Written questions
2,538 written questions tabled, most recent first.
17 Apr 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Elections: Proof of Identity
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of the introduction of voter ID on adults living with disabilities.
14 Apr 2023 · Department for Education
Schools: Absenteeism
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the proportion of children persistently absent from school who have been the subject of a safeguarding referral in each of the last five years.
14 Apr 2023 · Department for Education
Schools: Absenteeism
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the proportion of children persistently absent from school whose families are in contact with local authority social services in each of the last five years.
14 Apr 2023 · Department for Education
Schools: Absenteeism
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made by age and gender of the number of children who have been persistently absent from school in each year since 2018.
28 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport
Railway Stations: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Access for All programme; whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of reinstating that programme.
17 Mar 2023 · Department for Education
Care Leavers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 4.152 of the Spring Budget 2023, HC1183, published on 15 March 2023, if she will list the local authorities that will receive funding through the Staying Close programme by March 202
17 Mar 2023 · Department for Education
Extended Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the number of (a) schools and (b) local authorities that will take part in the wraparound pathfinder scheme to support the expansion of school-based childcare provision either si
17 Mar 2023 · Department for Education
Extended Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to publish further details on the wraparound pathfinder scheme to support the expansion of school-based childcare provision either side of the school day.
17 Mar 2023 · Department for Education
Childcare
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the number of children that will take up the additional free hours of childcare announced in the Spring Budget 2023 in 2026-27, broken down by age.
17 Mar 2023 · Department for Education
Childcare
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the number of children that will take up the additional free hours of childcare announced in the Spring Budget 2023 in 2025-26, broken down by age.
16 Mar 2023 · Department for Education
Childcare: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the expanded free childcare hours offer announced in the Spring Budget 2023, HC 1183 published on 15 March 2023, whether her Department has undertaken modelling of the number of children inclu
16 Mar 2023 · Department for Education
Childcare: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the expanded free childcare hours offer announced in the Spring Budget 2023, HC 1183, published on 15 March 2023, what assessment she has made of the total number of (a) early years settings a
16 Mar 2023 · Department for Education
Childcare: Labour Turnover and Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of measures set out in the Spring Budget 2023, HC 1183, published on 15 March 2023, on the ability of childcare providers to recruit staff; and what recent m
16 Mar 2023 · Department for Education
Childcare: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the the free childcare hours announced in the Spring Budget 2023, HC 1183, published on 15 March 2023, what estimate her Department has made of (a) the average hourly rate per child aged 3 and
16 Mar 2023 · Department for Education
Childcare: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate her Department has made of the average hourly rate per child for a two-year old provided to childcare providers; and what estimate her Department has made of the average hourly costs to pro
6 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Public Health: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2023 to Question 114704 on Public Health: Finance, when his Department plans to inform local authorities of their public health grant budgets for 2023-24.
28 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Childcare
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the (a) availability and (b) affordability of childcare for the parents of (i) seriously ill and (ii) disabled children.
28 Feb 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy Price Guarantee
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the rise in the Energy Price Guarantee in April 2023 on families.
17 Feb 2023 · Women and Equalities
Employment: Fathers
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that fathers who are the primary carers of their children are not discriminated against in the workplace.
17 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Fathers: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the number and proportion of single young fathers who have not taken up the Government childcare support to which they are entitled in each year since 2017.
17 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Fathers: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that young fathers are made aware of (a) family hubs and (b) other family support services that are available to them.
17 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Fathers: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of (a) training and (b) guidance provided to (i) social workers and (ii) midwives to support young fathers.
7 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Children: Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the (a) adequacy of children’s social services departments’ budgets and (b) impact of the Stable Home, Built on Love strategy on those budgets.
7 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Children: Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to confirm which local areas have been selected for the families first for children pathfinder scheme.
6 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Sign Language: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has plans to support the parents of deaf children and children with hearing loss to learn British Sign Language and other forms of non-verbal communication.
6 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Sign Language: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the accessibility of British Sign Language classes for the parents of deaf children and children with hearing loss.
6 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Schools: Worcester
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2022 to Question 37614 on Schools: Buildings, which schools in Worcester constituency had at least one construction element in condition grade (a) C and (b) D, when that data w
6 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Schools: Thurrock
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2022 to Question 37614 on Schools: Buildings, which schools in Thurrock constituency had at least one construction element in condition grade (a) C and (b) D, when that data wa
6 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Schools: Telford
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2022 to Question 37614 on Schools: Buildings, which schools in Telford constituency had at least one construction element in condition grade (a) C and (b) D, when that data was
6 Feb 2023 · Department for Education
Schools: Stroud
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2022 to Question 37614 on Schools: Buildings, which schools in Stroud constituency had at least one construction element in condition grade (a) C and (b) D, when that data was
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