30 March 2020

• Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Supermarkets: Coronavirus (24 Mar 2020)
  Tommy Sheppard: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he is having with supermarket chains and others to ensure that people with coeliac disease are guaranteed access to gluten-free foods while stocks are under pressure as a result of covid-19-related panic buying.
• Written Answers — Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Pre-payment: Meters (23 Mar 2020)
  Tommy Sheppard: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government will take to ensure people do not lose their energy supply if they cannot purchase a top up card for a pre-payment meter during the covid-19 outbreak.
• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus (23 Mar 2020)
  Tommy Sheppard: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support (a) full time students and (b) other people who are not entitled to social security but who are not able to work due to the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on their employment.
• Written Answers — Home Office: Travel Restrictions: Coronavirus (23 Mar 2020)
  Tommy Sheppard: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that people who have been granted a visa to enter the UK but are not able to travel during that period because of the covid-19 pandemic are able to enter the UK once those travel restrictions are lifted without needing to reapply for a further visa.
• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Self-employed: Coronavirus (20 Mar 2020)
  Tommy Sheppard: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has in place to protect people working (a) freelance and (b) without a contract whose work is reduced or ended as a result of the effect of covid-19 on the business they work for.
• Written Answers — Treasury: Business: Coronavirus (19 Mar 2020)
  Tommy Sheppard: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to ensure that insurance companies accept covid-19 as a legitimate claim for businesses when as a result of the recent emergence of that virus it is not named on their policy.
• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Universal Credit: Mental Illness (3 Mar 2020)
  Tommy Sheppard: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department will take to (a) identify and (b) support people with mental health problems during the migration to universal credit.
• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Universal Credit: Mental Illness and Vulnerable Adults (2 Mar 2020)
  Tommy Sheppard: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants of universal credit (a) are classed as vulnerable and (b) have a mental health condition.
• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Universal Credit: Mental Illness and Vulnerable Adults (2 Mar 2020)
  Tommy Sheppard: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much (a) on average and (b) in total her Department pays in adjustments for universal credit claimants with (i) identified vulnerabilities and (ii) mental health conditions.
• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Social Security Benefits: Mental Illness (2 Mar 2020)
  Tommy Sheppard: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants with mental health conditions in Scotland of (a) universal credit, (b) employment and support allowance and (c) jobseekers allowance have had their payments sanctioned in each year since 2015.