Written questions

963 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 Dec 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Higher Education: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, whether access for disabled students will be included in measures to determine whether higher education institutions delive

2 Dec 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Business-University Research Collaborations Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when the Government's response will be published to the Dowling Review of Business-University Research Collaborations.

2 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, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2015 to Question 18024, when he plans for the membership of the Institute for Apprenticeships to be announced.

1 Dec 2015 · Department for Transport

Railways: Season Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on introducing (a) flexible rail season tickets and (b) rail season tickets targeted at part-time workers.

1 Dec 2015 · Department of Health

Care Homes: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of care homes which have closed in the last two years.

1 Dec 2015 · Department of Health

Better Care Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Better Care Fund in reducing delayed discharges from hospitals.

1 Dec 2015 · HM Treasury

Enterprise Zones

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the 26 new Enterprise Zones are which were announced in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015.

26 Nov 2015 · Department for Transport

Govia Thameslink Railway: Season Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 2.82, page 94 of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, what progress his Department has made on introducing flexible season tickets on the Govia Thameslink Railway franchise

26 Nov 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has for the future of the homelessness prevention grant.

26 Nov 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Apprentices: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, by how much the Government plans to increase the funding per place for apprenticeships.

26 Nov 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Apprentices: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans for the new business-led body to set standards for apprenticeships as announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015 to come in

25 Nov 2015 · Department for Transport

Railways: South East

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2015 to Question 13496, when his Department expects to receive the findings of the London and South Coast Rail study.

25 Nov 2015 · Department of Health

Better Care Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the £1.5 billion for the Better Care Fund by 2019-20 announced in the Autumn Statement 2015 is in addition to existing NHS financial allocations for the next five years.

25 Nov 2015 · Cabinet Office

Young People

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people aged (a) 16, (b) 17 and (c) 18 there will be in England in (i) 2016, (ii) 2017, (iii) 2018, (iv) 2019 and (v) 2020.

25 Nov 2015 · Department for Education

Further Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what changes she plans to make to funding for the education and training of 16 to 19 year-olds outside the national base rate per student in each of the next five years; and if she will make a statement.

25 Nov 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Adult Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Spending Review 2015, what savings and efficiencies he will make from the adult skills budget by 2019-20; and if he will make a statement.

23 Nov 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Higher Education: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the expected higher education initial participation rate for the 2015-16 academic year.

18 Nov 2015 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Schools: Solar Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress her Department has made on plans to improve energy efficiency across schools through introducing solar hubs.

18 Nov 2015 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Renewable Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress her Department has made towards its renewable energy target for 2020; and if she will make a statement.

17 Nov 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Digital Technology: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the apprenticeship levy on existing professional training and digital skills initiatives provided by the digital technology industry.

17 Nov 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether businesses will be permitted to allocate their apprenticeship-levied funds to small and medium-sized enterprises and other business in their supply chain; and if he will make a sta

17 Nov 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Digital Technology: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the current provision of skills required by the digital economy; and what steps he is taking to ensure that training delivered under the apprenticeship levy is gear

17 Nov 2015 · Department of Health

Social Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what modelling his Department has undertaken of the effect on adult social care of different funding allocations for such services.

16 Nov 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Higher Education: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for the future of the Student Opportunity Fund.

16 Nov 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Digital Technology: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to encourage (a) the training of school children in digital skills before they enter the workforce, (b) graduate schemes on digital skills, (c) improving the digital skills

16 Nov 2015 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Digital Technology: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of (a) long-term skills and employment needs of the digital economy, (b) the role apprenticeships could play in meeting those needs and (c) the role alternative forms

16 Nov 2015 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Higher Education: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to Fulfilling our Potential: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice, CM 9141, what steps he is taking to implement the commitment to double the proportion o

10 Nov 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Small Businesses: Non-domestic Rates

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of small firms likely to be affected by the expiry of the Small Business Rate Relief scheme at the end of March 2016.

10 Nov 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Small Businesses: Non-domestic Rates

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on recipients of the expiry of the Small Business Rate Relief scheme at the end of March 2016; and if he will make a statement.

10 Nov 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Non-domestic Rates

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on recipients of the expiry of the Business Rates Reoccupation Relief scheme at the end of March 2016.

Source: official written-questions record.