Written answers

Monday, 6 July 2020

  • Department for Transport

    • Shipping: Crew

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government has taken to encourage (a) Commonwealth and (b) other nations to provide hub services for the embarkation and disembarkation...

    • National Air Traffic Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to provide financial support to NATS during the covid-19 outbreak.

      Railway Stations: Retail Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to support businesses located in train stations who have been impacted financially by a reduction in passenger rail travel.

      A14: Suffolk

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to upgrade the A14 in Suffolk to enhance the route for transport between the port of Felixstowe and the areas incorporating the...

      Parking: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will encourage local authorities to (a) ease parking restrictions and (b) lower parking charges in town centres to support people who are...

      Driving Tests: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent advice his Department has received from Public Health England on the safe restarting of driving tests as the covid-19 lockdown...

      Driving Tests: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has received advice from Public Health England on the safety of clinically vulnerable DVSA staff who conduct driving tests as...

      Driving Tests: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the ability of DVSA staff to socially distance while conducting driving tests.

      Driving Tests: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what personal protective equipment will be provided to DVSA staff conducting driving tests; and if he will make a statement.

      Railways: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2020 to Question 60669, whether there have been changes to the pre-Emergency Measures Agreements obligations...

      Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Driving Licences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the DVLA to respond to the change of address registration application for an HGV driving licence, reference WM509761918GB, sent by...

      Driving Instruction: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessments he has made of the ability of driving instructors to conduct driving lessons safely during driving lessons as the covid-19...

      Driving Instruction: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to publish public health guidance for driving instructors on providing lessons safely as the covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.

      Taxis: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to make the use of face coverings in taxis compulsory in response to the covid-19 outbreak.

      High Speed 2 Railway Line: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the economic benefits of High Speed Two to Manchester.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Tattooing: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, on what scientific advice was the decision to delay the reopening of tattoo parlours based.

    • Wind Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will place in the Library a copy of the supply chain plans for consented offshore wind contract for difference...

      Wind Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including binding contractual clauses for supply chain plan...

      Royal Mail: Universal Service Obligation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it remains his policy to maintain the Royal Mail Universal Service Obligation.

      Energy: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it remains his policy to invest £9.2 billion to improve the energy efficiency of (a) homes and (b) public...

      Energy: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans his Department has to help stimulate demand for energy efficiency retrofitting schemes.

      Energy: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the availability of skilled workers to complete energy efficiency...

      Non-surgical Cosmetic Treatments: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether aesthetics clinics are permitted to reopen on 4 July 2020 as part of the easing of lockdown restrictions due to...

      Intu: Insolvency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of Intu going into administration on job security in the retail sector; and...

      Intu: Insolvency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with retail trade associations on the matter of Intu going into administration; and if he...

      Art Works: Royalties

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the annual value of the Artist's Resale Right to visual artists.

      Satellites

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of OneWeb's (a) R&D and (b) manufacturing takes place in the UK; and what assessment he has made of...

      Construction Industry: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a code of practice on the minimum teaching...

      Investors in People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many UK (a) businesses and (b) universities are accredited as Investors in People.

      Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to Procurement Policy Note 04/20: Recovery and Transition from COVID-19, published on 9 June 2020, what...

      Coronavirus: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2020 to Question 61822 on Coronavirus: Ethnic Groups, what recent assessment the...

      Business: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2020 to Question 46121, what support is available to businesses with highly perishable...

      Airbus UK: Redundancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress has been made on discussions with Airbus UK on avoiding large scale redundancies at Airbus plants...

      Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2020 to Question 64970 on Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS), what...

      Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answers of 30 June 2020 to Questions 64970 and 64971 on Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme...

      Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, (a) how many businesses have received Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme loans and (b) how many of those...

      Personal Care Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when (a) nail bars, (b) tanning salons, (c) beauticians and (d) tattoo parlours will re-open as covid-19 lockdown...

      Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the risk to business owners' personal assets of banks, that supply loans as part of the...

      Civil Partnerships and Marriage: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to update guidance on marriages and civil partnerships to allow wedding receptions to be held after...

      Biofuels: Subsidies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much the Government has spent on subsidising biomass for electricity in each of the last three years, and if he...

      Tidal Power: Swansea Bay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of the proposed Swansea Bay tidal lagoon.

      Tidal Power: Swansea Bay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he had made an assessment of the potential merits of a regulated asset based model to finance the proposed...

      Business: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to encourage businesses to incorporate gender impact assessments into their plans to reopen...

      Post Office: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of compensation received by subpostmasters affected by the Horizon scandal.

      Universities: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the financial effect on university research capacity of the potential reduction in...

      Space Technology: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of the recent award of Copernicus contracts on the UK space sector.

