Written questions

963 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 Jan 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Apprenticeship Delivery Board: Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how it is planned that the Apprenticeship Delivery Board will interact with the Institute for Apprenticeships.

21 Jan 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Apprenticeship Delivery Board: Membership

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what criteria were used in the selection process for members of the Apprenticeship Delivery Board announced by the Prime Minister on 18 January 2016.

14 Jan 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Apprentices: Age

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of funding for apprenticeships in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16 was allocated to the (i) 16-year-old, (ii) 17-year-old, (iii) 18-year-old, (iv) 19 to 21 year-old, (v) 22 to 2

14 Jan 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Apprentices: Engineering and Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of funding for apprenticeships in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16 was allocated to apprenticeships in the advanced manufacturing and engineering sector.

14 Jan 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Apprentices: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether new apprenticeship standards will be grouped within the same sectors as the frameworks they are replacing to ensure continuity with previously recorded data.

13 Jan 2016 · Department for Transport

Railways: South East

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2015 to Question 13946, whether his Department has received the findings of the London and South Coast Rail Corridor Study; and what the timeframe is for publication of that

12 Jan 2016 · Department for Transport

Railways: Sussex

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the total amount of time passengers were delayed on rail services from the Sussex coast into London Victoria in 2015.

12 Jan 2016 · Department for Transport

Railways: Sussex

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the economic effect of delays to rail services into London Victoria from the Sussex coast in the last 12 months.

7 Jan 2016 · Department for Education

Children: Day Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many childcare providers waited longer than 25 weeks to receive registration from Ofsted in each of the last five years.

7 Jan 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Apprentices: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the risk of employers waiting until the new digital voucher funding mechanism is in place before taking on new apprentices.

7 Jan 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Apprentices: Taxation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how the Government plans to adapt implementation of the apprenticeships levy for different sectors.

7 Jan 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

UK Commission for Employment and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his plans are for the future of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills.

5 Jan 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what modelling his Department has conducted on future growth of apprenticeship numbers in individual sectors of the UK economy.

4 Jan 2016 · Department of Health

Care Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the long-term viability of the care home sector; and if he will reassess the contribution that could be made to that viability of the care practitioner role.

4 Jan 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

National Wildlife Crime Unit

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 19 November 2015 to Question 16305 and 26 November 2015 to Question 18647, if her Department will provide a date by which a decision will be made on funding

4 Jan 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Apprentices: Taxation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2015 to Question 19529, if he will publish the internal modelling his Department undertook prior to finalising the details of the apprenticeship levy.

4 Jan 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Apprentices: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if his Department will collect data on the prior qualification level of new apprentices.

16 Dec 2015 · Department of Health

Health Services: Weather

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has issued to clinical commissioning groups on cataloguing vacant beds within (a) the community, (b) respite care, (c) care homes and (d) nursing homes in order to cope with additional demand over

16 Dec 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people were involved in the process of developing the care practitioner scheme which was being supported by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills; and what estimate his Depa

16 Dec 2015 · Department of Health

Hospital Beds

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many clinical commissioning groups have put in place plans for delayed discharges in co-operation with their local independent sector partners.

10 Dec 2015 · Department of Health

Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust services.

10 Dec 2015 · Cabinet Office

Self-employed: Pay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make representations to the Office for National Statistics to include earnings from self-employment in its weekly earnings series.

10 Dec 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the apprenticeship targets for public sector organisations announced in the report, English Apprenticeships: Our 2020 Vision, published on 7 December 2015, will include targets for

10 Dec 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what modelling his Department conducted on the effect of the Apprenticeship Levy prior to its announcement.

9 Dec 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the relationship will be between the new Institute for Apprentices and the industry-led body that will administer the Apprenticeships Levy.

8 Dec 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to paragraph 6.14 of English Apprenticeships: Our 2020 Vision, what steps his Department will take to ensure employers are still encouraged to take on 16 to 18 apprentices f

8 Dec 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will set a target for apprenticeship achievements over this Parliament.

8 Dec 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Adult Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the time needed to devolve the adult skills budget; and if he will make a statement.

4 Dec 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Higher Education: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress his Department is making on doubling the proportion of people from disadvantaged backgrounds entering higher education by 2020.

4 Dec 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Higher Education: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of recent changes to the student opportunity fund on the number of people from disadvantaged backgrounds entering higher education.

Source: official written-questions record.