Written questions

374 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 Jun 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to provide universal credit claimants who have taken temporary trips overseas special dispensation when that trip has been extended as a result of travel bans or restricti

14 Jun 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Freedom of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department operates a red, amber and green rating system for categorising Freedom of Information requests according to their presentational sensitivity.

14 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Freedom of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department operates a red, amber and green rating system for categorising Freedom of Information requests according to their presentational sensitivity.

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

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Freedom of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department operates a red amber and green rating system for categorising Freedom of Information requests according to their presentational sensitivity.

14 Jun 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Freedom of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department operates a red, amber and green rating system for categorising Freedom of Information requests according to their presentational sensitivity.

18 May 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will publish guidance to advise employers on how to support physically disabled workers to return to the workplace in a covid-safe way, while having their needs met, to ensure that dis

20 Apr 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to support employment projects for disabled people through the Shared Prosperity Fund.

20 Apr 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Buildings: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what protections are in place for leaseholders in buildings eligible for Government assistance to remediate defective cladding whose owners decide not to apply and to charge leas

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Small Businesses: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support his Department is providing to small businesses that are unable to access business grant schemes during the covid-19 outbreak because they share premises with a large

12 Apr 2021 · Home Office

Proscribed Organisations

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has plans to review the number of proscribed far-right groups classified as terrorist.

12 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to provide early access to covid-19 vaccinations for single parents who are at risk of being unable to care for their children in the event that they fall ill with

19 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Disability: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to research from the Disabled Children’s Partnership which found that delays to health appointments during the pandemic has led to over half of surveyed parents saying their child’s

10 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

HIV/AIDS: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve funding for (a) research, (b) data and (c) services for women in the UK response to end new transmissions of HIV by 2030.

10 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

HIV/AIDS: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure improve gender parity and equitable investment in the UK response to end new transmissions of HIV by 2030.

4 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what financial support is available towards the cost of (a) waking watches and (b) other interim fire safety measures for leaseholders living in blocks under 18 metres while they

3 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what provisions are in place for leaseholders who have already paid for the costs of remediating dangerous cladding from their buildings to claim back those costs through the (a)

3 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has undertaken an assessment of the potential effect of the loan scheme announced on 10 February 2021 for remediating buildings under 18 metres with danger

3 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if his Department will publish an estimated timescale for the completion of remediation work on all multi-residential buildings of all heights with dangerous cladding.

3 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if his Department will undertake a comprehensive review into the number of multi-residential buildings under 18 metres which require fire safety remediation work in England.

3 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Building Safety Fund and Waking Watch Relief Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if his Department will publish in full the evidential basis behind his decision to disqualify buildings under 18 metres from the (a) Building Safety Fund and (b) Waking Watch Rel

3 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if his Department will publish details of (a) how and (b) when the loan scheme announced in February 2021 for the costs of remediating buildings under 18 metres with dangerous cl

2 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Buildings: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if his Department will publish in full the evidential basis for the 18 metre threshold criteria required to apply for Government grants for the removal of dangerous cladding.

10 Feb 2021 · Home Office

Immigration: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that foreign nationals who reside in the UK and are in the process of applying for Indefinite Leave to Remain are not unfairly penalised in their application if they

1 Feb 2021 · 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 ensure access to medical-grade FFP3 facemasks in all occupational settings for frontline health and social care workers.

27 Jan 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Buildings: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with developers, investors and building owners on their covering the remediation costs for removing and replacing dangerous cladding without passing t

19 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Research: Key Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether scientists researching covid-19 are considered critical workers for the purposes of allowing children to attend school during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will update the Government’s guidance to re

14 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the scientific basis that informed his decision not to include non-cohabiting couples in the scope of support bubbles in England during the covid-19 outbreak.

30 Dec 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Government plans to publish its National Disability Strategy.

30 Dec 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which disabled people’s (a) charities, (b) organisations and (c) campaign groups have been consulted on the forthcoming National Disability Strategy to date.

30 Dec 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans the Government has for a public consultation on the forthcoming National Disability Strategy.

Source: official written-questions record.