Written answers

Wednesday, 11 November 2020

  • Department for Transport

    • Travel: Funerals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether travelling overseas for the purposes of (a) arranging and (b) attending funerals are legally permitted reasons to travel during the November...

    • Seafood: South West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of ensuring that seafood exporters in the South West have ready access to haulier export certificates.

      Electric Vehicles: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to increase the affordability of electric cars.

      Public Transport: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to require the Office for Low Emission Vehicles to consult trade unions on the employment implications of different low emission...

      Driving Tests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the suspension of driving tests on recruitment in the public transport sector.

      Taxis: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will encourage the covid-secure provision of black cabs by issuing bespoke guidance to drivers of those vehicles on safer taxi travel during the...

      Railways: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has for investment in the Birmingham-Black Country-Shrewsbury Line.

      Travel: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government has made an economic assessment of the potential merits of the UK implementing covid-19 travel restrictions similar to those...

      Merchant Shipping: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it is his policy to require the Office for Low Emission Vehicles to produce recommendations for the merchant shipping industry.

      Cycling: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of cyclists who have died due to potholes on roads in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c)...

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding has been allocated for electric vehicle charging infrastructure to each local authority in England in each year for which figures are...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Hospitality Industry: Coventry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support the hospitality sector in Coventry during the covid-19 outbreak.

    • Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of whether any of the covid-19 vaccine candidates for which the Government has...

      Hospitality Industry: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether (a) cafes and (b) restaurants open for takeaways can also sell non-essential items during the second covid-19...

      Counterfeit Manufacturing: Electronic Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the merits of a public information campaign aimed at raising awareness about the risks...

      Electronic Equipment: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the number of people buying unsafe electrical products online of...

      Shops: Publications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing additional support and guidance to independent book...

      Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many banks are offering loans under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme.

      Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether statutory protections from changes to interest rates are available to recipients of the Coronavirus Business...

      Green Homes Grant Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the number of Green Heat Grant Installers needed to meet the Government's...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps (a) his Department and (b) other public bodies are taking to help ensure that emerging covid-19 vaccine...

      Fireworks: Noise

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of lowering the legal noise limit for fireworks to below 120...

      Erasmus+ Programme and Horizon Europe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Scottish Government and (b) other devolved Administrations on potential...

      Business: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support businesses seeking to hire new employees during the covid-19 outbreak.

      Car Washes: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether unmanned automated car washes are required to close alongside hand car washes under the November 2020 covid-19...

      Fireworks: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that fireworks are not sold to people under 18 years of age.

      Land Registry: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what (a) artificial intelligence and (b) machine learning projects are being (i) undertaken and (ii) considered for the...

      Renewable Energy: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much Government support has been provided in subsidies to the (a) marine, (b) wind, (c) biomass and (d) solar...

      Hospitality Industry: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of enabling hospitality venues to offer takeaway alcohol during the...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps (a) his Department and (b) other public bodies (i) have taken and (ii) are planning to take to help ensure...

      Government Assistance: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the (a) Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme, (b) Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme,...

      Bicycles: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if the Government will publish the most recent data it holds on the proportion of bicycles sold in the UK that are...

      Spaceflight: Government Assistance

      What steps his Department is taking to support the UK space sector.

      Future Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of whether the Future Fund is (a) a form of state aid under the Treaty on the Functioning...

      Post Offices: Community Development

      What plans his Department has to transform post offices into community hubs.

      Business: Coronavirus

      What assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on corporate social responsibility.

      Green Homes Grant Scheme

      What steps he is taking to help ensure that Green Homes Grant Scheme improvements offer significant (a) environmental benefits and (b) value for money.

      Post Offices: ICT

      What steps his Department is taking to support sub-postmasters affected by failings in the Horizon IT system.

      Business: Coronavirus

      What steps his Department is taking to support businesses to achieve an environmentally sustainable recovery from the covid-19 outbreak.

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Abortion: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has received representations on the introduction of home use for both stages of early medical abortion by amending the Abortion...

  • Attorney General

    • Sexual Offences: Prosecutions

      To ask the Attorney General, what steps she is taking improve the CPS handling of sexual assault cases.

    • Sentencing

      To ask the Attorney General, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the extension to the unduly lenient sentence scheme.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Influenza: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what advice his Department received from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation on the expansion of eligibility for flu...

    • Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will exempt the practice of peaceful protest from covid-19 lockdown restrictions.

