Written questions

745 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the availability of covid-19 tests in (a) the North West, (b) Liverpool city region, (c) Merseyside, (d) Wirral and (e) Wallasey constituency; and if he will mak

14 Jul 2020 · Department for Education

Disabled Students' Allowances: Wirral

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students are in receipt of assistive (a) hardware and (b) software technology through the Disabled Students' Allowance in (i) Wirral and (ii) Wallasey.

14 Jul 2020 · Department for Education

Educational Visits: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has issued guidance to schools that have had residential trips cancelled as a result of the covid-19 outbreak but have been unable to obtain a refund from the company providing that trip.

6 Jul 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions: Advisory Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Defined Contribution pension savers that have not received regulated financial advice had a telephone appointment with the Pension Wise guidance service before accessing

22 Jun 2020 · Treasury

Economic Situation: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the long term financial effect of the covid-19 outbreak on (a) women, (b) BAME workers, (c) self employed workers and (d) gig economy workers.

22 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the future retirement income of (a) women, (b) BAME workers, (c) self employed workers and (d) gig economy workers.

22 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to increase the proportion of BAME workers who are part of the workplace pensions system.

22 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

National Insurance Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department made of the potential merits of lowering the annual earnings necessary for auto-enrolment to the National Insurance lower earnings limit of £6240.

22 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions: Income

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department taking to tackle the gap in pension income for (a) people who are BAME, (b) women and (c) low paid earners.

17 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her Department's policy to extend the temporary suspension of sanctioning in the welfare system beyond 30 June 2020.

17 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her Department's policy to extend the temporary suspension of reviews and reassessments for all benefits beyond 24 June 2020.

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

Poultry: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the top five countries were for chicken imports to the UK in each of the last five years.

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

Air Pollution: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to ensure that air quality levels in (a) Wallasey and (b) the North West remain lower than they were prior to the covid-19 outbreak.

10 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Wirral

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many covid-19 tests have been (a) administered in person and (b) posted out to care homes in (i) Wirral and (ii) Wallasey; and how many of those tests posted out have been returned.

10 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Wirral

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many positive covid-19 test results have been recorded from tests completed by mobile testing units based in (a) Wirral and (b) Wallasey.

10 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Wallasey

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the maximum number of covid-19 tests is that can be completed per day by mobile covid-19 testing units in Wallasey.

10 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

Remote Education: Wirral

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2020 to Question 51606 on Home Education: Computers, how many (a) laptops, (b) tablets and (c) 4G wireless routers his Department has allocated to Wirral Council.

10 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants have been sanctioned since 1 March 2020 in (a) the North West, (b) Liverpool City Region, (c) Wirral and (d) Wallasey.

8 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's policy is for doctors who are contacted by the covid-19 contact tracers; and whether other healthcare professionals working in the same hospital will have to quarantine for 14

8 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Wirral

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions his Department has had with Wirral Council on the implementation of the test and trace system for covid-19.

8 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many care settings have applied for covid-19 tests through the gov.uk online portal in (a) the North West, (b) Liverpool City Region, (c) Wirral, (d) Wallasey, (e) the South East and (f) London

8 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: Wallasey

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to support the families of pupils on free school meals in Wallasey constituency during the school summer holidays in 2020.

8 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Wirral

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the average mortality rate for covid-19 per 100,000 people is higher in Wirral than the average mortality rate in (a) North West of England and (b) the UK.

3 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Contact Tracing: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many contact tracers for covid-19 there are in (a) the North West, (b) Liverpool City Region, (c) Wirral and (d) Wallasey.

3 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Contact Tracing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that contact tracers for covid-19 have adequate training to appropriately deal with people with mental health issues and vulnerable adults.

1 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Workplace Pensions: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employees have reduced their contributions into auto-enrolment schemes since the start of the covid-19 outbreak.

1 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions: Advisory Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have booked a Pension Wise guidance session since the start of the covid-19 outbreak.

1 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Workplace Pensions: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people that (a) opted-out and (b) ceased active membership of auto-enrolment pension schemes since the start of the covid-19 outbreak.

1 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential increase in pension scams since the start of covid-19 outbreak.

1 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason his Department has send replies to letters from Honorable Members from civil servants; and whether those letters were been seen by a Minister in his department before they are issue

Source: official written-questions record.