Written questions

2,786 written questions tabled, most recent first.

3 Feb 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Hospitality Industry: Portsmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the impact of the spread of the Omicron variant in December 2021 on trends in the level of sales for the hospitality sector; and what plans he has t

3 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans her Department has to help support a peaceful transition of power in Sudan; and if she will make a statement.

3 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Demonstrations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of recent trends of mass violence and killings of peaceful protestors by Sudanese security forces; and whether her Department has plans to take s

3 Feb 2022 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Portsmouth

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has for further economic regional development in Portsmouth following his Department’s announcement of 25 January 2022 that Portsmouth will become an HMRC strategic regional centre.

3 Feb 2022 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Portsmouth

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of basing the recently announced 14th national regional centre in Portsmouth at Lynx House; and where his Department plans to base that centre.

3 Feb 2022 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Portsmouth

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of jobs he expects to be maintained by his Department in Portsmouth in the (a) short term and (b) long term in the context of HMRC’s decision to continue its presence in Ports

31 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

School Rebuilding Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department will publish its consultation on prioritised schools for the School Rebuilding Programme.

31 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Priority School Building Programme: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many complaints his Department has received in relation to work undertaken as part of the Priority School Rebuilding Programme since that programme began.

31 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Priority School Building programme, if he will publish the (a) nature of the work undertaken in each setting, (b) contractors used to complete that work and (c) total cost to the public pu

31 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Education: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many 4G wireless routers his Department has purchased for educational settings that have not been distributed.

27 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Autism: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for autism assessments; and if he will make a statement.

26 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in the context of the spread of the Omicron variant of covid-19, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of support provided to SEND schools for (a) compensating support staff for overtime worked and (b) en

26 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Non-teaching Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of recent reports that support staff in SEND education settings are being asked to take on roles outside of their core competences.

26 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Non-teaching Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of staff shortages on support staff in SEND education settings.

26 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to mitigate support staff having to take on work that should be done by teachers in SEND education settings, in response to staff shortages resulting from the covid-19 outbre

26 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the number of children with special educational needs and disabilities who are not in schools that adequately meet their needs; and for what reasons those pupils are not in suitab

26 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Sick Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of staff absences on pupils who require one-to-one assistance in SEND education settings.

24 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Air Conditioning

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's portal to purchase air filtration units for education and childcare settings, if he will define the suitable standard of specification for their use in education settings.

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

Pesticides: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what research his Department has commissioned on the impact of currently authorised pesticides on (a) bees and (b) the potential consequences for the environment.

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

Bees: Pesticides

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to investigate the impact of currently authorised pesticides on honey bees.

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

Pesticides: Pollinators

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the (a) effectiveness of the authorisation process for pesticides and (b) the effect of that matter on (i) honey bees and (ii) wild pollinators.

18 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Out-of-school Education: Codes of Practice

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department will take to measure the effectiveness of its voluntary code of practice on out-of-school settings.

18 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Private Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to publish its response to the consultation on children not in state-funded or registered independent schools that closed on 24 June 2019.

18 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Ventilation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the number and proportion of classrooms in England that have no mechanical ventilation.

18 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Supply Teacher: Resignations

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many supply staff left the teaching profession as a result of not being furloughed in (a) 2019-20 and (b) 2020-21.

18 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Supply Teachers: Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many supply agencies did not furlough supply staff during the covid-19 outbreak.

18 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Teachers: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the total cost to schools as a proportion of the public funding they receive of rehiring retired and ex-teachers to cover for teacher absences due to covid-19.

18 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Teachers: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the total amount of funding schools will have pay to supply agencies to bring retired and ex-teachers back to teaching to cover for covid-19-absences in (a) January, (b)

18 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Teachers: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much schools have paid to supply agencies to bring retired and ex-teachers back to teaching to cover for covid-19-related absences in (a) November 2021 and (b) December 2021.

18 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Supply Teachers: Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the total amount spent by schools as a proportion of they public funding receive on additional staff from supply agencies in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2020-21.

Source: official written-questions record.