Written questions

1,687 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Apr 2023 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will take steps to ensure that people identified as having a special educational need in the education system can access the appropriate support when looking for employment in adult life.

19 Apr 2023 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure that mainstream education settings (a) support learners with SEND and (b) spend adequate amounts of funding on students with SEND.

19 Apr 2023 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason her Department is proposing to replace the Level 7 NASENCo qualification with a new SENCo NPQ.

19 Apr 2023 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether staff who receive the Early Years Level 3 SENCo qualification as part of the SEND and Alternative Provision Plan will be expected to train colleagues on how to identity and take early action for childre

19 Apr 2023 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will take steps to ensure schools and local authorities receive adequate funding for delivering outcomes for children and young people with SEND.

19 Apr 2023 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to communicate with local authorities and parents in areas where National Standards for SEND provision are being trialled to make it clear that existing legislation including the (a

19 Apr 2023 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure local authorities fulfil their obligations to (a) existing legislation and (b) proposed National Standards on the provision of support to children with special

19 Apr 2023 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason her Department found that (a) national standards were required to underpin SEND provision and (b) that existing legislation including (i) the Equality Act 2010, (ii) the Children and Families’ A

19 Apr 2023 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's reason was for the delay in finalising its SEND improvement plan in the context of the announcement of the SEND Review being made in 2019.

19 Apr 2023 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the SEND and Alternative Provision Improvement Plan, published on 2 March 2023, whether her Department plans to confirm the status of pre-existing legislation in areas where National Standards

14 Apr 2023 · Department for Education

School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that school caterers receive the full amount allocated for school meals.

14 Apr 2023 · Department for Education

School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of food inflation on the ability of school meal caterers to deliver (a) hot, (b) freshly-prepared and (c) nutritionally-balanced meals.

14 Apr 2023 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to provide additional funding (a) for increased (i) food and (ii) labour costs for school meal caterers and (b) to increase (A) universal infant free school meal and (B) free school meal fundi

23 Mar 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Competition and Markets Authority

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of his Department's fulfilment of its responsibility to support the Competition and Markets Authority to deliver the Government's objectives for competition and consu

15 Mar 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Tickets: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when his Department plans to respond to the report by the Competition and Markets Authority entitled Secondary ticketing websites, published on 16 August 2021.

1 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Food Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the white paper entitled Levelling Up the United Kingdom, published on 2 February 2022, and the policy paper entitled Government food strategy, published on 13 June 2022, whether her Departmen

6 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Allergies: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve waiting times for patients who require to be tested for allergies.

6 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Allergies: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce referral waiting times for patients with allergies who need to be tested by an allergy specialist.

6 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Allergies: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) reduce the NHS backlog and (b) ensure that patients who need to be tested for allergies have timely access to allergy clinics.

6 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Allergies: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce waiting times for patients who require allergy tests.

6 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Allergies: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that allergy clinics have the (a) resources and (b) capacity to carry out allergy tests on patients with suspected allergies within an appropriate

6 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Allergies: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of referral waiting times for allergy tests.

1 Feb 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Washington and Sunderland West

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2022 to Question 37614 on Schools: Buildings, which schools had at least one construction element in condition grade (a) C and (b) D in Washington and Sunderland West constitue

16 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

National School Breakfast Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the National School Breakfast Club Programme.

8 Dec 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Housing: Washington and Sunderland West

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the number of homes that have had solar power panels installed in Washington and Sunderland West constituency as of 31 October 2022.

8 Dec 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Housing: Washington and Sunderland West

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the number of homes that have had under floor insulation installed in Washington and Sunderland West constituency as of 31 October 2022.

8 Dec 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Housing: Washington and Sunderland West

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the number of homes with lofts that have had loft insulation installed in Washington and Sunderland West constituency as of 31 October 2022.

8 Dec 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Housing: Washington and Sunderland West

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the number of homes that have had heat pumps installed in Washington and Sunderland West constituency as of 31 October 2022.

8 Dec 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Housing: Washington and Sunderland West

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the number of homes with cavity walls that have been insulated in Washington and Sunderland West constituency as of 31 October 2022.

2 Dec 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Small Businesses: Washington and Sunderland West

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many small and medium-sized enterprises in Washington and Sunderland West constituency received Government funding for support during the cost of living crisis in 2022.

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