19 outbreak is compliant with the standards as specified by the World Health Or
20 Apr 2020 · Treasury
Business Rates: Coronavirus
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend small business rates relief during the covid-19 outbreak to include all small and independent businesses.
Source: official written-questions record.