Written questions
1,298 written questions tabled, most recent first.
26 Feb 2020 · Department for Education
Free School Meals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of pupils who are entitled for free school meals on the grounds of low household income but are not registered to receive them, by local authority.
26 Feb 2020 · Department for Education
Pupil Premium
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much pupil premium schools have used in each category in the most recent two years for which data is available.
26 Feb 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to Answer of 24 February 2020 to Question 725, what the locations of the are of the small-scale Proof of Concepts for the warning system; and what the timescales are for (a) those proof of conc
25 Feb 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2020 to Question 727 on Universal Credit, how many universal credit claimants successfully disputed the Real Time Information on which their awards were based (a) f
25 Feb 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2020 to Question 727 on Universal Credit, how much has been paid back to universal credit claimants as a result of Real Time Information disputes being upheld in th
24 Feb 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Disqualification
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claims have been (a) closed in error and (b) reopened in each of the last 24 months for which data is available.
24 Feb 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Disqualification
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claims have been closed in each of the last 24 months for which data is available; and what the reasons were for the closure of those claims.
11 Feb 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring all personal independence payment assessments to be recorded.
11 Feb 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of personal independence payment decisions have been challenged (a) successfully and (b) unsuccessfully at (i) mandatory reconsideration and (ii) tribunal.
11 Feb 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants have received an advance payment in the most recent 12 months for which data is available.
11 Feb 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants have successfully disputed the Real Time Information on which their awards have been based in the most recent 12 months for which data are available.
11 Feb 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she will make an assessment of the potential merits of giving in-work universal credit claimants the option to move their assessment period to reflect more closely the dates on which they receiv
11 Feb 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a yellow card warning system for benefit sanctions in England.
11 Feb 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Zero Hours Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of giving workers on zero-hours contracts the right to a contract with guaranteed minimum hours.
21 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Deficiency Diseases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hospital admissions there have been for (a) scurvy, (b) rickets and (c) vitamin D deficiency in each of the last three years.
21 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Malnutrition
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many admissions there have been for malnutrition in England in the latest period for which figures are available, by age group (a) 0 to 5 years, (b) 5 to 10 years, (c) 10 to 16 years and (d) 16
17 Jan 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Food Poverty: Surveys
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress she has made on the inclusion of food insecurity questions in the Family Resources Survey; and what the timeframe is for publication of the results of that survey.
16 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Children: Restraint Techniques
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to ensure that children who have been subjected to unlawful restraint in Medway Secure Training Centre are informed of their right to seek legal advice and redress.
7 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Justice
HMP/YOI Feltham and HMYOI Wetherby
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children categorised as restricted status have been held in (a) Feltham A and (b) Wetherby prisons in each of the last five years.
4 Sep 2019 · Ministry of Defence
Veterans: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the recommendations in Forward Assist's report on women veterans entitled No Man’s Land.
3 Sep 2019 · Department for Education
Frontline
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the completion rate of the Frontline programme.
3 Sep 2019 · Department for Education
Children: Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2019 to Question 216293, on Children: Social Services, whether his Department has allocated specific funding to local authorities to facilitate the use of (a) Xantura and (
3 Sep 2019 · Department for Education
Children: Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2019 to Question 216293, on Children: Social Services, whether his Department is responsible for monitoring (a) the effectiveness of and (b) errors in the use of (i) Xantur
25 Jul 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the sustainability and transformation plan at South Tyneside Hospital, what his Department's policy is on local authorities borrowing money from the Public Works Loan Board to pay
25 Jul 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Wildlife: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the provisions of the Wild Animals in Circuses (No.2) Act 2019 applies to wild animals used in public parades.
25 Jul 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food Supply
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to ensure that public services that (a) care homes, (b) schools, (c) hospitals and (d) prisons will have adequate supplies of food in the event that the UK leaves th
22 Jul 2019 · Department for Education
Pupil Premium
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of commissioning research to establish best practice on spending of Pupil Premium Plus funding in schools.
22 Jul 2019 · Department for Education
Pupil Premium
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring schools to develop separate policies for Pupil Premium funding and Pupil Premium Plus funding to recognise the differing needs of children and
22 Jul 2019 · Department for Education
Pupil Premium
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring schools to provide on request to parents (a) a general outline of spending of Pupil Premium Plus funding and (b) information on where that fund
22 Jul 2019 · Department for Education
Pupil Premium
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to encourage schools to consult parents on how Pupil Premium Plus funding should be spent.
Source: official written-questions record.