Written answers

Tuesday, 23 February 2021

  • Department for Transport

    • Driving Tests: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will waive the charge for the driving theory test for people who passed the theory test in the past two years but have been unable to take their...

    • Bus Services: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the £2 million to provide audio and visual equipment for buses, announced on 29 October 2019, how much of that funding has been...

      Taxis: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government has provided financial assistance to help support taxi and private hire vehicle drivers who have lost earnings during the...

      Shipping: Quarantine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of excluding seafarers from the requirement to self-isolate when returning from travel to a...

      Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the renewable transport fuel obligation to include existing renewable capacity.

      M1: Sheffield

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's Smart Motorway Safety Evidence Stocktake and Action Plan, what progress his Department has made in investigating...

      Travel: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has undertaken forecast modelling to produce scenarios on when international travel may resume in 2021.

      Buses: Exhaust Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish details on how the £120 million announced in the Spending Review 2020 for zero-emission buses can be accessed.

      Buses: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect on the UK bus manufacturing industry of the covid-19 pandemic; and what steps he is taking to help secure...

      Driving Licences and Technology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with industry representatives on the introduction of (a) Graduated Driver Licences and (b) mandatory telematic...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Department of Health and Social Care: Coronavirus

      What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department’s response to the covid-19 outbreak.

    • Health Services

      What steps his Department is taking to support the provision of non-covid-19 healthcare treatment.

      Medicine: Research

      What assessment he has made of the adequacy of financial support available to medical research charities during the covid-19 pandemic.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by what date he is planning for all domiciliary care staff in England to have been vaccinated; and how many of those staff have been...

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      What steps his Department is taking to support the NHS in tackling future waves of coronavirus.

      Abortion: Drugs

      What his Department's timeframe is for the publication of its response to the early medical abortions consultation on home use of both pills for early medical abortion up to 10 weeks gestation.

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      What recent assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the operation of child and adolescent mental health services.

      Travel: Quarantine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the financial effect on middle and low-income families in the event that the new international...

      Blood: Donors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2020 to Question HL10527 on Blood: Donors, when his Department plans to publish its response to the...

      Obesity: Health Services

      What assessment he has made of the effect of the obesity strategy on the cost of living.

      Hospitals: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps hospitals are taking before they discharge covid-19-positive patients into the nursing sector.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      What plans his Department has for the covid-19 vaccination of undocumented migrants.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      What recent discussions he has had with the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation on the covid-19 vaccination of immuno-suppressed individuals.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      What steps his Department has taken to ensure that the covid-19 vaccination programme provides protection for people with weak immune systems.

      Coronavirus: Universities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effect on the transmission of covid-19 of making tests available for all returning students to...

      Coronavirus: Liverpool

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the design of the Liverpool Innova later flow test programme was developed; which research protocol was used to conduct the study;...

      Pharmacy: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that community pharmacy staff are regularly tested for covid-19 including when they are not displaying...

      Coronavirus: Migrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether support payments are available to people with no recourse to public funds who are unable to access Test and Trace Support...

      NHS Test and Trace: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the Memorandum of Understanding between the Department of Health and Social Care and the National Police Chiefs’...

      Test and Trace Support Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the eligibility criteria are for local authorities' discretionary hardship payments under the NHS Test and Trace support scheme.

      Coronavirus: Contact Tracing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring people to provide their employer's details when presenting for...

      Coronavirus: Staffordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the covid-19 testing capacity in (a) Stoke-on-Trent and (b) Staffordshire.

      Breast Cancer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of (a) NHS England, (b) The Health Quality Improvement Partnership and (c) The...

      Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to answer Question 137116 tabled by the hon. Member for Harrow West on 13 January 2021.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to provide a substantive Answer to Question 109579, on Coronavirus: Screening, tabled on 28 October 2020 by the hon. Member...

      Medical Detection Dogs: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what records are available relating to the awarding of funding by the Government to the Medical Detection Dogs charity as part of the...

      Medical Detection Dogs: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what records his Department holds relating to the (a) intended and (b) ultimate use of funding awarded by the Government to the Medical...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on mass testing in tier 3 areas; and if he will make a statement.

      NHS: Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to set clinical priority areas for reducing the NHS elective surgical backlog as a result of the covid-19...

      Back Pain: Antidepressants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has received recent representations on the effectiveness of the prolonged use of anti-depressants prescribed for long-term...

      Eating Disorders: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Health Survey for England 2019's finding that 16 per cent of adults aged 16 and over screened positive for a...

      Coronavirus: Undocumented Migrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what public information he is providing to reassure (a) illegal migrants and (b) overstayers that they should not avoid medical treatment...

      Eating Disorders: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many young people were diagnosed with an eating disorder between March and December 2020.

