Written questions

993 written questions tabled, most recent first.

8 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Academies: Sponsorship

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of times a multi-academy trust has withdrawn sponsorship of agreeing in principle to sponsor a school in the last 12 months.

7 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Teachers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which initial teacher trainee bursaries are currently available; and what the value is of those bursaries.

7 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Grammar Schools: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children receiving free school meals who attend a grammar school were measured as having (a) high and (b) low attainment prior to entering that school in the last year for which

7 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether building regulations relating to the internal and external spread of fire require balconies to be provided with fire protection or resistance.

7 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children (a) who are not eligible for free school meals and (b) children in receipt of free school meals in each local authority have achieved at least the expected level in the Early Years F

7 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the barriers to recruiting and retaining early years teachers; what steps his Department is taking to remove those barriers; and what the timetable is for those steps.

7 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Ofsted inspections of early years providers in evaluating the teaching provided and learning outcomes for children.

7 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons his Department closed the E-Forum for Special Educational Needs Coordinators on 18 November 2017; and if he will take steps to re-open that forum as a matter of priority.

7 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Children's Centres: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Ofsted emergency inspections of children's centres were triggered by safeguarding concerns in each year prior to September 2015 for which information is available.

7 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Home Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the £1.7 million awarded to organisations in the voluntary and community sectors to support evidence-based home learning, how much funding was received by each organisation; and what programme

7 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Children: Day Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of childcare settings taking part in the 30 hour childcare scheme for 3 and 4 year old children with working parents; and if he provide that information by

7 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Schools: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) maintained, (b) academy and (c) other schools which have received an Ofsted inspection of inadequate have been without a permanent academy sponsor for (i) one (ii) two (iii) three (iv) four (v) fiv

7 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Academies: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many academy or free schools which have failed an Ofsted inspection as a result of receiving a judgement of inadequate are still waiting to be re-brokered with a different multi academy trust six months aft

7 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Maintained Schools: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many local authority maintained schools which have failed an Ofsted inspection receiving an inadequate judgement are still waiting for an academy sponsor to be confirmed six months after their inspection da

6 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children are in the lowest performing 20 per cent Early Years Foundation Stage profile in (a) the UK, (b) each region and (c) each local authority.

6 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Free Schools: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many times the Regional Schools Commissioner or her staff visited (a) Collective Spirit Free School in Oldham and (b) the Manchester Creative Studio in each year that those schools were in operation.

6 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Free Schools: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has been made of how pupil premium funding allocated to (a) Collective Spirit Free School in Oldham and (b) the Manchester Creative Studio was spent in each year it was allocated that those scho

6 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Free Schools: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much pupil premium funding was allocated to (a) the Collective Spirit Free School in Oldham and (b) the Manchester Creative Studio in each year that those schools were in operation.

5 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Raja Miah

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any Minister of his Department has met with Raja Miah, the founder of the Collective Spirit Academy Trust.

5 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Collective Spirit Multi-Academy Trust

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, If he will place in the Library (a) the applications from (i) Collective Spirit Free School in Oldham and (ii) the Manchester Creative Studio to her Department for the establishment of the Collective Spirit mul

5 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Collective Spirit Multi-Academy Trust

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) meetings (b) instances of correspondence and (c) telephone calls have there been between the Education Funding Agency and Collective Spirit Multi Academy Trust since that Trust was established.

5 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Schools: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of new (a) academy schools, (b) free schools, (c) studio schools, (d) UTCs and (e) local authority maintained schools have failed their first Ofsted inspection; and what the average

5 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Collective Spirit Multi-Academy Trust

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Education and Skills Funding Agency requested Collective Spirit Multi Academy Trust to provide copies of invoices for related party transactions between the Academy Trust and Collective Community Pa

2 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Free Schools: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many times the Regional Schools Commissioner visited the (a) Collective Spirit Free School in Oldham and (b) the Manchester Creative Studio (i) prior to and (ii) after each of those school's most recent Ofs

2 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Collective Spirit Multi-Academy Trust

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what related party transactions were registered by the Collective Spirit Multi Academy Trust in each year since its foundation.

2 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Collective Spirit Multi-Academy Trust

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will place a copy of the financial investigation carried out by the Education Funding Agency into the Collective Spirit Multi Academy Trust in 2016 in the Library.

2 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Free Schools: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the budgets of the (a) Collective Spirit Free School in Oldham and (b) Manchester Creative Studio in each year since those academies were established.

1 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Collective Spirit Multi-Academy Trust

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much (a) capital and (b) school funding the Collective Spirit Multi Academy Trust has received since its foundation.

30 Jan 2018 · HM Treasury

Children: Day Care

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of how much the Government will spend on tax free childcare in each of the next five years.

30 Jan 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit and Welfare Tax Credits: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department plans to allocate from the public purse to the childcare element of (a)tax credits and (b) universal credit in each of the next five years.

Source: official written-questions record.