Written questions

2,061 written questions tabled, most recent first.

12 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Pupils: Absenteeism

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has issued new guidance to schools on (a) coding and (b) recording a child's absence from school subsequent to a positive test for covid-19 since 1 December 2021.

12 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Air Conditioning

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether, in respect of the devices being trialled by the Secretary of State for Health & Social Care in primary schools in Bradford, and pursuant to the Answer of 5 January to Question 94337 on the procurement

12 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Air Conditioning

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2022 to Question 94337 on the procurement of devices for the filtration device marketplace, whether (a) any, or (b) all the devices available for sale to schools through that

12 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Air Conditioning

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2022 to Question 94337 on Schools: Air Conditioning, whether he had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the inclusion of the makes of air pu

12 Jan 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Transport: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions officials in his Department have had with their counterparts in the Department for Transport on plans for a future city region settlement in north east England to al

12 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Air Conditioning

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2022 to Question 94337 on Schools: Air Conditioning, whether Ministers made any request to civil servants overseeing procurement for the filtration device marketplace in resp

12 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Air Conditioning

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2022 to 94337 on Schools: Air Conditioning, whether Ministers made any request to civil servants overseeing procurement for the filtration device marketplace as to (a) compan

12 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Pupils: Absenteeism

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish data on the level of absence by children from schools for (a) any reason, (b) any reason of illness, including reasons related to covid-19 and (c) reasons related to covid-19 by (i) region, (

12 Jan 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Transport: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2022 to Question 96862, when his Department plans to put in place the appropriate governance to allow the North East to access funding through th

12 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Teachers: Absenteeism

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the level of teacher absence (a) for any reason and (b) for reasons related to covid-19 by (i) region, (ii) upper tier local authority, (iii) lower tier local authority and (iv) parliamentary

12 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Teachers: Re-employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish by (a) region, (b) upper tier local authority, (c) lower tier local authority, and (d) parliamentary constituency the number of teachers that have volunteered to return to teaching following

11 Jan 2022 · Department for Transport

Driving under Influence

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if (a) he or (b) another Minister in his Department will meet with the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South and her constituent to discuss the effectiveness of the legislative framework relating to off

11 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Corruption

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2022 to Question 92905 on the date of introduction of the Department's anti-bribery policy, what anti-bribery policy was in force in his Department from 11 May 2010 to the da

11 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2022 to Question 94344 on Schools: Coronavirus, what engagement he has had with representatives of businesses (a) manufacturing and (b) fitting air purification

10 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Ventilation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department made of the number of classrooms in use in each school before sending that school its allocation of carbon dioxide monitors in the autumn term of 2021.

10 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Ventilation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether standards on (a) cable length and (b) minimum battery life were specified for the procurement of the carbon dioxide monitors issued to schools in the autumn term of 2021.

10 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Ventilation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has received feedback from schools on the (a) installation, (b) operation and (c) interpretation of the carbon dioxide monitors issued in the autumn term of 2021.

10 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Ventilation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in what way schools were encouraged to report any technical difficulties they encountered with the carbon dioxide monitors issued to schools in the autumn term of 2021.

10 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Ventilation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in which countries the carbon dioxide monitors issued to schools in the autumn term of 2021 were manufactured.

10 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Ventilation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which models of carbon dioxide monitors issued to schools in the autumn term of 2021 were procured by his Department; what technical standards and specifications those monitors were required to meet; and if he

10 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Ventilation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Health and Safety Executive about the suitability of 1500 ppm of carbon dioxide as the threshold for funded Government interventions and the carbon dioxide monitors his Depa

10 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2022 to Question 94344 on Schools: Coronavirus, whether he plans to publish the full results of the trial as soon as possible.

10 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2022 to Question 94344 on Schools: Coronavirus, what assessment he made, before commencing that trial, of relevant evidence from research into the use of similar

10 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2022 to Question 94344 on Schools: Coronavirus, on what date discussions were first held between his Department and the the Department for Education on the trial

10 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2022 to Question 94344 on Schools: Coronavirus, how many applications for the tender were received; whether the tender specified a date by which preliminary resu

10 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff, by (a) full-time equivalent and (b) headcount, in his Department had a PRINCE2 (i) Foundation and (ii) Practitioner certification at the start of (A) 2018, (B) 2019, (C) 2020, (D) 2021 and (E) 2

10 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 22 December 2021 to Question 92908 on Department for Education: Visits, on what dates any changes to the departmental guidance on in-person visitors were made, between 1 May 2021 and 3

10 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Air Conditioning

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2022 to Question 94337 on Schools: Air Conditioning, what steps he took to engage with existing British manufacturers of potentially suitable devices to (a) benefit from thei

10 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2022 to Question 94344 on Schools: Coronavirus, on what date between 1 March 2020 and April 2021 officials from his Department first had discussions with the Department of He

10 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2022 to Question 92912 on Department for Education: Telephone Services, how many full-time equivalent staff were available to answer calls to that number in each week from 1

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