Written questions
1,438 written questions tabled, most recent first.
18 Sep 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Gaming Machines: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to launch a consultation on outstanding issues on making the rules on machines more consistent in the casino sector.
18 Sep 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Gaming Machines: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to launch a consultation on secondary legislation on cash pay out machines.
18 Sep 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Complaints
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress her Department has made on appointing a new ombudsman to adjudicate complaints and order redress.
18 Sep 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Gambling: Taxation
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her Department's expected timescale is for launching its consultation on the (a) design and (b) scope of the statutory levy for gambling operators.
18 Sep 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Gambling
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many times the working group for strengthening informational messaging including on the risks associated with gambling has met.
18 Sep 2023 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that differences in regional needs are taken into account in early years provision.
18 Sep 2023 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to inform early years providers about the process of accessing funding for school places before changes in the numbers of children who are eligible for nursery places from 20
18 Sep 2023 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of regional disparities in funding available for early years providers.
18 Sep 2023 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to issue guidance to early years providers on (a) term planning and (b) staff resources in advance of changes to eligibility requirements for free childcare.
18 Sep 2023 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to manage increases in demand for nursery places.
18 Sep 2023 · Department for Education
Childcare
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support parents with changes to nursery funding.
15 Sep 2023 · Home Office
Immigration Removal Centres: Domestic Visits
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Minister for Immigration has visited an immigration detention centre since 20 July 2023.
15 Sep 2023 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department took to ensure that responses to the SEND consultation were received from all regions in England.
15 Sep 2023 · Department for Education
Alternative Education: Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department are taking to support parents and guardians whose children have not been in a formal education environment for over six months due to special educational needs requirements.
15 Sep 2023 · Department for Education
Alternative Education: Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department holds regional data on the number of children with SEND who are not in formal education.
15 Sep 2023 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of school places for children with SEND.
15 Sep 2023 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department are taking to support schools to provide formal education to children with SEND.
15 Sep 2023 · Department for Education
Alternative Education: Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children with SEND are not in formal education.
15 Sep 2023 · Department for Education
Alternative Education: Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department have taken provide children with SEND who are not currently in formal education environments with access to care and adjustments to help them return to education as soon as possible.
15 Sep 2023 · Department for Education
Alternative Education: Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to consult with (a) children and (b) the families of children with SEND who are not in formal education as part of the SEND Review.
15 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport
Driving Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to increase the availability of driving tests.
15 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport
Driving Tests: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether financial support is available for people who cannot afford to pay for a driving test.
15 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport
Driving Tests: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times to obtain driving tests.
15 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport
Driving Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to provide people who paid a broker to obtain a driving test with financial support.
14 Sep 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
National Physical Activity Taskforce
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the sport strategy, Get Active: a strategy for the future of sport and physical activity, published by her Department on 30 August 2023, how frequently her Department plans to m
14 Sep 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Sports: Girls
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the new standards for equal access to sports announced by her Department on 8 March 2023, what plans her Department has to monitor the impact of the (a) standard and (b) associa
14 Sep 2023 · Department for Education
Schools: Physical Education and Sports
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the new standards for equal access to sports announced by her Department on 8 March 2023, whether her Department has issued updated guidance for schools on using the funding to support pupils
14 Sep 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Exercise
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department are taking steps to measure the proportion of adults that carry out 150 minutes of moderate intensity activity a week.
13 Sep 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Exercise: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the School Sport and Activity Action Plan, what steps the Government plans to take to (a) measure and (b) track the proportion of children and young people who participate in at
13 Sep 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Sports
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent estimate her Department has made of the contribution of sport and sporting activities to the economy.
Source: official written-questions record.