Written questions
1,688 written questions tabled, most recent first.
28 Mar 2022 · Department for Education
Schools: Agency Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what qualifications are required of agency-provided staff in schools in (a) Oxford, (b) Oxfordshire, (c) South East and (d) England.
28 Mar 2022 · Department for Education
Schools: Agency Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average (a) cost per hour and (b) signing bonus is of agency-provided teaching staff in (i) Oxford, (ii) Oxfordshire, (iii) South East and (iv) England.
23 Mar 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Flexible Support Fund: Lone Parents
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Flexible Support Fund payments are offered to single parents for the purposes of enabling them to meet the new job-seeking requirements in the Way to W
23 Mar 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Flexible Support Fund: Parents
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Work Coaches are routinely offering Flexible Support Fund payments to help parents who may face challenges in meeting all or part of the upfront costs
23 Mar 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that the cap for the childcare element of universal credit reflects rising costs of childcare.
22 Mar 2022 · Women and Equalities
Conversion Therapy
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department has taken during the consultation on Banning conversions therapy to close the gap in available data on the impact of conversion therapies on (a) women and (b) people from ethnic minor
18 Mar 2022 · Department for Education
Children in Care: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the latest available statistics on the proportion of looked-after 16-17 year-olds living in (a) independent or semi-independent accommodation and (b) all care settings that are from Black, As
18 Mar 2022 · Department for Education
Children in Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to publish an update to its transparency data, Looked after children in independent or semi-independent placements.
15 Mar 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Employment: Pregnancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2022 to Question 117049 on Employment: Pregnancy, if he will publish (a) the Terms of Reference and (b) the minutes of the meeting of 23 Septe
15 Mar 2022 · Home Office
Females: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what programmes her Department has undertaken to improve street safety for Jewish women; when those programmes took place; and what assessment she has made of their success.
15 Mar 2022 · Home Office
Police: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police forces have undertaken cultural competency training; and what plans her Department has to ensure that that training is rolled out across all forces.
15 Mar 2022 · Home Office
Sexual Offences: Religion
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the latest figures available for the number of police recorded (a) sexual offences and (b) rapes by the religion of the victim where known, for (i) the UK, (ii) Greater London, by
9 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Protective Clothing: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2022 to Question 116035 on Protective Clothing: Females and with reference to finding of Women in Global Health's report, Fit for Women? Safe and decent PPE for
3 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Midwives
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure continuity in NHS midwifery care.
2 Mar 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Health and Safety: Pregnancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the proportion of pregnant women in the workplace (a) whose employer undertakes an individual risk assessment and (b) who report that all risks were addr
2 Mar 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Health and Safety: Pregnancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether there is a specialist Health and Safety Executive service to deliver advice to employers, employees and local authority officers on risk assessment and management for pregnant women and new moth
25 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Ukraine: Refugees
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to support the evacuation of people where needed from (a) Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, (b) LGBT+ minorities and (c) relig
25 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Ukraine: Minority Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support her Department is offering to people from (a) Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, (b) LGBT+ minorities and (c) religious minorities in the Ukraine; and
25 Feb 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Ukraine: Minority Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the risk to people from (a) Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, (b) LGBT+ minorities and (c) religious minorities as a result of the
22 Feb 2022 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Musculoskeletal Disorders
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will publish the statistics on the levels of musculoskeletal injuries experienced by (a) male and (b) female members of the British Army as at 22 February 2022.
22 Feb 2022 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure local transport authorities meet their obligations under the Equality Act 2010 in relation to bus services.
22 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Asbestos
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to monitor trends in the level of (a) breast cancer caused by shift work and (b) ovarian cancer caused by asbestos.
22 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Health and Safety: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what work is being done by the Health and Safety Executive towards improving protections for women workers against endocrine-disrupting chemicals; and what analysis has been undertaken on the outcomes o
21 Feb 2022 · Department for Transport
Public Transport: WiFi
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department includes a requirement for operators to block pornography through public WiFi on public transport and prohibit this activity through individual internet connection when letting rail franc
21 Feb 2022 · Department for Transport
Public Transport: Sexual Offences
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department includes a requirement for operators to have robust policies on sexual misconduct in (a) its own policies on rail franchising agreements and (b) its advice to local authorities when letti
21 Feb 2022 · Department for Transport
Travel: Gender Based Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) the two new Violence Against Women and Girls Transport Champions who were announced in July 2021 have produced independent recommendations for his Department, as the Government committed would happe
10 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Midwives: Vacancies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the current (a) level of staff vacancies in midwifery services in England and (b) average caseload per midwife in England.
9 Feb 2022 · Home Office
Home Office: Written Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Answer of 1 February to Question 11694 and Answer of 26 June 2020 to Question 28755, what (a) internal management information processes or (b) publication standards has changed within the
2 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pregnancy: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department intends to publish guidance for (a) employers and (b) pregnant workers on new and expectant mothers in the workplace during covid-19.
2 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Maternity Services: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS Trust maternity services offer pregnant women vaccinations in their antenatal clinics; and whether the NHS has plans to roll this out to all maternity services.
Source: official written-questions record.