  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    • Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Renewable Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) solar panels and (b) wind turbines his Department's buildings (a) have in 2020 and (b) had in each of the last...

    • China and Russia: Diplomatic Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) staff in his Department and (b) Diplomatic Service staff posted to (i) Russian...

      Department for International Development: Foreign and Commonwealth Office

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he had with (a) NGOs, (b) aid recipients, (c) local actors and (d) other key stakeholders ahead of the...

      Overseas Aid: Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he plans to take to ensure that all Official Development Assistance is fully transparent and used for the primary...

      Overseas Aid: Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will confirm that the new Secretary of State of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office will continue to provide...

      Overseas Aid: Cost Effectiveness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office will continue to publish an independent evaluation of the extent to...

      Department for International Development: Foreign and Commonwealth Office

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Independent Commission for Aid Impact, International Development Committee and the National Audit Office will...

      Overseas Aid: Departmental Coordination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that international development policy is coherent across all Government Departments.

      Department for International Development: Foreign and Commonwealth Office

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs,what steps he is taking to support departmental staff affected by the proposed merging of his Department and the Department for...

      India: Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his counterpart in the Government of India on its treatment of religious minorities.

      Yemen: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to provide repatriation flights for UK citizens in Yemen.

      Hussein Abdullah Khalil Rashid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his counterpart in the Government of Bahrain on the (a) imminent risk of execution of death...

      USA: Aviation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to his US counterpart on the importance of ensuring that people can continue to fly to the US...

      Hong Kong: National Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if the Government will issue a response to Article 38 of China's new National Security Law's statement that the law applies to...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Abortion: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2020 to Question 51932, on Abortion: Northern Ireland, and with reference to the statement of 26 June 2020...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Coronavirus: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to protect people with disabilities from covid-19.

    • Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many homes have been built under the Care and Support Specialised Housing Fund in each year since 2018.

      Coronavirus: Hong Kong

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of expert engineers in containing the covid-19 pandemic in Hong Kong; if he will extend...

      Visual Impairment: Social Distancing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there is an exception to the 2 metre social distancing rule to allow people with visual impairments to seek help from passers-by...

      Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential for increases in post-viral complications, symptoms and ME as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.

      Kidney Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle chronic kidney disease.

      Social Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to review the temporary Care Act easements, created under the Coronavirus Act 2020.

      Disability: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the higher mortality rates from covid-19 reported by the Office for National Statistics...

      Social Services: Consultation Papers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his timescale is for publishing the green paper on social care.

      Coronavirus: Birmingham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will urgently publish Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 data for daily confirmed covid-19 cases in Birmingham.

      Coronavirus: Redbridge

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many confirmed covid-19 cases were recorded under (a) pillar 1 and (b) pillar 2 testing for the London Borough of Redbridge on each...

      Coronavirus: Wirral

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many confirmed covid-19 cases have been recorded under (a) pillar 1 and (b) pillar 2 testing for the borough of Wirral on each day...

      Coronavirus: Newcastle upon Tyne

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many confirmed covid-19 cases were recorded under (a) Pillar 1 and (b) Pillar 2 testing strands in the Newcastle City Council area on...

      Contact Tracing: Computer Software

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff are employed under the Serco test and trace contract.

      Contact Tracing: Computer Software

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many calls on average tracers are making during a four hour shift under the Serco track and trace contract.

      Dental Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what procedures dentists are prohibited from carrying out under existing covid-19 guidance; and when those procedures will be permitted...

  • Department for International Development

    • Equality: Gender

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the number of programmes with gender equality as an (a) principle and (b) objective that will have...

    • Human Rights: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that her Department's technical expertise on upholding women and girls' rights in development and...

      Equality: Gender

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on maintaining the Strategic Vision for...

      Yemen: World Food Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to support the World Food Programme distribute overseas aid to Yemen.

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to support departmental staff affected by the proposed merging of her Department and the Foreign and...

      Yemen: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions her Department has had with international organisations on the humanitarian crisis in Yemen.

      Developing Countries: Death

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what progress her Department has made on ending the preventable deaths of (a) mothers, (b) new-born babies and (c) children by 2030.

      Developing Countries: Death

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office maintains progress on ending the preventable...

      Overseas Aid: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much Official Development Assistance has been (a) allocated and (b) distributed to tackle the covid-19 pandemic.

      Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate of UK gross national income she is using to calculate the 2020 Official Development Assistance budget.

      Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she plans to publish her Department's programme plans from the start of the 2020-21 financial year.

      Department for International Development: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what changes in internal funding allocations she has made since the Main Estimates.

      Overseas Aid: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the (a) status and (b) provisional outcome is of her Department's gold, silver and bronze grading of projects in response to the...