      Infant Mortality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) stillbirths (b) neonatal deaths occurred in the NHS in each month from 2015 to 2020.

      Coronavirus: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will introduce a bereavement support bubble policy in Greater Manchester to enable grieving households to form a support bubble...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether households in tier 2 local covid-19 alert areas can host bereaved relatives from a household outside that area.

      Hospitals: Discharges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS Mental Health Trusts can access the £588 million fund, announced on 21 August 2020 to support the NHS in discharging...

      Cancer: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients are waiting to be seen for cancer treatment in (a) Hull, (b) East Yorkshire and (c) England.

      Cancer: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the mental health effect on patients of delayed cancer treatment due to the covid-19 outbreak.

      Podiatry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the role podiatrists play maintaining public health; and if he will make a statement.

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 August 2020 to Question 69437 on Dental Services, how many urgent dental care centres remain fully...

      Cancer: Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 March 2020 to Question 27030, what steps he has taken to consider how NHS England can ensure better access...

      Dental Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of annual or six monthly dental check-up appointments that have been cancelled as a result...

      Mental Health Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional well-being and mental health support his Department will be providing to NHS staff as the UK enters a second wave of...

      Influenza: Vaccination

      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 the uptake of the flu vaccination.

      Care Homes: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to make the wearing of personal protective equipment mandatory in care homes for (a) staff and (b) visitors.

      Dental Services: Mothers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will extend the maternity exemption certificate for dental care to new mothers who have not been able to access dental care during...

      Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will introduce a new cross-government alcohol strategy which takes account of the effects of the covid-19 outbreak.

      Cancer: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it remains his policy increase diagnosis of the 10 most common cancers at stages 1 and 2 to 75 percent by 2028.

      Addictions: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the (a) mental and (b) physical health of those unable to attend addiction recovery groups...

      Protective Clothing: VAT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on extending the zero VAT rate for personal protective equipment beyond...

      Coronavirus: Funerals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether travel to a funeral within the UK will be an exception to the ban on overnight stays during the November 2020 covid-19 lockdown...

      Dental Services: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the cost of personal protective equipment incurred by dental surgeries are not being...

      Coronavirus: Educational Institutions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what impact assessment the Government has undertaken on the effect of keeping schools and colleges open during the November 2020 covid-19...

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of dental practices are offering routine NHS dental services.

      Coronavirus: Death

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued to the medical profession on whether covid-19 is recorded as (a) the primary cause and (b) a...

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the availability of dentist appointments for NHS patients in (a) England and (b)...

      Dental Health: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress is being made on restarting children’s oral health programmes during the Autumn 2020 school term.

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has a timeline for when all routine NHS dental treatments will be available across England.

      Rehabilitation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to update the Commissioning Guidance for Rehabilitation.

      Coronavirus: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the reproduction rate for covid-19 was in the Greater Manchester area on (a) 6 September 2020, (b) 20 September 2020, (c) 4 October...

      Breast Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to allocate funding for a national secondary breast cancer audit covering diagnosis, treatment and access to support.

      Coronavirus: Hospitality Industry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 October 2020 to Question 97582, on Hospitality Industry: Coronavirus, if he will publish the data that...

      Coronavirus: Golf

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment the Government has made of the potential effect of the closure of golf courses during the national covid-19...

      Ovarian Cancer: Menopause

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has with (a) the Royal College of Nursing and (b) other relevant bodies on potential links between ovarian cancer and...

      Cancer: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will meet with representatives of the Teenage Cancer Trust to discuss steps on improving diagnosis rates for cancer in young patients.

      Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the continuation of services for cancer patients during the covid-19 outbreak.

      Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the condition of the NHS mental health estate.

      Cancer: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to ensure that children diagnosed with cancer in (a) Slough and (b) England are able to access treatment...

      Cancer: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the average additional financial costs of living with cancer.

      Obesity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether specialist chocolate confectionary shops will fall under the scope of the proposed location restrictions set out in the Tackling...

      Noradrenaline

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an estimate of demand for noradrenaline during the remainder of 2020-21.

      Noradrenaline

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an estimate of demand for noradrenaline during the remainder of 2020-21.

  • Wales Office

    • Coronavirus: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to Answer of 14 October to the Question 907297, if he will publish data on the Barnett consequential of each covid-19 funding announcement made...

  • Department for Education

    • Schools: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff have been recruited to date through the Wellbeing in Schools Return Fund.

