Written questions

2,061 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the report of the National Audit Office entitled, Environmental Sustainability Overview: Department for Education, published on 28 June 2023, what steps she is taking to support schools that a

18 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Further Education: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how the Further Education Skills Index is calculated; and if she will publish any changes made to that calculation in the last 20 years.

18 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Mathematics: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to increase the number of maths teachers in (a) primary schools, (b) secondary schools and (c) sixth form colleges.

18 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Alternative Education: Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the impact of changes in the levels of local authority section 114 notices on the (a) adequacy, (b) resilience and (c) robustness of the market for alternative provision fo

15 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Stepney All Saints School

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her oral contribution of Monday 4 September 2023 on Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete in Education Settings, Offical Report, column 52, whether Stepney All Saints School was one of the 52

15 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Stepney All Saints School

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of advice provided to Stepney All Saints School on 15 September 2023 in the context of information available (a) at the time and (b) subsequently; and if she w

15 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Further Education: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the National Audit Office report on the Department's work on skills, entitled Developing workforce skills for a strong economy, published in July 2022, whether she will set out in a table the value

15 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Cybercrime

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish a table of the number of schools in England reporting serious cyber incidents in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.

15 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the identification of school buildings past their design life as a serious risk in the Department for Education's last annual report, whether she will publish a table setting out her estimate

15 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Leeds

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she will set out the timeline for the security precautions put in place for schools in Leeds on 14 September 2023; what learnings her Department identified from that situation; and whether her Departmen

15 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has provided additional capital funding to Aldersley High School in Wolverhampton North East constituency to improve the condition of parts of the school that were rated as being poor by

15 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has provided additional capital funding to Kenilworth School and Sixth Form in Kenilworth and Southam constituency to improve the condition of parts of the school that were rated as being

15 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has provided additional capital funding to St Lawrence's Academy in Scunthorpe constituency to improve the condition of parts of the school that were rated as being poor by the Condition

15 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has provided additional capital funding to St Christopher's Church of England High School in Hyndburn constituency to improve the condition of parts of the school that were rated as being

15 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has provided additional capital funding to Dormanstown Primary Academy in Redcar constituency to improve the condition of parts of the school that were rated as being poor by the Conditio

15 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of mitigations for reinforced autoclave aerated concrete in schools.

15 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools have each type of mitigation for reinforced autoclave aerated concrete in place.

15 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what mitigations for reinforced autoclave aerated concrete her Department has put in place in schools.

15 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has provided additional capital funding to New Penshaw Academy in Houghton and Sunderland South constituency to improve the condition of parts of the school that were rated as being poor

14 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Cybercrime

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to schools of ransomware attacks in each of the last three years.

14 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Cybercrime: Educational Institutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of ransomware attacks on (a) schools and (b) other educational settings in each local authority in each of the last three years.

14 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of how long it will take to install temporary modular classrooms in all schools affected by RAAC.

14 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Offsite the Constructions Agreement (Framework Agreement RM6184), whether her Department plans publish the tender notice for portacabins for schools affected by reinforced autoclaved aerated c

14 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the number of marquee-style temporary buildings her department has procured for schools where a gym or an assembly hall has had to close because of reinforced autoclaved aerated

13 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her oral statement of 4 September 2023 on Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in education settings, Official Report column 56, when she first asked officials to draw up plans to source (a)

13 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of children in primary schools affected by reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete who are now being taught in nearby secondary schools.

13 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish the (a) portacabin and (b) other temporary accommodation (i) requirements and (ii) schedules for each school affected by reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC).

13 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of how many school (a) classrooms, (b) dinner halls and (c) sports halls are out of use because of the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in each constituen

13 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the (a) number of schools that have commissioned invasive buildings surveys and (b) cost of those surveys since 2017.

12 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Teachers: Mathematics

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of bursaries for teacher training in mathematics and primary with mathematics.

Source: official written-questions record.