Written questions

1,169 written questions tabled, most recent first.

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

Community Assets

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment the Department has made of the potential merits of mitigating the cost to local authorities of renewing Assets of Community Value.

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

Community Assets: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many complaints have been made to the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman on local authority's handing of Assets of Community Value; and what the outcomes of those complai

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

Community Assets

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has provided guidance to the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman on provisions relating to assets of community value in the (a) Localism Act 2011 and (b

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

Community Assets

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has a process in place to assess and review the information shared between local authorities on Assets of Community Value policy.

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

Community Assets

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what process his Department has in place to ensure that evolving local authority Assets of Community Value (ACV) policy and its application is consistent with the requirements of the

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

Community Assets: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what complaints system is in place for his Department to investigate claims that local authorities are not applying the Assets of Community Value (ACV) provisions consistently or in

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

Community Assets

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what processes his Department has put in place to help ensure that the Assets of Community Value provisions of the Localism Act 2011 are applied consistently across England.

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

Community Assets: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what process the process is for nominating groups to appeal rejected Assets of Community Value nominations with a relevant local authority.

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

Community Assets

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of updating the Assets of Community Value guidance last published in 2012.

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

Community Assets

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many Assets of Community Value nominations in England were (a) made, (b) successful and (c) rejected in each calendar year since 2011.

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

Community Assets

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many Assets of Community Value, as defined by the Localism Act 2011, there are in England as of 16 March 2022.

16 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Geography: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2022 to Question 132346 on Teachers: Training, what steps his Department plans to take to help ensure that the 2021-22 geography trainee teacher cohort is not financially disad

16 Mar 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to section 83 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021, what the status is of report on the extent to which people using contact centres in England are protected from the risk of domestic abuse or other harm

14 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of continuing to provide free covid-19 lateral flow tests for care home visitors.

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

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Leeds

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many new roles have been created in Leeds for his Department’s civil servants since December 2019.

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

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Civil Servants

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many (a) civil servants and (b) civil servant roles have been relocated out of London since December 2019.

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

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Civil Servants

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many of his Department’s civil servants at Grade 6 or above are based in (a) Leeds and (b) London.

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

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Communication and Marketing

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much his Department has spent on (a) communications, (b) advertising and (c) marketing since September 2021.

2 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Vocational Guidance: STEM Subjects

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that young people in every region of the UK have access to STEM specific careers provision.

2 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

STEM Subjects: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to increase the number of apprenticeships in STEM professions.

2 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

T-levels

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure work placements for t-levels are available in every town in the UK.

2 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Small Businesses: T-levels

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to help ensure that all SMEs are able to offer t-Level placements across the UK.

2 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Local Skills Improvement Plans: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on ensuring that local skills improvement plans contribute to the UK's net zero targets.

1 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Education: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how the Unit for Future Skills is planned to work alongside Local Skills Improvement Plans.

1 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Training: Regional Planning and Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to table 2.3 in the Levelling Up in the United Kingdom White Paper, what steps he plans to take to ensure that local authorities that fall under level 1 devolution plans are able to feed local sk

1 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Training: Regional Planning and Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will provide a breakdown of the number of additional people expected to complete high-quality skills training, as set out in the Levelling Up in the United Kingdom White Paper, in each year between 2022 a

1 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Training: Regional Planning and Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, of the 200,000 additional people completing high-quality skills training referred to in the Levelling Up in the United Kingdom White Paper, how many of those people he expects to be on (a) STEM courses and (b)

1 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Teachers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to (a) reinstate or (b) increase teaching bursaries for subjects where training bursaries were reduced or suspended in 2021.

28 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including aspiration in the vaccine administration procedures for the covid-19 vaccine rollout.

28 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to implement local women and girls’ mental health strategies, to help ensure that meeting the mental health needs of domestic abuse survivors is reflected at both a national and lo

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