Written questions

2,786 written questions tabled, most recent first.

8 Sep 2022 · Department for Education

National Curriculum Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that lessons are learned from the loss of key stage 2 assessment papers this academic year.

8 Sep 2022 · Department for Education

National Curriculum Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of key stage 2 assessment papers that have been lost from the most recent set of examinations.

6 Sep 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Freeports: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether freeport zones will be subject to an environmental impact assessment.

6 Sep 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Freeports: Permitted Development Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish details of how permitted development rights will be expanded within freeport zones.

6 Sep 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Freeports: Countryside

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of freeport zones on (a) national parks and (b) Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

2 Sep 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Rented Housing: Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make provision for students in the private rented sector to continue to rent on a fixed-term basis that covers their academic year, as part of the proposed renters reform

21 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Teachers: Pay Settlements

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the teachers' pay settlement on staff recruitment and retention.

21 Jul 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Employment: Learning Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of supporting local authorities to improve (a) work placement and (b) employment (i) practices and (ii) opportunities for people w

21 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Local Government: Learning Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of supporting local authorities to have dedicated Learning Disability Champions.

21 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Educational Institutions: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to help prepare education settings for further waves of covid-19 in winter 2022.

21 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to promote the vaccination of eligible children against Covid-19.

21 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Educational Institutions: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to provide lateral flow test kits to (a) staff and (b) pupils in education settings in the autumn term.

21 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department is taking steps to provide additional funding to schools for supply teachers to cover staff absences due to covid-19 in the autumn term of 2022.

21 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Air Conditioning

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will provide HEPA air filtration devices to all schools ahead of the autumn term.

21 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Educational Institutions: Ventilation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to help improve ventilation in education settings in advance of the autumn term.

21 Jul 2022 · Home Office

HM Passport Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the level of recruitment for HM Passport Office in respect of meeting (a) the current and (b) future level of demand,; and if she will take steps to inc

21 Jul 2022 · Home Office

HM Passport Office: Agency Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the (a) value for money of and (b) level of service provided by the agency staff working at HM Passport Office.

21 Jul 2022 · Home Office

HM Passport Office: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of reductions in the number of civil servants, announced by the Government in May 2022, on the operation of HM Passport Office and its service deli

21 Jul 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made for the implications of his policy on food security of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee’s report entitled Labour shortages in the food and

20 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children who were eligible for free school meals did not take up their entitlement in 2021.

20 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Labour Turnover and Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of additional support for the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of NHS medical staff in medical schools in (i) Portsmouth

20 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Labour Turnover and Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional support in (a) Portsmouth, (b) the South East and (c) England with (i) recruitment and (ii) retention of NHS (A) GPs, (

20 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Portsmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing Portsmouth City Council to directly employ GPs, in the context of trends in the level of demand for NHS GP services in the city.

20 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Portsmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing the City of Portsmouth to become a pilot area for pharmacists to be allowed to issue prescriptions to patients, in the context of t

19 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus and Influenza: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the announcement of categories other than the over 50s who will be eligible for a flu jab and a covid-19 booster this autumn, what assessment he has made of the implications for (

19 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus and Influenza

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Government announcement of 15 July 2022 that over-50s will be offered a flu jab and covid-19 booster this autumn, whether he has made any representations to the (a) UK Health Security Agen

19 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the long-term workforce strategy commissioned by his Department earlier this year will be published.

19 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Royal College of Physicians’ 2021 consultant census finding that 52 per cent of advertised consultant posts in England and Wales went unfilled, what recent assessment he has m

19 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicine: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Royal College of Physicians’ 2021 consultant census findings that 52 per cent of advertised consultant posts in England and Wales went unfilled, whether he is taking steps to

19 Jul 2022 · Treasury

Poverty: Portsmouth South

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to research by the End Child Poverty Coalition and the Centre for Research in Social Policy at Loughborough University, published July 2022, what fiscal steps his Department is taking to help reduce t

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