Written questions
1,993 written questions tabled, most recent first.
19 Jun 2020 · Department for Education
Schools: Racial Discrimination
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department make an assessment of the potential merits of the recommendations contained in the report entitled, Race and Racism in English Secondary Schools, published by Dr Remi Joseph-Salisbury and the
19 Jun 2020 · Department for Education
Schools: Racial Discrimination
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has his Department made of the effect of racism in English secondary schools on the attainment gap between BAME and white children.
19 Jun 2020 · Department for Education
Schools: Bullying
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department provides to schools on handling (i) incidents and (ii) sustained cases of (a) racist, (b) xenophobic, (c) Islamophobic and (d) antisemitic bullying.
19 Jun 2020 · Department for Education
Schools: Racial Discrimination
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his Department’s policy is on the handling of complaints against schools accused of racism.
19 Jun 2020 · Department for Education
Schools: Uniforms
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department provides on the creation of school uniform policies to ensure they are not discriminatory against any ethnic group.
19 Jun 2020 · Department for Education
Pupils: Discrimination
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure child are not discriminated against at school for the hair colour or style they choose.
19 Jun 2020 · Department for Education
Ethnic Groups: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the extent and value of teaching of Black and minority ethnic experience in the national curriculum.
19 Jun 2020 · Department for Education
Equality and Racial Discrimination: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that textbooks used in the national curricula are (a) race conscious and (b) inclusive.
19 Jun 2020 · Department for Education
Racial Discrimination: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what resources are available to (a) primary and (b) secondary schools to teach anti-racism.
19 Jun 2020 · Department for Education
Literature: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what books by non-white authors are currently required reading on the (a) primary and (b) secondary school curriculum.
19 Jun 2020 · Department for Education
History: Curriculum
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Departments will revise the national curriculum to consider Black British history and the history of racism and discrimination in the British empire.
19 Jun 2020 · Department for Education
Teachers: Racial Discrimination
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what anti-racism training his Department provides as part of teacher’s continued professional development.
19 Jun 2020 · Department for Education
Teachers: Racial Discrimination
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what training his Department requires of (a) prospective teachers and (b) teachers on anti-racism and racial literacy.
19 Jun 2020 · Department for Education
Teachers: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government has taken to increase the diversity of (a) heads and (b) deputy heads in state-funded secondary schools in England.
19 Jun 2020 · Department for Education
Teachers: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) heads, (b) deputy heads, and (c) senior teachers in state-funded secondary schools are Black or minority ethnic in (i) England, (ii) Greater Manchester, and (iii) Manchester Gorton.
19 Jun 2020 · Department for Education
Teachers: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress his Department has made on increasing the diversity of the teaching workforce since the publication of its Statement of intent on the diversity of the teaching workforce on 11 October 2018.
19 Jun 2020 · Department for Education
Teachers: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase the diversity of the teaching workforce.
19 Jun 2020 · Department for Education
Teachers: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) BAME, (b) women, and (c) disabled teachers were recruited in each of the last 10 years.
19 Jun 2020 · Department for Education
Teachers: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase representation of ethnic minorities in the teaching workforce.
18 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of long-term physical symptoms experienced by some people with covid-19.
18 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional support is available to people infected with covid-19 who experience symptoms more than 2 weeks after diagnosis.
18 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how long should a person infected with covid-19 feel unwell.
18 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what work his Department has undertaken to better understand the long-term symptoms of covid-19.
18 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of covid-19 patients who experienced symptoms for over (a) 1 month, (b) 2 months and (c) 3 months.
18 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what medical advice he has received on the longevity of covid-19 symptoms.
18 Jun 2020 · Department for Education
Students: Grants and Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students have applied to Student Finance England for (a) tuition fee loans and (b) maintenance grants for the 2020/21 academic year.
18 Jun 2020 · Department for Education
Higher Education: Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department made of the value of online learning for university students.
18 Jun 2020 · Department for Education
Universities: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussion he has had with university officials on preventing staff redundancies.
18 Jun 2020 · Department for Education
Students: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with university officials on allowing prospective students to defer their studies due to the covid-19 outbreak.
18 Jun 2020 · Department for Education
Universities: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to provide additional financial support to universities to supplement any shortfall in funding as a result of declining student numbers in the 2020/21 academic year.
Source: official written-questions record.