Written questions

2,061 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 Dec 2022 · Department for Education

Education: Trade Unions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she will meet with representatives of education sector trade unions before the Budget on 15 March.

20 Dec 2022 · Department for Education

Educational Institutions: Domestic Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which (a) early years and childcare settings, (b) primary schools, (c) secondary schools, (d) sixth form colleges, (e) further education colleges, and (e) universities she has visited outside her constituency s

20 Dec 2022 · Department for Education

Private Education: VAT

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November 2022 to Question 96600 on Private Education: VAT, whether her Department has (a) undertaken, (b) commissioned and (c) holds any other research on the potential effects of t

19 Dec 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the School Buildings Condition Survey, whether the condition of school buildings in England has been included in the National Risk Register.

19 Dec 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) processes and (b) the planned timetable is for the (i) collection, (ii) review, (iii) preparation for publication and (iv) publication of data on the physical condition of schools in England through th

19 Dec 2022 · Department for Education

BTEC Qualifications: Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 27 September 2022 to Question 51624 on BTEC Qualifications: Assessments, what recent steps she has taken to develop mitigations that support students to receive grades that reflect the

19 Dec 2022 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Parliamentary Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 25 April 2022 to Question 151069 on Department for Education: Parliamentary Questions, if she will provide this information for the 2022-23 Parliamentary Session to 30 November 2

19 Dec 2022 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2022 to Question 42008 on Department for Education: Public Expenditure, what the expenditure has been to the nearest ten million pounds of each programme in the 2022-23 fin

19 Dec 2022 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff at (a) her Department, (b) Ofsted and (c) Ofqual have (i) PRINCE2 certification, (ii) another project management certification and (iii) no certified project management training; and how many sta

19 Dec 2022 · Department for Education

Childcare

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has provided recent guidance to local authorities on the exercise of their responsibilities to which they must have regard under section 6(3) of the Childcare Act 2006; and when she plans

19 Dec 2022 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much has been spent on energy for office space occupied by civil servants in (a) her Department, (b) Ofsted and (c) Ofqual in each of the last ten years for which data are available.

19 Dec 2022 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much and what proportion of the energy used by (a) her Department, (b) Ofsted and (c) Ofqual came from (i) renewable and (ii) non-renewable energy sources in the last 12 months for which data is available.

19 Dec 2022 · Department for Education

Childcare

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has provided recent guidance to local authorities on the exercise of their responsibilities to which they must have regard under section 7(3) of the Childcare Act 2006; and when she plans

19 Dec 2022 · Department for Education

Private Education: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2022 to Question 82258 Private Education: Registration, how many institutions in England are under investigation by her Department; and how many of the ten institutions und

19 Dec 2022 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 22 April 2022 to Question 151074 on Department for Education: Parking, if she will take steps to update and publish the data relating to her Department and arm's length bodies in

19 Dec 2022 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Electronic Messaging

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November 2022 to Question 74642 on Department for Education: Electronic Messaging, if she will place in the Library copies of her Department's policies on (a) Acceptable Use of IT,

19 Dec 2022 · Department for Education

Academies: Reviews

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2022 to Question 108184 on Academies: Reviews, in which quarter of 2023 the review will be published; whether her Department will publish an interim report; and what her pl

15 Dec 2022 · Department for Education

Private Education: VAT

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the comparative value for money of investing £1.6 billion in VAT exemptions for independent schools and equivalent spending in the state sector.

15 Dec 2022 · Department for Education

Private Education: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make a assessment of trends in the demographic profiles of children attending independent schools over the past (a) 5, (b) 10, (c) 15 and (d) 20 years.

15 Dec 2022 · Department for Education

Supply Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an estimate of the number of lessons in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools that have been taught by supply teachers in England in each academic years since 2015-16.

12 Dec 2022 · Department for Education

Supply Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many supply teachers are working in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in England.

12 Dec 2022 · Department for Education

Private Education: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will ask the Competition and Markets Authority to investigate changes in the levels independent school fees.

12 Dec 2022 · Department for Education

State Education: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of teachers in state schools did not have qualified teacher status in each English local authority in each year between 2010 and 2021.

12 Dec 2022 · Department for Education

State Education: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers in state schools in England did not have qualified teacher status in each year between 2010 and 2021.

12 Dec 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Capital Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools which had an unsuccessful application for capital funding in the last five years, have not received any capital funding over that period, up to and including 2022-23; and if she will provide a

12 Dec 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Capital Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools applied unsuccessfully for capital funding for 2022-23; and if she will provide a list of those schools.

12 Dec 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools have (a) applied for capital funding for energy efficiency upgrades in each of the last five years and (b) been granted that funding.

12 Dec 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, from which capital programmes the £500 million of repurposed capital funding for energy efficiency announced on 6 December 2022 comes.

12 Dec 2022 · Department for Education

Academies: Reviews

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish the Academies regulation and commissioning review; and if she will make a statement.

8 Dec 2022 · Department for Education

Skills Bootcamps

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish a breakdown of the starts on skills bootcamps by (a) region and (b) local authority in 2021–22.

Source: official written-questions record.