Written questions
1,117 written questions tabled, most recent first.
19 Feb 2018 · Department for Education
Wakefield City Academies Trust
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the amount of funding removed from individual school budgets by the Wakefield City Academy Trust.
19 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Justice
New Futures Network: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of staff who will be employed by the New Futures Network on 1 April 2018.
26 Jan 2018 · Ministry of Justice
HMP Birmingham: Civil Disorder
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the report on the investigation into the disturbance at HMP Birmingham led by Sarah Payne will be published.
26 Jan 2018 · Ministry of Justice
Approved Premises: Crimes of Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many National Probation Service staff working in approved premises have been assaulted by residents in the most recent two years for which data is available.
26 Jan 2018 · Ministry of Justice
Approved Premises
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether Sodexo and OCS will be permitted to use agency staff to operate their Approved Premises (manned) Guarding Service contracts.
26 Jan 2018 · Ministry of Justice
Approved Premises
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what contingency plans (a) his Department and (b) HM Prisons and Probation Service have in the event that (a) Sodexo and (b) OCS do not recruit sufficient staff to fulfil their Approved Premises (manned) Guarding
26 Jan 2018 · Ministry of Justice
Approved Premises
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps HM Prisons and Probation Service has taken to ensure that the joint responsibility for health and safety in Approved Premises is written into an agreed safe system of work with Sodexo and OCS.
26 Jan 2018 · Ministry of Justice
Approved Premises
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment HM Prisons and Probation Service (HMPPS) has made of the effect on the health and safety of (a) residents, (b) staff and (c) communities of contracting out night waking services in HMPPS Approved
26 Jan 2018 · Ministry of Justice
Approved Premises
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons the commencement date for the Approved Premises (manned) Guarding Service contracts were delayed.
26 Jan 2018 · Ministry of Justice
Approved Premises
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the commencement date is for the HMPPS Approved Premises (manned) Guarding Service contracts with Sodexo and OCS.
9 Jan 2018 · Department for Education
Schools: North of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to publish its response to Sir Nick Weller's report on the Northern powerhouse schools strategy.
5 Jan 2018 · Department for Education
Free School Meals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of children receiving free school meals who are entitled to them.
21 Dec 2017 · Ministry of Justice
Prisoners: Mental Illness
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the suitability of the physical environment in prisons constructed in the 19th century for prisoners who are experiencing mental health problems.
21 Dec 2017 · Ministry of Justice
HMP Liverpool: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the recent report of Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons on HMP Liverpool, what steps his Department will take to address safety concerns expressed therein.
18 Dec 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Uprating
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department assessed the number of households that would be affected by the benefit cap after the most recent welfare payment uprating before it made that uprating.
18 Dec 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Uprating
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children live in households that will be affected by the benefit cap after the recent welfare payment uprating.
18 Dec 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Bradford
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in Bradford will be affected by the benefit cap following the recent welfare payment uprating.
14 Dec 2017 · Department for Education
Teachers: Working Hours
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of teachers' working patterns on job satisfaction.
14 Dec 2017 · Department for Education
Teachers: Working Hours
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the number of hours worked on teachers’ job satisfaction.
12 Dec 2017 · Department for Education
Teachers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of scrutiny of schools by (a) her Department and (b) Ofsted on the (i) workload and (ii) job satisfaction of teachers.
12 Dec 2017 · Department for Education
Teachers: Job Satisfaction
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve teachers’ job satisfaction.
12 Dec 2017 · Department for Education
Teachers: Part-time Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what provisions her Department has made to accommodate more part-time job opportunities within the teaching sector?
12 Dec 2017 · Department for Education
Secondary Education: Teachers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the level of availability of part-time jobs in secondary schools on levels of teacher retention.
22 Nov 2017 · Attorney General
Electronic Tagging
To ask the Attorney General, when the Serious Fraud Office investigation into G4S and Serco launched in 2014 into allegations of fraud on the tagging contract will be published.
10 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has plans to review the prison maintenance contracts with GEOAmey and Carillion.
10 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Riot Control Weapons
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on the use of the PAVA incapacitant spray in prisons.
10 Nov 2017 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prison staff have completed suicide awareness training in each of the last three years.
27 Oct 2017 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Officers: Cameras
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has been made on the roll-out of body-worn cameras for prison officers.
27 Oct 2017 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Officers
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has different prison officer to prisoner ratio targets for different categories of prison; and if he will make a statement.
26 Oct 2017 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Officers: Cameras
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will publish the findings of recent trials of body cameras for prison officers.
Source: official written-questions record.