Written questions

299 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 May 2018 · Department for Education

Schools: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the change in the number of pupils at schools which have been rated as good or outstanding in each of the last 10 years.

23 May 2018 · Department for Education

Relationships and Sex Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to meet the deadline of September 2019 for the introduction of compulsory relationships and sex education lessons in secondary schools; and if he will make a statement.

16 May 2018 · Department for Education

Children: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the quality of transitions for children in need into adulthood.

15 May 2018 · Department for Education

Children: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing transition support for children in need.

15 May 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Abortion: Misoprostol

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to review the value and safety of the regulations under the 1967 Abortion Act relating to the home use of misoprostol for women who are having an early medical abortion.

3 May 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Family Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the extent to which family court judges are identifying families who have not attended a mediation information and assessment meeting prior to coming to court as part of the post-im

1 May 2018 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Billing

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many complaints from sub-contractors in respect of slow and poor payment practices have been (a) received since the Mystery Shopper service was established by year and (b) followed up by visits by year; and

1 May 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Family Courts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he last met the President of the Family Division; and whether they discussed the level of take-up of mediation by people attending the family court.

26 Apr 2018 · Home Office

Immigration: Windrush Generation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department undertook an Equality Impact Assessment in advance of the decision to destroy documentation relating to the Windrush generation.

24 Apr 2018 · Department for Education

Teachers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to make changes to the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document to permit salary sacrifice for the purchase of a car.

23 Apr 2018 · Department for Education

Schools: Vocational Guidance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the careers strategy, what plans his Department has to extend the provision of qualified careers guidance counsellors.

23 Apr 2018 · Department for Education

Schools: Vocational Guidance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the provision of careers information, advice and guidance in schools accommodates the needs of young people with special educational needs and disabilities.

19 Apr 2018 · Treasury

Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 April 2018 to Question 135389 on Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties, how much Vehicle Excise Duty was collected, in each vehicle class, from vehicles registered in (a) Bury North constituency

19 Apr 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pregnancy: Sodium Valproate

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of funding required to raise awareness of the potential health risks for women of child-bearing age of taking Sodium Valproate.

13 Apr 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his Answer of 26 March to Question 133676, how he proposes to take forward the garden city principles, other than those of design, now that those principles will no

13 Apr 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Natural Gas: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he last met with representatives of (a) British Gas and (b) Ofgem to discuss future pricing policy.

13 Apr 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Hospital Beds

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 March 2018 to Question 133651 on Mental Health Services: North West, how many specialist in-patient mental health beds there were on 31 December 2017 in (a) Bury, (b) N

13 Apr 2018 · Treasury

Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much road tax was collected from vehicles owned by people living in (a) Bury North constituency, (b) Bury and (c) the North West in each of the last five years.

13 Apr 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to Autumn Budget 2017, if he will list the 25 new schemes that will receive a share of the £36 million funding for flood protection; and what criteria his Department use

13 Apr 2018 · Prime Minister

Older People: Departmental Responsibilities

To ask the Prime Minister, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of creating at Cabinet level a Minister for older citizens .

26 Mar 2018 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on (a) short-skills sectors of setting apprenticeship bands which are lower than the average costing proposals submitted and (b) the expected quality of app

22 Mar 2018 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes in the level of apprenticeship starts on the financial sustainability of (a) employers that are paying the Apprenticeship Levy and (b) training providers.

21 Mar 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Parking: Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the publication of a survey into the Traffic Regulations Orders specific to pavement parking which was committed to in the Acces

21 Mar 2018 · Department for Transport

Parking: Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to follow up the commitment in the Accessibility Action Plan 2017 and begin the survey engaging with stakeholders on the issue of Traffic Regulation Orders specific to pavement parking.

21 Mar 2018 · Department for Education

Education: Parents

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to review his Department's guidance to Ofsted on parental engagement.

21 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reasons garden city principles were omitted from the draft National Planning Policy Framework.

21 Mar 2018 · Department for Education

Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of broadening the apprenticeship levy into a wider skills levy which would encompass other forms of training.

21 Mar 2018 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made on the extent to which the new apprenticeship standards are closing the skills gap in sectors such as engineering, facilities management and construction.

21 Mar 2018 · Department for Education

Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to ensure that any Apprenticeship Levy underspend can be retained for the sectors from which that Levy was raised and directed to address specific skills gaps in those sectors.

21 Mar 2018 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Bury North

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of young people in Bury North constituency started an apprenticeship in each year since 2015.

Source: official written-questions record.