Written questions
1,014 written questions tabled, most recent first.
20 Jul 2020 · Department for Education
Adoption Support Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Adoption Support Fund, how many claims have been received on behalf of previously looked after children on special guardianship orders (a) in financial year 2019-20 and (b) since 1 April 2
20 Jul 2020 · Department for Education
Children in Care: Foster Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of the looked-after children who were cared for in a friends and family foster placement were placed there as part of a voluntary agreement under section 20 of the Children Act 1989 in (a) 31 March 201
1 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Newcastle upon Tyne
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many confirmed covid-19 cases were recorded under (a) Pillar 1 and (b) Pillar 2 testing strands in the Newcastle City Council area on each day since records began.
1 May 2020 · Department for Education
GCE A-level and GCSE: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether schools may request (a) non-exam assessments and (b) coursework not yet submitted by pupils to help determine (i) GCSE and (ii) A-level grades and rankings for the 2020 cohorts.
1 May 2020 · Department for Education
GCE A-level and GCSE: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether (a) GCSE and (b) A-level exams sat by pupils in the Autumn term 2020 will be modified to reflect the break in teaching during the covid-19 outbreak.
1 May 2020 · Department for Education
GCE A-level: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the cancellation by the Government of A-levels in 2020 as a result of the covid-19 outbreak, if he will make it his policy to enable schools to consider pupils' raw GCSE scores when determinin
1 May 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Courts: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims of crime have been affected by delays in court proceedings during the covid-19 outbreak; and what steps have been taken to communicate with them.
29 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospices: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish guidance on how children's hospices should provide care and support during the covid-19 outbreak.
29 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Charities: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will allow non-hospice voluntary sector children’s palliative care organisations access to the funding for charities allocated by Government departments announced by the Chancellor of the Exc
20 Apr 2020 · Department for International Trade
Liquified Natural Gas: Mozambique
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the UK Export Finance Notice of 20 August 2019 on Category A project under consideration: Mozambique LNG project, what assessment the Government has made of (a) that project’s lifeti
20 Apr 2020 · Department for International Trade
UK Export Finance: Mozambique
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the timeframe is for UK Export Finance to make a decision on whether to support the Category A Mozambique LNG project; and what (a) criteria and (b) methodology UK Export Finance will use to asse
20 Apr 2020 · Department for International Trade
UK Export Finance: Renewable Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what plans she has to integrate UK Export Finance’s (UKEF) new facility to support clean energy into UKEF's existing energy portfolio to ensure that UKEF energy support is aligned with meeting the Par
20 Apr 2020 · Department for International Trade
UK Export Finance: Clean Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the £2 billion allocated to UK Export Finance’s lending facility to support clean energy announced at Budget 2020, what the criteria for that support will be; what types of support w
20 Apr 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Temporary Accommodation: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of children in temporary accommodation in the last three years.
23 Mar 2020 · Department for Education
Remote Education: Assessments
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the covid-19 outbreak, what steps he is taking to ensure home-schooled pupils can obtain Key Stage 4 qualifications.
18 Mar 2020 · Department for Education
Assessments: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the covid-19 outbreak, if he will take steps to support exam boards that experience increases in requests for special consideration.
18 Mar 2020 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the covid-19 outbreak, if he will issue guidance for commissioners and providers of school-based medical services for children with complex health and care needs in special schools and other s
18 Mar 2020 · Department for Education
Schools: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the covid-19 outbreak, if he will issue guidance on precautions that pregnant school and college staff should take.
18 Mar 2020 · Department for Education
Free School Meals: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the covid-19 outbreak, if he will issue guidance on the use of free school meal funding in the event of school closures.
18 Mar 2020 · Department for Education
Pupils: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the covid-19 outbreak, if he will take steps to ensure that (a) parents with and (b) parents of children with underlying health conditions do not receive fines for unauthorised school absences
21 Feb 2020 · Department for Education
Children in Care: Siblings
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he plans to take to amend the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010 to allow for contact to take place between a looked-after child and a sibling that is not looked afte
21 Feb 2020 · Department for Education
Children in Care: Babies
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many babies aged under 7 days old that started to be looked after during the years ending 31 March there were in each year from 2015 to 2019.
21 Feb 2020 · Department for Education
Children in Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the number of children in England that started to be looked by (a) placement type and (b) age in each year ending 31 March (i) 2015, (ii) 2016, (iii) 2017 (iv) 2018 and (v) 2019.
21 Feb 2020 · Department for Education
Children in Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many looked-after children there were at (a) 31 March 2019, (b) 31 March 2018, (c) 31 March 2017 and (d) 31 March 2016 in England; and how many and what proportion of those children were (a) two or more sib
21 Feb 2020 · Department for Education
Children in Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the number of children in England aged (a) under one, (b) one to four, (c) five to nine, (d) 10 to 15 and (e) 16 and over in each placement type in National Tables: children looked after in E
21 Feb 2020 · Department for Education
Children in Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the number of looked after children by placement type as set out in National Tables: children looked after in England including adoption A2 in the last 12 months.
15 Oct 2019 · Department for Education
Holiday Activities and Food Programme: North East
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his 8 May 2019 press release entitled Free meals and activities for 50,000 children over 2019 summer holidays, how many unsuccessful bids for that funding were made by organisations based in t
15 Oct 2019 · Department for Education
Holiday Activities and Food Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his 8 May 2019 press release entitled Free meals and activities for 50,000 children over 2019 summer holidays, how much funding he plans to allocate to such projects in summer 2020; and if he
15 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
UK Shared Prosperity Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government plans to make it an objective of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund to (a) reduce the level of and (b) alleviate child poverty.
15 Oct 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions
UK Shared Prosperity Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions officials in her Department have had with their counterparts in the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the potential role of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund to (a)
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