    • National Tutoring Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have received tutoring under the National Tutoring Programme to date.

      Respite Care: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the economic benefits of short breaks for respite for children who need palliative care.

      Coronavirus Catch-up Premium

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of the £650 million universal catch-up premium funding has (a) been given to schools so far and (b) projected to be spent this academic year.

      Private Tutors: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether during the November 2020 covid-19 lockdown academic tutors are permitted to teach their pupils in the pupil's home on a one to one basis,...

      Teachers: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to (a) support PGCE candidates and others on teacher training programmes in the event that they cannot secure work placement...

      Schools: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of enabling parents to remove their children from school without prosecution during the covid-19...

      Teachers: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has spent on advertising for new recruits for teacher training courses in each of the last five years.

      Teachers: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what resources his Department has made available to secondary schools in (a) St Helens North constituency, (b) the North West and (c) England to...

      Theatre: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether (a) Saturday theatre schools and (b) out of school theatre classes are permitted to continue throughout the November 2020 lockdown restrictions.

      Erasmus+ Programme and Horizon Europe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Scottish Government and (b) other devolved Administrations on potential alternatives to the (i)...

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure SEND specialists are available to schools to support pupils who require additional help through (a) the...

      Young People: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) vulnerable young people and (b) young people with additional needs receive the care and support they...

      Overseas Students: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether EEA nationals aged 16 to 19 will be eligible to apply for funding from his Department for (a) higher education and (b) apprenticeships after...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisoners On Remand: Video Conferencing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when HM Courts and Tribunals Service plans to take on the operation of virtual remand hearings from court premises as police forces return to their...

    • Criminal Injuries Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much financial compensation has been distributed to victims by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority since 23 March 2020 by (a) total money...

      Youth Justice

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure best practice Contextual Safeguarding approaches within youth justice settings.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • India: Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his UN counterparts on freedom of religion or belief in India.

    • China: Uighurs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on potential sanctions on the people responsible for...

      Pakistan: Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his UN counterparts on freedom of religion or belief in Pakistan.

      Travel: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to review foreign travel advice policy in line with developments in national and...

      China: Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his UN counterparts on freedom of religion or belief in China.

      China: Labour Camps

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to the Chinese Government on the reported detention of half a million Tibetans in...

      Diplomatic Service: Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October to Question 106974, on which page of the material to which he provided links...

      Diplomatic Service: Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will (a) calculate and (b) publish the amount of Official Development Assistance spent by his Department on...

      West Bank: Demolition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his Israeli counterpart on the demolition of the Ras At-Tin school in the West...

      Developing Countries: Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his new Department plans to allocate the majority of its Official Development Assistance spending to...

      British Nationals Abroad: EU Countries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to progress the discussions between the UK Government and the EU on the...

      Falkland Islands: Land Mines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans he has to commemorate the Falkland Islands mine-free declaration on November 14 2020.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether there will be sufficient stocks of covid-19 vaccine doses available for the...

      Nigeria: Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his UN counterparts about freedom of religion or belief in Nigeria.

      Eritrea: Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his UN counterparts on freedom of religion or belief in Eritrea.

      China: Uighurs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the decision of the Subcommittee on...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Trident Missiles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to de-risk the UK's position within the Common Missile Compartment.

    • Barrow Port

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the maintenance dock at Barrow will be due for completion by May 2021.

      Atomic Weapons Establishment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons he has decided that the Atomic Weapons Establishment will become an arms-length body of his Department.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Social Security Benefits: Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the welfare system in helping to alleviate levels of (a) pensioner, (b)...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Pets: Animal Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on pets boarding in kennels of recently announced covid-19 lockdown...

    • Inland Waterways: West Yorkshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will hold discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on support for the bid by the Canal and River Trust for...

      Brazil: Rainforests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure the protection of the Amazon rainforest from increased illegal deforestation; and...

  • Home Office

    • Organised Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of gang-related crime in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England in (i) each...

    • Consumers: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that customer service staff are protected from abuse during the covid-19 lockdown.

      Retail Trade: Abuse and Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to better protect shop workers from abuse...

      Consumers: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of abuse experienced by customer service staff during the covid-19 outbreak.

      Immigration

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of non-urgent inquiries by MPs on immigration matters were dealt with within 20 working days in the period August-October 2020.

      Asylum: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the processing time is for asylum applications as of 2 November 2020.

