Written questions
670 written questions tabled, most recent first.
18 Mar 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Tourism: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to increase the volume of marketing spend in key (a) development and (b) other source markets in the upcoming Tourism Recovery Plan.
9 Feb 2021 · Home Office
Dogs: Theft
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle dog theft.
2 Feb 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Livestock Worrying
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help protect sheep from attacks and harassment by dogs.
2 Feb 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Countryside: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to update the Countryside Code after covid-19 restrictions have been lifted and The Countryside Code - short Covid-19 online version, last updated on 2 July 2020, has
2 Feb 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Countryside: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to promote the Countryside Code: short covid-19 version more widely.
13 Jan 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
BBC: Educational Broadcasting
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what data his Department holds on the (a) number of hours of school-age educational programmed content on the BBC and (b) amount of online content on BBC bitesize in the most recent period for wh
12 Jan 2021 · Department for Education
Oak National Academy: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish data on relative usage levels for Oak National Academy in the current covid-19 lockdown compared to previous periods.
12 Jan 2021 · Department for Education
Remote Education: Printing Machinery
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the availability of printers in pupils’ homes by (a) phase of education, (b) free school meals eligibility, and (c) any other division of data available.
12 Jan 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Educational Broadcasting: Television
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on trends in the level of (a) original programming hours and (b) broadcast hours of (i) programmes for schools and colleges and (ii) other education
12 Jan 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Educational Broadcasting: Television
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what data and information his Department holds on trends in the level of (a) original programming hours and (b) broadcast hours produced as (i) Programmes for schools and colleges and (i
6 Jan 2021 · Department for Education
Remote Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made from previous periods of remote learning of the level of use by (a) schools, (b) pupils and (c) families of (i) Oak National Academy learning, (ii) third party online virtual learnin
17 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport
Electric Vehicles: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to support the transition to electric vehicles in rural areas.
14 Dec 2020 · Department for Education
Foster Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment he has made of trends in the number of people (a) expressing an interest in foster parenting and (b) completing the foster parent application process in the last five years.
10 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport
Aviation: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to amend the Air Navigation Directions 2017 to require the Civil Aviation Authority when considering airspace change proposals to undertake an assessment of the available safety data regarding all
16 Nov 2020 · Department for Education
Pupils: Sanitary Products
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2020 to Question 113060, if he will disaggregate the take-up rate of the period products programme by (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) colleges.
12 Nov 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Coronavirus: Disinformation
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the extent of (a) misinformation and (b) disinformation on social media on the covid-19 outbreak to date; who the originators of the most widespread messag
9 Nov 2020 · Department for Education
Pupils: Sanitary Products
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of take-up among schools and colleges of the period products programme; and what steps his Department is taking to publicise that programme.
6 Nov 2020 · Cabinet Office
Conditions of Employment
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of long term trends in the level of zero-hours contracts, casual labour, piece work, commission-only sales and other types of non-guaranteed-h
23 Oct 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Sports: Ombudsman
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of implementing the recommendation in the Duty of Care in Sport independent report to Government by Baroness Tanni Grey-Th
22 Oct 2020 · Department for Education
Pupils: Attendance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made, for each region of England, of the proportion of households with children attending schools in more than one local authority area.
21 Oct 2020 · Department for Transport
Driving Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people are waiting for a (a) theory and (b) practical driving test; how many of those tests are available; and what steps he has discussed with the DVSA to increase the availability of those tests.
20 Oct 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Incinerators
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the oral contribution of the former Parliamentary-Under Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of 9 May 2019, Official Report, column 643, whether
19 Oct 2020 · Cabinet Office
Housing: National Parks
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2020 to Question 100935 on Housing: East Hampshire, if he will undertake an assessment of affordability ratios for homes inside (a) S
9 Oct 2020 · Cabinet Office
Housing: East Hampshire
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the (a) residence-based and (b) workplace-based house price to income ratios for (i) East Hampshire parliamentary constituency an
7 Oct 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Neonicotinoids
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what impact assessment he has undertaken on the introduction of the ban on neonicotinoids.
7 Oct 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Bees and Honey
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the levels of (a) honey production, (b) the total bee population and (c) the wild bee population in the last 10 years.
7 Oct 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Oilseed Rape
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of trends in (a) acreage of oilseed rape, (b) imports of oilseed rape and (c) imports of oilseed rape substitutes in the last 10 years.
2 Oct 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Landscapes Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his timescale is for responding to the Glover Landscapes Review published in September 2019.
1 Oct 2020 · Department for Transport
Roads: Noise
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2020 to Question 63308 on roads: noise, what assessment his Department has made of the potential deployment of noise cameras in rural environments which do not have complex traf
1 Oct 2020 · Department for Transport
Roads: Noise
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2020 to Question 63308 on roads: noise, what plans his Department has for the further development and testing of noise camera technology.
Source: official written-questions record.