Written questions

670 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 Sep 2020 · Home Office

Seasonal Workers: Pilot Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to make a decision on whether to continue the Seasonal Workers Pilot scheme under the new points-based immigration system.

29 Sep 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Seasonal Workers: Pilot Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the operation of the Seasonal Workers Pilot.

18 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether treatments for community acquired pneumonia have been used to treat patients with covid-19 on the NHS; and whether he plans to stockpile those treatments to prepare for a rise in cases of c

28 Aug 2020 · Department for Education

Education: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment in the autumn term of the effect on children's progress of exposure during the covid-19 lockdown to different types and amounts of education technology and online learning.

28 Aug 2020 · Department for Education

T-levels: Student Numbers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the level of student enrolment for T Levels courses starting in September 2020.

25 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

Internet: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to review the guidance entitled, Teaching online safety in school Guidance – supporting schools to teach their pupils how to stay safe online, within new and existing school subjects, before S

25 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

Internet: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the availability of effective teaching materials to support the guidance entitled, Teaching online safety in school guidance – supporting schools to teach their pupils how to stay

25 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

Relationships and Sex Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the level of preparedness of schools for the provision of mandatory relationships, sex and health education from September 2020.

23 Jun 2020 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Noise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the results were from his Department's trials of roadside noise cameras in Hampshire and elsewhere; and what plans he has for the further deployment of such cameras.

1 May 2020 · Cabinet Office

Debts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the May 2019 Fairness Group Joint Public Statement, what progress he has made in applying Fairness Principles to government debt management.

1 May 2020 · Cabinet Office

Debt Collection

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that debt collection by public sector organisations meets the standard expected of firms regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

1 May 2020 · Cabinet Office

Debts

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the finding by the Centre for Social Justice in its report entitled Collecting dust, published in April 2020, that the personal debt owed to th

9 Mar 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Employment

What steps she is taking to ensure that universal credit claimants benefit financially from moving into work.

11 Feb 2020 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the distribution of GCSE Attainment 8 results was for (a) children eligible for free school meals, (b) children not eligible for free school meals and (c) all children in (i) London and (ii) England in the

3 Feb 2020 · Treasury

Employment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what figures are available from HMRC's (a) Real Time Information data or (b) other data sources on the average wage at which previously unemployed people move into employment.

28 Jan 2020 · Treasury

Social Servcies: Fees and Charges

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy for all consumer deferred payment programmes to come under the regulatory oversight of the Financial Conduct Authority, whether or not an interest charge is payable.

23 Jan 2020 · Treasury

Average Earnings

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the average wage of people in employment who had been unemployed in the latest period for which figures are available.

16 Jan 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband and Mobile Phones: Rural Areas

What steps her Department is taking to improve (a) broadband and (b) mobile phone coverage in rural areas.

15 Jan 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the trend in the ratio of unemployment benefit recipients, including job seeker's allowance and universal credit to ILO-definition unemployment in the last five years.

15 Jan 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of variations in the ratio of unemployment benefit recipients, including job seeker's allowance and universal credit to ILO-definition unemployment by (a) age group, (b) regio

13 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information he holds on monthly housing costs as a proportion of income (a) in each region, (b) among different types of tenure and (c) in other categories; and what assessm

13 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Records: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on the NHS digital (a) integrated and (b) shared record pilots in (a) Hampshire (b) the UK.

13 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Prescribing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the working relationship will be between social prescribing link workers and (a) her Department's work coaches and (b) non-NHS public agencies.

13 Jan 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the timeframe for each category of recipients of (a) legacy benefits and (b) tax credits that will be migrated to universal credit.

8 Jan 2020 · Cabinet Office

Average Earnings

To ask the Chancellor for the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what time series data sets her Department holds of average earnings (a) by sector, (b) by region and (c) for people consistently in employment before and since 2007-08;

7 Jan 2020 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Fuel Cells

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support his Department is providing to the development of hydrogen-powered transport.

7 Jan 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Hydrogen: Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support the Government is providing to the development of hydrogen technologies.

19 Dec 2019 · Home Office

Guardianship

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to provide independent legal guardianship for (a) separated, (b) unaccompanied and (c) trafficked children in the UK.

31 Oct 2019 · Home Office

Guardianship

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps have been taken to provide independent legal guardianship for separated, unaccompanied and trafficked children in the UK.

31 Oct 2019 · Department for Transport

Waterloo Station

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the capacity relief created at Waterloo station from the proposed crossrail 2 project.

Source: official written-questions record.