Written questions
1,687 written questions tabled, most recent first.
14 Jul 2015 · Department for Education
Sure Start Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will list the locations of the Sure Start centres that have closed since 2010.
14 Jul 2015 · Department for Education
Children's Centres: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much the Government allocated for expenditure on children's centres in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2015-16.
7 Jul 2015 · Department of Health
Health Services: Voucher Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many parents received Health Start vouchers in the last year for which figures are available; and what the total cost to the Exchequer was of such vouchers.
1 Jul 2015 · Department for Education
Children: Day Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans for the funding rate review for the Government's proposal to provide 30 hours free childcare for three and four year olds to review the rate applicable for (a) all 30 hours or (b) the addition
18 Jun 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Outdoor Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure the Government meets its commitments in the 2011 Natural Choice White Paper on (a) removing barriers to learning outdoors and (b) increasing the abil
18 Jun 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Rivers: Nature Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what length of waterbodies is being removed from the current round of river basin management planning; and what assessment her Department has made of the effects on wildlife of removin
16 Jun 2015 · HM Treasury
Children: Day Care
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the expected time taken will be for people to register for tax free childcare as a result of being required to send their children's birth certificate to HM Revenue and Customs.
12 Jun 2015 · Department for Education
Children: Day Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, by what process the Government plans to run a consultation with the childcare sector on the provision of 30 hours a week free childcare.
12 Jun 2015 · HM Treasury
Children: Day Care
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on how parents will be asked to prove their identity when opening tax-free childcare accounts online; and what assessment he has made of the data protection implications of requiring parents to so
12 Jun 2015 · HM Treasury
Children: Day Care
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people will be entitled to tax-free childcare who are not eligible to receive child benefit.
11 Jun 2015 · HM Treasury
Children: Day Care
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the role employers play in the delivery of tax-free childcare.
11 Jun 2015 · Department for Education
Children: Day Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what eligibility provisions she plans to propose for children of families in which parents live apart or with different legal partners to be entitled to 30 hours a week free childcare under the Government's chi
11 Jun 2015 · Department for Education
Children: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to include provisions in the Childcare Bill for extra funding for children currently in receipt of disability living allowance for children or enhanced child tax credits as a conseq
11 Jun 2015 · Department for Education
Children: Day Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the potential cost of the introduction of 30 hours a week free childcare.
11 Jun 2015 · Department for Education
Children: Day Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is her policy that families with parents in full-time further education will be eligible for 30 hours a week free childcare under the Government's new childcare proposals.
10 Jun 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tickets: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the review of measures relating to secondary ticketing that is to be established under section 94 of the Consumer Rights Act 2015, when he plans to announce the (a) identity of
10 Jun 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tickets: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what process he plans to adopt for the selection of a Chair and members of the review of measures relating to secondary ticketing that will be established under the provisions of section 94 of th
10 Jun 2015 · Department for Education
Children: Day Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of how many local authority areas do not have the capacity to expand the provision of childcare from 15 hours to 30 hours; and what steps the Government plans to take in those areas t
10 Jun 2015 · HM Treasury
Children: Day Care
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a comparative assessment of the levels of financial support available under the current system of employer-supported childcare and tax-free childcare for a (a) single parent paying the basic rate of t
10 Jun 2015 · HM Treasury
Children: Day Care
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department will take to help parents who do not have access to a computer or a working internet connection to register for tax-free childcare.
10 Jun 2015 · HM Treasury
Children: Day Care
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects (a) registration for tax-free childcare to open and (b) the first payments under tax-free childcare to be delivered.
10 Jun 2015 · Department for Education
Children: Day Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the terms of reference and timescale are of the Government's planned review into the funding rate of free childcare for three and four year olds.
9 Jun 2015 · Department for Education
Children: Day Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria the Government plans to set for parents to qualify as working parents and be able to access 30 hours a week free childcare under its proposals for free childcare provision.
9 Jun 2015 · Department for Education
Children: Day Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if it is her policy that parents on zero-hours contracts will be eligible for 30 hours a week free childcare under the Government's proposals for free childcare.
9 Jun 2015 · HM Treasury
Children: Day Care
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he expects registration for tax-free childcare to open; and what information parents will be required to input in order to complete that registration.
9 Jun 2015 · HM Treasury
Pensions: Tax Allowances
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the savings to the public purse from reducing the tax relief on pensions for people earning more than £150,000 a year in the next three years.
8 Jun 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Science: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department spent on initiatives to encourage young people to take up careers in STEM areas in each of the last five years.
8 Jun 2015 · Department for Education
STEM Subjects
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many initiatives her Department runs to encourage students to take up STEM subjects; and how much has been spent on each such initiative in each of the last five years.
2 Jun 2015 · Department of Health
Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients benefit from scientific research into personalised medicines.
2 Jun 2015 · Department of Health
Ovarian Cancer: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to offer personalised medicines to women with BRCA-mutated ovarian cancer with limited treatment options.
Source: official written-questions record.