Written questions

2,061 written questions tabled, most recent first.

7 Feb 2022 · Department for Education

Children: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the (a) extent and (b) nature of children’s behavioural, social, and emotional recovery from the covid-19 pandemic.

7 Feb 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of maintained school revenue balances in 2020-21 by share of FSM-eligible children in schools.

7 Feb 2022 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department is continuing the Vulnerable Children and Young People Survey; and whether he has made an estimate of the number of children being referred to local authority children’s social care depar

24 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Air Conditioning

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons of ineligibility he has turned down applications from schools for air purification units; how many schools and other contexts in which children receive education have been refused one or more a

24 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by what date he estimates all eligible (a) 12 to 15 year olds and (b) 16 to 17 year olds will have received at least one dose of a covid-19 vaccine; whether he has set any targets for particular pe

24 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Air Conditioning

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's Press Release of 24 January 2022 entitled More support for schools and students as plan B comes to an end, whether he has plans to reimburse schools for the cost of air cleani

24 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Air Conditioning

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's Press Release of 24 January 2022 entitled More support for schools and students as plan B comes to an end, what estimate his Department has made of the number of air cleaning

24 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Ventilation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's Press Release of 24 January 2022 entitled More support for schools and students as plan B comes to an end, what (a) amount and (b) form of support his Department is providing

18 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

National Tutoring Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary pupils are receiving tutoring or academic mentoring from National Tutoring Programme tuition partners.

17 Jan 2022 · Department for Transport

Leamside Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2022 to Question 96861 on Leamside Line, for what reason the Parliamentary Under-Secretary does not plan to visit the Leamside line to discuss the case for its proposed reop

14 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the (i) name of each local authority in receipt of monies for the Wellbeing for Education Recovery Grant, (b) amount of money granted to each of those authorities in 2021-2022, (b) number of

14 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2022 to Question 100514 on Schools: Coronavirus, what date officials at his Department first discussed ventilation in schools with the Department for Health and Social Care

14 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Civil Servants

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has additional plans to relocate civil service posts currently in central London to other parts of England.

14 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total capital budget was for schools in England in each year between 2002 and 2022.

14 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) teachers and (b) ex-teachers who were (i) below and (ii) above the state pension age in December 2020.

14 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff were directly employed by his Department to work on contingency planning guidance for educational institutions in (a) November 2019, (b) February 2020, (c) May 2020 and (d) August 2020.

14 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Education: Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has made to update the contingency plans and guidance for future health crises for (a) his Department, (b) schools, (c) nurseries and early years providers, (d) colleges, (e) further e

14 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Education: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has had discussions with external stakeholders on the best means to evaluate his Department's Opportunity areas programme in the last two years.

14 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Ventilation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department last changed the (a) guidance and (b) regulations on specifications for new school buildings to improve ventilation in future classrooms.

14 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Ventilation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what changes his Department has made to (a) guidance and (b) regulations relating to specifications for new school buildings to improve ventilation in future classrooms.

14 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to make any substantive changes to the National Funding Formula for the 2023-24 financial year.

14 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 22 December 2021 to Question 92909 on Department for Education: Staff, whether he has any plans to restructure staffing within his Department.

14 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Teachers: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of former teachers who responded to the Government's appeal for support on 16 December 2021 had left the profession (a) after 16 June 2021, (b) between 16 December 2020 and 15 June 2021, (c) bet

13 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Teachers: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in the context of former teachers who have returned to support schools put since 16 December 2021, if he will publish a list of the schools in which such former teachers were working on (a) 6 January 2022 and (

12 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Education: Social Mobility

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to embed the learning from the Opportunity Areas projects into its policies and practices; and what targets he has set for the implementation of such learning by his Departme

12 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Education: Social Mobility

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what changes his Department made to (a) guidance for schools, (b) Departmental practice and (c) funding decisions as a result of the independent evaluation of the implementation of Opportunity Areas published i

12 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Academies: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of academy trusts with financial reserves in excess of (a) 10%, (b) 20% and (c) 30% of their annual budget.

12 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Teachers: Re-employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Education Secretary calls for ex-teachers to return to classrooms published on 20 December 2021, with what (a) frequency and (b) regularity does his Dep

12 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Teachers: Vocational Guidance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) page impressions and (b) unique visitors there were to the GetintoTeaching website run by his Department from (i) 16 December 2021 to 4 January 2022 and (ii) 16 December 2020 to 4 January 2021.

12 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Teachers: Re-employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the former teachers who have responded to his request that they return to teaching, how many such teachers were in classrooms in England as of 12 January 2022.

Source: official written-questions record.