Written questions
1,575 written questions tabled, most recent first.
14 Jun 2021 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Re-employment
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to prevent the use of fire and rehire practices by contractors to Government departments.
14 Jun 2021 · Cabinet Office
Executive Agencies: Re-employment
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is his policy on the use of fire and rehire practices by departmental agencies.
14 Jun 2021 · Cabinet Office
Mitie: Re-employment
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with Mitie on proposals to fire and rehire staff employed by Mitie to fulfil its facilities management services for the civil service in the e
14 Jun 2021 · Cabinet Office
Executive Agencies: Management
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, which departmental agencies are required to comply with the requirements set out in paragraph 4 of the Civil Service management code, published in November 2016, to submi
14 Jun 2021 · Cabinet Office
Homes England: Re-employment
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions officials in his Department have had with officials in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on potential use of fire and rehi
10 Jun 2021 · Cabinet Office
Good Law Project: Legal Costs
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse was of his Department's legal costs in the case of The Good Law Project versus Minister of State for the Cabinet Office, which concluded
11 Jan 2021 · Department for Education
Remote Education: Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken since March 2020 to help ensure that school pupils in (a) Tameside and (b) Oldham can access remote learning during covid-19 restrictions.
11 Jan 2021 · Department for Education
Remote Education: Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupils in (i) Tameside and (ii) Oldham who do not have wifi or an unlimited mobile data connection and cannot access r
11 Jan 2021 · Department for Education
Remote Education: Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many laptops and mobile devices have been distributed by his Department to pupils to enable them to access remote learning in (a) Tameside and (b) Oldham since March 2020.
11 Jan 2021 · Department for Education
Children: Computers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupils who do not have a laptop or mobile device and cannot access remote learning in (i) Tameside and (ii) Oldham.
23 Mar 2020 · Department for Education
Free School Meals: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the free school meals voucher scheme will be made available; and whether there will be retrospective funding of vouchers in the event that the scheme is not available immediately after schools close due to
23 Mar 2020 · Department for Education
Schools: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, will covid-19 testing be available for school staff who present with symptoms.
23 Mar 2020 · Department for Education
Academies: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, will Academy conversions be suspended during the covid-19 outbreak.
23 Mar 2020 · Department for Education
Schools: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the required pupil to teacher ratio will be in schools during the period of school closures due to the covid-19 outbreak.
23 Mar 2020 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his Department's plans are for children who were in the process of applying for an Education, Health and Care plan at the time schools were closed due to the covid-19 outbreak.
23 Mar 2020 · Department for Education
Pupils: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's guidance, Guidance for schools, childcare providers, colleges and local authorities in England on maintaining educational provision, published on 19 March 2020, whether child
23 Mar 2020 · Department for Education
Education: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the practical implications of maintaining safeguarding checks for adults working with children in the event that education providers share staffing resources during the covid-19 o
23 Mar 2020 · Department for Education
Schools: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how (a) teachers and (b) other school staff will be deployed between schools due to school closures during the covid-19 outbreak; what powers (i) local authorities and (ii) academy trusts will have during that
11 Mar 2020 · Department for Education
Specialist Maths Schools
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many universities have made a commitment to sponsor a specialist maths school in each region of England.
11 Mar 2020 · Department for Education
Specialist Maths Schools
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what was the (a) revenue of and (b) capital expenditure on specialist maths schools in each year since 2010.
11 Mar 2020 · Department for Education
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his oral contribution of 2 March 2020, Official Report columns 603-604, when he plans to respond to the letter he has received from Dr Jo Grady, General Secretary of the University and College Union
11 Mar 2020 · Treasury
Public Expenditure
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Chart 2.C of Impact on households: distributional analysis to accompany Budget 2020, what assessment he has made of the cash impact of those spending decisions, by income decile, excluding benefits
10 Mar 2020 · Department for Education
Schools: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department plans to take to support children eligible for free school meals in the event that schools are closed in response to the covid-19 outbreak, and if he will make a statement.
3 Mar 2020 · Department for Education
Free School Meals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education's oral contribution of 2 March 2020, official report, columns 598-9, if it will remain his policy to provide a free school meal to all
24 Feb 2020 · Department for Education
Apprenticeship Levy
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the amount of Apprenticeship Levy funding for Level 6 qualifications that has been allocated to learners who already held a Level 6 qualification in each financial year for which d
12 Feb 2020 · Department for Education
Children: Care Homes
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department allocated to place children over 16 in (a) unregulated, (b) unregistered, and (c) semi-independent care settings in each of the last five financial years.
12 Feb 2020 · Department for Education
Children: Care Homes
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department allocated to place children under 16 in (a) unregulated and (b) unregistered care settings in each of the last five financial years.
5 Feb 2020 · Department for Education
Children: Day Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2020 to Question 1755 how many of the 530,000 three and four year olds who are ineligible for 30 hours free childcare due to their parents not meeting the income requiremen
5 Feb 2020 · Department for Education
Apprentices: Taxation
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much and what proportion of funding for apprenticeships was allocated to SMEs in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017.
5 Feb 2020 · Department for Education
Apprentices: Taxation
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much and what proportion of Apprenticeship Levy funding has been allocated to non-levy paying employers in each year since 2018.
Source: official written-questions record.