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Written questions

Lucy Powell

993 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 Feb 2017 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2017 to Question 59691, of the 30.7 per cent of children who did not achieve a good level of development in 2016, how many and what proportion attended a childminder.

21 Feb 2017 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2017 to Question 59691, of the 30.7 per cent of children who did not achieve a good level of development in 2016, how many and what proportion did not attend any funded hour

20 Feb 2017 · Department of Health

Family Nurse Partnership Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with how many families the family nurse partnership has worked (a) nationally and (b) in each local authority area that it has been in place in each year since that partnership scheme was established.

20 Feb 2017 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what number and proportion of eligible two-year-olds who benefit from early years education are among the lowest quintile of disadvantaged two-year-olds.

20 Feb 2017 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of how much has been allocated from the public purse on average to local authorities for each early years place for a two-year-old eligible for a free early education place.

20 Feb 2017 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the extent of any early years development gap measured by the Early Years Foundation Stage between those children eligible for free school meals and their peers (a) nationally an

20 Feb 2017 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number and proportion of eligible two-year-olds who have not taken up a funded early education place (a) nationally and (b) in each local authority.

8 Feb 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2017 to Question 58104, if he will estimate the number of (a) parents and (b) lone parents with a youngest child aged three are expected to look for work if they want

8 Feb 2017 · Department of Health

Pregnancy: Depressive Illnesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of perinatal depression there have been recorded in each (a) region and (b) clinical commissioning group area in each year since 2010.

8 Feb 2017 · Department of Health

Health: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the amount of funding spent by (a) clinical commissioning groups and (b) local authorities on supporting children and families in the early years in (i) England, (ii) each region and (iii) each

8 Feb 2017 · Department of Health

Health Visitors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of children receive an assessment of their development by health visitors (a) after birth, (b) at six to eight weeks, (c) at one year old and (d) between two and two and a half years o

8 Feb 2017 · Department of Health

Health Visitors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full time equivalent health visitors there were in (a) England, (b) each region and (c) each local authority in (i) May 2015 and (ii) the most recent period for which figures are available.

8 Feb 2017 · Department for Education

Secondary Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many times (a) Ministers and (b) officials of her Department have met the (i) Grammar School Heads' Association and (ii) National Association of Secondary Moderns in each of the last three years.

8 Feb 2017 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many full-time equivalent staff are working in her Department's selective education team.

8 Feb 2017 · Department for Education

Grammar Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and which grammar schools have requested funding from her Department for onsite or annex expansion of existing selective schools since September 2016.

8 Feb 2017 · Department for Education

Children's Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children's centres were deemed (a) outstanding, (b) good, (c) requiring improvement and (d) unsatisfactory (i) nationally, (ii) regionally and (iii) in each local authority in the last 12 mon

8 Feb 2017 · Department for Education

Children's Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children's centres have been de-designated in each local authority since 2010.

8 Feb 2017 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2017 to Question 59691, what (a) proportion and (b) number of children who did not achieve a good level of development in 2016 according to the early years foundation stage

8 Feb 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Troubled Families Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many families with children aged under five have taken part in the Troubled Families programme; and what proportion of the Troubled Families programme budget has been allocated to sup

6 Feb 2017 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the amount that Ofsted spent on inspecting early years settings in the last year for which figures are available.

6 Feb 2017 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Ofsted early years inspectors are employed (a) nationally and (b) in each region.

6 Feb 2017 · Ministry of Defence

Unmanned Air Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2017 to Question 62363, whether the current draft of Joint Doctrine Publication 0-30.2, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, discusses the legal framework for the employment of Unmanned

30 Jan 2017 · Ministry of Defence

Military Intervention

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his US counterpart on maintaining the Executive Order on US Policy on Pre- and Post-Strike Measures to Address Civilian Casualties.

30 Jan 2017 · Ministry of Defence

Unmanned Air Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2017 to Question 59205, whether he plans that JDP 0-30.2, The UK Approach to Unmanned Aircraft System, will make a distinction between the use of remotely piloted air systems

30 Jan 2017 · Ministry of Defence

Islamic State: Military Intervention

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart on policies to minimise the risk of civilian casualties when conducting operations against Daesh.

18 Jan 2017 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the (a) amount and (b) proportion of government funding for early years provision that each local authority has retained in the latest period for which figures are available.

18 Jan 2017 · Department for Education

Schools: Sponsorship

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2016 to Question 51314, what the Ofsted categories of assessment are for each (a) academy school and (b) free school sponsored by a (i) grammar school or (ii) multi-academy

18 Jan 2017 · Department for Education

Nurseries: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of nurseries in the private, voluntary and independent sector in each local authority employ at least one member of staff with early years practitioner or qualified-teacher status.

17 Jan 2017 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local authorities have applied to her Department to dis-apply the early years national funding formula high pass-through requirement until 2019-20; and which local authorities have been successful in such

17 Jan 2017 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of disadvantaged three and four year olds as measured by free school meals data currently access the 15 hours early education free entitlement in a (a) maintained, (b) PVI and (c) c

Source: official written-questions record.