Written answers

Wednesday, 3 February 2021

  • Department for Transport

    • Driving Tests: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) extending driving theory certificates that will expire or have expired before...

    • Department for Transport: Marketing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on (a) communications, (b) advertising and (c) marketing in (i) the UK, (ii) England, (iii) Northern Ireland, (iv)...

      School Streets Initiative

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 November 2020 to Question 116618, what his current estimate is of the timescale for bringing into effect Part 6 of the...

      Park and Ride Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the findings of Transport Focus’ report entitled Park and ride for Highways England’s roads: a solution to congestion?,...

      Motorways: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure all-lane running motorways are safe for drivers.

      Roads: Noise

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on trialling noise emission cameras on public highways; and what steps he is taking to enable local authorities to engage...

      Electric Scooters: Pilot Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people have used e-scooters in the e-scooter pilot in (a) York and (b) other cities taking part in that pilot.

      Transport: Subsidies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to provide covid-19 funding support for (a) light rail (b) buses and (c) active travel.

      Transport: Subsidies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Urban Transport Group and (b) city region transport authorities on covid-19 funding support.

      Bus Services: Subsidies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to provide emergency bus funding directly to local transport authorities rather than to bus operators.

      Large Goods Vehicles: UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of lorries that have left the UK via (a) the Port of Dover and (b) Eurotunnel from 1 Jan 2021 to the latest...

      Hitachi Rail Europe: Redundancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of potential redundancies at Hitachi Rail UK Ltd’s Bounds Green and...

      Driving Tests: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what arrangements are in place to ensure that theory driving tests for critical workers can take place during covid-19 restrictions.

      Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals to improve the transparency and accountability of the DVLA; and if he will make a statement.

      Taxis: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the disproportionate covid-19 infection rate in taxis; and what steps he is taking...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of security procedures around covid-19 vaccine (a) supply chains, (b)...

    • Foreign Companies: Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to create a publicly accessible register of the beneficial owners...

      Nannies: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans his Department has to issue written guidance to (a) nannies and (b) their employers on working safely during...

      Weddings: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the planned timescale is for allowing statutory wedding ceremonies to reconvene with a minimum number of...

      Utilities: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to help reduce the cost of utility bills for vulnerable people experiencing...

      Conditions of Employment: Re-employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has plans to bring forward legislative proposals to prevent employers using fire and re-hire tactics when...

      Small Businesses: Coventry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support small business growth in (a) Coventry North East constituency and (b) Coventry.

      Retail Trade: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of queuing measures that retailers have in place due to covid-19 on fair and...

      Postal Services: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he has taken to (a) protect and (b) enhance the resilience of postal services in rural areas from...

      Postal Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with Royal Mail on covid-19 protective measures for workers in delivery offices.

      Additional Restrictions Grant

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support local councils in the distribution of the £500 million top-up to...

      Green Homes Grant Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what fulfilment indicators were agreed in the contract awarded to ICF for administering the Green Homes Grant scheme.

      Green Homes Grant Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what guidelines on payment arrangements for contractor his Department has given to ICF for the Green Homes Grant scheme.

      Motor Vehicles: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on trends in the levels of sales of (a) new cars and...

      Green Homes Grant Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many (a) voucher applications have been received, (b) vouchers approved, (c) installations completed, (d)...

      Green Homes Grant Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many voucher applications have required (a) further identity checks and (b) alternative quotations under the Green...

      Green Homes Grant Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the (a) total and (b) average value is of (i) voucher applications, (ii) approved voucher applications and (iii)...

      Green Homes Grant Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) the value of (i) primary and (ii) secondary measures installed...

      Green Homes Grant Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, under the Green Homes Grant, what is (a) the number and (b) the value of (i) voucher applications and (ii)...

      Green Homes Grant Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many Trustmark registered installers were registered with the Green Homes Grant scheme in each month since...

      Green Homes Grant Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the (a) value and (b) duration is of the contract with ICF to administer the Green Homes Grant scheme.

  • Attorney General

    • Crown Prosecution Service: Coronavirus

      To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of CPS staff have had to self-isolate as a result of the covid-19 outbreak; and what the (a) role and (b) staffing grade of those staff is.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Government Departments: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a list of the companies awarded contracts via the high priority lane for procurement since 1 March 2020.

    • Government Departments: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money has been spent on contracts awarded via the high priority lane for procurement since 1 March 2020.

