Written questions

514 written questions tabled, most recent first.

25 Jul 2024 · Northern Ireland Office

InterTrade UK and UK East-West Council: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he plans to take steps to (a) convene the East-West Council and (b) establish Intertrade UK.

24 Jul 2024 · Northern Ireland Office

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he plans to reply to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 18 July 2024 on the Court of Appeal judgment in the case of Geraldine Finucane v Secretary of State for Northe

1 Apr 2019 · Home Office

Slavery

What steps he is taking to tackle modern slavery.

28 Mar 2019 · Church Commissioners

Dams: Safety

To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what discussions the Church of England has had with the mining sector on improving the safety of tailings dams after the collapse of Vale dam in Brazil.

11 Mar 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security: Women

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, What steps the Government is taking to ensure that the welfare system works for women.

5 Mar 2019 · Department for Education

Pupils: Essex

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the funding per pupil at (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) Brentwood and Ongar constituency and (ii) Essex in (A) 2016-17, (B) 2017-18, (C) 2018-19, (D) 2019-20 and (E) 2

5 Mar 2019 · Department for Education

Schools: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools which were classified at their previous inspection as (a) outstanding, (b) good, (c) requires improvement and (d) inadequate were subsequently classified in an inspection in 2018 or 2019 as (a)

5 Mar 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Troubled Families Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to continue the Troubled Families programme beyond 2020.

12 Nov 2018 · Department for International Trade

Exports

What progress the Government has made on its export strategy.

9 Jul 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of paying parents using the Child Maintenance Service are (a) in employment and (b) not in employment.

25 Jun 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people claiming employment support allowance who are in work.

13 Jun 2018 · Department for Transport

Roads: Stonehenge

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he received a copy of the report by UNESCO and ICOMOS on plans for road alterations around Stonehenge World Heritage Site subsequent to those bodies' mission to that site in March 2018; and if he will m

16 May 2018 · Department for Transport

Driverless Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Transport of 14 May 2018, Official Report, column 99, if he will make an assessment of the compatibility of the 1968 Vienna Convention

2 May 2018 · Department for Education

Unemployment: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2018 to Question 131803 on Unemployment: Young People, if he will provide the same figures for children of the Gypsy, Traveller and Roma communities.

2 May 2018 · Department for Transport

Roads: Stonehenge

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 April 2018 to Question 138336 on Roads: Stonehenge, if he will publish the terms of reference of the archaeological surveys planned by the independent Scientific Committee; and when

2 May 2018 · Department for Transport

A303: Stonehenge

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made of the potential effect on the Blick Mead archaeological site of the proposed alterations to the A303 around Stonehenge.

9 Mar 2018 · Department for Education

Unemployment: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his Answer of 6 March to Question 129597 on Unemployment: Young People, how many and what proportion of pupils who were (a) eligible for free school meals, (b) not eligible for free school meals, w

26 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Troubled Families Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of families on the Troubled Families Programme had one or more children who were categorised as Children in Need in each of the last 12 months for wh

26 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Young People: Unemployment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to his Department's report, Characteristics of young people who are long-term NEET, published on 8 February, what proportion of young people who are classified as (a) white, eligible for free school me

23 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Universal Credit

To ask Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the annual cost of extending (a) free school meals, (b) the pupil premium to all pupils whose parents are in receipt of universal credit in (i) each of the next four years and (ii) once

29 Jan 2018 · Department for Education

Universities

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions the Government has had with UK universities on the negotiations for the UK leaving the EU.

21 Nov 2017 · Department for Transport

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to tackle pot holes.

7 Nov 2017 · Home Office

Refugees: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by what date she expects that the Government will have fulfilled its commitment to transfer 480 children under the Dubs scheme.

26 Oct 2017 · Department of Health

Tobacco: Packaging

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the introduction of plain cigarette packaging on smoking rates.

23 Oct 2017 · Department for Education

Offences against Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish her response to the consultation on mandatory reporting and acting on child abuse and neglect.

12 Oct 2017 · Department for International Development

Developing Countries: Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to tackle modern slavery in developing countries.

12 Jul 2017 · HM Treasury

Corporation Tax

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what effect the reduction in corporation tax rates has had on receipts from that tax.

3 Jul 2017 · Department for Education

Education Maintenance Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the cost of restoring the education maintenance allowance for 16 to 18-year-olds in each parental income decile.

3 Jul 2017 · Department for Education

Primary Education: Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the cost of introducing free school meals to all primary school children.

28 Jun 2017 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of white pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 who were eligible for free school meals in any of the previous six years were children in need at any point in their life.

Source: official written-questions record.