Written questions

2,582 written questions tabled, most recent first.

23 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Defence

International Military Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the corrected Answer of 8 March 2021 to Question 161825, on what date (a) International Military Services Ltd (IMS) or (b) his Department took the decision that IMS should stop taking on new business.

23 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Defence

International Military Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the corrected Answer of 8 March 2021 to Question 161825, what new business International Military Services Ltd undertook between 1989 and 1991.

19 Mar 2021 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the latest guidance on Use of free early education entitlements funding during coronavirus, whether the summer and autumn early years counts will include children temporarily absent from setti

19 Mar 2021 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the guidance entitled Use of free early education entitlements funding during coronavirus (COVID-19), updated 18 March, how local authorities will be supported to fund early entitlement take-u

17 Mar 2021 · Cabinet Office

Marriage

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the scientific basis is for the Government's decision to restrict marriage ceremonies to places of worship or public buildings.

17 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport

Travel Restrictions: Portugal

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he next plans to review (a) the red list of travel ban countries and (b) Portugal’s inclusion on that list.

16 Mar 2021 · Women and Equalities

Clubs: Discrimination

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what the Government’s policy is on membership clubs that exclude women.

16 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Judiciary: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of male-only membership clubs on opportunities for women in the judiciary.

16 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Judiciary: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure diversity in appointments to the judiciary.

16 Mar 2021 · Department for Education

Children: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many local authorities have been unable to fulfil their duties to unaccompanied asylum seeking children under the Children Act 1989 in each year since 2010.

15 Mar 2021 · Home Office

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the National Transfer Scheme will restart; and when the outcome of the review of that scheme will be published.

15 Mar 2021 · Department for Education

Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that children in residential care are offered the same rights to stay put as children in foster care.

15 Mar 2021 · Department for Education

Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the upcoming ban on unregulated accommodation for children aged under 16, whether children in care who are settled in children’s homes will be required to move out before they formally leave c

15 Mar 2021 · Department for Education

Family Hubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of family hubs that (a) opened and (b) closed in each local authority area in each year since 2010.

15 Mar 2021 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Written Statement on Children's Social Care Update, Official Report, HCWS835, published 9 March 2021, if he will publish the data his Department holds on the use by local authorities of th

15 Mar 2021 · Department for Education

Nurseries: Living Wage

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 December 2020 to Question 130189, what the evidential basis is for the statement that the increase in early years funding for 2021-22 will pay for a rate increase that is higher tha

15 Mar 2021 · Treasury

Off-payroll Working: Hampstead and Kilburn

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of IR35 changes on businesses in Hampstead and Kilburn constituency; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of delaying the implementation of IR

11 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of turning the covid-19 financial support package for community pharmacies into a grant rather than a loan.

8 Mar 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Special Guardianship Orders: Parental Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans his Department has to extend statutory parental leave entitlements to special guardians.

8 Mar 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Self-employed: Adoption

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans his Department has to introduce statutory adoption pay for self-employed adoptive parents; and what plans he has to enable self-employed adoptive parents to receive the

8 Mar 2021 · Department for Education

Children: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2021 to Question 142032, what specific funding his Department plans to allocate to programmes aimed at identifying vulnerable children whose problems have gone unidentified

8 Mar 2021 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the ability of schools to deliver SEND provision when schools reopen during the covid-19 outbreak from 8 March 2021; and what specific support his Department has provi

8 Mar 2021 · Department for Education

Childminding: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Government’s offer of covid-19 home test kits to be posted to families with children attending school, for what reason childminders have been excluded from the recent extension of the roll

8 Mar 2021 · Department for Education

Children's Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in what year the first children’s centre was converted into a children’s centre linked site.

8 Mar 2021 · Department for Education

Children's Centres and Family Hubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department includes family hubs in its definition of children’s centres for the purpose of data collection.

8 Mar 2021 · Department for Education

Children's Centres: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) children’s centres and (b) children’s centre linked sites have closed in each local authority area in each year since 2009-10.

2 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Defence

International Military Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons International Military Services Ltd has not published a set of company accounts since March 2019; and when the next set of accounts will be published.

2 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Defence

International Military Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether International Military Services Ltd will be fully closed down in the (a) 2020-21 or (b) 2021-22 financial year.

2 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Defence

International Military Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether International Military Services Ltd ceased trading in July 1991 or 2010.

2 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Defence

International Military Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish a list of the outstanding supply commitments that International Military Services Ltd had at the time it was reported to have ceased trading in July 1991.

Source: official written-questions record.