      Immigrants: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to suspend No Recourse to Public Funds conditions for the duration of the November 2020 covid-19 lockdown.

  • Scotland Office

    • Question

      What recent discussions he has had with Scottish Government Ministers on care home deaths in Scotland.

    • Question

      What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues and Scottish Government Ministers on a four-nations approach to tackling the covid-19 outbreak over Christmas 2020.

      Question

      What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on co-ordinating a UK-wide response to the covid-19 outbreak.

      Question

      What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on increasing transport connections between Scotland and the rest of the UK.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Young People: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on setting and monitoring cross-Government objectives on...

    • Licensed Premises: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allowing pubs and licensed premises to deliver alcohol...

      Bingo: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allowing covid-secure bingo halls to open in areas...

      Equality: Politics and Government

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the covid-19 outbreak on levels of...

  • Treasury

    • Free Zones: Infrastructure

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether funding has been allocated for any infrastructure costs associated with the roll out of free ports in the UK.

    • Free Zones: Non-domestic Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Government has made of the potential effect of free ports on business rates receipts for local authorities.

      Treasury: Correspondence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Chief Secretary to the Treasury plans to reply to the correspondence from Stewart Stevenson MSP of 3 July 2020, 8 September 2020 and 14 October...

      Childbirth: Scotland

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has fiscal plans in place to tackle the low birthrate in Scotland.

      Self-employment Income Support Scheme: Taxis

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will increase the level of financial support provided through the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme Grant Extension to taxi drivers; and if he...

      Self-employment Income Support Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allowing people who have become self-employed since April 2019 to claim for support from the...

      Employment: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what financial support he plans to make available to (a) stem cell transplantation patients and (b) other clinically extremely vulnerable people who cannot...

      Self-employment Income Support Scheme: Directors

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allowing self-employed limited company directors to claim for support from the Self-Employment...

      Stamp Duty Land Tax: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of granting an extension to the Stamp Duty Land Tax Relief to mitigate potential disruption in...

      Exports: VAT

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will take steps to ensure that an economic impact assessment is conducted before the VAT Retail Export Scheme ceases to be valid in the...

      Bank Services

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people who do not have a bank account.

      Cash Dispensing: Urban Areas

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of cash machines on high streets in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England in each year...

      Debt Rescheduling: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Government has made of the level of use of debt management plans as a result of financial difficulties due to the covid-19 outbreak.

      Bounce Back Loan Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he is having with representatives of the banking sector on potential further extensions of bounce back loans for businesses.

      Insurance: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with (a) campaigns for a government-backed insurance scheme for the UK live events industry and (b) the Let LIVE...

      Beer: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the financial effect of the changes to Small Brewers Relief on the smallest brewers in the UK.

      New Businesses: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to support newly set up businesses during the second covid-19 lockdown.

      Taxis: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide additional bespoke financial support for taxi drivers in response to the covid-19 outbreak similar to the Government support that has...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Leisure: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing additional support and guidance to (a) gyms, (b) bowling...

    • Football: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much emergency covid-19 funding the Government has provided to (a) professional, (b) semi-professional, (c) amateur and...

      Sports: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will publish the evidential basis for the (a) closure of covid-secure outdoor sporting venues and (b) restriction of (i)...

      Theatre: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to Regulations 16(1), 16(3), 17(6) and Schedule 2 Part 2 of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions)...

      Broadband: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of gigabit fibre broadband connections in new builds in the last twelve months were installed (a) at any cost...

      Broadband: Voucher Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether Caithness, Sutherland, and Easter Ross constituency will be included in the UK and Scottish Government Broadband...

      Housing: Broadband

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of installation offers made for gigabit fibre broadband connections to new builds involved (a) a cost to the...

      Culture Recovery Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department took to ensure that the distribution of the £1.57 billion Cultural Recovery Fund was as wide...

      Self-harm: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of his Department working with the Department for Health and Social Care...

      National Archives

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect on research by historians of the reduction in (a) opening hours,...

      Football

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress his Department has made on its fan-led review of football.

      Cultural Heritage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to protect the integrity of (a) contested heritage and (b) other aspects of the historic...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Empty Property and Second Homes: Council Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of houses in (i) Coventry, (ii) the West Midlands and...

    • Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 5 November 2020 to Question 110236, how much additional funding his Department will provide...

  • Department for Transport

    • Transport: Greater London

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the levels of transport emissions in London in the each of the last three months, compared with levels in the same months of...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Climate Change Convention

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish their parliamentary engagement strategy for COP26.