      Coronavirus: Hospitals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to provide staff to Nightingale hospitals in the event that general hospitals are overwhelmed by covid-19 patients.

      NHS: Negligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to his Answer of 24 November 2020 to Question 114179, if his Department will publish the findings of the Medicines Safety...

      Care Homes: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the average turnaround time for receipt of weekly covid-19 test results by care homes.

      Mental Illness: Yorkshire and the Humber

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients were held under the Mental Health Act 1983 in Yorkshire and the Humber region in (a) 2010 and (b) 2020.

      Abortion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women required treatment for uterine perforation or a cervical tear following (a) a home medical abortion between 30 March and...

      Suicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) women and (b) men who have died by suicide since March 2020; and what the...

      Care Homes: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of covid-19 tests in care homes sent for analysis have not had a result reported to the care home provider.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to progress approval of the NHS National Screening Committee for the use of lateral flow tests for covid-19 which...

      Coronavirus: Liverpool

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his oral contribution on covid-19 mutations on 2 February 2021, if he will write to Members representing any related...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to make free antibody tests available for key workers in supermarkets.

      Car Washes: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment he has made of the risk of covid-19 transmission at automated and hand car washes; and what the evidential...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to help diagnostic companies who supply covid-19 tests and are unable to renew their relevant insurance to meet his...

      Hepatitis: Prisons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prisons have machines capable of running diagnostic tests for Hepatitis C on site in England and Wales.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what logistical support is provided to local authorities where mass testing is taking place to ensure that such testing is carried out...

      Test and Trace Support Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have applied for the £500 Test and Trace Support Payment since it was introduced, broken down by the smallest...

      Hepatitis: Prisons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the effect on the efficacy of prison diagnosis and treatment of hepatitis C of (a) short sentence...

      Restaurants: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the rate of covid-19 transmission amongst (a) employees and (b) customers of fast-food restaurant outlets.

      NHS Test and Trace: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish (a) the personal specifications outlining the (i) qualifications and (ii) experience requirements for consultants...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the accuracy of lateral flow covid-19 testing.

      Coronavirus: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the lowest number is of positive covid-19 cases which an area must have per 100,000 of their population before moving from tier 3 to...

      Coronavirus: Health Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether new strains of covid-19 present symptoms that are currently not published by the NHS.

      Coronavirus: Ashford

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the imposition of local covid-19 restrictions on 29 June 2020, if he will publish the evidence which informed the...

      Coronavirus: Health Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the new strains of covid-19, what plans he has to (a) review and (b) update the covid-19 symptom list promoted to the...

      Travel: Quarantine

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to (a) replace or (b) supplement the covid-19 quarantine system for people arriving in the UK with GPS...

      Tobacco: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Post Implementation Review of the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016, if he will make it his policy to...

      Heart Diseases: Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients have died whilst waiting for heart surgery in England since March 2020.

      Smoking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment the Government has made of trends in the consumption of (a) vapes and e-cigarettes, (b) heated tobacco...

      Heart Diseases: Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many heart operations have been carried out by NHS England since March 2020.

      Health Services: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the planned timescale is for continuing to commission healthcare services from the private sector to increase capacity during the...

      Coronavirus: Vitamin C

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the efficacy of Vitamin C in boosting immunity to covid-19.

      Vitamin C

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment Public Health England has made of implications for its policies of the literature review entitled Vitamin C: An...

      Cervical Cancer: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using mRNA-based HPV tests in primary cervical cancer screening.

      Vitamin C: Clinical Trials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the REMAP-CAP clinical trial on Vitamin C will conclude.

      Food: Delivery Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of food ordered on UK food delivery apps in the last 12 months that is classified...

      Food: Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to exempt SME food and drink manufacturers from proposed restrictions on online advertising of foods high...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to reply to the letter of 5 November 2020 from the hon. Member for Blackpool North and Cleveleys on hospital communications...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to reply to the letter of 26 October 2020 from the hon. Member for Blackpool North and Cleveleys on access to dental and GP...

      Surgery: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to prevent the cancellation of priority 2 paediatric surgical procedures.

      Department of Health and Social Care: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) policies and (b) grant and funding programmes his Department has introduced to provide support to individuals and organisations...

      Dementia: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government has commissioned research on the effect of consuming nuts on protecting against dementia.

      Influenza: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many doses of influenza vaccine his Department purchased in (a) 2019 and (b) 2020.

      Drugs: Death

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report entitled Drug deaths: England and Wales see highest number since records began published in the BMJ on 15...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what preparations the Government is making with community pharmacies for the distribution of a covid-19 vaccine.

  • Wales Office

  • Department for Education

    • Satellites: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to provide (a) skills and (b) training to help support the UK manufacturing of small satellites; and if he will...