      Overseas Aid: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will publish the budget reprofiling and repurposing for 2020-21 of each regional programme in each country office in response...

      Department for International Development: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will publish the budget reprofiling and repurposing for 2020-21 of each regional programme in each country office as a result...

      Tree Planting

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many native trees her Department has supported the planting of in each of the last three years as part of climate mitigation...

      Department for International Development: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what her Department’s 2020-21 programme plans were at the start of that financial year; and what changes in internal funding...

      Overseas Aid: Fossil Fuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she has taken to ensure that Official Development Assistance is not spent on fossil fuel projects.

      Syria: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether the Government's £300 million funding pledge to the Syrian humanitarian relief fund at the Brussels Conference on 30 June...

      Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Nutrition

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with the Foreign Secretary on the maintenance of existing levels of support for nutrition programmes...

      Nutrition: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, for what reason the funding allocated to nutrition-specific investments in 2018 was 20 per cent lower than in 2017.

      Children: Nutrition

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effect of the covid-19 pandemic on progress in tackling child (a) wasting and (b) stunting.

      Developing Countries: Nutrition

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government plans to take to end preventable deaths of mothers, newborns and children under five through investments in...

  • Department for Education

    • Students: Grants and Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students have applied to Student Finance England for (a) tuition fee loans and (b) maintenance grants for the 2020/21 academic year.

    • Free School Meals: Immigrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children of families who are subject to the no recourse to public funds condition have received free school meals in...

      Children: Day Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to support people who do not have a support network to access childcare as they return to work as covid-19...

      Children: Mental Health Services

      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 provision of CAMHS during summer holidays 2020; and what...

      Free School Meals: Voucher Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that parents that are eligible for free school meal vouchers over summer 2020 will be able to obtain...

      Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what additional support he is providing schools for children with SEND to ensure that they remain safe in response to the covid-19 outbreak.

      Covid-19 Education Catch-up Fund: Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of the £650 million catch-up fund he plans to allocate to special schools.

      Social Mobility Commission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Social Mobility Commission’s proposal to set up a dedicated government...

      Basic Skills and Mathematics: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allocating funding to (a) maths and (b) skills teaching for the provision of education to...

      Secondary Education: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if guidance for the September 2020 reopening of secondary schools will be available to (a) local authorities and (b) other school providers by the end...

      Overseas Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking abroad to demonstrate that Britain is open and welcoming to international students.

      Schools: Enfield

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department will commence the delivery of laptops and other school equipment to Enfield Council, as part of the Government's programme to...

      Education: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will create a standardised home learning framework to help maintain educational standards throughout England during the covid-19...

      Pre-school Education: Pupil Premium

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much has been spent on the early years pupil premium in each of the last five years.

      Children's Centres: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) Sure Start centres and (b) other children’s centres have closed in each of the last six months.

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether statutory duties relating to Education, Health and Care plans will be restored in full before all children are permitted to return to school...

      Education: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Government's press release entitled, Billion pound Covid catch-up plan to tackle impact of lost teaching time, published on 19...

      Free School Meals: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to communicate to schools that the maximum earnings threshold for free school meal eligibility for children with...

      Children: Day Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to publish updated guidance on enabling regulated childcare settings which operate outside school hours to reopen for (a) children of...

      Schools: Birmingham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department has allocated to Birmingham City Council for the refurbishment of schools for the 2020-21 calendar year; and whether...

      Grammar Schools: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to delay the Secondary Transfer Test for Grammar school admissions in response to the covid-19 outbreak.

      Further Education: Capital Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Written Statement of 29 June 2020, HCWS319, on Capital Update, whether capital funding for further education can be used for...

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of the £1 billion school rebuilding programme he plans to spend on (a) special schools and (b) SEND provision in mainstream schools.

      Children: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 18 May 2020 to Question 46754 on Children: Coronavirus, how many local authorities have used the flexible provisions on...

      Free School Meals: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 May 2020 to Question 40618 on Free School Meals: Coronavirus, what recent discussions he has had with Edenred on...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisoners' Release: Curfews

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June to Question 54053 on Home Detention Curfew Breaches; how many of the offenders who were recalled for breaching their...

    • Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions his Department has had with the Law Commission on the reintroduction of employment tribunal fees.

      Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the reintroduction of employment tribunal fees.

      Employment Tribunals Service: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in each category of ethnicity have brought employment tribunal claims in each year since 2010.

      Prisons: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2020 to Question 49084 on Prisons: Coronavirus, how many (a) cases of covid-19 and (b) covid-19 related deaths there...

      Approved Premises

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to recommendation 3 of the HM Prison & Probation Service's Action Plan of 30 June 2020, published in response to the Independent...

