Written answers

Monday, 12 April 2021

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Questions 138422 and 154909 on Coronavirus: Vaccination, for what reasons third sector organisations have already...

    • Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has the Department made of the potential limitations of creating a covid-19 vaccine passport scheme.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will implement financial rewards for (a) GPs, (b) vaccination centres and (c) other local health professionals for each vaccine...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including people in receipt of domiciliary care in their own homes in covid-19...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will urgently formalise the process of (a) administering spare vaccination doses and (b) filling vaccination appointment gaps.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the covid-19 vaccine rollout to staff in the Ambulance Service; and whether such staff are...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what modelling has been undertaken on the optimal strategy for the national covid-19 vaccination programme; and if he will publish that...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department (a) has spent to date and (b) projects to spend in total in tackling vaccine disinformation.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the rapid covid-19 testing procedure agreed between (a) his Department, (b) Public Health England and (c) Jaguar Land...

      Eating Disorders: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by the NHS to deliver (a) inpatient and (b) outpatient eating disorder services in (i)...

      General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to restore the provision of in-person GP appointments.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2021 to Question 96883 on Coronavirus: Screening, what comprehensive service descriptions are used...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many doses of the (a) Pfizer-BioNTech covid-19 vaccine and (b) Oxford-AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccine have been made available in (i)...

      Schools: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the evidential basis is for the policy that (a) a positive covid-19 lateral flow test taken on a test site in a school or college...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of including people with disabilities in the priority list for covid-19 vaccination.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to vaccinate partners of clinically extremely vulnerable persons at the same time that those persons are...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many operational covid-19 vaccine centres there are in each local authority area.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward the rollout of the covid-19 vaccine to (a)...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how may people have been vaccinated for covid-19 by (a) local authority and (b) parliamentary constituency, to date.

      Education: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the weekly cost of testing all education and early years staff and pupils eligible for a covid-19 test.

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS has spent on PCR testing for covid-19 to date.

      NHS Test and Trace

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what improvements were made to the NHS Test and Trace contact tracing process from (a) 29 December 2020 to (b) 27 January 2021.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will give priority to teachers and support staff in special schools to receive the covid-19 vaccine where the use of personal...

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which companies are (a) delivering and (b) administering the (i) Pfizer-BioNTech covid -19 vaccine and (ii) Oxford-AstraZeneca covid-19...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish an impact assessment on the cost of home test kits for covid-19 required when travelling into the UK.

      Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his policy is on the vaccination of workers who are currently in the UK but employed overseas and need to have the covid-19 vaccine...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether people who have pre-ordered covid-19 Day 2 and Day 8 home quarantine tests are entitled to refunds in the event that those tests...

      Coronavirus: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the cost of covid-19 tests for people returning to the UK have been calculated.

      Travel Restrictions: Coronavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what arrangements are in place for the children of separated parents where one parent or child lives overseas to be able to move between...

      Coronavirus: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to ensure that inhaled interferon beta is manufactured in the UK in the event that final-stage clinical trials of...

      Drugs: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure the importation of medicines into the UK that are manufactured in the EU.

      Coronavirus: Vitamin C

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of vitamin C in the treatment of covid-19; and what steps his Department has taken to...

      University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether additional support is being made available to the new management team at University Hospitals of Leicester following the decision...

      NHS: Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the availability of NHS dental appointments; and if he will make a statement.

      Joint Biosecurity Centre: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish all the consultancies contracted by his Department for any period between 1 March 2020 and 19 January 2021 to...

      NHS and Social Services: Incentives

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a one-off bonus-payment for NHS and social care workers in England; and what...

  • Department for Transport

    • Shipping: Carbon Emissions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to contribute to accelerating the decarbonisation of the maritime industry; and whether they expect to contribute to this initiative through...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Hospitals: Parking

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that NHS key workers are exempt from hospital car parking charges during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Department for Education

    • Department for Education: Reviews

      To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) how many review groups are currently established in the Department for Education, and (2) what areas they cover.

    • Teachers: Training

      To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) on what date they established the Review Group into Initial Teacher Training, (2) what is the membership of the Review Group panel, and (3) how the Review...

      National Tutoring Programme: Vetting

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the safeguarding requirements for tutors working with children on the National Tutoring Programme.

