Written answers

Thursday, 2 July 2020

  • Department for Transport

    • Bicycles: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when people will be able to apply for Fix Your Bike vouchers.

    • Transport: Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to promote (a) walking buses and (b) cycling as means of transport to and from school.

      Cycling and Walking: Bosworth

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much and what proportion of the funding announced by the Government on 9 May 2020 for cycling and walking is planned to be allocated to Bosworth...

      Shared Spaces: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to improve safety in shared spaces for (a) cyclists and (b) pedestrians while social distancing is required during...

      Public Transport: Fares

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect on household income of people using public rather than private transport.

      Motorcycles: Driving Tests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when motorcycle driving tests can resume as covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.

      Travel: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether UK citizens travelling to countries rated (a) green and (b) amber under the Government's proposed traffic light travel system will face...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Electric Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2020 to Question 59368, how much has been spent on funding the purchase of British...

    • Offshore Fixed Structures: Decommissioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the outcomes were of the bilateral discussions between UK, German and Dutch Government officials on the Shell...

      Offshore Fixed Structures: Decommissioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what response his Department has made to the expert reports commissioned by the (a) German Government and (b) Dutch...

      Offshore Fixed Structures: Decommissioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to make a formal decision on the decommissioning plans for (a) Brent Alpha, (b) the other Brent platforms...

      Offshore Fixed Structures: Decommissioning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the proposed permit conditions relating to the Shell application to decommission Brent oil rigs Bravo, Charlie...

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the report of the all-party group on air...

      Post Offices: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions his Department has had with representatives of Post Office Ltd on the operation of post offices...

      Warm Home Discount Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure the Warm Home Discount is maintained after the end of March 2021.

      Personal Care Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to enable tanning salons with sunbeds that do not require close contact between customers and...

      Employment: Industrial Health and Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that people with (a) diabetes and (b) other...

      Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to reallocate the unspent funding allocated to the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant...

      Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with (a) the Chancellor and (b) other Cabinet colleagues on establishing a UK-wide hydrogen...

      Employment: Diabetes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is planning to take to support people with diabetes when they return to work during the...

      Personal Care Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will publish further clarification on when (a) spas, (b) beauty businesses (c) mobile practitioners...

      Personal Care Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the evidential basis was for the decision to permit hair and not beauty appointments during the covid-19 outbreak...

      Personal Care Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to review the guidelines on restrictions in place for close contact services during the...

      Foreign Investment in UK: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of overseas investors seeking to buy...

      NHS: Holiday Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to Government guidance entitled Holiday entitlement and pay during coronavirus (COVID-19), published 13...

      NHS: Holiday Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to Government guidance entitled Holiday entitlement and pay during coronavirus (COVID-19), published 13...

      Consumer Goods: Electrical Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on (a) new online harms...

      Consumer Goods: Electrical Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps his Department has taken to prevent the sale of unsafe electrical goods on online platforms.

      Consumer Goods: Counterfeit Manufacturing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with online platforms on preventing sales of counterfeit and substandard electrical goods...

      Remote Working: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the barriers which prevent people from working from home.

      Future Circular Collider

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it is Government policy to support the creation of the Future Circular Collider; and if he will make a statement.

      Global Navigation Satellite Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the costs incurred to date of developing a UK satellite system similar to the European...

      Global Navigation Satellite Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the Government's policy is on developing its own satellite system as a replacement for the Galileo system.

      Radioactive Waste: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the amount of nuclear waste transported from the UK to Russia in each of the last five years.

      Personal Care Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans the Government has for the reopening of (a) beauty and (b) tanning salons as covid-19 restrictions are eased.

      Trade Marks: Legal Profession

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans the Government has to ensure the equity of treatment of Chartered Trade Mark Attorneys across the UK and EU...

      Personal Care Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the scientific basis is to allow hair salons to reopen on 4 July 2020 as covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased,...

      Personal Care Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of providing further financial support to beauty salons...

      Satellites

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much the Government has invested in satellite operator OneWeb.

      Global Navigation Satellite Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress he has made in developing a replacement for the Galileo satellite navigation system.

