Written questions, answers and statements

Written questions allow MPs and Members of the House of Lords to ask government ministers for information on the work, policy and activities of government departments. Government Ministers may make oral or written statements to Parliament. Written statements are normally used to put the day-to-day business of government on the official record and in the public domain.

All oral statements and any written content from before 2014 can be found in Hansard.

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The most recent four written questions in the House of Commons

Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus Act 2020
Abena Oppong-Asare
Labour, Erith and Thamesmead

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment the Government has made of the effectiveness of the enforcement of restrictions under the Coronavirus Act 2020.

Asked 25 September 2020
Answered 30 September 2020
By Ms Nadine Dorries (Conservative, Mid Bedfordshire)
95759
Named day
Answered
Commons
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Licensed Premises: Coronavirus
Daisy Cooper
Liberal Democrat, St Albans

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the evidence that informed the decision that all licensed premises should operate on a table service only basis in order to reduce the risk of transmission of covid-19 in those s...

Asked 25 September 2020
Answered 30 September 2020
By Ms Nadine Dorries (Conservative, Mid Bedfordshire)
95753
Named day
Answered
Commons
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Obesity: Health Services
Alex Norris
Labour, Nottingham North

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) support the aims of the obesity strategy and (b) ensure that local authorities have sufficient (i) funding and (ii) resources to deliver obesity preventio...

Asked 25 September 2020
Answered 30 September 2020
By Jo Churchill (Conservative, Bury St Edmunds)
95734
Named day
Answered
Commons
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Dietetics
Alex Norris
Labour, Nottingham North

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with registered dieticians to inform (a) the obesity strategy and (b) wider nutrition policy.

Asked 25 September 2020
Answered 30 September 2020
By Jo Churchill (Conservative, Bury St Edmunds)
95733
Named day
Answered
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Question for Home Office
Domestic Abuse: Coronavirus
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
Non-affiliated, Life peer

To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with groups supporting victims of domestic violence in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Asked 16 September 2020
Answered 30 September 2020
By Baroness Williams of Trafford (Conservative, Life peer)
HL8208
Answered
Lords
Question for Home Office
Domestic Abuse: Coronavirus
Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
Non-affiliated, Life peer

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK.

Asked 16 September 2020
Answered 30 September 2020
By Baroness Williams of Trafford (Conservative, Life peer)
HL8207
Answered
Lords
Question for Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Pedestrian Areas: Greater Manchester
Baroness Northover
Liberal Democrat, Life peer

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the guidance from the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to Manchester City Council regarding smoke-free pavement licences, which organisations and individuals they (1) consulted with, or (2...

Asked 28 September 2020
Answered 30 September 2020
By Lord Greenhalgh (Conservative, Life peer)
HL8535
Answered
Lords
Question for Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Pedestrian Areas: Greater Manchester
Baroness Northover
Liberal Democrat, Life peer

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the guidance from the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to Manchester City Council regarding smoke-free pavement licences, whether they will publish their evidence for the assertion that bu...

Asked 28 September 2020
Answered 30 September 2020
By Lord Greenhalgh (Conservative, Life peer)
HL8534
Answered
Lords

Commons written statements

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The most recent four written statements in the House of Commons

Cabinet Office
Appointments to the Boundary Commission for Wales
Chloe Smith
Minister of State for the Constitution and Devolution
Conservative, Norwich North
Statement made 30 September 2020
HCWS481
Commons
Home Office
Windrush Lessons Learned Review Response
Priti Patel
The Secretary of State for the Home Department
Conservative, Witham
Statement made 30 September 2020
HCWS480
Commons
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
The Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 – Failure to Lay a Section 46 Report in respect of the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/843)
Nigel Adams
Minister for Asia
Conservative, Selby and Ainsty
Statement made 30 September 2020
HCWS479
Commons
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Obligations of Undertakings) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020
Nadhim Zahawi
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Business and Industry)
Conservative, Stratford-on-Avon
Statement made 30 September 2020
HCWS478
Commons

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Cabinet Office
Appointments to the Boundary Commission for Wales
Lord True
Minister of State
Conservative, Life peer
Statement made 30 September 2020
HLWS476
Lords
Home Office
Windrush Lessons Learned Review Response
Baroness Williams of Trafford
The Minister of State, Home Office
Conservative, Life peer
Statement made 30 September 2020
HLWS475
Lords
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Obligations of Undertakings) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020
Lord Callanan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Climate Change and Corporate Responsibility)
Conservative, Life peer
Statement made 30 September 2020
HLWS474
Lords
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
The Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 – Failure to Lay a Section 46 Report in respect of the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/843)
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister for South Asia and the Commonwealth
Conservative, Life peer
Statement made 30 September 2020
HLWS473
Lords

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30 September 2020
PDF (906.24 KB)
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29 September 2020
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28 September 2020
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25 September 2020
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30 September 2020
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House of Lords written answers and statements
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29 September 2020
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28 September 2020
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25 September 2020
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