Written questions

2,538 written questions tabled, most recent first.

9 Mar 2020 · Home Office

Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential effect of the proposed points-based immigration system on workforce levels in the (a) NHS, (b) the care sector and (c) hospitality secto

9 Mar 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Internet: Harassment

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to (a) tackle and (b) protect victims of online (i) racist, (ii) transphobic and (iii) homophobic abuse.

9 Mar 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Internet: Harassment

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to tackle online (a) direct or indirect threats of physical or sexual violence against women, (b) targeted harassment of women and (c) privacy violati

9 Mar 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance

What assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of local housing allowance rates.

5 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Public Health: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his timescale is for publication of the public health grant to local authorities for 2020-21; and what assessment he has made of the effect of the delay in publishing that grant on the future

4 Mar 2020 · Department for Education

Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many looked-after children that were being cared for in a friends and family foster placement on 31 March 2019 had also been in (a) an unrelated foster placement, (b) another family and friends care placeme

4 Mar 2020 · Treasury

Public Expenditure

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the February 2020 report entitled Health Equity in England: The Marmot Review 10 Years On, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of public spending reductions on regional (a) poverty and

4 Mar 2020 · Treasury

Wealth

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the February 2020 report entitled Health Equity in England: The Marmot Review 10 Years On, what steps he is taking to narrow wealth differentials between the richest and poorest (a) individuals and

4 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department plans to allocate from the public purse to the provision of social care services for people with dementia in each of the next five years.

4 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he is making on long-term reform of social care.

2 Mar 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the adequacy of local housing allowance rates.

2 Mar 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of local housing allowance rates.

2 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the availability of specialist cancer services for teenagers.

26 Feb 2020 · Department for Education

Teachers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to extend eligibility for Early-career payments to teachers in sixth form colleges.

26 Feb 2020 · Department for Education

Teachers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to extend eligibility for the Teachers’ Pay Grant to sixth form colleges.

26 Feb 2020 · Department for Education

Sixth Form Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for sixth form students.

25 Feb 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Public Sector: Speech and Language Disorders

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to improve the accessibility of public sector organisations to individuals with speech and communication difficulties.

25 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Speech and Language Therapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of specialist speech and language therapists in the NHS; and what plans he has to increase the number of those therapists.

25 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Speech and Language Disorders: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to improve out-of-hospital care for patients with communication and swallowing needs.

25 Feb 2020 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Speech and Language Disorders

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Health and Social Care on developing a cross government strategy to support children with speech, language and communication needs.

25 Feb 2020 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Speech and Language Disorders

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to improve training for teaching staff when supporting children with speech, language and communication needs.

21 Feb 2020 · Department for International Development

Development Aid: Sustainable Development

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans he has to ensure organisations in receipt of Official Development Assistance invest in environmentally sustainable projects.

21 Feb 2020 · Department for International Development

Private Infrastructure Development Group: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate her Department has made of how much UK aid has been disbursed through the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG); and what assessment her Department has made of the extent

21 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Biodiversity: Property Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the contribution of the application of the biodiversity net gain system to the UK’s (a) climate, (b) tree-planting and (c) nature recovery ta

21 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Biodiversity: Property Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of local authorities’ ability to implement the biodiversity net gain system in respect of their (a) resourcing and (b) technical staffing levels

13 Feb 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding for the maintenance and improvements to school buildings ahead of the Spending Review.

13 Feb 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February to Question 12382 on Schools: Repairs and Maintenance, how much and what proportion of capital funding has been allocated to (a) retrofitting and (b) other energy efficienc

13 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Contsruction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the Government’s policy is on achieving zero carbon new homes.

13 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received from local authorities that wish to set more demanding building regulations than those proposed in his Department's Future Homes Standard.

13 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the extent to which his Department's proposed Future Homes Standard is aligned with the Government’s net zero carbon target.

Source: official written-questions record.