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Written questions

Rachael Maskell

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

Children: Exercise

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to fund the Daily Mile after 2024.

16 Oct 2023 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employers are awaiting the outcome of a visa application they have sponsored to be determined as of 16 October 2023.

16 Oct 2023 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employers waiting for the outcome of visas they have sponsored to be determined have been waiting for a decision for (a) over three months, (b) over six months, (c) over one year and (d) over

16 Oct 2023 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long on average it has taken for visa applications sponsored by employers and identified as complex to be processed in the last 12 months.

16 Oct 2023 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employers sponsored applications for visas in the last 12 months; and how many of those applications were identified as complex.

16 Oct 2023 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what percentage of employers making sponsorship applications for visas received a decision within eight weeks in the last 12 months.

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

Teachers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of trainee teachers for (a) religious education, (b) English, (c) history and (d) geography were trained through (i) school-led provision and (ii) higher education institution-led provision in 2

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

Teachers: Languages and Religion

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has altered its targets for trainee (a) modern foreign language and (b) religious education secondary school teacher recruitment for 2022-23, in the context of levels of recruitment of te

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

Teachers: Languages and Religion

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what percentage of trainee (a) religious education and (b) modern foreign language secondary school teachers were recruited against the cumulative targets between 2017-2018 and 2021-2022, excluding the 2020-21

16 Oct 2023 · Treasury

Financial Ombudsman Service

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on how many and what proportion of the staff of the Financial Ombudsman Service are members of the (a) Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, (b) Association o

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Consumer Goods: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions she has had with major online retailers to help ensure products sold to UK consumers on their platforms meet UK safety standards.

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Consumer Goods: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to increase consumer awareness of (a) UK Conformity Assessed marking and (b) how to verify that products bought online comply with UK safety standards.

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Consumer Goods: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate she has made of what proportion of imported (a) consumer electronics and (b) electrical goods sold online meet relevant UK safety standards.

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Consumer Goods: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many companies were prosecuted for selling imported goods that did not meet UK safety standards in each of the last five years.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Green Belt

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what his Department’s policy is on the building of (a) Traveller sites and (b) other forms of housing on greenfield land.

13 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Emergency Calls: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the policy paper entitled National Partnership Agreement: Right Care, Right Person, published 26 July 2023, what assessment he has made of the potential role of the voluntary and

13 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Emergency Calls: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the policy paper entitled National Partnership Agreement: Right Care, Right Person, published on 26 July 2023, if he will make an assessment of the (a) potential impact of people

13 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Infrastructure and Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the policy paper entitled National Partnership Agreement: Right Care, Right Person, published on 26 July 2023, if he will make an estimate of NHS (a) staffing and (b) capital infr

19 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what processes his Department has put in place to respond to concerns raised by NHS staff and patients.

19 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to provide children with SEND access to (a) services and (b) support in school holidays.

19 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support schools in areas where there has been an increase in the number of children with SEND with (a) staffing and (b) estate provision.

19 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues, (b) NHS staff and (c) trade unions on the level of (i) training and (ii) skills required for staff who support staff children with SEND; and if s

19 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help remediate school buildings with non-RAAC structural issues; and whether these will be tackled at the same time as remediation work relating to RAAC.

19 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to announce the (a) level and (b) purpose of funding for the Rebuilding Schools Programme.

19 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surgery: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's policy is on prioritising elective surgery and appointments for children on waiting lists.

19 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Travellers: Caravan Sites

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of his Department's guidance to local authorities on the requirements for the (a) number of pitches and (b) infrastructure within Gypsy,

19 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Travellers: Caravan Sites

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to assess the adequacy of the number of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers in local plans.

19 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Travellers: Caravan Sites

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of short stop sites for the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Community.

19 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Opioids: Overdoses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many calls to the ambulance service in the most recent 12-month period for which data are available (a) nationally, (b) in Yorkshire and (c) in York related to people who were experiencing an o

19 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Naloxone

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Naloxone.

Source: official written-questions record.