      Prisons: Parole Board

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to HMPPS's Action Plan in response to the Independent Review of the Case of Joseph McCann, published on 30 June 2020, for what reason no...

      Youth Custody: Restraint Techniques

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Written Statement of 18 June 2020, Youth Custody, HCWS302, when he plans to place in the Library the two reports on the use of...

      Prisons: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a prison whistleblowing hotline to enable staff to confidentially report health and...

      Prisons: Risk Assessment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information on prison risk assessments his Department has shared with education providers.

      Solicitors: Legal Aid Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many firms of solicitors hold a criminal legal aid contract as at 1 July 2020.

  • Treasury

    • Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Directors

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to support company directors on annual payroll schemes who did not qualify for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme as a result of...

    • Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans the Government has to provide support to SMEs to help ensure they can honour the holiday entitlement accrued by furloughed workers.

      Social Enterprises: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of Co-operatives UK’s campaign to build back better following the covid-19 outbreak.

      British Wool Marketing Board: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether British Wool is an arm's-length body of Government; and what plans he has to provide British Wool with support to help it tackle the effects of the...

      Business: Payment Methods

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Government has made of the number of businesses refusing cash payments during the covid-19 outbreak; and what steps the Government is...

      Overseas Aid

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2020 to Question 64280 on National Income, what gross national income forecast he is using to instruct Government...

      Personal Savings: Interest Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to help people with savings that have been affected financially by low interest rates since (a) 2020 and (b) the start of the covid-19...

      Directors: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) including limited company directors in the Self Employed Income Support Scheme and (b)...

      Banks: Compensation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that banks comply with Financial Ombudsman decisions to compensate claimants.

      Companies: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many applications for assistance under the (a) Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, (b) ability to defer VAT, (c) Coronavirus Large Business Interruption...

      Treasury: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Procurement Policy Note 04/20–Recovery and Transition from COVID-19, whether his Department plans to maintain the contractual...

      Debts: Developing Countries

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to leverage private sector participation in the G20 debt relief initiative.

      Developing Countries: Debts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the upcoming G20 meeting of Finance Ministers, what steps he has taken to facilitate debt relief for developing countries.

      Banks: Switzerland

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of UK client funds held by Swiss banks at the end of 2019 were declared to HMRC by UK tax residents.

      Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of companies that were not eligible for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme as a result of filing their annual...

      National Income: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs's oral contribution of 30 June 2020 in the Official Report, if he will publish the...

      Overseas Aid

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2020 to Question 64944, on what dates Departments were (a) asked to identify reductions in their Official Development...

      Entertainments: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to introduce a VAT exemption on ticket sales for the live entertainment sector when it re-opens to help its recovery from the effects of...

      Entertainments: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to provide financial support to the live entertainment industry and the (i) self-employed and (ii) freelance workers it supports.

      Overseas Aid

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the most recent allocations of Official Development Assistance are for each Department for 2020-21.

      Overseas Aid

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the latest (a) reported and (b) projected spend of Official Development Assistance is for each Department for 2020.

      Children: Day Care

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether childcare vouchers can be used for online service providers if they meet the criteria of developing skills in children and giving parents time to...

      Bus Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2020 to Question 52118, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the private coach hire sector on the...

      Casinos: Income

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the amount of revenue to the public purse generated from casinos; and what assessment he has made of the importance of...

      Casinos: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) furlough and (b) loss of tax revenue as a result of casinos remaining closed during...

      Film and Television: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to take fiscal steps to help protect post-production film industry jobs affected by covid-19 restrictions on filming for (a) television...

      Overseas Aid

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the most recent 2020-21 Official Development Assistance allocations are for each ODA-spending Department.

      Overseas Aid

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the most recent (a) reported and (b) projected 2020 Official Development Assistance spending was in each Department.

      Overseas Aid

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate of gross national income he is using to calculate the 2020 Official Development Assistance budget.

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • UK Shared Prosperity Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the effect on beneficiaries of the transition from the European Social Fund to the...

    • Public Health Funerals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of public health funerals conducted by local authorities in...

      Hospitality Industry: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of ensuring that the Business and Planning Bill considers the...

      Energy Performance Certificates: Government Departments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many buildings (a) occupied and (b) used by government departments have a Display Energy Certificate.

      Buildings: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the timeframe is for the removal of all unsafe cladding from residential buildings.

      Students: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has issued to students with housing contracts who plan to move between properties during...

      Property Development: Newton-le-Willows

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason he called in the planning application for the Parkside development in Newton-le-Willows; and if he...

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on what date he plans to publish his review of the quality of housing produced under permitted development rights.

      Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of staff working in each decile of the London Grade 7 pay range are (a) women, (b) men,...

      Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Equal Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library a copy of the most recent full Equal Pay Audit of his Department or its predecessor...

      Leeds City Council: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to make available further support for Leeds City Council to help meet the costs of tackling the covid-19...

      Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2020 to Questions 61611 on planning permission, if he will list each of the 27...

      Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2020 to Question 61611 on planning permission, which of the decisions issued on...

      Banks Group and WCM

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish details of (a) meetings and (b) correspondence he has had with representatives, employees or...

      Local Government: Constituencies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has had discussions with the Minister for the Cabinet Office on delaying the periodic Ward Boundary Reviews...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Type 26 Frigates: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department plans to make a decision on the second tranche of funding for the Type 26 Frigates.

    • RFA Fort Victoria: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of additional maintenance costs associated with the deployment of RFA Fort Victoria as part of the Carrier Strike...

      Type 45 Destroyers: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the engine modification programme for the six Type-45 destroyers, if he will publish for each destroyer the (a) nature of the original...

      Investment Approvals Committee

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the membership of the Investment Approvals Committee.

      Coronavirus: Disinformation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the Government is taking to help tackle disinformation in the context of the covid-19 pandemic.

      Armed Forces: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking in response to British service men and women being investigated and prosecuted for their service on Operation Banner; and if he...

      AWACS: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether all conversion work for the E-7 Wedgetail will be undertaken in the UK.

      AWACS: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department made of the cost of acquiring IP for the E-7 Wedgetail aircraft in order for support and maintenance work to be undertaken...

      AWACS: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what comparative estimate his Department made of support and maintenance work for the E-7 Wedgetail being undertaken in the UK and US.

      Iraq: Detainees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2020 to Question 63455 on Ministry of Defence: Iraq Detainees, of the 1000 civil claims filed in connection with...

      *No heading*

      What steps his Department has taken to help support communities in north Cornwall during the covid-19 outbreak.

      *No heading*

      What assessment he has made of the role the armed forces have played in logistical planning during the covid-19 pandemic.

      *No heading*

      What recent estimate he has made of the number of armed forces personnel who have tested positive for covid-19.

      *No heading*

      What assessment he has made of the effect on veteran welfare of the temporary closure of the Veterans UK telephone helpline during the covid-19 outbreak.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Maternity Pay: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to provide additional statutory maternity pay to mothers who are unable to find childcare to enable their...

    • Contact Tracing: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people working in contact centres (a) are working on site, (b) have been furloughed, (c) are self-isolating and (d) reporting...

      Department for Work and Pensions: Secondment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of her Department's staff have been seconded to other Government departments during the covid-19 outbreak.

      Bereavement Support Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for bereavement support payment were (a) made and (b) successful at the (i) higher and (ii) lower rate in each year since its...

      Bereavement Support Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been paid in bereavement support payments in each year since its introduction.

      Bereavement Support Payment: Cohabitation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims for bereavement support payment were refused on the grounds that a co-habiting couple is not eligible, in each year since 2015.

      Department for Work and Pensions: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much energy her departmental buildings have used in (a) each of the last five years and (b) 2020 to date.

      Universal Credit: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that universal credit claimants are not penalised as a result of delays in being placed on furlough under...

      State Retirement Pensions: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of married women (a) entitled to and (b) in receipt of a state pension through the National Insurance...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will increase the personal allowance of legacy benefits so that they are aligned with universal credit payments.

      Personal Income: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to make an assessment of what lessons can be learned from the conclusions and recommendations in Basic Income...

      Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress she has made on the personal independence payment administrative exercise; and what the timeframe is for the completion of that...

      Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to prevent delays to the mandatory reconsideration process during the covid-19 outbreak.

      Employment: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that people with (a) disabilities and (b) long-term conditions and (c) arthritis are supported...

      Access to Work Programme: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many additional people with (a) a disability, (b) long-term health conditions and (c) arthritis have been supported by the Access to Work...

      State Retirement Pensions: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to use the Government’s administrative data to identify married women who are not receiving the level of state...

      State Retirement Pensions: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether a widow is entitled to claim back underpaid state pension for periods before she was widowed.

      Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure benefit claimants with childcare responsibilities as a result of covid-19 are not sanctioned for failing to...

      Unemployment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) men, and (b) women who have been made unemployed since 22 March 2020.

      Department for Work and Pensions: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Procurement Policy Note 04/20: Recovery and Transition from COVID-19, published on 9 June 2020, what assessment he has made...

      Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what evidence her Department holds on the effectiveness of sanctions as part of the social security system in helping people find work.

      Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has (a) undertaken and (b) commissioned research on the link between social security sanctions and food bank use.

