Written questions
415 written questions tabled, most recent first.
25 Jul 2019 · Department for Education
Religion: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all schools provide pupils with opportunities to develop specific and age-appropriate knowledge and understanding of religions as part of promoting mutual resp
25 Jul 2019 · Department for Education
Teachers: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department have made of the quality of training for primary teachers in religious education; and if he will make a statement.
18 Jul 2019 · Department for Education
Pupils: Incontinence
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the number of pupils who experience bowel and bladder problems; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the needs of those pupils are met.
8 Jul 2019 · Department for Education
Academies
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will provide (a) a list of maintained schools that have been the subject of directive academy orders resulting in them becoming sponsored academies, (b) the date of those orders, (c) the names of the trus
21 Mar 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Chagossians: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2019 to Question 233007 on Ilois: Finance, on what dates were the visits organised by the British Indian Ocean Territory Administration between 2000 and
21 Mar 2019 · Department for Education
Education: Sustainable Development
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department (a) has taken since September 2015 and (b) plans to take up to 2030 to achieve sustainable development goal four, target seven on education for sustainable development and global citiz
15 Mar 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Chagossians: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2019 to Question 230807 on Ilois Finance, how many visits £312,899.37 has financed, and how many Chagossians have to date (a) expressed interest but not
11 Mar 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
British Indian Ocean Territory: Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Chagos Conservation Trust has returned any unspent funds that were provided by his Department for the purposes of the Chagossian Outreach Programme; and how much in total (a)
11 Mar 2019 · Department for Education
Pupil Premium: Culture
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of pupil premium funding is spent by schools on artistic and cultural activities.
11 Mar 2019 · Department for Education
Dance and Drama: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans the Government has to provide dance and drama as subject areas in their own right at primary schools as recommended by the independent review, Cultural Education in England, published in 2012.
11 Mar 2019 · Department for Education
Arts: Teachers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary schools have specialist arts teachers.
11 Mar 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Chagossians: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2018 to Question 170339 on Ilois Finance, how much of the £40 million fund for Chagossians has been allocated to date; to whom that funding has been a
19 Feb 2019 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of the staff employed by his Department are apprentices.
19 Feb 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the staff employed by his Department are apprentices.
19 Feb 2019 · Department for Transport
Department for Transport: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the staff employed by his Department are apprentices.
19 Feb 2019 · Department for International Trade
Department for International Trade: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what proportion of the staff employed by his Department are apprentices.
19 Feb 2019 · Department for Exiting the European Union
Department for Exiting the European Union: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what proportion of staff in his Department are employed as apprentices.
12 Feb 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care
Respiratory System: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to collect data on the regional primary-care respiratory workforce in the NHS to address the long-term respiratory workforce challenge identified in the NHS Long Term Plan.
17 Dec 2018 · Department for Education
Schools: Fire Extinguishers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to place a statutory duty on new and major refurbished schools to install fire sprinklers.
17 Dec 2018 · Department for Education
Schools: Fires
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Priority Schools Building Programme school fires there have been since the beginning of the 2017 Parliament; and how many of those schools (a) had sprinkler systems installed and (b) had sprinkler syst
2 Nov 2018 · Department for Education
Schools: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason the school block allocations are being released later than October in the school year.
2 Nov 2018 · Department for Education
Schools: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to publish the block allocation for individual maintained schools and academies for 2018-19.
8 Oct 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5 July 2018 to Question 159621 Universal Credit: Housing, how many and what proportion of universal credit claimants with a rent liability received their first payment of housi
8 Oct 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Chagossians: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 September 2018 to Question 170339 on Ilois: Finance, how much of the £40 million fund for Chagossians has been allocated to date; to whom that funding has be
4 Sep 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Chagossians: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of whether the £40 million fund for Chagossians has addressed the needs of those citizens residing in the UK.
24 Jul 2018 · Department for Education
Teachers: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his Written Statement of 24 July on Teachers Update, WS912, how will the savings from his Department’s budget to fund the teachers pay grant be made.
24 Jul 2018 · Department for Education
Teachers: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Written Statement of 24 July 2018 on Teachers Update, WS912, when he plans to publish the funding sources for the teachers pay grant for (a) 2018-19 and (b) 2019-20.
3 Jul 2018 · Department for Transport
Railways: Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of an underground Northern Powerhouse Rail station at Manchester Piccadilly.
2 Jul 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of claimants of universal credit claimants with a rent liability receive their first payment of housing costs within two months of their date of claim.
5 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Scheme
What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of rates of pay for criminal legal aid.
Source: official written-questions record.