    • Pre-school Education: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on a long term funding settlement for maintained nursery schools in Budget 2021.

      Females: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that successor funding to the European Social Fund enables women to access formal education.

      Further Education: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many further education colleges received additional funding as a result of significant funding difficulties in 2020.

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Community Relations: British National (Overseas)

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the BN(O) visa scheme, which Minister is leading on the integration of British Nationals (Overseas)...

    • UK Shared Prosperity Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to announce the funding criteria for applications to the Shared Prosperity Fund; and when the fund will...

      Local Government: Meetings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of ending virtual participation for Local Authorities...

      Universities: Levelling Up Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of explicitly including universities as potential recipients of...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • War Pensions: Complaints

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the complaints process for complaints relating to war pensions.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Kickstart Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to encourage businesses to use a gateway for the Kickstart scheme.

    • Disinfectants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of workplace covid-19 safety guidelines to (a) highlight the importance of surface disinfection...

      Kickstart Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to extend eligibility for the Kickstart Scheme to include sole traders.

      Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure workers eligible for furlough who have been denied payments are eligible for social security...

      Disinfectants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it his policy to ensure that all workplaces provide (a) disinfectant products with comprehensive labelling, with the word...

      Kickstart Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of applications to the Kickstart programme from (a) employers and (b) Kickstart gateway organisations have been...

      Taxi and Private Hire Driver Support Fund: Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that recipients of the Scottish Government’s Taxi and Private Hire Driver Support Fund do not have...

      Kickstart Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support the work provided by gateways in the Kickstart scheme.

      Employment and Support Allowance: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what equalities impact assessment her Department has undertaken on the decision not to extend the £20 uplift to universal credit to...

      Universal Credit: West Yorkshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in the (a) Batley and Spen and (b) West Yorkshire are in receipt of the £20 per week uplift to Universal Credit.

      Poverty: Coventry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the level of child poverty in (a) Coventry North East constituency and...

      Universal Credit: South East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how long her Department's South East region has taken on average to process changes of circumstances with regards to housing on universal...

      Personal Independence Payment: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of applying a backdated uplift to personal independence payment in line with...

      Bereavement Support Payment: Publicity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to raise awareness of bereavement support payment in order to increase uptake of that benefit.

      Cold Weather Payments: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made with regards to extending the cold weather payments to people on furlough to help with fuel bills.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to relation to the Minister for Welfare Delivery's correspondence of 21 December 2020 to the Chair of the Work and Pensions...

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the Child Maintenance Service formula is calculated using the gross income of recipients; and what assessment she has made of...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Overseas Aid: Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking at an international level to agree a global plan to ensure the safe return of all children...

    • Overseas Aid: Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure the return of (a) the poorest and most marginalised and (b) all children to...

      Developing Countries: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the scale-up of covid-19 vaccine manufacturing capacity in Low and...

      Developing Countries: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the Government's plan is for redistributing covid-19 vaccine doses to other countries; and what the timescale...

      Saudi Arabia: Political Prisoners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with US counterpart on encouraging Saudi Arabia to (a) release and lift restrictions...

      Yemen: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect on the humanitarian situation in Yemen of the US designation of the...

      Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to secure the return of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe from Iran to the UK.

      British Indian Ocean Territory: Navy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January to Question 148829 on British Indian Ocean Territory: Navy, whether the answer...

  • Department for International Trade

    • Trade Agreements: India

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions she has had with (a) her Indian counterpart and (b) representatives of Indian businesses on strengthening business,...

  • House of Commons Commission

    • John Bercow

      To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the Commission holds details of the pension entitlements for former Speaker John Bercow.

  • Cop26

  • Department for Transport

    • Merchant Shipping: Navigation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 5 February (HL12745), whether, in the event of the failure of satellite-based and radio-based...

    • Merchant Shipping: Radio

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Goldie on 10 December 2020 (HL10934), what assessment they have made of whether UK ocean-going merchant ships will be...

      High Speed 2 Railway Line: Jones Hill Wood

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether HS2 has received a bat licence which permits the demolition of trees in Jones Hill Wood, Buckinghamshire; if so, what are the terms of the licence, and...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Energy Performance Certificates

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 9 February (HL12590), whether they will clarify what is meant by “as many homes as possible”.

    • Green Homes Grant Scheme

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking (1) to ensure that installers of measures under the Green Homes Fund are being paid promptly, and (2) to prevent those installers...

      Greenhouse Gas Emissions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 2 February (HL12282), what year they estimate net zero could be achieved by spending one per cent of the...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask Her Majesty's Government which research projects UK Research and Innovation are funding into vaccine responses for (1) individuals with inflammatory disorders, (2) high risk cancer patient...

      Carbon Emissions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to meet their net zero carbon emissions target by 2050.