      Social Security Benefits: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether an equality impact assessment has been undertaken on the reintroduction of conditionality and sanctions in the social security system...

      Universal Credit: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2020 to PQ 62300 on Universal Credit: Fraud, at what stage her Department's investigations into cases of...

      Universal Credit: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2020 to Question 64868, how many universal credit claimants in Wales are directly affected by the decision...

      Social Security Benefits: Terminal Illnesses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what comparative assessment her Department has made of the number of DS1500 forms issued during March to June (a) 2020 and (b) 2019.

      Social Security Benefits: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the number of whether additional staff will be required to process social security cases once claimant...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Fishing Catches: Computer Software

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to introduce a replacement CatchApp fish landings App.

    • Flowers: Packaging

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the environmental impact of floral foam.

      Land: Contamination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the withdrawal of Capital Grant funding for contaminated land...

      Air Pollution: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department has provided to local authorities on the effect of air pollution on the spread of covid-19.

      Air Pollution: Monitoring

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to enable local authorities to monitor air pollution levels.

      Air Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the number of local authority areas with air pollution levels higher than World...

      Low Emission Zones

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support his Department is providing to local authorities to introduce low emission zones.

      Tree Planting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many native trees have been planted in each of the last three years; how much his Department has spent on supporting...

  • Home Office

    • Police National Computer: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many conviction alerts on foreign nationals have not been sent to police in their home countries in each of the last three years, by country.

    • Immigration: Windrush Generation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Windrush Compensation Scheme claimants died after making an application.

      Windrush Generation: Leicester East

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of victims of the Windrush scandal that reside in Leicester East constituency.

      Windrush Lessons Learned Review

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish the Windrush Lessons Learned report.

      Immigration: Windrush Generation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that Windrush compensation payments are processed and resolved efficiently.

      Immigration: Windrush Generation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications have been made to the Windrush compensation scheme; how many of those applications have been successful; what steps...

      Airports: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessments her Department is undertaking on the effectiveness of the approaches of other countries on testing individuals arriving at...

      Domestic Abuse: Victims

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to oral contributions from the Minister for Safeguarding and the hon. Member for the Cities of London and Westminster at the...

      Community Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to make funding from the Building a Stronger Britain Together programme available to charities to help support...

      Non-molestation Orders: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to help ensure the safety of alleged victims in cases where a non-molestation order has been breached...

      Domestic Abuse: LGBT People

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support her Department is providing to LGBTQ+ people who have experienced parental abuse during the covid-19 outbreak.

  • Wales Office

    • Local Government Finance: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on support for local authority finances throughout Wales.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Public Sector: Contracts

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to ensure enhanced monitoring of contracts awarded using the exemptions in Regulation 32(2)(c) of the Public Contracts...

    • Intelligence and Security Committee

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 May 2020 to Question 40706 on Subversion: Russia and the Answer of 18 June 2020 to Question 59573 on Intelligence and...

      Elections: EU Nationals

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to change the rights of EU citizens resident in the UK to (a) stand and (b) vote in local elections before the local...

      Cabinet: Ministerial Responsibility

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the list of responsibilities and roles undertaken by the National Security Adviser.

      United Kingdom Security Vetting

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2020 to Question 64088 on United Kingdom Security Vetting, what his most recent estimate is of the average time taken...

  • Department for International Trade

    • Police: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what records are kept by her Department about end users in the US police for arms that are subject to export controls.

    • Cars: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the Government plans to maintain pedestrian protection standards for cars imported from (a) the US and (b) other countries in its...

      UK Export Finance: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many staff UK Export Finance has (a) in its compliance team and b) dedicated to work on anti-corruption due diligence.

      UK Export Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many claims UK Export Finance received by region in each month since January 2020; and how much UK Export Finance paid out in claims...

      Riot Control Weapons: Chile

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to ensure that crowd control equipment and ammunition sold under export licences to Chile are used for training...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

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

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

    • Gambling: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment the Government has made of the effect of gambling advertising on children and young people.

      Gambling: Suicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Advisory Board for Safer Gambling report, Progress Report on the National Strategy to Reduce Gambling...

      Sports: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance his Department has issued to (a) local councils and (b) grassroot sports clubs on whether (i) basketball and...

      Music: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if his Department will publish guidance for (a) youth and child and (b) adult choirs on planning to recommence safely during...

      Tourism: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on tourism in London; and if he will make a statement.

      Bowling: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions his Department has had with the ten-pin bowling sector on their safe re-opening as covid-19 lockdown...

      Ice Skating: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the timeframe is for the reopening of (a) Olympic-sized ice rinks for training and (b) other ice rinks as the covid-19...

      Snooker: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what his timescale is for the reopening of snooker clubs as covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.