      Government Departments: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria have been applied in the awarding of contracts via the high priority lane for procurement since 1 March 2020.

      Breast Cancer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mechanisms are in place to monitor hospital trust compliance with the requirement to collect data on new diagnoses of recurrent and...

      Gambling: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is his policy to treat gambling addiction as a public health matter; and what steps he plans to take with Cabinet colleagues...

      Epilepsy: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the affordability of drugs, which contain cannabis, for the treatment of epilepsy.

      Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to launch a public information campaign on the correct use of face masks and face coverings.

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to protect clinically (a) vulnerable and (b) extremely vulnerable groups over the coming months.

      Breast Cancer: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to recommendation 65 of the document, Achieving World-Class Cancer Outcomes: A Strategy for Cancer 2015-2020, what...

      Influenza: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to ensure the accessibility of flu vaccines for people who do not belong to an at-risk group.

      Health: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to improve the health and fitness of children from different socioeconomic backgrounds.

      Addictions: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department collects on the effect of covid-19 restrictions on (a) addiction and (b) substance abuse rates.

      Exercise Cygnus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether vaccine roll-out was a part of Exercise Cygnus.

      Contraceptives

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report entitled Women's Lives, Women's Rights: Strengthening Access to Contraception Beyond the Covid-19 Pandemic,...

      Cannabis: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of patients who have received prescriptions for the use of medicinal cannabis to treat their...

      Coronavirus: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with the Scottish Government to develop plans for a coordinated rollout of covid-19 vaccines.

      Disability: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of moving severely disabled people living in care, who are often high risk and...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the closure of Pfizer’s Havant cold storage facility in November 2020 on the delivery...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to work with international partners to ensure that the international logistics industry and global...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation's updated interim advice on priority groups for COVID-19 vaccination,...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the UK logistics industry is prepared for the mass distribution of a covid-19 vaccine;...

      Coronavirus: Vitamin D

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what studies the Government has undertaken on the effect of vitamin D on covid-19; and what the outcome of those studies was.

      Dental Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of dental practice concerns about the potential for new unit of dental...

      Dietary Supplements: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of offering free (a) zinc and (b) vitamin D supplements to the general...

      Leukaemia: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the appropriateness of virtual consultations for older people with chronic lymphocytic...

      Dental Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide an estimate of the number of units of dental activity that have been performed by dentists in England since the...

      Dental Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will review the Units of Dental Activity Targets for dental practices in response to the January 2021 covid-19 restrictions.

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect on (a) NHS services and (b) patient care of the introduction of activity targets on NHS dental...

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to ensure that the Dental Activity Targets for the NHS contract are deliverable.

      Health Services and Social Services: Birmingham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with private healthcare providers in Birmingham to support the (a) social care backlog and (b)...

      Drugs: UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 15 of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement, published on 24 December 2020, how many (a) EU representatives...

      Accident and Emergency Departments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of patients attending A&E booked an appointment through the booking system since that system was launched.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether a Band 4 Immuniser approved to administer the Pfizer vaccine has concurrent approval to administer the Astra-Zeneca vaccine; and...

      Coronavirus: Hospitals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS staff (a) are working primarily in the NHS Nightingale Hospital in Yorkshire and (b) have worked at that site since its...

      Home Care Services: Personal Income

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to update the minimum income guarantee allowance for people receiving care in non-care home settings.

      Dementia: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the funding allocated to dementia research.

      Royal Free Hospital: Nurseries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the effect on women working at the Royal Free hospital of that hospital's decision to close its...

      Care Homes: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many care homes have registered to become a designated setting to provide care for covid-positive patients discharged from hospital.

      Health Professions: Regulation and Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the shortfall in the number of Clinical Technologists needed in UK hospitals and the lack of statutory...

      Care Homes: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to increase the resources available to care homes to mitigate the pressures caused by the covid-19 outbreak.

      Care Homes: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the funding support available to the care home sector for the long-term financial...

      Medicine: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there will be an increase in the number of student medicine places in the 2021-22 academic year.

      Learning Disability: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle health inequalities for people with learning disabilities.

      Mental Health Services: Health Professions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to provide mental health support to healthcare staff working in hospital wards dedicated to the treatment of patients...