      Children in Care

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of Practice guidance: placements in unregistered children’s homes in England or unregistered care home services in Wales,...

      Schools: Uniforms

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to issue guidelines to independent schools about the cost of school uniforms.

      Students: Loans

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what amount of student debt has been sold in each of the past five years; and at what value.

      Students: Loans

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the value of student loan debt for each of the past five years.

      Students: Loans

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of graduate earnings in their calculation of the write off of student loan debt.

      Students: Loans

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what calculation they use to decide the level of write off of student loan debt.

      Students: Loans

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the write off value of the sale of student loan debt in each of the last five years.

      Students: Loans

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the UK's departure from the EU, what assessment they have made of the ability of (1) UK citizens to work in the EU, and (2) the earnings potential of...

      Vocational Education: Employment Schemes

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what schemes are available to students on vocational courses to assist them in gaining employment.

      Students: Loans

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay on 22 March (HL14145), what plans they have to assess the annual cost of removing interest payments...

      National Tutoring Programme

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to expand the capacity of the National Tutoring Programme.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Mozambique: Democratic Republic of Congo

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the (1) security situation in Mozambique, and (2) the statement by Save The Children, published on 16 March, highlighting...

    • Pakistan: Capital Punishment

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Pakistan about (1) the death sentence imposed on Sajjad Masih Gill, and (2) the use of the death sentence...

      Lebanon: Politics and Government

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) reports that the Prime Minister-designate of Lebanon and the President of Lebanon are yet to agree on the formation of the...

      Libya: Politics and Government

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to show support for the new National Unity-led government of Libya; and what discussions the Prime Minister has had with the interim...

      North Korea: Guided Weapons

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken in response to the recent ballistic missile tests conducted by North Korea in the Sea of Japan.

      North Korea: Humanitarian Situation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the humanitarian situation in North Korea.

      Poland: Deforestation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Judgment by the Court of Justice of the European Union in Case C-441/17 Commission v Poland (Białowieża Forest) in April 2018, what...

      Nagorno-Karabakh: Cultural Heritage

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that Armenian cultural heritage, including churches and monuments, in the Nagorno-Karabakh region has been destroyed by...

      LGBT People: Gay Conversion Therapy

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had, if any, with the Global Interfaith Commission on LGBT+ Lives following that organisation's declaration against conversion therapy...

      Ethiopia: Humanitarian Situation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the remarks made by the Prime Minister of Ethiopia on 23 March that “reports indicate that atrocities have been...

      China: Human Rights

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they plan to make at the UN Human Rights Council regarding alleged violations of Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Plastics: Recycling

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of progress towards (1) increasing recycling and reducing waste, (2) increasing recycling of plastic waste, and (3) reducing plastic...

    • Litter

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of progress towards (1) reducing litter, and (2) reducing litter in (a) the countryside, and (b) on the seashore.

      Plastics

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ban oxo-degradable plastics.

      Waste: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the levels of waste associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

      Chemicals: EU Law

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the cost of applying the EU’s REACH Regulation (1907/2006); and what assessment they made, if any, of that cost...

      Animal Welfare

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to provide for animal sentience in law; and if so, whether the definition of animals in that law (1) will be the same as that for vertebrates in...

      Airports and Ports: Northern Ireland

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what funds have been paid to date to the Northern Ireland Executive for the creation of infrastructure at (1) ports, and (2) airports in Northern Ireland, as a...

      Animal Welfare

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to recognise animal sentience in law.

      Animal Products: UK Trade with EU

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to negotiate a sanitary and phytosanitary trade agreement with the EU.

  • Home Office

    • Police: Urban Areas

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the (1) cost, and (2) practicability, of establishing a police presence at sites in towns and cities that do not have police...

    • Immigration: Roma

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to assist members of the Roma community to apply for settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme before 30 June; and what...

  • Cabinet Office

    • UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of consent granted by representatives of the people of Northern Ireland for the implementation of a regulatory border...

    • Coronavirus: Vaccination

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have for enabling individuals to show proof of having been vaccinated against COVID-19.

      Cabinet Office: Research

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average cost of literature reviews commissioned by the Cabinet Office.

  • Department for International Trade

    • Trade Agreements

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of provisions in recent roll-over trade agreements that grant trading surpluses to partner countries rather than for UK exports; and...

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