Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Family Hubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will pilot Family Help with multi-agency working in places which have established Family Hubs.

20 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Children: Care Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to tackle markets failures of residential children placements.

20 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Children's Social Care Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to ensure the inclusion of the perspectives of young people who experienced care in the implementation of the Independent Review of Children's Social Care and in the Government's respons

20 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has had recent discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on increasing the level of funding for children's social care services.

20 Jul 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Military Bases: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure the MOD estate achieves the best possible rate from their energy suppliers.

20 Jul 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Military Bases: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spends each year on utility bills for the Defence estate.

20 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Alcoholism: LGBT+ People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring LGBTQ+ diversity training for staff in alcohol services to help reduce the barriers LGBTQ+ people face when accessing treatment.

20 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking with schools that were unsuccessful in the last capital schools building round to enable them to succeed in the next round.

20 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his planned timetable is for opening the next round of funding for capital building programmes of schools.

20 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

All Saints Roman Catholic School York: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason he determined that All Saints School in York was not eligible for the latest funding for a new build; and if he will make an assessment of the steps that need to be taken for that school to be s

20 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Temperature

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department is taking steps to future proof the schools' estate in order that buildings can adapt in response to potential future periods of extreme heat.

20 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Temperature

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the schools' estate in providing a (a) safe and (b) suitable learning environment during periods of extreme heat.

20 Jul 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Local History: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on steps that can be taken to preserve social history through the planning process.

20 Jul 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Local History

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the (a) feasibility and (b) potential merits of recording a value for the social history of an area as would be done for a physical asset.

19 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Patients: Rehabilitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to help ensure that families are involved in the rehabilitation of patients in the NHS.

19 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Health Professions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to assess the workforce requirements for clinical specialisms in the NHS.

19 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to help ensure that patients do not experience delay to cancer treatment caused by staffing shortages.

19 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Young People: Unemployment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of Adoption UK’s Adoption Barometer Report 2022 on the proportion of 16 to 25 year olds who were not in education, employment, or

19 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Adoption and Children in Care: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Adoption Barometer Report entitled a stocktake of adoption in the UK, published June 2022, what assessment he has made for the implications of his policies of (a) the finding that 68 per c

19 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Pupil Premium: Adoption

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if Pupil Premium Plus will be made available for those children adopted from overseas from October 2022.

18 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the resilience of energy sector infrastructure to periods of extreme heat.

18 Jul 2022 · Department for Transport

Railways and Roads: Temperature

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) rail and (b) roads are future proofed against extreme heat.

18 Jul 2022 · Department for Transport

Railway Network: Weather

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, to what temperature is the rail network heat resilient.

18 Jul 2022 · Department for Transport

Travel: Temperature

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of periods of extreme heat on (a) rail, (b) roads, (c) shipping and (d) air travel.

18 Jul 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Health and Safety: Temperature

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance she has issued to workers on the steps that employers should take during periods of extreme heat, including in respect of (a) dress codes, (b) working hours and (c) care of more vulnerable

18 Jul 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Remote Working: Temperature

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he has taken to encourage workers to work at home if it is cooler during periods of extreme heat.

18 Jul 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Working Conditions: Temperature

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of setting an upper temperature limit for a working environment.

18 Jul 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Temperature

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support he is providing to help farmers to protect their (a) livestock, (b) crops and (c) horticultural produce during the period of extreme heat.

18 Jul 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pets: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to ensure that domestic pets are not put at risk during a period of extreme heat.

18 Jul 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Temperature: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the supply and provision of drinking water for people in town and city centres during periods of extreme heat.

Source: official written-questions record.