To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure women from Black and Minority Ethnic groups are not be negatively effected by a change to open invitations to breast screening, instead of a timed appointment.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps has he taken to encourage those invited for a breast screening to attend in (a) Slough and (b) England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to improve breast screening uptake in (a) South East and (b) England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in (a) England and (b) Slough admitted to hospital with covid-19 symptoms have been discharged from hospital without being tested for covid-19 despite consenting to being so tested.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have died while waiting for an ambulance at times where demand for ambulances has exceeded their availability in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions his Department had with early years providers on the potential merits of a phased return in September 2020 for young children and their parents.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps is he taking to ensure the resilience of the supply of food to (a) schools, (b) hospitals and (c) care homes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of covid-19 on wraparound care providers.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to Question 97003 on Business: Coronavirus, what estimate he has made of the additional money businesses which are legally prevented from trading as a result of covid-19 legislation will recei...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer to Question 97003 on Business: Coronavirus, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the extended VAT reduction on businesses which are legally prevented from re-opening during t...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason railcard holders who were instructed to shield are unable to claim refunds or extensions to their railcard.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the financial effect on young people of the decision not to refund or extend railcards for (a) 16-25 railcard holders and (b) 16-17 Saver card holders.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has received representations on banks closing customer accounts after applying for the coronavirus Bounce Back Loan scheme.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the banking sector operating the coronavirus Bounce Back Loan on potential difficulties customers have experienced in accessing their accounts upon applying...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure ambulance emergency control room computer systems have effective back-ups and safeguards to prevent control room staff from having to use paper based systems for 9...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to improve the on-board train experience for disabled passengers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of train stations in the UK offer a Turn Up and Go assistance service for disabled passengers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the passenger experience of the Turn Up and Go assistance service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to ensure the needs of disabled train passengers are met, whilst ensuring (a) their safety and (b) that current covid-19 guidance is adhered to.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 September 2020 to Question 88386 on Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Night-time Economy and his statement that it may be the case that there are more effective ways to help those busine...