      NHS: Nurses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many of the 13,000 more nurses in the NHS are (a) new registrants, (b) moving from part time to full time, (c) part of the NHS Bring...

      Paramedical Staff: Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2021 to Question 137961 on Paramedical Staff: Students, by what date his Department and the...

      Nurses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to (a) retain nurses employed in the NHS, (b) encourage nurses who have left the NHS to return to the NHS and (c)...

      Dementia: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18th January received to Question 134006 on Dementia: Drugs, whether the outcome of NHS England and NHS...

      Coronavirus: Brighton and Hove

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the residents of Brighton and Hove will have access to a local covid-19 testing site following the closure of the AMEX stadium...

      Health Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to officially recognise the service of NHS workers and volunteers during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will...

      Coronavirus: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS staff have been redeployed to provide care in covid-19 wards since December 2020.

      Coronavirus: Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many schools have been provided with mass testing (a) in total and (b) by constituency; and how many tests have been carried out in...

      Babies: Pain

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a response to Early Day Motion 1340 on Fetal Pain.

      Contact Tracing: Computer Software

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason results from (a) NHS hospitals and (b) Public Health England laboratories cannot be entered onto the NHS covid-19 app.

      NHS: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS health and social care workers of non-British nationality were working in the UK as of 20 January 2021; and what proportion...

      Care Homes: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2021 to Question 135883 on Care Homes: Coronavirus, in what format his Department holds that information.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons the 119 covid-19 NHS test and trace service is only able to contact testing labs to enquire about progress on returning...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of false positive covid-19 test results on (a) the overall number of covid-19 cases in the UK...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with local authorities to help ensure a take-up of mass covid-19 testing in low income Tier 3 areas...

      Coronavirus: Wakefield

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many covid-19 test centres there are within the Wakefield Local Authority area; and what their locations are.

      Coronavirus: Yorkshire and the Humber

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Pillar 2 covid-19 tests have been carried out in (a) Yorkshire and the Humber and (b) Haltemprice and Howden constituency in...

      Care Homes: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the capacity for regular covid-19 testing for care home employees.

      Hospices: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional support he is providing to hospices to allow family members to present at the end of life during the covid-19 outbreak.

      Nurses: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to recognise the work of nursing apprentices in tackling the covid-19 outbreak.

      Care Homes: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the (a) efficiency and (b) availability of PCR covid-19 testing for care home employees and residents.

      Mental Health: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the prevalence among hospital healthcare workers of (a) anxiety, (b) depression and (c) other...

      Carers: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that care workers in private companies have access to regular covid-19 testing during the covid-19 outbreak.

      Doctors: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure there are sufficient stand alone IMT year 3 posts available for trainee doctors in the North East; and what estimate he...

      Home Care Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in England employ their own personal assistants for health and social care at home.

      NHS and Social Care Coronavirus Life Assurance Scheme 2020

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2021 to Question 140829 on the NHS and Social Care Coronavirus Life Assurance Scheme, how many...

      Health Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plan to publish full details on funding allocations from the Spending Review 2020 for the (a) cancer workforce and...

      Epilepsy: Cannabis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding support is available for families and children to access medicinal cannabis for the treatment of intractable epilepsy.

      Ophthalmic Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department is providing to primary eye care to ensure effective diagnosis of sight-threatening conditions during the...

      Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what demographic information is being collated by the Government on (a) new covid-19 infections, (b) deaths where covid-19 is a...

      Pharmacy: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the (a) risk of the latest wave of covid-19 cases to the health of frontline pharmacy staff and (b)...

      Health Services: Police

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the security from covid-19 transmission of Police Treatment Centres.

      NHS: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether frontline NHS staff are being routinely provided with high quality FFP3 protective masks.

      Health Services: Police

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) support and (b) covid-19 safety guidance his Department has provided to Police Treatment Centres, which operate as healthcare...

      Mental Health Services: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional steps he has taken to support young people’s mental health since the start of the covid-19 outbreak.

      Hospitals: Discharges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons NHS Mental Health Trusts are not included in the guidance, Hospital discharge service: policy and operating model; and...

      Health Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will collate and publish covid-19 (a) nosocomial patient data and (b) subsequent deaths for (a) definite, (b) probable and (c)...

      Pre-school Education: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data the Government is collecting which explicitly monitors transmission of covid-19 between (a) children aged 0 to 5 years in...

