Written questions

1,124 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Remote Education: Computer Viruses

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the risks posed by laptops infected with the gamarue virus provided by his Department to the (a) privacy, (b) safeguarding and (c) security of children, young people and their fam

21 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Remote Education: Computer Viruses

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on what date his Department learned that laptops provided to schools by the Government were infected by the gamarue virus, and how they made this discovery.

21 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Remote Education: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what security checks his Department performs on laptops and other devices purchased from third parties before sending those devices to schools and local authorities as part of its Get Help with Technology progr

21 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Remote Education: Computer Viruses

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which company or companies supplied laptops to his Department, as part of the Get Help with Technology Programme, that were infected with Gamarue malware.

21 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Remote Education: Computer Viruses

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many laptops or other devices supplied to schools and local Authorities by his Department, as part of the Get Help with Technology Programme, were infected with Gamarue malware.

14 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria he plans to use to determine when schools will re-open to all pupils as covid-19 restrictions are eased.

14 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Educational Institutions: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how data on (a) covid-19 infection rates and (b) staff absence for covid-19 related reasons among staff in education settings is collected by his Department.

11 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of covid-19 infection rates among staff in schools.

11 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether guidance issued by his Department during the first national covid-19 lockdown in March 2020 allowed children without access to the internet at home to attend school.

11 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Schools: Computers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many laptops his Department has delivered to schools in each (a) local authority area and (b) parliamentary constituency in England during the covid-19 outbreak.

11 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Schools: Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many 4G wireless routers he (a) has delivered since the start of the covid-19 outbreak and (b) plans to deliver, to schools in England.

6 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Schools: Redbridge

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons schools in the London Borough of Redbridge were not included in the covid-19 contingency framework implementation guidance, published on 30 December 2020.

17 Dec 2020 · Department for Education

Educational Institutions: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, further to his Written Ministerial Statement of 17 December 2020, when (a) schools, (b) colleges, (c) Directors of Public Health and (d) Directors of Children’s Services will receive guidance on operational pla

17 Dec 2020 · Department for Education

Pupils: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his planned timescale is for the delivery covid-19 tests to schools for the mass testing of pupils at the start of the school term on 4 January 2021.

17 Dec 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the priority given to school staff for access to the covid-19 vaccine; and when he plans to give school staff access to the

17 Dec 2020 · Department for Education

Educational Institutions: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to provide guidance to schools and colleges on how covid-19 testing will be conducted within their settings; and for what reason that guidance was not issued before the end of school term.

17 Dec 2020 · Department for Education

Education: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December to Question 124804 on Students: Coronavirus, what the terms of reference are for the group monitoring and advising on lost and differential learning due to the covid-19 outb

14 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many schools have been provided with mass testing (a) in total and (b) by constituency; and how many tests have been carried out in schools each day since that service began.

14 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the covid-19 mobile testing unit for Oaks Park High School in the Ilford North constituency did not arrive on Sunday 13 December 2020; and whether other schools have experienced del

14 Dec 2020 · Department for Education

Coronavirus: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what research the Government has (a) commissioned and (b) completed on the correlation between rising covid-19 infection rates and schools; and on what date that research was commissioned.

8 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

HIV/AIDS

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) reporting arrangements and (b) publication schedule will be for monitoring the Government's progress towards (i) ending new HIV transmissions in England by 2030, (ii) reducing new HIV

7 Dec 2020 · Department for Education

Students: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's announcement of 3 December 2020, what the terms of reference are for the expert group set up to look at differential learning and monitor the variation in the impact of the pa

7 Dec 2020 · Home Office

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the judgement of 21 October 2020 of the Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission in the case of Arumugam and Others v Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has

3 Dec 2020 · Department for Education

Students: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the expert group set up to look at differential learning and monitor the variation in the impact of the pandemic on students across the country will report its findings.

3 Dec 2020 · Department for Education

Education: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how often and how many times the expert group set up to look at differential learning and monitor the variation in the impact of the pandemic on students across the country plans to meet.

3 Dec 2020 · Department for Education

Students: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many times the expert group set up to look at differential learning and monitor the variation in the impact of the pandemic on students across the country has met to date.

3 Dec 2020 · Department for Education

Students: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the expert group set up to look at differential learning and monitor the variation in the impact of the pandemic on students across the country was established.

3 Dec 2020 · Department for Education

Students: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will list the members of the expert group set up to look at differential learning and monitor the variation in the impact of the pandemic on students across the country.

1 Dec 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether routine Ofsted inspections will resume in January 2021; and if he will make a statement.

30 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Pupils: Absenteeism

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether students who are absent from school because their school is partially closed due to a shortage of staff are recorded as being absent for covid-19 related reasons in his Department’s Attendance in educat

Source: official written-questions record.