Written questions

1,155 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Dec 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Concrete

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the quality of the (a) resources and (b) temporary classrooms provided by Mitie to schools affected by RAAC.

5 Dec 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Concrete

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which companies her Department has contracted to provide temporary classrooms following the publication of the guidance entitled Installing temporary buildings on school sites with RAAC, published on 31 October

27 Nov 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Household Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Autumn Statement 2023, what funding will be provided to each local authority in the 2024-25 financial year for the Household Support Fund; and what his planned timetable is for (a)

27 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has plans to increase the number of courses and training schemes that are eligible to be funded through the resources available to employers raised through the apprenticeship levy.

27 Nov 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity Generation: East of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to page 61 of the Autumn Statement 2023 and page 64 of the connections action plan, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including in the Strategic Spatial

27 Nov 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

National Grid: Community Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to (a) page 61 of the Autumn Statement 2023 and (b) the connections action plan, when she plans to publish eligibility criteria for community benefits.

27 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the amount and proportion of apprenticeship levy funds that will be unspent in financial year 2023-24; and whether she has made an assessment of potential trends in the

27 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much and what proportion of funds raised from the apprenticeship levy have remained unspent within the two year threshold in each year since its introduction.

27 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeship levy funded service accounts have (a) utilised all of the funds in their account and (b) not utilised all of the funds available within the two-year time period in each year since its in

27 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the (a) amount raised through the apprenticeship levy and (b) number of apprenticeship levy service accounts in each year since its introduction.

27 Nov 2023 · Treasury

Corporation Tax: International Cooperation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact on (a) UK based businesses and (b) foreign direct investment of implementation of the OECD Pillar 2 minimum corporation tax measures.

27 Nov 2023 · Treasury

Corporation Tax: International Cooperation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department holds information on the countries that will implement the OECD Pillar 2 minimum corporation tax measures from 31 December 2023; and what discussions he has had with (a) the OECD and (b) his c

16 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Academies: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department are taking to inspect multi academy trusts.

16 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Education, Health and Care Plans have been agreed in each local authority area in each year since 2014; and if she will make an estimate of the number of plans that will be agreed in each local authori

16 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department plans to provide to (a) schools, (b) academy trusts and (c) Essex County Council to support pupils with special educational needs in each of the next three years.

16 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Weather

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's press release entitled '£200 million to boost NHS resilience and care this winter', published 14 September 2023, if he will provide additional resources to local

16 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Weather

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the preparedness of the NHS in Essex for winter 2023-24; and how much additional funding his Department plans to provide to NHS services in Essex for winter 2023-24.

16 Nov 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Wind Power: Seas and Oceans

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will publish the number of planning applications for offshore wind farms that (a) have been approved and (b) are under consideration since 2010 broken down by (i) location and (ii) amou

16 Nov 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Floods: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's policy is on providing support to householders who believe that actions taken by the Environment Agency have caused flooding to their properties.

16 Nov 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Horticulture: Peat

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Leader of the House on parliamentary time for legislation prohibiting the sale of peat in the horticultural retail trade.

16 Nov 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

National Plant Collections: Floods and Storms

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what financial support his Department provides to National Plant Collection holders who have suffered (a) flood and (b) storm damage.

16 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Probate Service: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what service standards guidance the probate service has for answering telephone enquiries; and whether he is taking steps to improve the information provided to applicants who contact the probate service by telep

16 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Probate Service: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full time equivalent staff worked in the probate service in each of the last five years.

16 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Probate: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times errors by the probate service caused delays to the processing of applications in each of the last five years.

16 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Probate Service: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the time taken by the probate service to process applications; and what the average time is to process an application for the latest period in which data is availa

16 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Probate Service: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints he has received about the performance of the probate service in each of the last five years.

9 Nov 2023 · Church Commissioners

Church of St Peter and St Paul

the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, if the Church Commissioners will review the decision to demolish the Church of St Peter and St Paul in Birch, Essex.

23 Oct 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Probation Service: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what service standards the probate service has for answering telephone enquiries; and whether he is taking steps to improve the information provided to applicants who contact the probate service by telephone.

23 Oct 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Probation Service: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many FTEs worked in the probate service in each of the last five years.

23 Oct 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Probation Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times errors by the probate service caused delays to the processing of applications in each of the last five years.

Source: official written-questions record.