Written questions

1,298 written questions tabled, most recent first.

27 Jan 2017 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to prohibit subsidiaries of profit-making companies from contracting with local authorities to run child protection and other children's social care services.

25 Jan 2017 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to prohibit subsidiaries of profit-making companies from contracting with local authorities to run child protection and other children's social care services.

24 Jan 2017 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which (a) organisations and (b) individuals she consulted to determine the statutory requirements that cannot be subject to exemption or modification under clause 32(2) of the Children and Social Work Bill; and

24 Jan 2017 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in what potential circumstances she plans to revoke an exemption made under clauses 32(2) of the Children and Social Work Bill; and how her Department will be made aware of individual children and young people

24 Jan 2017 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what potential mechanisms will be available to children and young people to challenge an application from their local authority for an exemption from or modification to statutory requirements under clause 32 of

24 Jan 2017 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what exemptions to which statutory guidance were granted to each individual local authority in respect of their social services functions as they relate to children in each of the last three years.

10 Jan 2017 · Department for Transport

Maritime and Coastguard Agency: South Shields

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Maritime and Coastguard Agency's current lease agreement for the Tyne Marine Office expires.

10 Jan 2017 · Department for Transport

Maritime and Coastguard Agency: South Shields

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what alternative provision the Maritime and Coastguard Agency has made for seafarers in the North East to obtain advice and support in renewing their (a) Eng-1 medical and (b) basic training verification as a r

10 Jan 2017 · Department for Transport

Maritime and Coastguard Agency: South Shields

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment the Maritime and Coastguard Agency has made of alternatives to closure for the Tyne Marine Office; and if he will make a statement.

20 Dec 2016 · Department of Health

NHS: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which organisations and bodies are involved in decisions on whether Sustainability and Transformation Plans are implemented; which of these organisations makes that final decision; and what the Government's policy

13 Dec 2016 · Department for Education

Academies: Headteachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many academy headteachers earn more than the Prime Minister.

13 Dec 2016 · Department for Education

Secondary Education: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's estimate is of the potential number of pupils in the 2017 secondary intake; and what projections they have made for future intakes in each of the next five years.

13 Dec 2016 · Department for Education

Educational Institutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which (a) schools and (b) other educational institutions she has visited since taking office.

1 Dec 2016 · Department of Health

Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many vulnerable young people have not been able to access child and adolescent mental health services or adult mental health services as a result of (a) not meeting diagnostic thresholds or (b) being deemed as

1 Dec 2016 · Department of Health

Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was for (a) looked after children and (b) young people accessing child and adolescent mental health services in the latest period for which figures are available.

1 Dec 2016 · Department for Education

Children in Care: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children subject to (a) looked after and (b) leaving care plans are living in unregulated settings such as bed and breakfast accommodation and houses of multiple occupation.

1 Dec 2016 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Pupil Exclusions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children with special educational needs and disability (SEND) were excluded from school; and what the total number of days lost to fixed-term exclusions was for children with SEND in each of the last t

1 Dec 2016 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average waiting time was for a child to receive a special educational needs and disability assessment and diagnosis in the latest period for which figures are available.

1 Dec 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Social Services: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to improve the quality of the spending data that local authorities report in relation to children's social work.

4 Nov 2016 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to monitor local authorities who are exempted from children's social care legislation; and what her policy is on the mechanisms available for raising concerns about the welfare of c

4 Nov 2016 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's policy is on the delivery of children's services by local authorities who have been exempted from children's social care legislation for six years once those six years have passed.

3 Nov 2016 · Department for Education

Children and Social Work Bill (HL)

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consultation her Department has undertaken with (a) children, (b) social workers and (c) charities and professional organisations in the social work sector on the drafting of the Children and Social Work B

3 Nov 2016 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will list the local authorities that have requested exemption from powers under social care legislation; and which powers in such legislation those authorities have requested to be exempted from.

2 Nov 2016 · Department for Education

Care Leavers: Housing Benefit

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 3.85 of the Government's publication, Keep on Caring, published in July 2016, what progress is being made by her Department on exploring the extension of the exemption from the share

2 Nov 2016 · Department for Education

Foster Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many registered foster carers there have been in the UK in each year since 2010.

2 Nov 2016 · Department for Education

Foster Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many foster carers there are in the UK by (a) region or constituent nation, (b) local authority area and (c) type and level of foster carers.

2 Nov 2016 · Department for Education

Care Leavers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which government departments have committed to providing additional support to care leavers through the Care Leavers Covenant.

2 Nov 2016 · Department for Education

Care Leavers: Housing Benefit

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 3.85 of the document, Keep on Caring: supporting young people from care to independence, published in July 2016, what progress her Department is making on exploring the extension of

2 Nov 2016 · Department for Education

Care Leavers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking in collaboration with other government departments to promote the financial stability of care leavers.

19 Jul 2016 · Department of Health

Older People: Depressive Illnesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people over the age of 65 are using medication for depression; and if he will estimate how many such people cite loneliness as a contributory factor to their depression.

Source: official written-questions record.