      Hospitals: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2021 to Question 135882 on Hospitals: Coronavirus, in what format his Department holds that information.

      Coronavirus: Quarantine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any service level credits have been applied to contracts to run the Isolation Assurance Service.

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure Directors of Public Health in England follow the same procedures when operating...

      Coronavirus: Social Distancing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, to confirm what discussions he has had with the Chief Medical Officer on reintroducing the established relationship exemption from social...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason those under the age of 5 do not count in the meet up rules when compared with higher age limits in other home nations.

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that referrals to children and young people's mental health services are maintained during...

  • Wales Office

    • Question

      What recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on financial support for people in Wales affected by the covid-19 outbreak.

    • Question

      What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on support for Welsh businesses affected by the covid-19 outbreak.

      Local Growth Deals: Wales

      What progress his Department has made on signing new Growth Deals in Wales.

      Manufacturing Industries: Wales

      What steps the Government is taking to support the manufacturing industry in Wales.

  • Department for Education

    • Assessments: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how external candidates who have no one to prepare an assessment of their progress or ability will be awarded grades in the context of examinations...

    • Further Education: South Yorkshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on the progress being made on tackling the...

      Obesity: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the closure of wraparound childcare providers on childhood obesity.

      Remote Education: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many laptops have been requested by schools in (a) Greater London, (b) the London Borough of Bexley and (c) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency...

      Remote Education: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the rollout of laptops and other devices to disadvantaged pupils to support remote...

      Schools: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the factors that would determine the safe reopening of schools after covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.

      GCE A-level and GCSE: Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions his Department has had with exam boards on reducing exam fees following the cancellation of 2021 GCSE and A-Level exams.

      Domestic Abuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that school staff receive training on (a) parental alienation and (b) male domestic violence; and what...

      Institute of Teaching

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what service benefits the Institute of Teaching plans to provide which the Initial teacher training provider network does not.

      Pre-school Education: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to provide asymptomatic testing in early years settings, in line with the current roll-out in primary schools.

      Pupils: Hearing Impairment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department has issued to (a) schools and (b) colleges on the use of clear face coverings to aid the learning of deaf students during...

      Extended Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether (a) wraparound and (b) holiday childcare services can remain open during the February half-term.

      Pre-school Education: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January to Question 134593, when he plans to provide updated modelling for early years settings, in the context of the...

      Remote Education: ICT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many dongles have been provided to secondary school children who are learning from home and require internet access in (a) Kingston upon Hull, (b)...

      Apprentices: Vocational Guidance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to to encourage students to take up (a) nursing apprenticeships and (b) other vital vocational apprenticeships following the...

      Outdoor Education: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with outdoor education centres on a roadmap to re-opening their industry.

      Pupils: Hearing Impairment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to (a) distribute clear face masks to schools and colleges, and (b) help schools make reasonable adjustments for those...

      Assessments: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with teaching unions about using teacher assessed grades in place of exams this year.

      Performing Arts: Qualifications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who have successfully completed the BTEC Performing Arts course in each of the last 10 years.

      Skills Toolkit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much money from the public purse has been allocated to The Skills Toolkit online learning platform in each year since its inception.

      Skills Toolkit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the (a) effectiveness of The Skills Toolkit and (b) potential effect of that toolkit on improving the (i)...

      Skills Toolkit: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department collects data on the protected characteristics of those who have completed courses via The Skills Toolkit online learning...

      Skills Toolkit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people have (a) started and (b) completed courses available in The Skills Toolkit online learning platform since it was launched on 28 April 2020.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Public Service: Misconduct

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to his Answer of 10 December 2020 to Question 126115 on Public Service: Misconduct, what the Government's timescale is for publish its response...

    • Courts: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to safeguard (a) barristers, (b) solicitors, (c) court staff and (d) visitors against covid-19 infection and spread.

  • Treasury

    • Coronavirus: Key Workers

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to provide financial support to frontline key workers who are at high risk of exposure to (a) covid-19 and (b) Long Covid.

    • Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he is putting contingency plans in place in the event that the covid-19 lockdown continues until (a) summer and (b) autumn 2021.

      Business: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department takes to consider the mental health of (a) business owners and (b) employees when providing financial support during the covid-19...

      Employment: Hospitality Industry and Retail Trade

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department’s long-term strategy is on protecting jobs in the (a) hospitality, (b) leisure and (c) retail sector.

