Alex Cunningham MP

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much police forces have spent on equipping custody suites with video technology equipment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to tackle regional health inequalities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the potential link between higher covid-19 death rates and regional health inequalities in the North East.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on producing impact assessments on health inequalities in policy development.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on which dates each of the Nightingale courts started trials; when those courts will be operating at full capacity; and what plans the Government has for further Nightingale courts.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2020 to Question 72897 on Planning Permission, what progress he has been made on those public inquiry planning decisions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the (a) public inquiry planning decisions he has yet to make where a planning inspector’s report has been submitted to his office and (b) the date on which eac...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service has paid to use each Cloud Video Platform room during the covid-19 outbreak.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many defendants have spent an extra night in police custody as a result of there not being enough time to hear their case during the court day since the start of the covid-19 outbreak.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of hearings being held on video on criminal justice outcomes during the covid-19 outbreak.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Cloud Video Platform on the backlog of court cases.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether more hearings are completed per hour using the Cloud Video Platform in comparison to everyone being present in person in the Magistrates' court.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what cost-benefit analysis he has undertaken on defendants appearing by video link rather than being brought to court.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that businesses invoice consumers with the appropriate VAT.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many defendants that have appeared on video from police custody have been remanded by the court but have failed to be transported to prison at the end of the court day since the start of the covid-19 outbreak...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to resume the transportation of defendants from police custody to the Magistrates' court to allow the defendants to appear in person.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the standard rate paid to the Prisoner Escort and Custody Service contractor for the service of transportation and court custody work has been reduced in line with the reduced need for those services duri...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether a covid-19 health risk assessment for defendants and staff on court transport has been published.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to make it compulsory to wear a helmet when cycling.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the right for unmarried couples to claim bereavement benefits will extend to people who do not live together but do have a child.