Written questions

Sir Stephen Timms

3,557 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 Jul 2016 · Department for Education

Overseas Students: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on prioritising maintaining or increasing the number of students from the EU who attend universities in the UK.

21 Jul 2016 · Department for Education

Academies: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many academies have been judged inadequate in the last year; and how many such academies had their funding agreement terminated and were subsequently closed.

21 Jul 2016 · Department for Education

Academies: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's criteria are for intervening in order to close a multi-academy trust.

21 Jul 2016 · Department for Education

Academies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to support successful multi-academy trusts in collaborating and sharing best practices with other such trusts.

20 Jul 2016 · Department for Education

Adventure Learning Academy Trust and Bright Tribe Trust

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will place in the Library copies of the cost assurance statements prepared by Bright Tribe Multi-Academy Trust and Adventure Learning Academies Trust in relation to the requirement that the trusts were m

20 Jul 2016 · Department for Education

Adventure Learning Academy Trust and Bright Tribe Trust

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will place in the Library copies of the action plans by Bright Tribe Multi-Academy Trust and Adventure Learning Academies Trust in response to the request made to them by the Education Funding Agency.

20 Jul 2016 · Department for Education

Bright Tribe Trust

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will place in the Library a copy of the report about Bright Tribe Multi-Academy Trust prepared by the Risk Analysis Division of the Education Funding Agency.

20 Jul 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Cane Sugar: Import Duties

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to review the tariffs imposed on cane sugar imports in the course of negotiations on exiting the EU; and if she will make a statement.

20 Jul 2016 · Department for Education

Academies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications from maintained schools to convert to academy status were (a) approved and (b) declined by each regional schools commissioner in 2015.

19 Jul 2016 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase the number of apprentices who are of an ethnic minority.

19 Jul 2016 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the low level of representation of ethnic minorities among people starting an apprenticeship.

19 Jul 2016 · Department for Education

Regional Schools Commissioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what sanctions are available to a Regional Schools Commissioner to address the poor performance of a multi-academy trust in their region; and what her policy is on strengthening the sanctions available.

19 Jul 2016 · Department for Education

Academies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department gives successful schools wishing to establish a multi-academy trust.

19 Jul 2016 · Department for Education

Academies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what average length of time taken was to re-broker an academy that received formal intervention in each year since 2010.

18 Jul 2016 · Department for Transport

Crossrail 2 Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2016 to Question 39611, when he plans to consider whether there is a good business case and funding available for the eastern branch of Crossrail 2.