Written questions

3,630 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Vocational Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to (a) improve, (b) promote and (c) expand technical and vocational education and training.

5 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to meet its target of delivering 3 million apprenticeships; and what the timeframe is to meet that target.

5 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

English Baccalaureate

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress has been achieved in increasing the take-up of the English Baccalaureate.

5 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Devolution

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to provide for further devolution of powers in relation to political decision-making throughout England.

5 Apr 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Offences against Children: Convictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there have been under legislation prohibiting (a) extreme (b) violent and (c) child pornography in each year for which information is available.

5 Apr 2019 · Women and Equalities

Reproduction

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether her Department is taking steps to encourage woman to have children; and what support the Government provides to new mothers.

5 Apr 2019 · Women and Equalities

Child Rearing

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if the Government will take steps to ensure that non-working women are able to afford to raise their children at home.

5 Apr 2019 · Church Commissioners

Church of England

To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church is taking to ensure the evangelical makeup of its congregations is reflected in the custom and practices of the Church's leadership.

5 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Education: Parents

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will take steps to ensure parents are able to make choices on (a) schools, (b) curriculum and (c) other parts of their children's education.

5 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Political Impartiality

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to the political impartiality of civil servants in his Department.

4 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals on taxi and private hire vehicle licensing to improve passenger safety.

4 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Disability and Specific Learning Difficulties

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to encourage the uptake of apprenticeships among people with (a) disabilities and (b) learning difficulties.

4 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department are taking to encourage the uptake of apprenticeships amongst ethnic minorities.

4 Apr 2019 · Department for Education

Education: Boys

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress has been made in improving the education outcomes of white, working-class boys.

4 Apr 2019 · Women and Equalities

Politics and Government

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the potential effect of identity politics on (a) political discourse and (b) the effectiveness of political processes.

4 Apr 2019 · Church Commissioners

Church Services: Attendance

To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church is taking to increase attendance at church services.

4 Apr 2019 · Church Commissioners

Pregnancy

To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church is taking to support women with unplanned pregnancies.

4 Apr 2019 · Church Commissioners

Voting Behaviour

To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church is taking to improve democratic participation among its lay members.

4 Apr 2019 · Church Commissioners

Lambeth Conference

To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, if the Archbishop of Canterbury will invite bishops from the Anglican Church in North America and the Anglican Church in Brazil to the Lambeth 2020 conference.

4 Apr 2019 · Northern Ireland Office

Culture: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what support her Department is providing for the maintenance of the cultural traditions of Northern Ireland's loyalist community.

4 Apr 2019 · Northern Ireland Office

Parades: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps her Department is taking to safeguard the rights of Northern Ireland's loyalist community to celebrate the twelfth of July.

4 Apr 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

National Parks

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential benefits of increasing the number of national parks.

19 Mar 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diabetes: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure his Department is (a) aware of new technologies for diabetes treatment and (b) enables the timely (i) funding and (ii) adoption of those technologies.

19 Mar 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diabetes: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) number and (b) percentage of people diagnosed with type 1 diabetes who have access to insulin pumps funded by the NHS.

27 Feb 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Public Health Funerals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on the identification of next-of-kin where they assume responsibility for a public health funeral and the deceased has left no will.

27 Feb 2019 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the take-up has been of part-time maintenance loans since that loan's inception.

27 Feb 2019 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to make distance-learning maintenance loans available.

27 Feb 2019 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to publish the full guidance for part-time maintenance loans.

19 Feb 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dogs: Smuggling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many incidences of dog smuggling there have been in each of the last 10 years; and from which countries those dogs were smuggled.

19 Feb 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dogs: Smuggling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the length of sentences for convictions of dog smuggling.

Source: official written-questions record.