      Population

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the (a) UK’s ageing population and (b) recent reduction in annual...

      Stamp Duty Land Tax: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 21 December 2020 to Question 129164, if he will extend the stamp duty holiday as a result of the extended period of lockdown...

      Stock Market: Internet

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of online trading platforms and commonly used phone-based trading apps on levels of manipulation of (a)...

      Developing Countries: Debts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of (a) interest and (b) principal on debt paid by low income countries to private creditors in 2020.

      Termination of Employment: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that people who have been refused furlough by their employer during the covid-19 outbreak have been issued with a P45.

      Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which companies with 250 or more employees have (a) received funding from the Large Business Interruption Scheme and (b) made use of the Coronavirus Job...

      Agency Workers: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what financial support he is making available to agency workers who cannot find work and whose agencies will not furlough those workers because they are...

      Self-Employment Income Support Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to provide self-employed workers with 80 per cent of their profits prior to the start of the covid-19 outbreak in the fourth...

      Mortgages: Interest Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government has taken to ensure that base rate cuts are passed on by lenders to mortgage prisoners.

      Rents: Arrears

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on tenant credit scores of rent arrears that have accumulated since covid- 19 lockdown measures started...

      Stocks and Shares: Artificial Intelligence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the ability of the financial regulatory framework to respond to the effect of artificial intelligence on the trading...

      Mortgages: Private Rented Housing

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether landlords securing a buy-to-let mortgage holiday in response to the covid-19 outbreak are required to pay back suspended payments on the remainder...

      Mortgages: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many new mortgage payment holidays have been offered by lenders to borrowers that have already taken a full six months payment holiday; what...

      Mortgages: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2021 to Question 134541, if he will make it his policy to (a) increase the permitted length of mortgage payment...

      Bounce Back Loan Scheme

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to extend the deadline for the first repayment under the Bounce Back Loan scheme until after the January 2021 covid-19 national lockdown...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Developing Countries: Nutrition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2020 Question 139097 on Developing Countries: Nutrition, on what dates...

    • South Africa: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the COVAX commitment, what estimate he has made of the cost to South Africa of purchasing the...

      Uganda: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the UK Government is taking to promote adherence to international human rights law and electoral...

      Human Rights: Prisoners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure the protection of human rights defenders imprisoned and at risk from...

      China: Taiwan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the Government of Taiwan in the face of military threats from China.

      China: Taiwan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the Government of China's military threats against Taiwan.

      China: India

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to tackle Chinese Government aggression towards India.

      Female Genital Mutilation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what targeted support he is providing to potential victims of female genital mutilation.

      Samantha Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has met with the USAID Administrator nominee Samantha Power.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2021 to Question 142041 on Coronavirus: Vaccination and with reference to the...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Armoured Fighting Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the Army’s armoured capability is taking to contribute to (a) enhanced Forward Presence and (b) NATO’s other conventional...

    • Armed Forces: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to protect members of the armed forces travelling abroad for training from covid-19.

      Joint Exercises: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many positive covid-19 cases there have been among (a) British and (b) other allied forces taking part in training exercises in Norway.

      Armed Forces: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there any ongoing investigations regarding maltreatment of recruits at any of the army training centres that host under-18s.

      Courts Martial

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cases of (a) murder (b) manslaughter (c) rape and (d) sexual assault were tried through Courts Martial in each of the last five years; and how...

      Medical Records: Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many veterans were provided with a summary of their medical records when they left the armed forces in each of the last five years.

      Ministry of Defence: LIBOR

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on grants made from LIBOR funds awarded through schemes managed by his Department.

      Ministry of Defence: Marketing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on (a) communications, (b) advertising and (c) marketing in (i) the UK, (ii) England, (iii) Northern Ireland, (iv)...

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Kickstart Scheme: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Kickstart scheme, how many work coaches have been employed to date; and what their average salary is.

    • Kickstart Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of successful applications to the Kickstart Scheme were from (a) companies applying individually for over 30...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant of the Answer of 28 January 2021 to Question 142894 on Universal Credit, for what reason her Department will not publish that data.

      Kickstart Scheme: North West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Kickstart Scheme, how many and what proportion of Kickstart work placements have been created in the North West.

