Written questions

1,124 written questions tabled, most recent first.

30 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Pupils: Attendance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the school attendance figures released under the title Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak: 23 March to 19 November 2020 for each (a) r

30 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Education: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the major telecoms companies have zero-rated educational websites other than Hungry Little Minds; and what steps he has taken to persuade those companies to do so.

24 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sri Lanka: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the UK's Mission in Geneva is taking to prepare for a new UN Human Rights Council resolution on Sri Lanka.

24 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sri Lanka: Human Rights

What discussions he has had with his Sri Lankan counterpart on human rights in that country.

18 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether routine Ofsted inspections will resume in January 2021.

18 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

GCE A-level

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason his Department has postponed the publication of the Revised information on A level and other results for 16 to 18 year-olds, including data by student characteristics statistical release for 201

18 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Teachers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the reduction in teachers training bursaries on recruitment to that profession.

18 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Assessments: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what contingency plans he has discussed with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) stakeholders in the education sector in the event that it is not possible for GCSE and A-Level students to take their exams in summer

18 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Assessments: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential for regional disparities in school attendance to affect exam results in summer 2020.

18 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Assessments: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what changes he plans to make to A-Level and GCSE exams to ensure that students who have missed learning due to the covid-19 outbreak are not disadvantaged.

17 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Remote Education: Computers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the average unit price of the laptops purchased under his Department's Get help with technology programme.

17 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Pupils: Computers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the number of schoolchildren who do not have access to a computer in England.

17 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Remote Education: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the number of schoolchildren who lack reliable internet access in England.

17 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Internet: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress he has made in encouraging network providers to zero rate educational websites to allow people who use mobile data to access them without charge.

17 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Remote Education: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is his Department's policy that children provided with laptops for remote learning whilst they are self-isolating must return them upon return to school.

16 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Pupil Premium

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the overall funding for the pupil premium has been increased in line with the increase in the number of pupils who are eligible for free school meals in the UK.

16 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Pupils: Attendance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason overall school attendance was 89 per cent on 5 November 2020 in England when only 4 per cent of students were recorded as absent for covid-19 related reasons.

16 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools are partially closed as a result of a lack of available teachers or support staff in England.

16 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent information his Department holds on how many schools in England are operating on a rota system whereby not all school years are attending school on each school day.

16 Nov 2020 · Department for Education

Pupils: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the number and proportion of pupils not attending school as a result of (a) testing positive for covid-19, (b) being suspected of having contracted the covid-19 virus, (c) self-isolating havi

22 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Phlebotomy: Redbridge

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2020 to 84711, what progress he has made on tackling the waiting time for phlebotomy appointments in the London Borough of Redbridge.

19 Oct 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Government Assistance: Coronavirus

What discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on support for people in the sectors worst affected by the covid-19 outbreak.

12 Oct 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Bounce Back Loan Scheme: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the amount of money fraudulently obtained from the Bounce Back Loan Scheme to date.

12 Oct 2020 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on coastal communities of providing Government funding for maritime decarbonisation.

12 Oct 2020 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of jobs that would be created through the provision of funding for maritime decarbonisation.

28 Sep 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Bounce Back Loan Scheme: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the amount fraudulently acquired from the Bounce Back Loan Scheme.

14 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Redbridge

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons Mildmay Road covid-19 testing centre in Ilford no longer accepts walk in appointments; and for what reasons the local authority was not informed prior to this change in service.

14 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Redbridge

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data the Mildmay Road covid-19 testing centre in Ilford shares with the London Borough of Redbridge council.

10 Sep 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Remembrance Day: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of covid-19 lockdown restrictions on Remembrance Sunday and related events.

9 Sep 2020 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the level of funding that would be required to decarbonise the maritime sector.

Source: official written-questions record.