Written questions

931 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Apr 2022 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: The Guardian

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has been spent from the public purse on advertisements in the Guardian newspaper related to the UK's exit from the European Union in each of the last five years.

14 Apr 2022 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: The Daily Telegraph

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has been spent from the public purse on advertisements in The Telegraph newspaper related to the UK's exit from the European Union in each of the last five years.

14 Apr 2022 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: The Times

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has been spent from the public purse on advertisements in the Times newspaper related to the UK's exit from the European Union in each of the last five years.

14 Apr 2022 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Evening Standard

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has been spent from the public purse on advertisements in the Evening Standard newspaper related to the UK's exit from the European Union in each of the last five years.

14 Apr 2022 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Radio

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has been spent from the public purse on advertisements on commercial radio stations related to the UK's exit from the European Union in each of the last five years.

14 Apr 2022 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Local Press

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has been spent from the public purse on advertisements in local newspapers related to the UK's exit from the European Union in each of the last five years.

31 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Universities: Remote Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with how many Vice Chancellors he had had discussions on the provision of online teaching as of February 2020.

31 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Academic Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with how many Vice Chancellors he had had discussions on the matter of freedom of speech as of February 2020.

31 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the impact of the rise in inflation on the purchasing power of the average size maintenance loan.

31 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Telephones

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department has spent on phone bills each of the last 5 years.

31 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Higher Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the membership of the higher education financial sustainability group is.

31 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Students: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to use the provisions in the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 to reveal the beneficial owners of purpose-built student accommodation.

31 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Scholarships

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when applications to the National Scholarship Scheme to open.

31 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Tony Sewell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has had discussions with hon. Members who wrote to the University of Nottingham on the withdrawal of the honorary doctorate of Tony Sewell.

31 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Office for Students: Directors

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Office for Students on setting the salary of non-executive directors.

31 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Office for Students: Political Impartiality

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the appointment of Rachel Houchen as a non-executive director of the Office for Students (OfS), if will make an assessment of the political impartiality of the OfS.

29 Mar 2022 · Cabinet Office

Life Peers: Public Appointments

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many recommendations for life peerage appointments made by the House of Lords Appointment Committee have not been followed since 2010.

29 Mar 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Warwickshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many households in (a) Warwickshire and (b) Warwick and Leamington constituency have been paired with a Ukrainian national as part of the Homes for Ukraine scheme.

29 Mar 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Warwickshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many people in (a) Warwickshire and (b) Warwick and Leamington constituency have recorded their interest in becoming a sponsor as part of the Homes for Ukraine scheme.

24 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Ukrainian refugees will be eligible for covid-19 vaccinations on arrival to the UK; and what steps he is taking to encourage covid-19 vaccination uptake for this cohort.

15 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what proportion of cases her Department responds to representations from hon Members within the 20 working day response time target.

15 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to increase the workload capacity of her Department in response to the Ukrainian refugee crisis.

15 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of the Ukrainian refugee crisis on her Department’s ability to process ordinary immigration applications in a timely manner.

15 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Zero Hours Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department employs staff on zero-hours contracts as at 15 March 2022.

14 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Office for Students: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to ensure that the Office for Students has a full set of key performance indicators against which its performance can be measured.

14 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Higher Education: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of a redistribution of student numbers between providers as a result of higher A-Level grades awarded in 2020 and 2021 on (a) students’ experiences and (b) pr

14 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what threshold would have to be reached in order to trigger an intervention by his Department in the event of a higher education provider exiting the market.

14 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Higher Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what role the higher education financial sustainability oversight group has; and whether he chairs that group as at 14 March 2022.

14 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Higher Education: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how his Department defines value for money in relation to the provision of higher education teaching and research.

14 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Office for Students: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to ensure that higher education providers have a good understanding of (a) the reasons for which the Office for Students collects the data it does and (b) how it uses that data.

Source: official written-questions record.