      Music: Licensed Premises

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on ensuring that Government proposals to reform planning regulations...

      Football: Clubs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the English Football League's owners and directors test for appointing...

      Casinos: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with Public Health England on the reasons for not allowing casinos to reopen as covid-19...

      Sports: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans his Department has to (a) allow the reopening of five-a-side football premises and (b) permit small numbers of...

  • Department for Transport

    • High Speed 2 Railway Line: Compensation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many times alternative dispute resolution has been used to seek settlements with HS2 landowners.

    • Transport: Hydrogen

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact on the economy of using hydrogen to power transport.

      Bus Services

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what long-term plans they have to support the viability of the bus industry.

      Bicycles and Electric Scooters: Safety Measures

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to make bells or hooters mandatory on all bicycles and scooters being ridden on public highways.

      High Speed 2 Railway Line: Euston Station

      To ask Her Majesty's Government which consultants have been commissioned to study the efficiency of the proposed HS2 Euston station, including the station approaches.

      Parking: Pedestrian Areas

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to deter parking on pavements.

      Driving Tests: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when driving tests will be permitted to restart; and whether the maximum period between passing the theory test and taking the driving test will be extended...

      Aviation: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to establish an air bridge for tourists to use between the UK and Sri Lanka. [T]

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Post Office: Accounting Officers

      To ask Her Majesty's Government who has held the post of Accounting Officer with responsibility for the Post Office since 1 January 2000, and what were their dates of service in that role.

    • Post Office: Accounting Officers

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the responsibilities of the Accounting Officer with responsibility for the Post Office.

      Post Office: Accounting Officers

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any significant initiatives, policies, programmes or projects of the Post Office were overseen by the Government since 1 January 2000; and if so, what they...

      Post Office: Accounting Officers

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Accounting Officer with responsibility for the Post Office has played any role in advising ministers on the Government’s policy in relation to...

      Small Businesses: Grants and Loans

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many grants and loans have been (1) applied for by, and (2) paid to, new and existing recipients from (a) the £750 million targeted support fund announced...

      Competition and Markets Authority: Resignations

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will review the remit and powers of the Competition and Markets Authority further to the statements made in the Chairman’s resignation announcement.

      Hydrogen

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to publish a strategy for the development of hydrogen as a means of reducing atmospheric pollution and reaching net zero targets; and if so, when.

      Hydrogen

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact on the economy of using hydrogen as an energy source.

      Hydrogen: Employment

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact of the development of a hydrogen strategy on employment in the UK.

      Hydrogen

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the amount of private capital that might be available to support a hydrogen-based economy.

      Hydrogen

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the plans of other countries to develop hydrogen strategies of their own.

      Energy: Somerset

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the delays to, and (2) the costs of, the South Somerset District Council and Opium Power Limited energy storage plant project.

      Minerals: Overseas Trade

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans are in place to ensure the UK’s continued access to critical minerals on the international market up to, and following, 31 December.

      Females: Labour Turnover

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of women who have left the workforce as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

      Pregnancy: Employment

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to support pregnant women who have been unable to work during the COVID-19 pandemic.

      Procurement: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on the transmission of COVID-19 by reducing the use of paper in supply chains; and whether the regulations on (1)...

      Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme: Sheep Farmers

      To ask Her Majesty's Government why British Wool was not considered to be appropriately established as an organisation to qualify for support under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan...

  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    • UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many military personnel are involved in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA); how many of MINUSMA military...

    • British Nationals Abroad

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of which countries in the EU (1) do, or (2) do not, adequately protect the interests of UK citizens resident in those countries.

      Nigeria: Internally Displaced People

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the United Nations Security Council about protecting civilians displaced by terrorist activity in (1) northern, and (2)...

      Palestinians: Elections

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on 12 June (HC55145), what discussions have they had...

      Israeli Settlements

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the views of people who live in the Palestinian Territories on the proposed annexation of parts of the West Bank by the...

      Israeli Settlements: Palestinians

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel about reports that (1) crops have been burnt by Israeli settlers, and (2) that Israeli...

      Croatia: Immigration Controls

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to make urgent representations to the government of Croatia about ending the alleged beatings and forced pushback of migrants and asylum...

      Xinjiang: Birth Rate

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that the decline in birth-rates among the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region’s ethnic minority communities may...

      Integrated Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy Review: Third Sector

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that there is sufficient civil society consultation and involvement in the Integrated Review of Security, Defence,...

      Integrated Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy Review: Gender

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how they will ensure that gender equality is taken into account in the outputs and policies of the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign...

