Written questions
2,538 written questions tabled, most recent first.
14 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to liaise with the social care sector on the formulation of the Government’s fair cost for care calculation outlined in the Government’s People at the Heart of Care White Paper.
14 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Learning Disability: Vocational Guidance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to improve the career opportunities for people with learning disabilities through the care support they receive.
14 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Skilled Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to engage with the social care sector as part of the Government’s commitment to produce a knowledge and skills framework for that sector as outlined in the Government’s People at
14 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with social care providers as part of the Government‘s plans to accelerate the adoption of technology in that sector as outlined in the Government’s People at the Heart
14 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Integrated Care Boards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to ensure that social care providers are represented as part of integrated care boards.
14 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Care Workers: Conditions of Employment and Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the Community Integrated Care’s report entitled Unfair To Care.
9 Mar 2022 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2022 to Question 125334 on Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus, if he will publish his Department's criteria for determining which local authorities to target with an in
9 Mar 2022 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2022 to Question 125334 on Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus, if he will publish the local authorities targeted for an increase in training available to early years SE
9 Mar 2022 · Department for Education
Children: Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant Answer of 28 February 2022 to Question 125329 on Children: Social Services, what steps his Department takes to monitor the adequacy of local authorities’ local protocols in keeping children safe and re
9 Mar 2022 · Department for Education
Children: Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February to Question 125329 Children: Social Services, how many local authorities have completed and implemented local protocols for assessment as of 9 March 2022.
1 Mar 2022 · Department for Education
Foster Care: Care Leavers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of staying put allowances in England; and whether he has plans to introduce a national minimum staying put allowance.
1 Mar 2022 · Department for Education
Foster Care: Allowances
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to review the level of national minimum allowances for foster carers.
1 Mar 2022 · Department for Education
Foster Care: Allowances
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the national minimum fostering allowance introduced in 2007.
1 Mar 2022 · Department for Education
Foster Care: Allowances
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that all foster carers are paid (a) the national minimum allowance or (b) more than the national minimum allowance for their services.
28 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Special Educational Needs: Tribunals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability) in respect of SEND plans found in favour of the appellant in cases relating to the content of an EHC plan in each of the last
28 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Tribunals: Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many appeals to the First Tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability) regarding SEND plans found in favour of the appellant in cases against the refusal to secure an EHC assessment in each of the
22 Feb 2022 · Home Office
Personation: Telecommunications and Utilities
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the number of incidents of identity theft relating to telecommunications and utility bills recorded by Action Fraud; and what assessment she has made of the adequa
22 Feb 2022 · Department for Education
Children: Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with Ofsted on (a) the adequacy of the performance of children's social care services in England and (b) steps to improve standards among those agencies.
21 Feb 2022 · Department for Education
Communication Skills
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to ensure that any future Early Years Recovery Plan also includes a focus on speaking and understanding language.
21 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Communication Skills
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the level of uptake of the joint Best start in speech, language and communication guidance among local commissioners and service leads.
21 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Communication Skills
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the progress of the rollout of the (a) offering tailored support and (b) all other stages of the Early Language Intervention Measure amongst health
18 Feb 2022 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Speech and Language Disorders
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support his Department is providing to early years staff to help them understand, identify and support children with difficulties in speaking and understanding as a result of the covid-19 pandemic.
18 Feb 2022 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Speech and Language Disorders
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of whether children who are eligible for help with their speaking and understanding language are receiving targeted interventions under Departmental budgets beyond the early y
18 Feb 2022 · Department for Education
Kinship Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) financial support and (b) paid leave available to kinship carers compared to (i) foster carers and (ii) adoptive parents.
18 Feb 2022 · Department for Education
Kinship Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the suitability of guidance for (a) education, (b) healthcare and (c) other public services on the needs of kinships carers and the children they care for.
18 Feb 2022 · Department for Education
Children in Care: Disabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of access for (a) parents and (b) guardians of people with disabilities to specialist advice on section 20 voluntary arrangements.
18 Feb 2022 · Home Office
Children in Care: Migrants
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of eligible children in the care system who have not yet been granted settled status.
18 Feb 2022 · Department for Education
Children: Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to (a) legal advice and (b) independent specialist advice after a non-emergency child protection enquiries is made.
18 Feb 2022 · Department for Education
Children: Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to help enable access to family group conferences at an earlier stage in decision making on the future of a child.
18 Feb 2022 · Department for Education
Children in Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of access for families to (a) preventative services and (b) support before children enter the care system.
Source: official written-questions record.