Written questions

3,557 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to measure the effect of the apprenticeships programme on economic productivity.

19 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

University Technical Colleges

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many university technical colleges she expects to be open by 2020.

19 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Pupils: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to raise the attainment level of pupils from low-income families at primary school.

19 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Teachers: Working Hours

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's policy is on asking teachers to opt out of the European Working Time directive in respect of their working hours.

19 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Teachers: Working Hours

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policy on teacher workload of the finding of the Education Policy Institute, published on 10 October 2016, that one in five teachers work a minimum of 60

19 Oct 2016 · HM Treasury

Concentrix

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date HM Revenue and Customs began to share RTI PAYE earnings data with Concentrix for use in its review of working tax credit claims.

18 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeships were started by (a) former free school meals pupils and (b) pupils who were not formally free school meal pupils in the last three years.

18 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Schools: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment she has made of the pre-16 and post-16 attainment of pupils attending (a) high performing non-selective and (b) grammar schools; and if she will make a statement.

18 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to reduce teacher workload and reduce teachers' weekly working hours.

17 Oct 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Long Term Unemployed People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to help reduce long-term unemployment.

17 Oct 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work Capability Assessment: Chronic Illnesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the announcement of 1 October 2016 that people with long-term degenerative conditions will be exempt from repeat work capability assessments, if he will confirm that that exemption will appl

17 Oct 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work Capability Assessment: Chronic Illnesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the announcement of 1 October 2016 that people with long-term degenerative conditions will be exempt from repeat work capability assessments, if he will set out those medical conditions a di

17 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Academies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to require maintained schools which have consistently been rated by Ofsted as outstanding to convert to academy status.

17 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to publish supplementary documentation to the Green Paper, Schools that work for everyone, of September 2016, to address provision for children with special educational needs or disabilities.

13 Oct 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Working Hours: EU Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he plans to take to safeguard the provisions of the EU Working Time Directive once Article 50 has been triggered.

13 Oct 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the level of work allowance for universal credit will be for people (a) with and (b) without a housing element included in their universal credit in each of the next five years.

13 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what role Ofqual has in the setting of the requirements for special needs access to examinations specified by the Joint Council for Qualifications.

13 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Teachers: Working Hours

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the findings of the research on teachers' working hours, published by the Education Policy Institute on 10 October 2016, whether she plans to make an assessment of the findings in that researc

13 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Pupils: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to monitor and support the mental health of (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupils.

12 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Education Funding Agency: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on what date the Education Funding Agency purchased the former East Ham Police Station.

12 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to answer named day Questions 43736, 43737 and 43738, tabled on 20 July 2016 by the right hon. Member for East Ham, on the Bright Tribe Multi-Academy Trust.

12 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Teachers: Nationality

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of teachers in English schools are (a) British nationals and (b) non-British EU nationals.

12 Oct 2016 · HM Treasury

Child Tax Credit

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what reduction in entitlement he expects for the average family affected by the limitation to two children of the child element of child tax credit in 2017-18.

12 Oct 2016 · HM Treasury

Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children that will be living in families affected by the limitation to two children of (a) the child element of child tax credit and (b) child additions within u

11 Oct 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in a case where an applicant has been refused employment and support allowance (ESA), the disallowance has been confirmed following mandatory reconsideration and an appeal against the refusal has been s

11 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Education Funding Agency: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much the Education Funding Agency has spent to date on refurbishing the former East Ham Police Station; and how much of that sum was spent on demolition of the former accommodation for police officers.

11 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Digital Technology: Adult Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the announcement made by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on 10 October 2016 that the Government plans to provide training in basic digital skills for adults, what funding her Depar

7 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to answer Question 43738, tabled on 20 July 2016 by the right hon. Member for East Ham.

7 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Schools: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of total secondary school places in (a) areas with selective policies and (b) other areas are in schools rated outstanding.

7 Oct 2016 · Department for Education

Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of the flexibility of the scheme of the CBI's proposal to delay implementation of the apprenticeship levy.

Source: official written-questions record.