Written questions
2,061 written questions tabled, most recent first.
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, for what reasons there was a more than 20-fold increase in the number of calls to that line which were
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, for what reason there was a more than sevenfold increase in waiting time before calls were answered be
7 Jan 2022 · Department for Education
Schools: Air Conditioning
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the evidence on which he based his decision to provide up to a further 7,000 air purifiers to schools without charge; and on what basis that overall number of units was reached.
7 Jan 2022 · Department for Education
Schools: Transport
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made an assessment of the impact of (a) covid-19 in general and (b) the omicron variant on the availability of school transport during the second half of the Autumn term in 2021.
7 Jan 2022 · Department for Education
National Tutoring Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many hours of tutoring have been provided to pupils under the school-led tutoring grant in (a) England, (b) each local authority, (c) each parliamentary constituency during the 2021-22 academic year.
7 Jan 2022 · Department for Education
National Tutoring Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils have received tuition under the school-led tutoring grant in (a) England, (b) each local authority, (c) each parliamentary constituency during the 2021-22 academic year.
7 Jan 2022 · Department for Education
National Tutoring Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools are using the school-led tutoring grant to provide tuition in (a) England, (b) each local authority and (c) each parliamentary constituency.
7 Jan 2022 · Department for Education
National Tutoring Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the (a) Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) Comptroller and Auditor General and the National Audit Office on the value for money of spending on the National Tutoring programme.
7 Jan 2022 · Department for Education
National Tutoring Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils have been enrolled on the National Tutoring Programme academic mentor pillar in the 2021-22 school year; and how many of those pupils have started to receive mentoring as at 7 January 2022.
7 Jan 2022 · Department for Education
National Tutoring Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish a table showing how many children are receiving tutoring via the National Tutoring Programme tuition partners in each (a) local authority, (b) region, and (c) parliamentary constituency.
7 Jan 2022 · Department for Education
National Tutoring Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he expects to meet the target for 524,000 children to be receiving tutoring via National Tutoring Programme tuition partners in the 2021-22 academic year; and how many tutoring sessions each of those child
7 Jan 2022 · Department for Education
National Tutoring Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils have (a) been enrolled on the tuition pillar and (b) started to receive tutoring as part of the National Tutoring programme in the academic year 2021-22.
7 Jan 2022 · Department for Education
National Tutoring Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when in 2022 he expects to reach the target of 252,000 children receiving academic mentoring through the National Tutoring programme.
4 Jan 2022 · Department for Transport
Regional Planning and Development: North East
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on plans for a future city region settlement in North East England to include an assessment of the potential
4 Jan 2022 · Department for Transport
Leamside Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to bring forward plans for a future city region settlement to include an assessment of the potential merits of re-opening the Leamside Line.
4 Jan 2022 · Department for Transport
Leamside Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if (a) the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State or (b) another Minister in his Department will visit the Leamside Line to discuss with stakeholders the case for its proposed reopening.
16 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Schools
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the trial of ventilation technologies taking place in primary classrooms in Bradford, on what date the (a) tender for that trial was first commissioned and (b) trial commenced; be
16 Dec 2021 · Department for Education
Pupils: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions Ministers in his Department have had with Ministers in the Department for Health & Social Care on provision for vaccinating school-age children in (a) July 2021, (b) August 2021, and (c)
16 Dec 2021 · Department for Education
Schools: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance he provides to (a) primary and (b) secondary schools on the level of financial reserves that schools should have; what guidance his Department provides on the purposes for which schools can draw d
16 Dec 2021 · Department for Education
Further Education: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of the change in the level of financial reserves held by Further Education colleges between 1 March 2020 and 31 December 2021.
16 Dec 2021 · Department for Education
Higher Education: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of the change in the level of financial reserves for UK universities and other Higher Education institutions between 1 March 2020 and 31 December 2021.
16 Dec 2021 · Department for Education
Schools: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made on trends in the level of school financial reserves between 1 March 2020 and 31 December 2021, for (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools; and (i) academies, (ii) all other forms o
16 Dec 2021 · Department for Education
Schools: Air Conditioning
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether there was a (a) high priority lane or (b) recommended supplier scheme giving (i) preferential or (ii) more rapid access to approval for inclusion in the classroom filtration device marketplace to which
16 Dec 2021 · Department for Education
Schools: Air Conditioning
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will set out the procurement and selection processes used to approve products for the classroom filtration device marketplace.
14 Dec 2021 · Department for Education
Department for Education: Telephone Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's general helpline, 0370 000 2288, how many calls have been (a) made to that number, (b) answered (c) answered within (i) five and (ii) 10 minutes and (d) abandoned by the calle
14 Dec 2021 · Department for Education
Department for Education: Telephone Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's coronavirus helpline, advertised as at 0800 046 8687, how many calls have been (a) made to that number, (b) answered, (c) answered within five minutes, (d) answered within ten
14 Dec 2021 · Department for Education
Department for Education: Telephone Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in respect of his Department's general helpline 0370 000 2288, what the average (a) waiting time for callers was before the call was answered and (ii) call duration was, in each of the last eighteen months.
14 Dec 2021 · Department for Education
Department for Education: Telephone Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in respect of his Department's coronavirus helpline 0800 046 8687, what the average (a) waiting time was before the call was answered and (b) call duration was, in each of the last eighteen months.
14 Dec 2021 · Department for Education
T-levels
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the breakdown was by sex for each subject for which students were enrolled on T-level courses in (a) September 2020 and (b) September 2021.
14 Dec 2021 · Treasury
Children: Day Care
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the total amount spent on childcare in England (a) from all sources and (b) from the public purse in each of the last five years.
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