      Personal Care Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason tanning salons are currently unable to open as covid-19 lockdown restrictions are being eased; what...

      Satellites

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what (a) scientific and (b) engineering advice his Department (i) received and (ii) considered in the decision to...

      Satellites

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the ability of (a) OneWeb and (b) other Low Earth Orbit satellite constellations to be...

      Energy: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Queen's Speech of December 2019, what progress has his Department made on investing £9.2...

      Energy: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has encourage the uptake of energy efficiency retrofitting by households to increase private sector...

      Satellites

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment the Government has made of the capacity of OneWeb’s mega-constellation of satellites in low...

      Global Navigation Satellite Systems

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the Government plans to publish its feasibility study on the plan to build a UK global navigation satellite system.

  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    • Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Public Inquiries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will publish the (a) statutory and (b) non-statutory public inquiries being undertaken by his Department.

    • Diplomatic Service: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what additional training on the UK's development priorities Ambasadors will receive prior to the merger of his Department and...

      Malawi: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the political situation in Malawi.

      Department for International Development: Foreign and Commonwealth Office

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he made of the potential merits of merging the Department for International Development with his Department...

      Overseas Aid: Gender

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office will be required to consider gender inequality ahead of allocating aid...

      Overseas Aid: Gender

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office will continue to publish reports on how that Department is supporting...

      Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Taxis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many private hire cars his Department has used since 2015; how long each journey was; and what the cost was of those...

      Gulf States: Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which projects received funding from the Integrated Activity Fund in each of the last 5 years.

      British Nationals Abroad: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of British crew members on cruise ships around the world that are seeking to return to...

      Afghanistan: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) Russia and (b) the US on reports that the Russian Government allegedly...

      Israel: Cemeteries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Israeli counterpart on the recent bulldozing of a historic Muslim cemetery in Jaffa.

      Israel: Palestinians

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to promote a two-state solution and prevent further Israeli annexation of occupied...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • NHS: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to use hospital laboratories to increase the capacity to test NHS staff for covid-19.

    • Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department holds information on people who have tested positive for covid-19 coming into contact with hospitals that do not...

      Local Government: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that local authority public health officials receive data on positive covid-19 test results...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of covid-19 test results have not been received (a) within seven days and (b) at all.

      Joint Biosecurity Centre

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Prime Minister’s announcement of the Joint Biosecurity Centre, what plans the Government has for the (a) budgets,...

      General Practitioners: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether general practitioners are entitled to conduct covid-19 antibody tests on their own authority.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government plans to make antibody tests available to the public through GPs.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many tests sent to the national covid-19 test processing centres are processed in (a) 48 hours, (b) 72 hours, (c) 96 hours, (d) one...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of communicating test results within 24 hours to people displaying symptoms on the...

      Cleft Palate: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) financial and (b) healthcare support the Government is providing to people born with a cleft palate.

      Patients Know Best: Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether personal data submitted under the Patient Knows Best scheme is sold on to companies for (a) research, (b) insurance and (c)...

      Coronavirus: Quarantine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of adults aged (a) 18 to 29, (b) 30 to 39, (c) 40 to 49, (d) 50 to 59, (e) 60 to 69, (f) 70 to...

      Learning Disability: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implication for his policies of the Care Quality Commission's published data of 2 June 2020 in...

      NHS: Mental Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS staff have sought mental health support through the NHS staff mental health hotline since its launch in April 2020.

      NHS: Overseas Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the exemption for registered health or care professionals travelling to the UK to provide essential healthcare, including where this...

      Contact Tracing: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the training programme undertaken by NHS Test and Trace contact tracers includes information on (a) identifying child abuse and...

      Aviation: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2020 to Question 53422 on Aviation: Coronavirus, to which NHS hospitals were sick passengers identified...

      Coronavirus: Contact Tracing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on NHS Test and Trace staff who are waiting for work.

      Coronavirus: Demonstrations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will amend the Health protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) Regulations (England) 2020 to clarify that peaceful demonstrations...

      Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to include a full necessity and proportionality assessment in the 28 day reviews of the Health Protection (Coronavirus,...

      Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) Regulations (England) 2020

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide written and oral statements to Parliament following each 28 day review of the Health Protection (Coronavirus,...

      Social Distancing: Supported Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he made of the need for adults in supported living to receive emotional support through contact with family members when...

      Midwives: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many midwives from the EU are working in the NHS in the latest period for which data is available, broken down by each EU nationality.

      NHSX: Public Appointments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the membership of the Oversight Board of NHSX, chaired by Mark Gould.

      Social Distancing: Visual Impairment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what advice has been provided to blind and partially-sighted people about the operation of social distancing; and if he will make a statement.

      Midwives: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many midwives work in NHS England by each EU nationality.

      Contact Tracing: Computer Software

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what was the cost to the public purse of the development of the original centralised covid-19 contact-tracing app.

      Contact Tracing: Computer Software

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which (a) companies and (b) other organisations received funding from the public purse to work on the Government's centralised...

      Coronavirus: Contact Tracing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timeframe is for the Test and Trace regime to be fully operational.

      Health Professions: Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to cancel the tuition fees of NHS staff who graduated early to treat people with covid-19.

      Health Services: Stress

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce stress in the health sector workplace.

      Dementia: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has for the covid-19 social care taskforce, announced on 8 June 2020, to review the effect of covid-19 on...

      Contact Tracing: Germany

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with his German counterpart on their covid-19 contact tracing app; and if he will make a statement.

      Contact Tracing: Computer Software

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on developing the (a) NHS covid-19 app and (b) Apple/Google designed app.

      Contact Tracing: Computer Software

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse was of the Isle of Wight pilot of the NHS covid-19 tracing app.

      Contact Tracing: Computer Software

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the Government spent on developing its NHSX contact tracing app.

      Visual Impairment: Social Distancing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the exceptions to social distancing rules are for people with visual impairments who depend on assistance from others.

      Joint Biosecurity Centre

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2020 to Question 49643 on Joint Biosecurity Centre: Staff and the Answer of 8 June to Question 49644 on...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letter of 23 March 2020 on home care workers from the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North.

      Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will restore as soon as it is safe to do so the Care Act 2004 duties on local authorities to ensure that the care of elderly,...

      Contact Tracing: Computer Software

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the estimated cost to the public purse has been of the NHS covid-19 track and trace app.

      Contact Tracing: Computer Software

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the (a) development of the Track and Trace app and (b) merger of that app...

      Contact Tracing: Mobile Phones

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which companies won Government contracts to develop the covid-19 track and trace app; and what the value of those contracts was.

      Contact Tracing: Computer Software

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the additional cost will be of the further data protection requirements of the new covid-19 track and trace app.

      Alzheimer's Disease: Tea

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on the potential effect of drinking tea on reducing the risk of Alzheimer's disease.

      Social Services: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with representatives from the care sector on increasing the level of private sector investment in the...

      Health Professions: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with (a) trade unions (b) royal colleges that represent nursing, midwifery and allied healthcare...

      NHS: Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of backfilling costs in the NHS on the NHS' ability to provide affordable apprenticeships...

      Apprentices and Education: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on education and apprenticeships in the NHS.

      NHS: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the wellbeing of NHS trainees during the covid-19 outbreak.

      Social Services: Minimum Wage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a social care minimum wage.

      Nurses: Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people are currently working towards nursing degree apprenticeships in England.

      NHS: Digital Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to undertake a review of the (a) effectiveness and (b) outcomes of the Digital First programme in (i)...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to provide regular updates on the rules on physical contact for long-term partners living in separate...

      Contact Tracing: Computer Software

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much has been spent on developing the Government’s covid-19 contact tracing app to date; which companies were paid sums as part...

      Social Services: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) plans and (b) support he is putting in place to reform the social care sector and help it recover from the covid-19 outbreak.

      Coronavirus Act 2020

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the powers provided under Schedule 22 of the Coronavirus Act 2020 having not been used despite the outbreak having...