      Kickstart Scheme: North East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Kickstart Scheme, how many and what proprotion of Kickstart work placements have been created in the North East.

      Self-employed: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support her Department is providing for self-employed parents not able to work whilst schools are closed during covid-19 lockdown...

      Food Banks: Voucher Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many foodbank vouchers have been provided to claimants of all types by her Department in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2020-21 to date.

      Pneumoconiosis: Grants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of including pneumoconiosis in the D1 category in assessments on miners’ ability...

      Access to Work Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) average and (b) median response time is for disabled workers to receive a decision on their Access to Work application.

      Disability: Public Consultation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she plans to consult on the National Strategy for Disabled People.

      Employment: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her department make an assessment of the percentage of employers who publish the percentage of disabled staff (a) they employ, and (b) they...

      Employment: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will collect data on the percentage of applicants who have reported that their employer refused to make reasonable...

      Sick Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to improve guidance on claiming statutory sick pay.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Pollution Control: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which (a) environmental consultants and (b) advisors his Department has consulted in the last year on pollution standards...

    • Shops: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the role of rural shops during the covid-19 outbreak; what discussions...

      Plants: Republic of Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement on UK growers wishing to sell plants...

      UK Trade with EU: Meat

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with his French counterpart on the operation of new trading arrangements for the export of...

      Assistance Animals: Pet Travel Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to secure guide dogs and other assistance dogs part one listed status under the Pet Passport Scheme to...

      Fisheries and Meat Products: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help UK fish and meat producers to sell more of their produce in the UK.

      Pets: Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will assess the merits of making pet theft a specific criminal offence in response to the rising number of instances...

      Export Health Certificates: Veterinary Medicine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of Official Veterinarians required to meet the demand for Export Health Certificates...

      Zoo Animals Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2021 to Question 137152, how much of that £100 million Zoo Animals Fund has been...

      Floods: North Yorkshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what additional support he has made available to communities in North Yorkshire and York to deal with the flooding resulting...

      Land: Contamination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Category 4 screening levels (C4SL) Phase 2 Project Steering Group last met; and what the names are of the members...

      Peat Bogs: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's press release, England’s national rainforests to be protected by new rules,...

      Soil and Groundwater Technology Association

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the independence of the Soil and Groundwater Technical Association.

      Chemicals: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to circumstances where EU REACH applies, whether UK-based companies purchasing or supplying chemicals to (a)...

      Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of rural proofing for Government policies.

      Neonicotinoids

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether there is a specific document in which the UK Expert Committee on Pesticides (ECP) sets out its advice and...

      Neonicotinoids

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2021 to Questions 137225 and 137226 on Neonicotinoids, whether advice the Government...

      Food Poverty: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much of the £16 million allocated to FareShare on 8 November 2020 has been allocated to frontline food aid...

      Animal Housing: Cats and Dogs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support the Government has made available to kennel and cattery businesses in the context of the re-classification of...

  • Home Office

    • Animal Welfare: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to publish the number of reported (a) animal welfare crimes and (b) pet thefts between February 2020 and December 2020 in (i) England and...

    • Police: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been allocated to police forces to tackle crimes against animal welfare in (a) England and (b) Wales in each year since...

      Antisocial Behaviour: Police Cautions

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police cautions for antisocial behaviour were made in England and Wales in each year since 2010.

      Domestic Abuse: Kingston upon Hull

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of the loss of police records on the (a) processing and (b) prosecuting of domestic violence...

      Gender Based Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to ensure that the Violence Against Women and Girls strategy 2021-2024 will be embedded in wider Government policy.

      Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been transferred into each local authority area in England in the last two years.

      Asylum: Napier Barracks

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to protect the health and wellbeing of asylum seekers at Napier Barracks, Kent.

      Repatriation: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse is of including EU nationals in the voluntary returns scheme.

      Immigration: EEA Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the number of EEA citizens with Settled Status and Pre Settled Status who have been refused boarding to an...

      Migrant Workers: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending Tier 5 visas for overseas 18 to 30 year olds; and if she will make statement.

      Immigration: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government has taken to communicate to (a) international airlines and (b) international border authorities that the EU...

      Immigration: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what written guidance the Government has issued to international (a) airlines and (b) border authorities on how the EU Settlement Scheme...

  • Scotland Office

    • Scotland Office: Marketing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to Answer of 26 January to Question 141530, how much his Department has spent on (a) communications, (b) advertising and (c) marketing in...

