Written questions
2,688 written questions tabled, most recent first.
27 Feb 2020 · Department for Education
Children: Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the outcomes of the SEND local area inspection and inspection of children’s social care services at Kingston upon Hull City Council, whether his Department has provided (a) staff and (b) finan
27 Feb 2020 · Department for Education
Children: Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what role his Department had in the appointment of the interim director of children’s services at Kingston upon Hull City Council.
27 Feb 2020 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Kingston upon Hull
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken in response to the outcome of the SEND local area inspection of Kingston upon Hull City Council by the CQC and Ofsted that took place in October 2019.
27 Feb 2020 · Department for Education
Children: Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support his Department provided to the children's social services department at Kingston upon Hull City Council (a) during the period that those services were graded by Ofsted as requires improvement, (b)
27 Feb 2020 · Department for Education
Children: Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to appoint a Commissioner to oversee children’s services provision in Hull.
27 Feb 2020 · Department for Education
Children: Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the SEND local area inspection of Hull City Council by the CQC and Ofsted that took place in October 2019 and Ofsted's inspection of children’s social care services in Kingston upon Hull City
27 Feb 2020 · Department for Education
Children: Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the effect on children in Hull of the findings of Ofsted's inspection of children’s social care services in Kingston upon Hull City Council published in May 2019.
25 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Floods: Home Insurance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to protect people living in rented accommodation in flood-risk areas who cannot afford flood insurance premiums.
25 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Floods: Insurance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to protect people on universal credit who live in flood risk areas and who may be unable to afford flood insurance premiums.
21 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the performance threshold for the faster diagnosis standard for cancer is.
6 Feb 2020 · Home Office
Biometric Residence Permits
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has she made of the additional cost to her Department of processing fresh applications to replace lost Biometric Resident Permit cards.
6 Feb 2020 · Home Office
Biometric Residence Permits
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons people that have lost Biometric Residence Permit cards are required to submit a new Biometric Residence Permit card application for a replacement.
6 Feb 2020 · Home Office
Refugees: Syria
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to (a) recruit additional staff and (b) ensure there are adequate resources to process applications for indefinite leave to remain from refugees that have been resettled in the UK u
28 Jan 2020 · Department for Education
Free School Meals: Pupil Premium
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the effect on the level of take-up of free school meals of linking that take-up to provision of the pupil premium.
27 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
GP Surgeries: Students
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of enabling students to register with a GP at home and at university.
27 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Professions: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to provide additional financial assistance to student nurses, midwives and allied health professionals to help with the costs of childcare.
23 Jan 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Work and Health Programme: Epilepsy
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with a main condition of epilepsy have found a long-term job through the Work and Health Programme in each of the last five years.
23 Jan 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment and Support Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to implement the recommendations of the Seventh Report of the Work and Pensions Committee, PIP and ESA assessments, Session 2017–19, in relation to the issue of new guidance to ESA ass
15 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Nurses: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether all student nurses in England beginning their studies in September 2020 will be eligible for the nursing bursary.
14 Jan 2020 · Department for Education
Sixth Form Education: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce dedicated capital expansion and maintenance funds for sixth form providers in England.
2 Sep 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the repayment period for universal credit advance payments beyond twelve months.
2 Sep 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Welfare Assistance Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to help ensure that local authorities provide funding for local welfare assistance schemes after 2020.
2 Sep 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with local authority leaders on the effect of the roll-out of universal credit on the level of demand for councils’ Local Welfare Provision schemes.
2 Sep 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an estimate of the number of claimants of universal credit that have fallen into (a) council tax and (b) local authority rent arrears after transitioning from legacy benefits.
2 Sep 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment and Support Allowance: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of employment support allowance assessment meetings were carried out (a) at the claimant’s home and (b) in assessment centres in the last 12 months.
16 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Sickle Cell Diseases: Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people with (a) sickle cell disease and (b) sickle cell disease and (i) stroke, (ii) chronic kidney disease, (iii) end-stage renal disease and (iv) pulmonary hypertension received social c
16 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Loneliness
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the 2018 Loneliness Strategy, what steps his Department has taken to work with the Loneliness Action Group to share learning on loneliness and ensure effective implementation of t
16 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Loneliness: Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made against his Department’s commitment, as set out in the 2018 Loneliness Strategy, for Public Health England to reach one million members of the public with information on
16 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Loneliness: Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made against his Department’s commitment, as set out in the 2018 Loneliness Strategy, to improve knowledge sharing among social workers through the Chief Social Worker for Ad
16 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Loneliness: Social Prescribing
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made against his Department’s commitment, as set out in the 2018 Loneliness Strategy, to test methods that will improve how a range of organisations, such as community pharma
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