Written questions
2,198 written questions tabled, most recent first.
31 Oct 2017 · Department for Education
Intercountry Adoption: Pupil Premium
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to allow children living in the UK who were adopted in a foreign country to be eligible for Pupil Premium Plus.
31 Oct 2017 · Department for Education
Class Sizes: Oxford West and Abingdon
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the pupil-teacher ratio was in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Oxford West and Abingdon constituency in each year since 2010.
31 Oct 2017 · Department for Education
Armed Forces: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of children of service personnel receiving education in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Oxford West and Abingdon constituency.
31 Oct 2017 · Department for Education
English Language: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve collaboration between English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) providers and local authorities to (a) identify and (b) meet the need for ESOL provision in each such aut
31 Oct 2017 · Department for Education
Languages: Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to require all state-funded schools to work with local authorities in developing a language needs assessment.
31 Oct 2017 · Department for Education
English Language: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with (a) awarding organisations and (b) English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) providers on modernising the ESOL qualifications and curriculum framework.
31 Oct 2017 · Department for Education
English Language: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to encourage collaboration between adult education colleges and businesses requiring language skills to assist English for Speakers of Other Languages learners into employment.
31 Oct 2017 · Ministry of Defence
Saudi Arabia: Military Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) of his Department's civilian staff based in the UK, (b) UK military personnel based in the UK, (c) of his Department's civilian staff based in Saudi Arabia and (d) UK military personnel based in Saud
31 Oct 2017 · Ministry of Defence
Saudi Arabia: Military Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the expenditure was on the (a) Saudi Arabian National Guard Communications Project and (b) Ministry of Defence Saudi Armed Forces Project in the 2016-17 financial year; and what the budget is for each of tho
31 Oct 2017 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces Covenant
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assistance his Department offers to corporate signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant to support the Armed Forces community.
31 Oct 2017 · Cabinet Office
Census: Armed Forces
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of placing questions in 2021 census on (a) military service and (b) membership of the Armed Forces community.
31 Oct 2017 · Cabinet Office
Local Government: Elections
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of changing the electoral system for local government elections in England to the single transferrable vote system; and if he will make a sta
16 Oct 2017 · Department for Transport
Shared Spaces: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made on the effect of shared-space schemes on disabled people.
16 Oct 2017 · Cabinet Office
Government Chief Scientific Adviser: Public Appointments
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to appoint a permanent Government Chief Scientific Advisor.
12 Oct 2017 · Department for Education
Childcare
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to require parents to confirm their eligibility for free childcare once a year instead of every three months.
12 Oct 2017 · Department for Education
Children: Day Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to inform parents of the need to confirm every three months that they are eligible for 30 hours of free childcare.
12 Oct 2017 · Department for Education
Children: Day Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason parents must confirm every three months that they are eligible for 30 hours of free childcare; and if she will make a statement.
6 Sep 2017 · Department for Education
Children: Day Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of childcare and early years education settings that (a) are charging supplements, (b) are charging for items that they did not previously charge for in order to make up
6 Sep 2017 · Department for Education
Children: Day Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the number of childcare providers and childminders in each local authority area who cannot cover their costs in delivering the 30 hours of free childcare for three and four-year
6 Sep 2017 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 17 of the Early Years Workforce Strategy, published in March 2017, what progress her Department has made on conducting a feasibility study into growing the graduate early years workforce
6 Sep 2017 · Department for Education
Children: Day Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many providers registered to deliver the 30 hours of free childcare for three and four-year olds by 1 September 2017; and what assessment she has made of whether the number of registered providers is suffic
6 Sep 2017 · Department for Education
Children: Day Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people and what proportion of eligible families in each local authority area registered for the 30 hours of free childcare for three and four-year olds by 1 September 2017.
6 Sep 2017 · Department for Education
Children: Day Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to ensure the ongoing high quality of childcare; and if she will make a statement.
6 Sep 2017 · Department for Education
Children: Day Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) women and (b) men (i) work as childminders or (ii) are employed by childcare providers which are set to deliver the 30 hours of free childcare for three and four year olds.
5 Sep 2017 · Department for Education
Teachers: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many language teachers in UK schools are nationals from other EU countries in the 2017-18 academic year.
5 Sep 2017 · Department for Education
Teachers: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers who are nationals of other EU member states are employed in schools in the UK in the 2017-18 academic year.
5 Sep 2017 · Department for Education
Teachers: EU Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers who are nationals of other EU member states were working in schools in the UK in the 2016-17 academic year.
5 Sep 2017 · Department for Education
Schools: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of schools in (a) England and (b) each local authority in England projecting that they will run an in-year deficit in the next three years.
4 Sep 2017 · Cabinet Office
EU Nationals: Elections
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to allow EU27 citizens who are awarded settled status to be able to vote in local, regional and national referendums.
4 Sep 2017 · Cabinet Office
EU Nationals: Elections
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to allow EU27 citizens who are awarded settled status to be able to vote in (a) local government, (b) police and crime commissioner, (c) mayoral, (d) London Assembly, (e) National A
Source: official written-questions record.