Written questions

2,198 written questions tabled, most recent first.

1 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Hercules Aircraft

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many hours the RAF fleet of C-130Js has flown in each year since entering service; and what the average cost was per flying hour for the C-130J in that period.

1 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Parachute Regiment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel (a) serving in the Parachute Regiment and (b) supporting arms attached to Parachute Regiment battalions have not (i) qualified as military parachutists and (ii) completed the required parachute

1 Jun 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have had their benefits capped since January 31st 2020; and how many of those caps were still in place on 1 June 2020.

28 May 2020 · Treasury

Customs Intermediaries: Training

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to open the new customs agent academy; and what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of potential delays in the opening of that academy.

28 May 2020 · Treasury

Customs Intermediaries

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many new customs agents (a) have been trained and (b) are ready for deployment since 1 January 2020 in preparation for the end of the transition period with the EU.

20 May 2020 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Consultants

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse was of consultants advising his Department in each financial year from 2017-18 to 2020-21.

20 May 2020 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Consultants

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse was of consultants advising his Department in each financial year from 2017-18 to 2020-21.

20 May 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Consultants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse was of consultants advising his Department in each financial year from 2017-18 to 2020-21.

20 May 2020 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: Voucher Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to include (a) Iceland and (b) Lidl in the Edenred free school meals voucher scheme.

19 May 2020 · Department for Education

Pupil Referral Units: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that there is adequate (a) funding for, (b) support for and (c) co-operation between itself and pupil referral units to ensure that those units are able to fulfil t

18 May 2020 · Department for Education

Higher Education: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that Higher Education institutions have adequate funding to ensure their financial sustainability during the covid-19 outbreak.

18 May 2020 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the scientific evidence submitted to his Department in relation to covid-19 on the (a) transmissibility for 0-10 year old children, (b) infection rates for 0-10 children, (c) expected infecti

15 May 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to stop the allocation of funding to local authorities as part of the Everyone In homelessness policy (a) in the next three months, (b) in the next

15 May 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to end the Everyone In homelessness policy (a) in the next three months, (b) in the next six months and (c) when lockdown restrictions are lifted fu

11 May 2020 · Department for Transport

Logistics and Transport: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made on the effect of the covid-19 pandemic on the transport and logistics industry.

11 May 2020 · Department for Transport

Logistics and Transport: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is taking steps to ensure that the transport and logistics industry is financially supported to safeguard the viability of businesses during the covid-19 outbreak.

6 May 2020 · Department for Education

Children: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what reference to the oral evidence session of the Education Committee on 22 April 2020 on the Inquiry, the impact of covid-19 on education and children’s services, how REACT teams are comprised with regard to

1 May 2020 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) civil servants, (b) special advisers and (c ) contract staff in his Department have teaching qualifications.

1 May 2020 · Department for Education

Supply Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to communicate to supply teachers (a) where they can access support and (b) who they should contact to access that support.

1 May 2020 · Department for Education

Supply Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent (a) discussion and (b) other engagement he has with supply teaching agencies on support for supply teachers since the closure of schools in March 2020.

1 May 2020 · Department for Education

Supply Teachers: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether (a) supply teaching agencies, (b) schools or(c) the his Department is responsible for ensuring that supply teachers receive a secure income during the covid-19 outbreak.

28 Apr 2020 · Department for Education

Primary Education: Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to halt the introduction of baseline English and Maths assessments for reception children in England in the 2020-21 academic year as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.

22 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the locations are of the 50 regional covid-19 test centres that are being created.

21 Apr 2020 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the data entitled Coronavirus (COVID-19): attendance in education and early years settings published by his Department on 21 April 2020, what proportion of the children classified as vulnerabl

23 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cleaning Services: Key Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Minister for the Cabinet Office on whether cleaning staff are classed as key workers during the covid-19 response.

23 Mar 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Peru: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether British citizens being repatriated from Peru as a result of the covid-19 outbreak will have their travel costs reimbursed.

23 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Juries: Key Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether front-line staff working in (a) the NHS, (b) education, (c) the police and (d) the food supply chain will be exempt from mandatory jury service during the covid-19 pandemic.

19 Mar 2020 · Department for Education

Pupils: Attendance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that parents whose children are (a) unable to and (b) choose not to attend school because of (i) special educational needs and (ii) a disability during the covid-19 outbreak ar

19 Mar 2020 · Department for Education

Pupils: Attendance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department provides to local authorities on the circumstances in which it is appropriate to prosecute a parent under section 444(1) of the Education Act 1996.

18 Mar 2020 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to issue guidance for local authorities on supporting taxi drivers who cannot renew their licences during the covid-19 outbreak.

Source: official written-questions record.