      Coronavirus: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is he taking to support patients with long-term symptoms arising from contracting covid-19.

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether one household is able to stay overnight in another household's home.

      Social Distancing: Households

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people are able to meet inside from 4 July 2020 from different households if they are able to remain socially distanced.

      Social Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what advice his Department has taken from clinical and social care experts on discontinuing the Care Act easements, established under the...

      Dental Services: Laboratories

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support dental laboratories during the covid-19 outbreak.

  • Department for International Development

    • Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the challenges associated with the equitable and efficient international supply and distribution of a...

    • Humanitarian Aid: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to integrate its (a) development and (b) humanitarian initiatives to protect children from...

      Coronavirus: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to prioritise child protection in its response to the covid-19 pandemic.

      Forced Marriage: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to progress its work on ending child marriage after the covid-19 pandemic.

      Coronavirus: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to integrate its policy on (a) mental health support, (b) psychosocial support and (c) child...

      Rohingya: Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the covid-19 pandemic on her Department's support for the Rohingya refugees.

      Democratic Republic of Congo: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the covid-19 pandemic on her Department's humanitarian work in the Democratic...

      Coronavirus: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to (a) assess and tackle the increased risk of child labour as a result of the covid-19 pandemic...

      Nigeria: Oil

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department has allocated to the Ogoniland region of Nigeria for the clearing up of pollution resulting from oil...

      Yemen: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the proposed reductions in Official Development Assistance expenditure on UK...

      Overseas Aid: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the cumulative financial value was of the projects and programmes which have received red ratings by the Independent Commission...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the new Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office will be structured to...

      Department for International Development: Foreign and Commonwealth Office

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if the Government will consult the trade unions of the her Department's staff members at each stage of the merger of her Department...

      Department for International Development: Foreign and Commonwealth Office

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if the Government will takes steps to ensure that no employees of her Department will be made redundant during the merger of her...

      Yemen: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking following UNICEF's call for urgent humanitarian support in Yemen.

  • Department for Education

    • Students: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to support students that find themselves in financial difficulty during the covid-19 outbreak.

    • Universities: Foreign Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of international students who will study at UK universities in the 2020-21 academic year.

      Universities: Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of domestic students who will study at UK universities in the 2020-21 academic year.

      Universities: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussion he has had with university officials on preventing staff redundancies.

      Department for Education: Public Opinion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department spent on (a) opinion polling and (b) focus groups in each month since January 2019.

      Adult Education: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to ensure that adults who need training and skills development are supported as covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.

      Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the merits of providing apprenticeships programmes that are more...

      Free School Meals: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the number of children (a) eligible for and (b) receiving free school meals in England.

      Education: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children classified as vulnerable attended (a) primary (b) secondary school in (i) May and (ii) June 2020.

      Universities: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the decision to cap the number of English students attending university in Scotland.

      Holiday Play Schemes: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether holiday clubs in schools will be permitted to open over the summer in 2020.

      Pupils: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether children who become eligible for free school meals during the summer holidays will be eligible for support form the COVID Summer Food Fund.

      Schools: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on what dates Edenred’s contracts to deliver (a) the national free school meal voucher scheme and (b) the COVID Summer Food Fund will come to an end.

      Academic Year: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will provide a (a) framework and (b) tailored support to enable schools to open as places for pupil engagement and activity in the 2020 summer...

      Home Education and Teaching Aids: Ealing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding has been allocated to schools in the London Borough of Ealing in relation to (a) online tuition and (b) teaching materials.

      Schools: Social Distancing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the additional number of pupils that can attend school in the event that social distancing guidelines are lower to one metre.

      Education: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department plans to take to reduce the gap in provision between state and private schools after the covid-19 outbreak.

      Schools: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children at state primary schools are being taught at school (a) in the UK and (b) in York since the reopening of...

      Schools: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what additional educational provision he providing to children who may not be able to return to school in September as a result of limits on capacity...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisoners' Release: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2020 to Question 54062, on Prisoners' Release: Coronavirus, how many and what proportion of prison-leavers released...