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Parish Councils: Freedom of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the cost to parish councils of responding to freedom of...

    • UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when Scottish local authorities will be able to apply for Shared Prosperity Funding for specific projects.

      UK Shared Prosperity Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the timetable is for the publication of details on the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

      Local Government: Meetings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending the temporary regulations permitting...

      Marriage: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the long-term effect on society of fewer marriages taking place during the covid-19...

      Weddings: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to ensure weddings can recommence once covid-19 infection rates have declined.

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that housing developers build on land allocated through local plans.

      Estate Agents: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what scientific evidence his Department is using to inform the decision to allow estate agent offices to remain open...

      Civil Partnerships and Weddings: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what consultation his Department had with (a) religious leaders and (b) local authorities prior to the decision to...

      Religious Buildings: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reasons places of worship can remain open during the 2021 covid-19 national lockdown.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Elections: Proof of Identity

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department plans to take to monitor the potential effects of introducing mandatory voter ID on...

    • Population: Coronavirus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to mitigate against (a) under-counting of populations in cities with large university...

      Civil Servants: Veterans

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Making the Civil Service a Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative, how many...

      Local Government: Elections

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Local Government Information Unit report entitled Free, fair and safe: 2021 local...

  • Department for International Trade

    • Department for International Trade: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to her Department's publication of spending over £500 using an electronic purchasing card in February 2020, how many of...

    • UK Trade with EU: Republic of Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions has she had with her Irish counterpart on the operation of new trade arrangements for chemical products to the...

      Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she plans to extend the UK’s steel safeguards; and what assessment she has made of the potential merits of others steps to...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Amusement Arcades: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the financial support required by the arcade sector to support its re-opening when...

    • Broadband: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that broadband remains affordable to those on (a) universal credit and (b) other...

      Broadband: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that broadband remains affordable to people in receipt of (a) universal credit...

      Youth Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much of the Government's £16.5 million youth covid-19 support fund has been allocated to youth services to date.

      Electronic Programme Guides: Public Service Broadcasting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will bring forward legislation to update the prominence regime for public service broadcasters.

      Football: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what comparative assessment he has made of the level of covid-19-related funding that has been (a) made available to male and...

  • Leader of the House

    • Virtual Proceedings

      To ask the Leader of the House, whether he plans to (a) make an assessment of the effect on the climate of and (b) estimate the savings accruing to the public purse from virtual participation in...

  • Women and Equalities

    • Equality

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2021 to Question 137304 on Equality, what the evidential basis is for her assessment in that Answer that the...

  • Department for Transport

    • Aviation: Climate Change

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what analysis they have carried out into the trade-off between additional CO2 emissions generated by rerouting aircraft for contrail prevention and the...

    • Aviation: Climate Change

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the International Civil Aviation Organisation about the inclusion of indirect non-CO2 climate impacts of aviation, such...

      Aviation: Volcanoes

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what lessons they have learned from the aftermath of the explosion of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland on 14 April 2010 and the consequent ash cloud,...

      Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Remote Working

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the policy on working from home which is applied at the Driving and Vehicle Licensing Agency office in Cardiff.

      Eurostar: Subsidies

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what has been the outcome of their discussions with the government of France about the financial support required by Eurostar whilst restrictions to address...

      Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to launch an inquiry into whether there is any correlation between employment practices at Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency offices in...

      Motorways: Safety

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the safety of smart motorways.

      Bus Services: Concessions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to include a review of the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme in their forthcoming National Bus Strategy; and what steps...

      Community Transport

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to make (1) regulatory, or (2) licensing, changes to improve the viability of community transport.

      Railways: Freight

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether (1) electrification, (2) junction improvements, (3) improved signalling, and (4) new terminal facilities, for rail freight networks are assessed through...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many COVID-19 vaccines have been delivered (1) to mass-vaccination hubs, (2) to GP surgeries, and (3) to community pharmacies.

    • Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total number of (1) Oxford/AstraZeneca, and (2) Pfizer/BioNTech, COVID-19 vaccine vials allocated to the UK held in stock in each month in (a) 2019,...

      Vaccination: Research

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they (1) intend to allocate, or (2) would consider allocating on the basis of scientific advice, further funding to UK Research and Innovation to support...

