Written questions

2,061 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Weather

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to manage the risk associated with high temperatures in respect of the physical fabric of the school estate in England.

21 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Academies and Maintained Schools: Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will lay a report before Parliament on the physical condition and safety of (a) maintained schools and (b) academies in England.

21 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

National Tutoring Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much money Virtual Class Ltd, company number 08260115, which trades as Third Space Learning, has received from his Department (a) directly and (b) through the National Tutoring Programme in the financial ye

13 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Platinum Jubilee 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2022 to Question 18885 on Schools: Platinum Jubilee 2022, who are the 40 recipients of Platinum Jubilee books given as ministerial gifts; and on what date each gift was made.

13 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to maintain the (a) number and (b) full-time equivalent of staff in any of the directorates within (i) his Department and (ii) other public bodies for which he is responsible.

13 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff by (a) number and (b) full-time equivalence worked for each directorate in (i) his Department and (ii) agencies for which he is responsible in (A) each of the last ten financial years and (B) 202

30 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

Leamside Line: Domestic Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will (a) visit the Leamside line and (b) hold discussions with the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South on the potential merits of reopening that line.

29 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

Transport: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on (a) a potential City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement in the North East and (b) an assessmen

29 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

Leamside Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential economic merits for the (a) North East and (b) UK of reopening the Leamside line.

27 Jun 2022 · Department for Education

Primary Education: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his latest estimate is of the number of primary schools that have a dedicated teacher for (a) music, (b) arts, (c) drama and (d) PE.

24 Jun 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Communication

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2022 to Question 18884, on Schools: Email, if he will amend the (a) School Information Regulations and (b) Governance Handbook to ensure that schools use modern digital commun

24 Jun 2022 · Department for Education

Academies: Communication

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2022 to Question 18884, on Schools: Email, whether he has issued recent guidance to academy schools on ensuring that information intended for parents and supplied over email is

21 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 6 January 2022 to Question 94344 on Schools: Coronavirus, whether the trial of ventilation technologies taking place in primary classrooms in Bradford has concluded;

21 Jun 2022 · Department for Education

Academies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of provisions in the Schools Bill on the operating freedoms available to academy schools.

21 Jun 2022 · Department for Education

Academies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the (a) value and (b) potential merits of the operating freedoms available to academy schools.

21 Jun 2022 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Speeches

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Ministerial speeches published on his Department's website, whether he has made a recent assessment of the accuracy of transcripts that are labelled as transcript of the speech, exactly as it

16 Jun 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department made available for school transport for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) in the academic years (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19, (c) 2019-20, (d) 2020-21 a

15 Jun 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Platinum Jubilee 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of the Platinum Jubilee books procured for schools to mark the occasion have (a) been earmarked for use as ministerial gifts, (b) been earmarked for delivery, or have been delivered, to schools, (c) we

15 Jun 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Email

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has issued recent guidance to schools on ensuring that information intended for parents and supplied over email is routinely made as accessible as possible to parents who (a) lack access

15 Jun 2022 · Treasury

Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral evidence of 15 June 2022 from the Minister for Higher and Further Education to the Education Select Committee and the Answer of 6 April 2022 to Question 149240 on Apprentices: Taxation, wh

15 Jun 2022 · Treasury

Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the evidence from the Minister for Higher and Further Education to the Education Select Committee on 15 June 2022 and to the Answer of 6 April 2022 to Question 149235 on Apprentices: Taxation, when

15 Jun 2022 · Treasury

Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral evidence of 15 June 2022 from the Minister for Higher and Further Education to the Education Select Committee and the Answer of 6 April 2022 to Question 149234 on Apprentices: Taxation, wh

19 Apr 2022 · Department for Education

Further Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 19 April 2022 on the Further Education Capital Transformation Fund, HCWS769, for each college listed as being in receipt of funds which (a) Parliamentary c

14 Apr 2022 · Department for Education

Children: Day Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of the total number of children eligible for the early years pupil premium are accessing the 15 hours free childcare entitlement; and if he will provide a breakdown of each of those

14 Apr 2022 · Department for Education

Children: Day Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of the total number of children eligible for the early years pupil premium qualify for the 30 hours free childcare entitlement; and if he will provide a breakdown of each of those f

14 Apr 2022 · Department for Education

Children: Day Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of the total number of children eligible for the early years pupil premium are accessing (a) all of and (b) part of the 30 hours free childcare entitlement; and if he will provide a

31 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

National Tutoring Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of tutors employed through the funding provided to the National Tutoring Programme; and how many of those tutors are qualified teachers.

31 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

National Tutoring Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the National Tutoring Programme.

31 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

National Tutoring Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the National Tutoring Programme on pupil attainment.

31 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Travel

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking in respect of each public body for which he is responsible to encourage (a) active travel by staff, (b) the use of public transport by staff and (c) a reduction in the carbon emissions a

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