    • Trials: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans the Government has to tackle the backlog of trials as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.

      Magistrates' Courts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the rate of escalation of cases awaiting trial in magistrates courts; what the size of the backlog has been in...

  • Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

    • Local Government: Constituencies

      To ask the hon. Member for City of Chester, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, when the Commission plans to lay before Parliament the draft Order to give affect to...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to relax housing delivery targets for local authorities in 2020-21 in response to the covid19...

    • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the report of the all-party group on air...

      Help to Buy Scheme: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he has taken to extend the Help to Buy scheme to mitigate for delays in construction because of the...

      Mortgages

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to hold a roundtable meeting with mortgage lenders to discuss mortgage valuations on properties under...

      5G

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when his Department plans to bring forward legislation to reform permitted development rights to support the (a)...

      Property Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of exempting developments granted planning permission through development...

      5G

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when his Department plans to publish its response to the consultation on the proposed reforms to permitted development...

      Planning: Reform

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the compatibility of proposed planning reforms with measures contained in...

      Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the 2012 Guidance on Planning Propriety Issues is the current guidance for Ministers on how to interact with...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Ammunition and Radioactive Waste: Beaufort Dyke

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent environmental assessment the Government has made of the level of deterioration of munitions and nuclear waste dumped in the sea between...

    • Voyager Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2020 to Question 61411 on Voyager Aircraft; what effect the new livery will have on the number of refuelling missions...

      Body Armour: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to procure anatomically specific body armour for female service personnel.

      Aircraft Carriers: Amphibious Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the future amphibious assault capability of UK Carrier Enabled Power Projection (CEPP).

      Afghanistan: Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with representatives of the armed forces on reports that the Russian Government allegedly offered to pay bounties to...

      Defence: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to mitigate the risks of cost increases on his Department's spending as a result of exchange rate fluctuations.

      Army: Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the future of (a) Mastiff and (b) other legacy Army vehicles.

      RAF Valley: Noise

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to reduce noise nuisance from Texan T1 aircraft operating from RAF Y Fali over north west Wales.

      Syria: Military Intervention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will undertake a public investigation into the air strike at Tal al-Jayer in Syria on 12 June 2018 to determine whether munitions from...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Industrial Health and Safety: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many reports relating to covid-19 the Heath and Safety Executive has received in each of the last three months.

    • Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what additional support has been made available for claimants of (a) jobseeker's allowance and (b) employment support allowance during the...

      Unemployment: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what additional support and training her Department offers to unemployed people to help them to fill long-term vacancies in (a) the UK, (b)...

      Poverty: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what most recent estimate she has made of the number of children in (a) England, (b) the North West and (c) Manchester Gorton constituency...

      Food Banks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when a Minister from her Department last visited a food bank on an official visit.

      Employment Schemes: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to use (a) a Future Jobs Fund or (b) a similar scheme to support young people unemployed as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.

      Health and Safety Executive: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding has been allocated to the Health & Safety Executive for (a) delivering Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of universal credit who were previously in receipt of legacy benefits have successfully reapplied for universal...

      State Retirement Pensions: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the underpayments of state pension to women who have not received their full state pension will be passed on to the (a) surviving...

      Social Security Benefits: Terminal Illnesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to publish the findings from the review, announced in July 2019, on how the welfare system supports people who are terminally ill.

      Child Maintenance Service: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Child Maintenance Service in enforcing payments for resident parents during the...

      Universal Credit: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claiming universal credit in Wales from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020 were employed in the care sector.

      Access to Work Programme: Sign Language

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the accuracy of the current British Sign Language translation published in 2015 of the Access to Work...

      Access to Work Programme: Sign Language

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department plans to update its British Sign Language translation of the Access to Work factsheet for customers.

      Access to Work Programme: Sign Language

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria her Department uses when deciding which Access to Work materials are translated into British Sign Language.

      Jobcentres: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Jobcentres will be open at their usual operating times from 6 July 2020 as the covid-19 lockdown restrictions...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Fishing Catches: Computer Software

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Marine Management Organisation has taken enforcement action using evidence from the under-10m Catch App.

