Written questions

807 written questions tabled, most recent first.

12 May 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Kickstart Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of extending the Kickstart scheme beyond December 2021.

12 May 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Kickstart Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Kickstart placements have been (a) approved and (b) started in each parliamentary constituency.

12 May 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Kickstart Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Kickstart jobs have been (a) approved and (b) started in each region of the UK.

26 Apr 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Football

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent meetings have taken place between (a) the Prime Minister and his officials and (b) Ministers and officials in his Department and representatives of Liverpool, Tottenham Hotsp

22 Apr 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with Sport England on the effectiveness of their Tackling Inequalities Fund; and what steps he is taking to support Sport England to ensure that inequa

21 Apr 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Leisure Centres: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 April 2021 to Question 174112, what data his Department holds on the effect of the National Leisure Recovery Fund on the rate of leisure centre closures sinc

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Sport: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of access to green spaces on the equality of access to sport.

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Sport: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to support the Sport England Tackling Inequalities Fund to help tackle inequality in sport.

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Kickstart Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Kickstart scheme jobs have been (a) approved and (b) started in each region.

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Kickstart Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications to the Kickstart Scheme have been (a) received and (b) approved to date; and how many young people have started a job on that scheme.

23 Mar 2021 · Department for International Trade

Exports: Arts and Culture

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what staffing resources her Department allocates to assessing exports in the UK's cultural and creative industries.

23 Mar 2021 · Department for International Trade

Music Export Growth Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Music Export Growth Scheme; and what criteria was used to make that assessment.

23 Mar 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Leisure Centres: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Government announces allocation of £100 million to support recovery of leisure centres, published on 20 March 2021, what steps h

23 Mar 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Leisure Centres: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Government announces allocation of £100 million to support recovery of leisure centres, published on 20 March 2021, what assessm

9 Mar 2021 · Treasury

Public Sector: Pay

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish (a) a full list of organisations covered by the public sector pay pause and (b) the criteria used to determine which organisations should be covered by that pay pause.

22 Feb 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Restart Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date her Department estimates the number of employees on the Restart programme will reach its peak number.

22 Feb 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Restart Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what expected start-date of the first recruits joining the Restart programme her Department is using for internal planning purposes.

22 Feb 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Kickstart Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of young people employed under the Kickstart scheme in each region of the UK.

22 Feb 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Kickstart Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of young people employed under the Kickstart scheme in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) Scotland, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland.

9 Feb 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has made a recent assessment of the effect on people's wellbeing of (a) community outreach aspects and (b) other (i) non-sporting and (ii) non-physical benefits of sport.

8 Feb 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Kickstart Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what requests the Government has made to (a) local authorities and (b) combined authorities for data on the uptake of the Kickstart scheme.

8 Feb 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Kickstart Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of (a) jobs created by, (b) placements started under and (c) applications made to the Kickstart scheme.

25 Jan 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Arts: Work Permits

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if the Government will publish the official text that was included in the proposed measure to allow creative professionals to travel and perform in both the UK and EU without work

22 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Work Experience: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many grants have been awarded to firms to support trainees to gain work experience since the Spending Review 2020.

22 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many grants have been awarded to firms to take on an apprenticeship since the most recent Spending Review; and in which sectors those grants have been allocated.

22 Jan 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Kickstart Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new job placements are being funded by the Kickstart programme.

22 Jan 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Kickstart Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Kickstart gateways have been set up by (a) region and (b) local authority area.

20 Jan 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: UK Relations with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) working groups, (b) committees and (c) other forums there are in his Department for consultation with representatives of the creative industries on the Government’s approach to

20 Jan 2021 · Treasury

Arts: Immigration Controls

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment the Government has made of the economic effect of immigration restrictions on EU-based creative workers.

20 Jan 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) working groups, (b) committees and (c) other forums there are in his Department for sector representatives of the creative industries to raise their representations on the Gover

Source: official written-questions record.