Written questions

2,198 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 Jul 2017 · Department for Education

Secondary Education: Children in Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many looked-after children in England were not offered a place at their first choice of secondary school in each of the last five years.

20 Jul 2017 · Department for Education

Academies: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to allow Ofsted to inspect academy chains.

20 Jul 2017 · Department for Education

Schools: Work Experience

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of schools participating in employment and enterprise schemes.

20 Jul 2017 · Department for Education

Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to make promoting wellbeing a statutory duty of a school and include it in the Ofsted inspection framework.

20 Jul 2017 · Department for Education

Arts: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to (a) protect the availability of arts and creative subjects and (b) remove barriers to pupils studying them.

20 Jul 2017 · Department for Education

Art and Design: GCSE

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students studied (a) art and design subjects, (b) design and technology subjects, (c) drama, (d) media, film and TV studies subjects, (e) music and (f) performing and expressive arts subjects to GCSE l

20 Jul 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 that were in-year deficit in each of the last five years.

20 Jul 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 that carry an in-year deficit for each of the last (i) two, (ii) three, (iii) four and (iv) five years.

20 Jul 2017 · Ministry of Defence

World War II: Military Decorations

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps for the issuing of a full medal for Bomber Command veterans.

20 Jul 2017 · Ministry of Defence

World War II: Military Decorations

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Arctic Stars and (b) Bomber Command clasps have been issued to date.

13 Jul 2017 · Department of Health

Nurses: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on the effect of the UK leaving the EU on that Trust's ability to recruit nursing staff.

13 Jul 2017 · Department of Health

Nurses: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the relative cost of housing compared with wages in (a) Oxford and (b) Oxfordshire on the ability of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to recruit nursing

13 Jul 2017 · Department of Health

NHS: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of EU citizens working in the NHS in (a) Oxford, (b) Oxford West and Abingdon constituency and (c) Oxfordshire.

13 Jul 2017 · Department of Health

Nurses: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the reasons for Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust reporting that the Trust has been unable to fill 560 nursing posts as at the end of June 2017; and if he will make a

10 Jul 2017 · Department for Transport

Cycling: Oxfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has conducted a cost-benefit analysis on proposals to build a cycle route from Oxford to Didcot.

10 Jul 2017 · Department for Transport

Cycling: Oxfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has conducted a cost-benefit analysis on proposals to build a community cycle path along the B4044 from Eynsham to Botley.

10 Jul 2017 · Department for Education

Curriculum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with (a) cultural and (b) scientific institutions on the introduction of a new curriculum fund.

7 Jul 2017 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Immigration: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what discussions he has had with (a) Oxford University and (b) Oxford Brookes University on the residence status of staff and students from other EU countries at those universities when the UK

7 Jul 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the implications for the motor manufacturing industry of the UK leaving the EU with no deal.

7 Jul 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of women born in the 1950s who are subject to changes in the state pension age in (a) Oxford West and Abingdon constituency and (b) Oxfordshire.

7 Jul 2017 · Department for Transport

Cycling: Per Capita Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the level of public funding for cycling per head of population in each of the next five years.

7 Jul 2017 · Department for Transport

Road Traffic

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the 20 Highways England controlled A-roads which experience the largest increase in traffic during the summer.

7 Jul 2017 · House of Commons Commission

Parliamentary Contribution Pension Fund

To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, what recent discussions the Commission has had with trustees of the Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund on that fund's investments in carbon-inte

7 Jul 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Turkey: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with Turkish Government officials on human rights in that country.

7 Jul 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Turkey: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with his EU counterparts on the human rights situation in Turkey.

7 Jul 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Turkey: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Turkish counterpart on the safety and freedom of speech of political dissidents.

7 Jul 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Air Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the Government's draft Air Quality Plan before the summer recess.

7 Jul 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

21st Century Fox: Sky

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will postpone any decision on the proposed takeover of Sky by 21st Century Fox until after the publication of any report on the second stage of the Leveson Inquiry.

7 Jul 2017 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the (a) amount and (b) proportion of public procurement placed with small and medium-sized businesses in (i) Oxford city, (ii) Oxford West and Abingdon constituency and (iii) Oxfords

6 Jul 2017 · Department for Education

English Baccalaureate

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to include creative, artistic and technical subjects in the English Baccalaureate.

Source: official written-questions record.