    • Fishing Catches: Computer Software

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Marine Management Organisation's management of the under-10 metre...

      Fishing Catches: Computer Software

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which Minister in his Department has responsibility for the CatchApp for fish landings.

      Food: Microplastics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of current levels of micro plastics in food destined for human consumption; and if he will make...

      Furs: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to plan for a review of the ban on the sale of animal fur after the end of the...

      United Utilities: Japanese Knotweed

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with United Utilities on the control and eradication of Japanese knotweed on land owned...

  • Home Office

    • Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support her Department has provided to UK Border Force to ensure that seasonal agricultural workers arriving in the UK do not display...

    • Domestic Abuse: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Office, what steps her Department is taking to protect individuals from abusive partners during the covid-19 lockdown.

      Domestic Abuse: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the provision of a victim focused approach in relation to domestic abuse during the covid-19...

      Prostitution: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to protect sex workers during the covid-19 outbreak; what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of...

      Sexual Offences: Victim Support Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what metrics her Department uses to assess the effectiveness of its spending on prostitution/sexual exploitation specialist support services.

      Immigration

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of granting indefinite leave to remain to (a) overseas nationals working as...

      Police: Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of schools-based police officers in reducing crime.

      Police: Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department provides on schools-based police officers (a) wearing uniform, (b) carrying tasers and (c) carrying batons.

      Home Office: Public Inquiries

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the (a) statutory and (b) non-statutory public inquiries being undertaken by her Department.

      Health Services: Immigrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals working in the NHS paid the NHS surcharge in each month of 2020.

      Asylum: LGBT People

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to asylum claims, which countries her Department has assessed as persecuting LGBTQ+ people.

      China and India: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to help ensure that UK visa offices in (a) China and (b) India process visa applications for students planning to...

      Travellers: Caravan Sites

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department will publish its response to the consultation on Strengthening police powers to tackle unauthorised encampments, which...

      Youth Mobility Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the UK's points-based immigration system: policy statement on 19 February 2020, if she will make it her Department’s...

      Immigration: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support her Department is providing to people outside of the UK who are unable to (a) provide their biometric information or (b) take...

      Immigration: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the statistics relating to covid-19 and the immigration system, May 2020, published 28 May 2020, what steps her Department...

      Travel: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to verify that people travelling to the UK comply with quarantine measures by staying at a specified address.

      Travel: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of people asked to quarantine for 14 days on arrival to the UK have (a) not been contacted, (b) contacted once and (c)...

      Marriage: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when registry office wedding ceremonies will resume as covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.

      Uk Border Force

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2020 to Question 54929 on UK Border Force: Recruitment, if she will publish the number of Border Force...

      Home Office: Revenue and Customs

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what Partnership Agreements are in operation between HMRC and her Department; and plans she has to revise those plans in response to the UK...

      Road Traffic Control: Police

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report by the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety entitled Roads policing and its contribution to road...

      Immigrants: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) NHS and (b) social care workers who are foreign nationals have (i) paid and (ii) been refunded the NHS surcharge since 21 May 2020.

      Immigrants: Health Services and Social Services:

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many NHS and social care workers paid the Immigration Health Surcharge in each month of 2020.

      Immigration: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to issue reminders to EU citizens who have been granted pre-settled status of the when they should apply to...

  • Scotland Office

    • Coronavirus: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on co-ordinating a UK wide response to the covid-19 outbreak.

    • Coronavirus: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many meetings of the Covid-19 Operations Committee he has attended.

      Coronavirus: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many meetings of the Economic Operations Committee he has attended since the start of the covid-19 outbreak.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Government Departments: Contracts

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many contracts have been awarded by the Government since the start of the covid-19 outbreak other than under procurement guidelines requiring at...

    • Climate Change Cabinet Committee

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make regular reports to the House on the (a) frequency and (b) decisions of meetings of the Cabinet committee on climate change.

      Influenza and Pneumonia: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people by ethnic group died from (a) flu and (b) pneumonia in each of the last five years.

