Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

9 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Pupils: Attendance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) work placements and (b) technical education on school attendance for children less able to learn in normal settings.

9 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Pupils: Absenteeism

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to help ensure that students who are (a) not in school and (b) not in school regularly have access to support from (i) their school, (ii) the local authority and (iii) a virtual head.

9 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Schools: Discipline

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to monitor the number of children who (a) are neurodivergent and (b) have pre-existing mental health challenges and who are placed in isolation within schools.

9 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Multi-academy Trusts: Accountability

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will review the effectiveness of governance structures of Multi-Academy Trusts (MAT) in ensuring adequacy of (a) accountability of MAT leadership and (b) avenues for resolving disagreement from school st

9 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Prescribing: Loneliness

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of social prescribing at reducing levels of loneliness and social isolation.

9 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Children: Neurodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to (a) record and (b) investigate and address complaints about school policies that are alleged to cause harm to children with (i) autism, (ii) ADHD and (iii) other mental

9 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Children: Neurodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of giving powers to (a) Ofsted and (b) Regional Schools Commissioners to remove school leaders who have authorised school policies that were known to h

9 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Schools: Discipline

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of disproportionately harsh disciplinary measures in schools on children with (a) autism, (b) ADHD and (c) mental health challenges.

9 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Schools: Discipline

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to measure the potential impact of school (a) disciplinary processes and (b) culture on children (i) with autism and (ii) who are neurodivergent.

9 Jan 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Insulation: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate her Department has made of the number of homes that will receive insulation through a scheme funded from the public purse in the next (a) five and (b) 10 years.

9 Jan 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she is taking steps to provide financial support for the development of new carbon-reduction technologies (a) nationally and (b) in Yorkshire.

9 Jan 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what methodologies her Department uses to measure the UK's contribution to global carbon emissions.

9 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to increase funding for third sector organisations for the delivery of services through Integrated Care Boards for patients with dementia in the community in the context of t

9 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government is on track to meet its funding targets for the dementia moonshot.

9 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of NHS staffing levels for the delivery of palliative care services in (a) hospitals, (b) hospices and (c) homes in the community.

9 Jan 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Prescriptions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the policies on strengthening the application of Universal Credit sanctions announced in the Autumn Statement 2023, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact on the health

8 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Schools: Discipline

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will review the discipline guidance for schools to include the creation of more therapeutic educational environments.

8 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Curriculum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the diversity of the content of the national curriculum on levels of engagement with education.

8 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Education: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made a recent assessment of the effectiveness of schemes developed by schools and local authorities to help children who are not in education return to educational settings.

8 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Pupils: Attendance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of children not attending school on safeguarding.

8 Jan 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Environment Agency

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the potential merits of (a) providing the Environment Agency (EA) a statutory role

8 Jan 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Property Development: Floods

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on the potential impact of development in flood plains on the number of prop

8 Jan 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Re: Leasehold

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of including leasehold properties in the Flood:RE insurance scheme.

8 Jan 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that accurate information on flood risks linked to adverse weather events is communicated to affected communities.

8 Jan 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to assess future flood risks.

8 Jan 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has plans to accelerate (a) upper catchment management and (b) water holding schemes.

8 Jan 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Floods: Business

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has plans to compensate businesses that have experienced significant disruption to trading as a result of flooding.

8 Jan 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environment Agency: Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the capacity of the Environment Agency to meet demand at times of country-wide flooding.

8 Jan 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has plans to increase funding for flood resilience.

8 Jan 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Floods: Bellwin Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will activate the Government's Bellwin scheme for flooded areas.

Source: official written-questions record.