Written questions

2,786 written questions tabled, most recent first.

1 Jul 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Uniforms

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of inflation on the cost of school uniforms.

27 Jun 2022 · Department for Education

National Tutoring Programme: Publicity

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the outbound call campaign relating to the National Tutoring Programme which was launched by his Department on 28 April 2022.

27 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Pupils: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many school age children have (a) arrived in the UK via the (i) Ukraine Family Scheme and (ii) Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme and (b) have secured a school place as of 27 June 2022.

27 Jun 2022 · Department for Education

Multi-academy Trusts

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an estimate of the cost of transferring all schools into multi-academy trusts of (a) 10 or more schools and (b) 7,500 or more pupils.

27 Jun 2022 · Department for Education

Academies: Community Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an estimate of the cost of converting all remaining community schools to academy status.

21 Jun 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her international counterparts on the aid funding required to help countries in the global south tackle climate change.

16 Jun 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus and Ventilation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to issue guidance to schools on undertaking work during the 2022 summer school holidays to (a) improve ventilation and (b) reduce the risk of covid-19 transmission.

16 Jun 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Sewage

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2021 to Question 87705, on Agriculture: Sewage, when his Department plans to publish the public consultation to effect the changes laid out in the

16 Jun 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the findings of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s (PHSO) investigation into the way her Department communicated changes to women’s State Pension age, what assessment she

16 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to analysis by the British Dental Association, published on 10 February 2022, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the finding that 40 million fewer co

16 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to increase funding for research on children suffering from long covid.

16 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the proportion of children who suffer from long covid who are regarded as clinically vulnerable.

16 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Noise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of trialling new technology for roadside vehicle noise measurement in Portsmouth South constituency.

16 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Hampshire and Isle of Wight

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support Hampshire and Isle of Wight integrated care system to deliver mental health services that meet levels of demand in that region.

16 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress his Department has made on developing proposals for the Transport Bill announced in the Queen's Speech 2022; and what next steps he plans to take to progress that Bill.

16 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's planned timetable is for publishing further details on (a) proposals relating to e-scooters and (b) other proposals to be included in the Transport Bill announced in the Queen's Speech 202

16 Jun 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sri Lanka: Tamils

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of recent attacks against the Tamil community in Sri Lanka; and whether she has considered imposing sanctions on that country in response to thos

16 Jun 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sri Lanka: Tamils

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to ensure that those responsible for human rights violations against the Tamil community in Sri Lanka are brought to justice in the Int

6 Jun 2022 · Department for Education

Pupils: HIV/AIDS

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that children who are living with, or affected by, HIV are supported to do well in school.

6 Jun 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: HIV/AIDS

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance is provided to schools to ensure that HIV stigma does not occur among teachers or pupils.

6 Jun 2022 · Department for Education

HIV/AIDS: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all schools are teaching up-to-date information about HIV.

1 Jun 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Community Housing Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to extend the Community Housing Fund for a further three years.

25 May 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for how many schools in each local authority area did the local authority receive additional funding as a result of their core national funding formula being below the schools national funding formula floor in

25 May 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding was given to each local authority area to meet the National Funding Formula funding floor in 2021-22.

23 May 2022 · Ministry of Justice

Southern Water: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much Southern Water has paid of the £90 million fine issued in July 2021; and how his Department is using the funds received.

20 May 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Platinum Jubilee 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the book being sent to schools about Her Majesty the Queen on the occasion of her Platinum Jubilee, if he will place a copy in the Library; and whether he made arrangements to send a copy to e

19 May 2022 · Department for Education

Primary Education: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of primary schools previously judged Outstanding by Ofsted rating who retain that status when re-inspected under the control of a (a) local authority and (b) multi-academ

19 May 2022 · Department for Education

Academies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his Department's policy is on what exceptional circumstances a school with a Good or Outstanding Ofsted rating under control of a multi-academy trust could request to the regulator to move to the control o

17 May 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding was given to schools in each local authority area to meet the National Funding Formula funding floor in 2021-22.

17 May 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools in each local authority area were allocated funding to meet the Schools National Funding Formula floor in 2021-22.

Source: official written-questions record.