      Environment Protection: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government further to their Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, published on 18 November, what plans they have to promote a 'green recovery' from the COVID-19...

      Small Businesses: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to assist small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

      Green Homes Grant Scheme

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the projected total spend of the Green Homes Grant fund for the current financial year.

      Green Homes Grant Scheme

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Green Home Grant vouchers have been issued to date in each Local Enterprise Partnership area.

      Green Homes Grant Scheme

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of Green Home Grant vouchers that will be issued in the next financial year; and how will any applications over the...

      Vaccine Taskforce

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that decision-making by the UK Vaccine Task Force relating to COVID-19 vaccines has been delayed by the civil service.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask Her Majesty's Government to set out the relevant background of each of the current office-holders of the key decision-making roles within their COVID-19 testing programme.

    • Brain: Tumours

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the progress being made on the (1) prevention, and (2) treatment, of brain tumours.

  • Department for Education

    • Remote Education

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Sutton Trust Learning in Lockdown, published in January; and what steps they are taking to assist schools in...

    • Remote Education: Computers

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many organisations were asked to provide offers for the purchase of laptops and tablets provided to children to use for home learning.

      Skilled Workers

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants Mind the Skills Gap, published on 2 December 2020.

      Universities: Vocational Education

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the ability of universities to deliver adequate technical skills training.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Ministry of Justice: Equality

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many equality impact assessments undertaken by the Ministry of Justice since December 2019 identified the possibility of indirect discrimination on the basis...

    • Human Trafficking: Convictions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many convictions relating to human trafficking were recorded in (1) 2019, and (2) 2020.

      Reparation by Offenders

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of restorative justice; and what plans, if any, they have for encouraging its use.

      Legal Aid Scheme: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many legal aid claims related to the COVID-19 pandemic have been submitted; what is the total amount claimed; and which law firms are making the claims.

  • Department for International Trade

    • Trade Agreements: India

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the announcement that the terms of an Enhanced Trade Partnership have been agreed with the government of India, what steps they are taking to...

    • Trade Promotion: Public Appointments

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Grimstone of Boscobel on 8 February (HL12500), why they have appointed a Trade Envoy for Taiwan; and why they have not...

      Trade Promotion: Public Appointments

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Grimstone of Boscobel on 8 February (HL12500), what is the period of office for which Trade Envoys are appointed; and...

      Trade Promotion

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Grimstone of Boscobel on 8 February (HL12500), what (1) financial, (2) administrative, (3) Foreign, Commonwealth and...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had about the global distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine.

    • China: Detainees

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what information they have on (1) the number of concentration camps run by the government of China in Xinjiang, and (2) how many people are held in any such camps.

      Western Europe: Overseas Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of the total overseas aid provided by the UK has gone to (1) Greece, (2) Cyprus, and (3) Malta, in each year since 2015.

      Kosovo: Roma

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to make representations to the government of Kosovo about allowing Kosovan Roma in other countries the right to vote in the forthcoming elections.

      Peace and Security Council

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they have given to the Peace and Security Council of the African Union.

      Antisemitism: Universities

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Community Security Trust Campus antisemitism in Britain 2018–2020, published on 17 December 2020; and...

      Fish and Meat: Falkland Islands

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the UK–EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement on the export of fish and meat products from the Falkland Islands...

      British Overseas Territories: Climate Change

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide regular assessments of the risks of climate change to the British Overseas Territories.

      St Helena: Reservoirs

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will provide the funding to the government of St Helena for a new reservoir; and if so, when such funding will be provided.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Armed Forces: Deployment

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Goldie on 6 August 2020 (HL7356), how much have the ten largest deployments of UK armed forces overseas increased...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Fisheries

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to enforce the UK's fishing rights.

    • Fishing Catches: Computer Software

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that the fishing catch records service is effective.

      Fish: UK Trade with EU

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that trucks exporting fish to France are not delayed at the UK–France border.

      Livestock: Exports

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ban the live export of animals for consumption overseas.

  • Home Office

    • Human Trafficking

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps the National Crime Agency is taking to address people smuggling.

    • Asylum: Applications

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they aim to have decided on all asylum applications within six months; and how they will ensure that such decisions comply with international law.

      Human Trafficking: Children

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to combat child trafficking.

      Police: Recruitment

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current level of police recruitment in England and Wales.

      Asylum: Military Bases

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many migrants are currently being accommodated in (1) Napier Barracks, and (2) the Penally military training camp, compared to the numbers accommodated in (a)...

  • Treasury

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The parliamentary question is a great way for MPs and Peers to discover information which the government may not wish to reveal. Ministers reply via written answers, a list of which gets published daily.

We let you vote on whether or not the answer given is adequate.

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