Written questions

825 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Autism: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the level of availability of specialist mental health support services for autistic people.

24 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Transgender People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the level of availability of specialist mental health support services for transgender people.

24 Sep 2020 · Department for Education

Education: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of school closures on the educational attainment of (a) Gypsies, Travellers and Roma pupils and (b) other pupils experiencing the poorest educational outcomes.

24 Sep 2020 · Department for Education

National Tutoring Programme: Roma and Travellers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to ensure that children from Gypsy, Roma and Irish Traveller communities are reached as part of the National Tutoring Programme for children; and if he will ring-fence funding from that progra

24 Sep 2020 · Home Office

Immigration Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on the full review of hostile environment policies following recommendation 7 of the Windrush: Lessons Learned review.

24 Sep 2020 · Home Office

Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to recommendation 7 of the Windrush: Lessons Learned review, whether she plans to make an assessment of the effect of No Recourse to Public Funds conditions in her review of hostile env

24 Sep 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Overpayments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people on (a) universal credit and (b) legacy benefits were subject to deductions for benefit overpayments in the last month for which data is available.

24 Sep 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of universal credit claimants were subject to a deduction of any type in the most recent month for which data is available.

24 Sep 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of universal credit claimants are (a) repaying an advance payment and (b) also repaying other debts through the deductions system.

21 Sep 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Fossil Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to Government criteria on corporate sponsors for COP26, whether he plans to exclude companies involved in the extraction and production of fossil fuels as potential

17 Sep 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that animal tests on products which have already been tested to EU REACH requirements will not need repeat testing to meet domestic registration.

17 Sep 2020 · Home Office

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason there is a requirement to provide biometric data in applications for further leave to remain from applicants for whom biometric data is already held.

17 Sep 2020 · Home Office

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of delays in renewing biometric residency permits due to the covid-1-9 outbreak on people's ability to prove their right to work.

17 Sep 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Co-operative Insurance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential for (a) job losses and (b) loss of union recognition as a result of the sale of Co-op Insurance to Markerstudy.

9 Sep 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he undertook a regional impact assessment of the (a) implementation and (b) closure of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.

9 Sep 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what dates he met and with which business representatives he discussed the design and closure of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme; and what the outcomes were of those discussions.

9 Sep 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he made an assessment of the potential merits of different scheme designs when he made an assessment of the potential merits of ending the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme in October 2020; and if he will mak

9 Sep 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what Equality Impact Assessments were undertaken on the (a) design of and (b) the conclusion of the Job Retention Scheme.

9 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Social Distancing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of enabling people to have close social contact with a limited number of people outside their household in addition to single person support bubb

7 Sep 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Private Rented Housing: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to improve energy standards in the private rented sector to help reduce fuel poverty affecting tenants in that sector.

4 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity: Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the policy paper entitled Tackling obesity: government strategy published on 27 July 2020, what assessment his Department has made of the potential link between poverty and obesit

4 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity: Eating Disorders

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the obesity strategy on people with eating disorders.

2 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage people to wear face coverings which are effective in reducing the transmission of covid-19 rather than those made from less effective materials.

2 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the use of sectioning powers in Schedule 8 Section 3 of the Coronavirus Act 2020.

2 Sep 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Personal Care Services: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the financial effect of the covid-19 lockdown restrictions on (a) businesses, (b) self-employed people and (c) people employed in the beauty industr

2 Sep 2020 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph A3, Tier 2 of the Points Based System – Policy Guidance, whether she plans to add care workers to the list of eligible occupations for the Health and Social Care Visa.

2 Sep 2020 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph A3 of the Tier 2 of the Points Based System – Policy Guidance, for what reasons care workers have not been included in that paragraph.

22 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Workers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will make it his policy to increase funding for local authorities to allow for a pay rise for local authority funded care workers in line with the public sector pay rise.

22 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Workers: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the availability of personal protective equipment for care workers.

22 Jul 2020 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Redundancy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of granting Leave to Remain to people in the UK on a Tier 2 Visa who have been made redundant during the covid-19 outbreak.

Source: official written-questions record.