Written questions

745 written questions tabled, most recent first.

9 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many care home residents have received a covid-19 booster vaccination who received their second covid-19 vaccination outside the care home setting.

9 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many care homes have been visited to administer covid-19 booster vaccinations since 1 November 2021.

9 Dec 2021 · 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 uptake of covid-19 booster vaccines amongst people offered them in care homes; and if he will make a statement.

1 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ophthalmic Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to incentivise NHS organisations to provide innovative treatments in ophthalmology.

16 Sep 2021 · Home Office

HM Passport Office: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the backlog of correspondence at HM Passport Office on the adequacy of help for correspondents; what strategy is in place to clear that backlog;

8 Sep 2021 · Home Office

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to improve conviction rates in cases of fraud.

21 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Marriage

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish a list of all (a) substantial and (b) minor reforms his Department has made to marriage law since the Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act 2013.

21 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Marriage: Humanism

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) assessments of the potential merits his Department has made and (b) steps his Department has taken to legally recognise humanist marriages since the Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act 2013; and if he will p

15 Jul 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Statutory Sick Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to abolish the lower earnings limit for those who are eligible for statutory sick pay.

15 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Test and Trace Support Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of people who have applied for a £500 Test and Trace Support Payment to date were ineligible to receive that payment.

12 Jul 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of personal independence payment claimants previously awarded a fixed-term award who have had their claim stopped due to a delay in processing claims as a

12 Jul 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of claimants for personal independence payment that are on a fixed-term award in (a) England, (b) the North West, (c) Wirral and (d) Wallasey c

12 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Personal Independence Payment: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the waiting times for personal independence payment tribunals in (a) the North West, (b) Wirral and (c) Wallasey.

28 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Test and Trace Support Payment: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many parents who have had children told to self-isolate as a result of covid-19 have claimed a Test and Trace Support Payment in (a) the North West, (b) Wirral and (c) Wallasey constituency.

28 Jun 2021 · Department for Education

Pupils: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils in (a) the North West, (b) Wirral and (c) Wallasey constituency were off school and self-isolating as a result of covid-19 on each day of the last two months.

18 Jun 2021 · Home Office

Migrants: Finance

To ask the Secretary State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of abolishing the No Recourse to Public Funds condition.

18 Jun 2021 · Home Office

Migrants: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an estimate of the cost to the public purse of removing the No Recourse to Public Funds condition from all people currently subject to that condition.

17 Jun 2021 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Quarantine

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the (a) number of businesses that did not claim for self-isolating employees on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and (b) savings were to the public purse as a result of those non-cla

17 Jun 2021 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Quarantine

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason his Department did not widely publicise that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme could be used by employees who were self-isolating due to covid-19.

17 Jun 2021 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Quarantine

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of businesses who claimed on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to cover self-isolation of employees with covid-19.

17 Jun 2021 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Quarantine

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the number of businesses who were aware that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme could also be used to cover self-isolation of employees.

17 Jun 2021 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Quarantine

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he had with officials in his Department on the potential merits of expanding the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to include people who are self-isolating.

25 May 2021 · Department for Transport

Railway Stations: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that train stations in (a) the North West, (b) Merseyside, (c) Wirral and (d) Wallasey are fully equipped with tactile paving along platform edges.

18 May 2021 · Treasury

Financial Services Consumer Panel

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with members of the Financial Services Consumer Panel on the appointment of members of that panel who are nominated by trade associations.

12 May 2021 · Cabinet Office

Francis Maude Associates: Procurement

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any Crown Representatives or strategic suppliers are also employed by Francis Maude Associates.

11 May 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Horticulture: Job Creation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the creation of smallholder and community-led horticulture jobs in (a) England, (b) the North West, (c) Wirral and (d) Wallasey.

11 May 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Community Development: Gardens

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to take steps to increase the public land available for community gardening projects in (a) England, (b) the North West, (c) Wirral and (d) Wallasey.

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

Horticulture: Job Creation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support the creation of smallholder and community-led horticulture jobs in (a) England, (b) the North West, (c) Wirral and (d) Wallasey.

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

Community Development: Gardens

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to take steps to increase the public land available for community gardening projects in (a) England, (b) the North West, (c) Wirral and (d) Wallasey.

15 Apr 2021 · Cabinet Office

Crown Representatives

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a list of all former and current Crown Representatives and strategic suppliers.

Source: official written-questions record.