    • Climate Change Convention

      To ask Her Majesty's Government with how many governments they have started pre-negotiations in advance of COP26.

      Climate Change Convention

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what budget has been allocated to public engagement campaigns to change behaviours before COP26; what organisations they will partner with to deliver any such...

      Climate Change Convention

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what will be the hospitality arrangements for COP26; and what plans they have to publish the procurement process for those arrangements in full.

      Clean Growth Fund

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many applications have been submitted to the Clean Growth Fund; and how many of those applications were from Northern Ireland.

      Energy Supply

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what infrastructure is required to transfer energy from battery storage to the National Grid; and whether pylons form part of that infrastructure.

      Energy Supply

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether energy stored in batteries for the National Grid is used to provide energy to communities located near to such batteries.

      Insolvency: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to paragraph 7.7 of the Explanatory Memorandum to the Corporate Insolvency and Governance (Coronavirus) (Extension of the Relevant Period) Regulations...

      Labour Market: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Learning and Work Institute Crisis in the Capital, published on 27 October; and what steps they are taking to...

      Business and Unemployment: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of job loss estimates reported by the New Economics Forum on 21 October; and what plans they have to increase the wage subsidy for...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Coronavirus: Older People

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many COVID-19 patients admitted to hospital aged 80 or over received ICU treatment; and how many of those patients survived.

    • Lung Diseases: Health Services

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to meet Asthma UK and the British Lung Foundation to discuss ways in which respiratory care in the NHS can be improved.

      Prosthetics: Health Services

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the NHS England review of prosthetic services has been completed; and if so, when the findings of this review will be published.

      Social Services: Vacancies

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by Skills for Care The state of the adult social care sector and workforce in England, published in October; and...

  • Department for Education

    • Apprentices: Disadvantaged

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that apprenticeship schemes are available to young people from lower income backgrounds.

    • Free School Meals: Disadvantaged

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide free school meals during school holidays for vulnerable children who attend school in local authority areas...

  • The Senior Deputy Speaker

    • House of Lords: Coronavirus

      To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what consideration the House of Lords Commission has given to the operation of the House in the event of (1) London entering Tier 3 of the COVID-19 restrictions,...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Aviation: Air Pollution

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the State of Global Air Report 2020, published by the Health Effects Institute in October, in particular its finding...

    • Balkans: Training

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what contribution, if any, they have made to skills training for young people in the Western Balkans in response to continuing youth migration.

      Coronavirus: International Cooperation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sugg on 30 October (HL9430), what is the breakdown of their financial contribution to the work of the Access to COVID-19...

      EU Enlargement

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any EU plans for future enlargement.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Awe

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Goldie on 2 November (HLWS537), what assessment they have made of the impact of the decision for AWE plc to "become...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Industrial Health and Safety: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many spot checks and inspections of employer premises have been conducted by the Health and Safety Executive to ensure that they are COVID-19 secure in each of...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Low Pay: Rural Areas

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to address (1) low pay among those living in rural areas, and (2) the gap in average earnings between those living in rural and urban areas.

    • Japanese Knotweed

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to advance the use of biological control of Japanese knotweed.

      Forests

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to fund natural forest regeneration (1) to replace conifer plantations, and (2) for currently non-forested sites.

      Batteries: Waste Disposal

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of (1) the number and percentage of total batteries that are discarded into general waste each year, and (2) how many fires are caused...

      Water: Standards

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps (1) they, and (2) the Environment Agency, are taking to ensure that surface water bodies in England meet a ‘good’ standard under the Water...

  • Home Office

    • Interpol

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any misuse of Interpol procedures for political purposes by member countries.

    • Immigration: Hong Kong

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, under the new arrangements coming into force in January 2021, citizens of Hong Kong who are not British National (Overseas) passport holders will need to...

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the deaths in the English Channel on 27 October, what plans they have to urgently arrange a safe legal route for refugees to enter the United Kingdom.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Internet: Children

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the filters adopted by mobile network operators based on British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) guidelines, and...

    • Performing Arts and Theatres: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they estimate that stage 5 of their plan to re-open live performance venues will begin.

  • Women and Equalities

    • Women's Business Council

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when an update report from the Women's Business Council will be published; and whether the work of the Council will address issues regarding female...

    • Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure diversity in the membership of their cross-Government commission to examine racial inequality, including in relation to (1)...

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