Written questions

1,298 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Feb 2019 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what gender-specific support on (a) employment and (b) mental health women service personnel receive when leaving the armed forces.

5 Feb 2019 · Department for Education

Specialist Schools: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his Department's guidance is on the (a) use of, (b) reporting requirements on the use of and (c) complaint mechanisms for parents of children who have been subjected to restrictive practices in specialist

5 Feb 2019 · Department for Education

Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) guidance and (b) regulations have been produced on how social workers are able to spend devolved budgets in relation to What Works Centre change projects in (a) Darlington Borough Council, (b) Hillingd

4 Feb 2019 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local authorities use Xantura and other predictive algorithm technologies in children’s social care; what evidence his Department is aware of to support the use of those technologies; and what the total c

4 Feb 2019 · Department for Education

Frontline

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of academic staff in the Frontline programme have left the programme in each of the last five years.

4 Feb 2019 · Department for Education

Frontline: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many academic staff Frontline have, and what the qualifications of those staff are.

4 Feb 2019 · Department for Education

Frontline

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the fine of up to £10,000 for students leaving the Frontline programme before the end of the 2 years was introduced; how much money has been recouped under that clause to date; and whether that money has b

4 Feb 2019 · Department for Education

Frontline

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportions of students (a) withdrew from study in the Frontline programme and (b) were asked to leave the Frontline programme in each of the last five years.

4 Feb 2019 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference page 36 of the NAO report entitled Pressures on children's social care, published on 23 January 2019, what progress his Department has made on the effect of deprivation on (a) demand for and (b)

4 Feb 2019 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the NAO report entitled Pressures on children’s social care, published on 23 January 2019, whether his Department has identified what level of local variation it regards as acceptable in the t

4 Feb 2019 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the NAO report entitled Pressures on children’s social care, published on 23 January 2019, what level of local variation his Department regards as acceptable in the amount of money spent per c

31 Jan 2019 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the external research commissioned together with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and HM Treasury into the relative drivers of need in children’s social care will be published; and

31 Jan 2019 · Department for Education

Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the reasons why the number of looked after children aged over 16 has increased; and what plans he has to manage that increase.

30 Jan 2019 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2018 to Question 122517 on children: social services, whether the six local authorities named in that answer are still exempt from statutory guidance.

30 Jan 2019 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has identified a level of local variation which is acceptable in the amount of money spent per child in need; and if he will make a statement.

30 Jan 2019 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the January 2019 NAO report Pressures on children's social care, whether his Department plans to commission research using the individual child-level data that it holds into the factors that d

30 Jan 2019 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2019 to Question 211786 on Children: Social Services, which local authority requested exemption from statutory guidance; from what statutory guidance that local authority re

28 Jan 2019 · Department for Education

Social Workers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2019 to Question 210039 on Social Workers: Training, how many bidders submitted a tender application.

28 Jan 2019 · Department for Education

Frontline

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the long-term effect of Frontline on the number of people engaging in social work research.

24 Jan 2019 · Department for Education

Children in Care: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the status is of the 10 pilot programmes aimed at improving mental health assessments for children entering care.

24 Jan 2019 · Department for Education

Social Mobility

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the State of the Nation 2018 report by the Social Mobility Commission will be published.

24 Jan 2019 · Department for Education

Social Services: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the cost per social worker of assessment under the National Assessment and Accreditation Scheme (a) including and (b) not including piloting and set-up costs.

24 Jan 2019 · Department for Education

Foster Care: Care Leavers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Government's guidance entitled Staying put: arrangements for care leavers aged 18 years and above, what the annual cost to the public purse is of Staying put.

24 Jan 2019 · Department for Education

Social Services: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of the funding allocated to the consultation on the National Assessment and Accreditation System was spent on (a) private sector consultants and (b) local authorities.

24 Jan 2019 · Department for Education

Social Services: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department has allocated to phase (a) 1 and (b) 2 of the implementation of the National Assessment and Accreditation System.

24 Jan 2019 · Department for Education

Social Services: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on the (a) consultation on (b) preparation for and (c) introduction of the National Assessment and Accreditation Systems for social workers, social work supervisors and leaders

24 Jan 2019 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of the money disbursed from the budget of her Department's Children's Social Care Innovation Programme has been allocated to organisations in the (a) public, (b) private and (c) voluntary sectors in ea

24 Jan 2019 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost has been of setting up the What Works Centre to date.

23 Jan 2019 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2018 to Question 122517, how many requests he received from local authorities for exemptions from statutory guidance in respect of children’s social care in each of the last

21 Jan 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Ofsted's Freedom of Information request datasets 2017: Residential education provision as at 16 November 2017, published on 9 January 2019, when the most recent Ofsted inspection of the resident

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