      Vaccination: Research

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will list all projects funded by UK Research and Innovation to support research on vaccine responses in groups of immune-supressed individuals; and,...

      Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the estimated vaccine production manufacturing capacity of the Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Centre at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus.

      Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether their investment in the rapid deployment facility for COVID-19, announced on 17 May 2020, has been allocated; and whether the facility is operational.

      Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre

      To ask Her Majesty's Government on what date the Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Centre at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus will be fully operational for the manufacture of...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to publish the details of their contracts with (1) Pfizer/BioNTech for the supply of 30 million MRNA COVID-19 vaccines, (2) Janssen for the...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to publish the details of the contract they have with AstraZeneca for the supply of 30 million COVID-19 vaccine doses and vials; if so, (a) when,...

      Postal Services: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the performance of Royal Mail in providing a universal postal service during the COVID-19 pandemic; how many instances they have...

      Minimum Wage

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of workers are paid less than the statutory minimum wage.

      Conditions of Employment

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that employees in the UK have the same standard of legal protection as employees in the EU.

      Brain: Tumours

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to meet any funding shortfall as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on charitable donations for research projects into brain tumours.

      Carillion: Insolvency

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what fees have been paid to PriceWaterhouseCoopers for acting as special managers assisting the official receiver in relation to the liquidation of Carillion.

      Bankruptcy: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have (1) to create databases setting out the number of (a) personal, and (b) corporate, bankruptcies caused by the impact of COVID-19; and (2) to...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Infectious Diseases

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for a single holistic infections strategy that addresses antimicrobial resistance, sepsis, future infections...

    • Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bethell on 22 January (HL12046), what assessment they have made of the reasons for the “poor diagnosis recording in...

      Coronavirus: Hospital Beds

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Bethell on 1 December (HL Deb, cols 717–21), how many beds are currently occupied in each of the NHS Nightingale Hospitals.

      Mental Health: Children and Young People

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bethell on 22 January (HL12047), whether they collect data on the level of self-harm amongst young and adolescent boys...

      Coronavirus: Children

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of children experiencing long-term effects of COVID-19.

  • Department for Education

    • Children's Social Care Independent Review: Public Appointments

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what criteria were used in the appointment of the chair of the review of children's social care, announced on 15 January.

    • Frontline

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding the charity Frontline received from the Department for Education in each of the last five financial years.

      Apprentices: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of apprentices in England leaving apprenticeships early during the COVID-19 pandemic as a result of (1) furlough,...

      Apprentices: Ethnic Groups

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to provide practical support for employers to ensure racial and ethnic diversity amongst their Higher Level apprentices.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Bosnia and Herzegovina: EU Defence Policy

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the annual cost of the UK's participation in the EU-led military mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina; and how that participation was funded.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Universal Credit: Young People

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Learning and Work Institute Unleashing talent: Levelling up opportunity for young people, published in December...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  • Home Office

    • Visas: Dependants

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many individuals have been granted an Adult Dependent Relative visa since 2016; and how many of those Adult Dependent Relative visas were granted through appeal.

    • Sexual Offences

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the change in rates of sexual abuse by women reported to police, and (2) the impact of reports of sexual abuse committed by...

      Bail: Reform

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 14 January (HLWS704), when their proposed reforms to the pre-charge bail...

      Terrorism

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the definition of Left, Anarchist and Single-Issue Terrorism, as referred to on the MI5 website.

      Counter-terrorism and MI5

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what the responsibilities are of (1) MI5, and (2) Counter Terrorism Policing, in relation to the surveillance and monitoring of political campaigns and campaigners.

      Customs: Recruitment

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many new customs agents have been recruited to staff the UK's borders in the light of the UK's departure from the EU; and what is their eventual...

      Extinction Rebellion

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Extinction Rebellion is categorised as a Left, Anarchist and Single-Issue Terrorism organisation.

      Asylum: Hong Kong

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many asylum applications made by Hong Kong residents were (1) accepted, and (2) rejected, in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, and (c) 2021 to date.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Elections: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the ability of local authorities (1) to support the administration of elections scheduled to take place during the COVID-19...

  • Treasury

    • Pensions: Tax Allowances

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many individuals who are enrolled on an approved pension scheme do not receive tax relief on their contributions.

    • Mortgages: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on securing mortgages for those who have accessed their COVID-19 support schemes.

  • Women and Equalities

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