Written questions

1,037 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 Jan 2023 · Treasury

VAT: Registration

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many VAT de-registrations there were by VAT quarter between 2015 and 2022.

10 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much was (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on traineeship programmes in each year since they were introduced in England.

10 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students (a) began and (b) successfully completed traineeship programmes in each year since they began.

10 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Further Education: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many lecturers were paid at the highest scale of the advanced teacher and training scale for FE college lecturers by each college in England in each year since 2000.

10 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Further Education: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the maximum salary of the advanced teacher and training scale for FE college lecturers was in each year since 2000.

10 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Foundation Courses

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students passed (a) level 1, (b) level 2, (c) level 3, (d) level 4, (e) level 5 and (f) foundation level courses in each subject in each FE college in England in each year since 2010.

10 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Foundation Courses: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of students doing (a) level 1, (b) level 2, (c) level 3 and (d) foundation level courses were black, Asian and minority ethnic in each college in England on 1 January 2023.

10 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Further Education: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) principals and CEOs and (b) senior managers were black, Asian and minority ethnic in each FE college in England on 1 January 2023.

10 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Further Education: Capital Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of college capital projects delayed as a result of her direction for FE colleges to suspend any capital projects which were likely to rely upon private sector borrowing

10 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Further Education: Capital Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations she has received about potential delays to college capital projects as a result of her direction for FE colleges to suspend any capital projects which were likely to rely upon private secto

10 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Further Education: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on how many FE colleges in England have had an increase in funding smaller than their estimated increase in energy bills in 2022.

10 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Further Education: Redundancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) teaching and (b) non-teaching staff each FE College in England made redundant in 2022.

10 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Further Education: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teaching vacancies there were in each further education college in England on 1 January 2023.

6 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Sixth Form Colleges: Inflation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help support sixth-form colleges with costs associated with increases in the level of inflation.

6 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Sixth Form Colleges: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help support sixth-form colleges with rises in the cost of energy.

6 Jan 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Poultry: Animal Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has plans to phase out the caging of laying hens by 2027.

6 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Further Education: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many further education college infrastructure projects are affected by the reclassification of colleges.

8 Dec 2022 · Treasury

VAT: Registration

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many VAT de-registrations took place in VAT quarter (a) one, (b) two and (c) three of 2022.

8 Dec 2022 · Treasury

VAT: Registration

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many VAT de-registrations took place by VAT quarter in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017, (d) 2018, (e) 2019, (f) 2020 and (g) 2021.

23 Nov 2022 · Department for Education

STEM Subjects

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a STEM education strategy.

23 Nov 2022 · Department for Education

Career Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to publish a new careers strategy for England.

23 Nov 2022 · Department for Education

T-levels

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to work with the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education to develop progression maps for T Level students and employers.

23 Nov 2022 · Department for Education

T-levels: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has her Department made of the potential impact of the £1,000 financial incentive per T-Level industry placement for small and medium enterprises on placement numbers; and whether she plans to r

23 Nov 2022 · Department for Education

Engineering: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the number of young people starting (a) level two and (b) level three engineering related qualifications.

17 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy Charter Treaty

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to remove the UK from the Energy Charter Treaty.

16 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Liver Diseases: Preventive Medicine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help (a) early diagnosis and (b) prevention of liver disease.

2 Nov 2022 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Taxation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of Level (a) 2, (b) 3, (c) 4, (d) 5, (e) 6 and (f) 7 apprenticeships started in each year since the introduction of the apprenticeship levy were employed by organisations that (i) d

1 Nov 2022 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Taxation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of apprenticeship levy funds spent by employers were spent on Level (a) 2, (b) 3, (c) 4, (d) 5, (e) 6 and (f) 7 apprenticeships in each year since the introduction of that levy.

1 Nov 2022 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Taxation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of the (a) level 2, (b) level 3, (c) level 4, (d) level 5, (e) level 6, and (f) level 7 apprenticeships started in each year since the introduction of the apprenticeship levy were commenced in e

1 Nov 2022 · Department for Education

Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish a breakdown of all traineeships delivered in England by region in the last 12 months.

Source: official written-questions record.