      Israel: Families

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they last discussed with the government of Israel reports of cases of married couples, or parents and children, not being permitted to live under the same...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask Her Majesty's Government who is responsible for setting the COVID-19 alert level.

    • Coronavirus: Death

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that people with COVID-19 have died alone and been left for up to two weeks before being discovered; and what steps they...

      Social Distancing: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government who has the authority to authorise the imposition of any COVID-19 related restriction of movement in a district of a local authority area; and under which powers...

      Dementia and Parkinson's Disease: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what additional support is in place for the carers and family members of those people with Parkinson's disease dementia and dementia with Lewy bodies who may be...

      Asthma: Hospitals

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to address any variation in the number of emergency admissions to hospital for asthma and severe asthma across Clinical Commissioning Groups.

      Care Homes:: Protective Clothing

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the statement by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on 7 June that the targets for testing patients for COVID-19 in care homes and...

      Contraceptives

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of GPs offer self-injectable contraceptives in the UK.

      Contraceptives

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the percentage of women who opt for self-injectable contraceptives in the UK.

      Surgery: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reschedule any NHS operations postponed in England following the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Department for International Development

    • Department for International Development: Reorganisation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the public health implications of merging the Department for International Development with the Foreign and Commonwealth...

    • Eritrea: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the risk of starvation to the people of the Afar region of Eritrea due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and (2) whether that...

  • Department for Education

    • Children: Day Care

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether working parents are now permitted to use paid childcare providers but are not permitted to ask family members or friends to provide childcare while they...

    • History: Curriculum

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the merits of including Black British history in the national curriculum in England.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Repossession Orders

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that courts deal more speedily with landlord and tenant cases concerning anti-social behaviour and domestic violence, once...

    • Repossession Orders

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many possession orders had been made by the courts following a claim by (1) private, and (2) social landlords, and were outstanding prior to eviction...

      Large Goods Vehicles: Road Traffic Offences

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Keen of Elie on 16 June (HL4922), what plans they have to enable the submission of photographic evidence...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Infrastructure: Finance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to allow local authorities to borrow against future Community Infrastructure Levy receipts to invest in infrastructure to help unlock housing...

    • National Parks Authorities

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether members of national park planning boards are bound by collective responsibility under rules approved by a Secretary of State.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Armed Forces Compensation Scheme

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Armed Forces veterans are presently in receipt of funds from the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Social Security Benefits

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 4 June (HL4841), whether those who are not already in receipt of an ‘exempt benefit’ but...

    • Social Security Benefits: Children

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the call by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Save the Children to increase the child component of Universal Credit and Child...

      Carer's Allowance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by Carers UK and the Universities of Sheffield and Birmingham Caring and COVID-19: hunger and mental well-being,...

      Disability: Coronavirus

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

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Plastic Bags: Fees and Charges

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park on 26 March (HL2548), whether they have published the revised impact assessment agreed by the...

    • Welfare Assistance Schemes

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether local authorities that no longer operate a welfare assistance scheme will receive a share of the funding uplift announced on 11 June; what plans they have...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Ethnic Groups: Equality

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had, and with whom, about the steps the Race Disparity Unit is taking to help tackle racial injustices in society.

    • National Security Council: Committees

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the (1) Threats, Hazards, Resilience and Contingencies, (2) Nuclear Deterrence and Security, (3) Implementation of the Strategic Defence and Security...

  • Treasury

    • Investment: Regulation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will investigate the time it took for the Financial Conduct Authority to take action to prohibit the regulated entities from promoting the sale of...

    • GAM Greensill Supply Chain Finance Fund

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will investigate conflicts of interest in the promotion of trade finance bonds in association with Greensill.

      Consumers and Businesses: Protection

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to protect UK consumers and businesses following Wirecard AG filing for insolvency. [T]

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Camping Sites: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when camping sites with shared facilities will be permitted to open to the public.

    • Broadband: Standards

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many individuals have enquired about the availability of higher speed broadband under the Universal Service Obligation launched on 20 March.

      Cricket: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) whether they will publish the scientific evidence that cricket balls are a potential vector for COVID-19; (2) when this information was shared with the England...

      Coronavirus: Cricket

      To ask Her Majesty's Government on what scientific evidence they base their announcement that a cricket ball is a natural vector of disease and could contribute to the spread of COVID-19.

      Cricket: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to allow professional county cricket to be played on a 'one metre plus' basis thereby allowing grounds to be opened to the...

  • The Senior Deputy Speaker

    • House of Lords: Finance

      To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what the annual budget for the House of Lords was for each of the last five years; and what is the estimated budget for the House of Lords for each of the...

    • House of Lords: Equality

      To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to the official Twitter account for the House of Lords celebrating Pride month, what plans there are to celebrate other protected...

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