      Intelligence Services: Detainees

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times the guidance entitled, Consolidated Guidance to Intelligence Officers and Service Personnel on the Detention and Interviewing of...

      Constitution, Democracy and Rights Commission

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) correspondence and (b) representations he has received on proposals to engage citizens in the Constitution, Democracy and Rights Commission;...

      Department for International Development: Foreign and Commonwealth Office

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Prime Minister's Oral Statement of 16 June 2020 on Global Britain, how many staff in his Department are working on the merger of the...

      European Union: Committees

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times the Union Policy Implementation Committee has met in each of the last three years.

      Cabinet Office: Ministerial Responsibility

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June to Question 59509 on Cabinet Office: Ministerial Responsibility, which Minister is responsible for civil service HR...

  • Treasury

    • Government Departments: Development Aid

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) impact and (b) risk assessments the Government has made of planned reduced ODA spend across Government departments.

    • Small Business Grants Fund: Insurance Companies

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he will take to ensure that insurance companies do not deduct the £10,000 Coronavirus Small Business Grant from insurance payouts relating...

      Customs: Brexit

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contingency plans he has put in place for the potential eventuality that customs declarations software fails after the transition period has ended.

      Customs: Electronic Government

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason he decided to develop a bespoke customs management software instead of using UNCTAD's ASYCUDA system.

      Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the median wage is of people in receipt of Government support through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, by Parliamentary constituency.

      Developing Countries: Debts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will takes steps to assist the 77 poorest countries to meet the (a) challenges and (b) effect of the covid-19 pandemic by (i) cancelling the...

      Concert Halls and Theatres: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to reduce VAT on ticketing for (a) music venues, (b) theatres and (c) other creative venues.

      Consumers: Protection

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of enabling access to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme for Wirecard Card Solutions Limited...

      Schools: Wales

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the £1 billion schools rebuilding programme in England is new funding; and how much money the Welsh Government will receive in Barnett...

      Paye

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2020 to Question 57401 on PAYE, how many limited companies that registered an annual PAYE scheme for the financial year...

      Paye

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2020 to Question 57401 on PAYE, how many employees who paid PAYE under an annual scheme in financial year 2018-19 were...

      Paye

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) employers and (b) employees have (i) registered and (ii) operated annual PAYE schemes in each tax year since the introduction of HMRC's Real...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Swimming

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the research entitled, Value of Swimming, published by...

    • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the report of the all-party group on air pollution...

      Broadband: Ceredigion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent estimate the Government has made of the number of premises in Ceredigion that do not have access to an internet...

      Music: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to provide additional financial support to music venues in response to the open letter of June 2020 to...

      Gyms and Leisure: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish a timetable for the reopening of indoor leisure facilities and gyms during the covid-19 outbreak.

      Arts: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many workers in the creative industries are not eligible to apply to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme or...

      Music: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the scientific basis is for not allowing choirs and singing activities to resume as the covid-19 lockdown restrictions...

      Film and Television: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing a state-backed fund for film and TV productions that are...

      Temporary Accommodation: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of provision of support for the proprietors of (a) bed and breakfast and (b)...

      Arts: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on allocating additional financial support to (a)...

      Bowling: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what consultation his Department undertook with representatives from tenpin bowling (a) operators and (b) organisations on the...

      Ice Skating: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to enable the safe re-opening of indoor ice skating rinks as the covid-19 lockdown...

  • Women and Equalities

    • Females: Coronavirus

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the UN Report The Impact of Covid 19 on Women; and what steps she is taking to...

    • Gay Conversion Therapy

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2020 to Question 59593 on Gay Conversion Therapy, what her timetable is for reviewing the findings of the draft...

  • Department for Transport

    • Railways: North of England

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the expected (1) timetable, and (2) programme, for the electrification of rail services in the North of England; and which railway lines they are...

    • Railways: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that rail companies communicate effectively with passengers about the season ticket refund process; and whether the length of...

