Written questions

1,298 written questions tabled, most recent first.

30 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Future High Streets Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which organisations have received funding from the Future High Streets Fund; how much funding they received; and what the criteria was for its allocation, in each year since its

30 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Towns Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which organisations have received funding from the Town Deals Fund; how much funding they received; and what the criteria was for its allocation, in each year since its creation.

30 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Coastal Communities Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which organisations have received funding from the Coastal Communities Fund; how much funding they each received; and what the criteria was for its allocation, in each year since

30 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Retail Trade: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which organisations have received funding from the Reopening High Streets Fund; how much funding they received; and what the criteria was for its allocation.

27 Nov 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Shipping: Living Wage

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the planned timescale is for seafarers to receive the National Minimum Wage, announced on 1 October 2020.

27 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Secure Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to section 7.3 of the Spending Review 2020, what estimate he has made of the number of additional places in secure children's homes that will be made available through the £24 million announced f

27 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Secure Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer on 28 June 2018 to Question 156433, how many additional places for children in secure accommodation were achieved through his Department’s £40million capital grants programme for secure a

17 Nov 2020 · Treasury

Bank Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative estimate he has made of how much money was in dormant assets on (a) 1 January 2020 and (b) 17 November 2020; and what the budgetary headings are for how those funds have been spent.

16 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Breakfast Clubs: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department provides to support breakfast clubs in England; how many (a) schools that funding is allocated to and (b) children that funding covers; what the cost per child of that funding wa

16 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education in the Adjournment debate on Children in the Care System: Sibling Contact on 4 March 2020, Official Report, col 957,

16 Nov 2020 · Department for International Trade

Arms Trade: Export Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many times the Government has suspended or revoked an existing Arms Export licence in the last five years; what the grounds were for those actions; and which countries those licences were for.

11 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children are registered as having SEND; how many children with SEND are enrolled in schools; what information his Department holds on attendance rates of children with SEND.

11 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Army: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 Nov 2020 to Question 109376 on Army: Young People, what the outcomes were of the 60 cases of violent behaviour by staff.

4 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Adoption: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to support Black prospective adopters going through the adoption assessment process.

4 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Adoption: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the time taken for Black children to be found an adoptive family.

4 Nov 2020 · Treasury

Life Insurance: Suicide

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2020 to Question 71066 on Life Insurance: Mental Illness, what steps his Department is taking to encourage insurance companies to take into consideration the effect of the covid-19

2 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of SEND pupils have been unable to return to school since term began in September.

2 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Trident Submarines

What assessment he has made of the effect on the delivery of integrated operations in support of the UK’s continuous at-sea deterrent of the move from a single source supplier at HM Naval Base Clyde to multiple contractors.

30 Oct 2020 · Attorney General

Human Trafficking: Prosecutions

To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions for offences against children there have been for human trafficking under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 in each year since its enactment.

30 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Sexual Offences: Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions for the offence of sexual assault by penetration under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 were made in cases where the victim had experienced county lines exploitation in each year since 2015.

30 Oct 2020 · Attorney General

Slavery: Prosecutions

To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions for offences against children there have been for exploitation under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 in each year since its enactment.

30 Oct 2020 · Attorney General

Slavery: Prosecutions

To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions for offences against children there have been for the offence of slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 in each year since its enactment.

30 Oct 2020 · Cabinet Office

Coronavirus: Death

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, on how many death certificates has covid-19 been recorded as (a) the primary cause and (b) a contributory factor since the start of the covid-19 outbreak.

30 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued to the medical profession on whether covid-19 is recorded as (a) the primary cause and (b) a contributory factor when registering a death.

30 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Army: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the data recorded in the Joint Personnel Administration system, how many complaints have been made by Junior Soldiers or their parents or guardians about (a) violent behaviour by staff and (b) i

14 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Army Foundation College: Abuse and Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many formal complaints of violent or abusive behaviour by staff at the Army Foundation College have been made by (a) Junior Soldiers or (b) their parents/guardians since 2014.

12 Oct 2020 · Department for Education

Soft Drinks: Taxation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which organisations have been provided with funding as a result of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy; and how much each of those organisations received, in each year since its introduction.

9 Oct 2020 · Department for Education

Children: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have experienced a parental death due to covid-19.

7 Oct 2020 · Department for Education

Foster Care: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that foster carers that normally offer (a) respite care and (b) short breaks placements but are unable to offer those services during the covid-19 outbreak are paid a retainer

7 Oct 2020 · Department for Education

Foster Care: Key Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including foster carers in the list of critical workers.

Source: official written-questions record.