Written questions
745 written questions tabled, most recent first.
20 Mar 2020 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to remove the off-peak travel limit on over-60 bus passes to allow elderly people who have been asked to self isolate due to covid-19 access supermarkets during the morning.
19 Mar 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Supermarkets: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to require supermarkets to introduce social distancing measures during the covid-19 outbreak.
19 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pharmacy: Protective Clothing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department will take steps for pharmacists who are dealing with members of the public to be issued protective clothing and equipment.
19 Mar 2020 · Department for Education
Nurseries: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has plans to provide support for parents with children at nurseries that are closed but require fees to be paid that are (a) self-isolating, (b) diagnosed with covid-19, (c) temporarily o
19 Mar 2020 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to make provisions for children who have a special educational need but have not yet received a formal diagnosis to continue attending school.
19 Mar 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Winter Fuel Payment: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has plans to extend the winter fuel allowance for recipients who (a) have to self-isolate or (b) are diagnosed with covid-19.
18 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust on tackling covid-19.
18 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Hospital Beds
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many additional critical care beds the NHS has made available in (a) the North West, (b) Liverpool City Region, (c) Merseyside and (d) Wirral since the covid-19 outbreak.
18 Mar 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Statutory Sick Pay: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions her Department has had with the Treasury on increasing the amount of Statutory Sick Pay paid to people who have to (a) self-isolate or (b) are diagnosed with covid-19.
18 Mar 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to increase the payment amount of (a) universal credit and (b) employment support allowance for claimants who are diagnosed with covid-19.
10 Mar 2020 · Department for Education
Music: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to allocate additional (a) funding and (b) resources to the provision of music teaching in schools in (i) the North West, (ii) Merseyside, (iii) Wirral and (iv) Wallasey.
10 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Gender Dysphoria: Clinics
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for treatment at gender identity clinics.
10 Mar 2020 · Cabinet Office
Homelessness: Death
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of homeless deaths in (a) the North West, (b) the North East, (c) Merseyside, (d) Wirral and (e) Wallasey in each year since 2010.
9 Mar 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the accuracy of reports that her Department is offering time-limited settlement offers to people who have a strong chance of success at a tribunal on refusal o
9 Mar 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it will be her Department's policy that the integrated assessment system for personal independence payment and work capability assessments will adopt a unified policy for recording assessments.
9 Mar 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people invited to appointments with her Department were recorded as non-attending in (a) the North West, (b) Merseyside, (c) the Wirral and (d) Wallasey in each of the last 12 months for which
9 Mar 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that people whose appointments with her Department are cancelled do not have their benefits suspended for non-attendance of those meetings.
9 Mar 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the current estimated processing time is for mandatory reconsiderations of personal independence payment claims in (a) the North West, (b) Merseyside, (c) Wirral and (d) Wallasey.
9 Mar 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independent payment claimants have had their assessment scores changed following an appeal to the Tribunal, but before their tribunal hearing date, in each of the last 12 months.
3 Mar 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the (a) accuracy and (b) efficiency of contracted out health assessments for claimants of (i) employment and support allowance and (ii) personal indepen
3 Mar 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress her Department has made in implementing the recommendations of the Social Security Advisory Committee on alternative ways of claiming universal credit other than online.
3 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Merseyside
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the adequate provision of intensive care beds in the event of an outbreak of covid-19 in (a) Merseyside, (b) Wirral and (c) Wallasey.
3 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS 111: Merseyside
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have used the 111 service in (a) Merseyside (b) Wirral and (c) Wallasey constituency in each of the last six months.
3 Mar 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2020 to Question 21155 on Universal Credit, which organisation has the responsibility for setting and adjusting the rate at which a court fine is deducted from a univer
2 Mar 2020 · Cabinet Office
Ministers: Conduct
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who will lead the inquiry into alleged breaches of the Ministerial Code by the Home Secretary.
2 Mar 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal independence payment claimants were passed on to her Department's specialist team for severe hidden disabilities in (a) the North West, (b) Merseyside, (c) Wirral and (d) Wallasey in e
2 Mar 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants with mental health conditions have been required to undertake a face-to-face interview when claiming for personal independence payment in (a) the North West, (b) Merseyside, (c) Wirra
26 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Haemochromatosis: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve early diagnosis of genetic haemochromatosis.
26 Feb 2020 · Department for Education
Schools: Discipline
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in (a) the North West (b) Merseyside and (c) the Wallasey constituency have placed disruptive children in isolation booths in the 2019-2020 academic year.
26 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS Trusts: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the ability of the (a) Care Quality Commission and (b) NHS Counter Fraud Authority to take action against companies that charge NHS Trusts for contracted suppo
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