      Railway Stations: Access

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, since the additional £300 million funding for Access for All was provided in April 2019, what progress has there been in each of the 73 stations ear-marked...

      Public Transport: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many transport authorities in England have had bailout deals agreed with the Department for Transport.

      Coronavirus: Aviation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there is any scientific evidence that proves that filters in planes and air conditioning units prevent COVID-19 particles from passing through.

  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    • Rami Aman

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken in response to the arrest of Rami Aman in Gaza in April for engaging in online dialogue with Israelis; and whether they have called for...

    • Israeli Settlements

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the impact of existing Israeli (1) settlements, and (2) infrastructure, in the West Bank on the viability of a...

      Israeli Settlements

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the (1) government of the United States, and (2) the government of Israel, about the new boundaries of the Palestinian...

      Cyprus: Military Bases

      To ask Her Majesty's Government on what basis the decision to permit the development of private property within British Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus was made; whether the Turkish-Cypriot...

      Cyprus: Turkey

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of Turkey's drilling for energy in Cyprus’ sovereign waters; and whether they have received any request to join an EU maritime...

      Cyprus: Sovereignty

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any agreement with the government of Cyprus that the UK would aid Cyprus if its sovereignty were threatened.

      USA: Beef and Poultry Meat

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what advice the Foreign and Commonwealth Office provides to UK travellers on the potential risks posed by eating anti-pathogen washed chicken or hormone fed beef...

  • Department for International Development

    • Climate Change: Population

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of population growth on climate change; and what discussions they have had (1) with other governments, and (2) within...

    • Population: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on population growth.

      Climate Change: Population

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with faith leaders about the impact of population growth on climate change.

      Overseas Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Department for International Development's (1) effectiveness, and (2) transparency, in spending overseas development aid.

      Department for International Development: Reorganisation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the statement by the Prime Minister on 16 June about the merger of the Department for International Development and the Foreign and  Commonwealth...

      Department for International Development: Reorganisation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the findings of the Aid Transparency Index 2018, published by Transparency International, in particular the score...

  • Department for Education

    • Nurses: Students

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to recognise the contribution of nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic; and what plans they have to (1) end nursing student...

    • Students: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of mental health support for students in (1) further, and (2) higher, education in England to deal with issues...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Immigrants: Finance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support people who are (1) destitute, or (2) without accommodation, as a result of having no recourse to public funds (a) during the...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Industrial Health and Safety: EU Law

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to introduce legislation that would result in a reduction in the level of protections for workers contained in health and safety...

    • Industrial Health and Safety: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, how many cases of COVID-19 considered to have been contracted in the workplace have been reported to the Health and...

      Personal Income: Scotland

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Citizens’ Basic Income Feasibility Study Steering Group Assessing the Feasibility of Citizens’...

      Employment Schemes: Disability

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what improvements have been made to measuring the outcomes since 2017 of nationally contracted programmes that support disabled people to work.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Peat

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish the England Peat Strategy.

    • Peat Bogs: Fires

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many peatland burning incidents have occurred in the 2019-20 burning season on (1) blanket bog and (2) other upland habitats.

      Nature Conservation: Crime

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when Natural England’s Wildlife Incident Investigation Scheme will resume.

      Sheep Meat: UK Trade with EU

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to safeguard the export of lamb products from the UK to EU markets in their negotiation for a trade agreement with the EU.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Constitution, Democracy and Rights Commission

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Earl Howe on 29 January (HL Deb, col 1439), what representations they have received regarding citizens' engagement in the proposed...

    • Government Departments: Facebook

      To ask Her Majesty's Government which Government departments have official Facebook accounts.

      National Security Council

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what arrangements they have in place to ensure that, following the merger of the Department for International Development and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office,...

  • Treasury

    • Public Works Loan Board

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that future lending terms for the Public Works Loan Board do not restrict councils' access to borrowing, in particular for...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Music: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Barran on 23 April (HL Deb, col 82), what further discussions they have held with the Music Venue Trust; and what additional...

    • Cricket: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the continued closure of recreational cricket clubs on the development of young cricketers.

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