Written questions
2,620 written questions tabled, most recent first.
30 Oct 2020 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will set out what further support will be made available to early education and childcare providers during the next six months in response to the covid-19 outbreak.
22 Oct 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Internet: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward proposals for family friendly WiFi which use the default filters imposed by mobile network operators, based
22 Oct 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Internet: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to make the 2018 BBFC AV Guidance approved by Parliament the basis for future Government online harms proposals to protect children from harmful content.
22 Oct 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Video on Demand
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he is taking steps to support the BBFC in securing greater coverage for their trusted age ratings on video-on-demand platforms; what video-on-demand platforms carry BBFC age rati
22 Oct 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of online content being age-rated and labelled using trusted BBFC classifications which reflect UK national sensitives as a result of
22 Oct 2020 · Department for Education
Schools: Fire Extinguishers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of making the implementation of sprinkler systems in new build and substantially refurbished schools mandatory.
22 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Animal Products: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Food Standards Agency 21-month adjustment period Guidance on health and identification marks that applies from 1 January 2021, as it applies to Products o
22 Oct 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flour
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that UK milled flour fortified in line with the Bread and Flour Regulations 1998 will be recognised as compliant with EU rules after the transition pe
22 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Permitted Development Rights: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2020 to Question 104771, on The Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development and Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) (Coronavirus) Regula
20 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Quarantine
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of exempting NHS and care workers from quarantine restrictions so that they can visit families abroad without having to sacrifice their annual le
19 Oct 2020 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of whether recent trends in the level of funding for early years education and childcare provision has matched (a) inflation and (b) trends in the costs incurred by providers of thos
19 Oct 2020 · Treasury
Pre-school Education: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of abolishing business rates for early education and childcare providers.
19 Oct 2020 · Treasury
English Language: Education
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending business rates relief to include English language teaching schools.
19 Oct 2020 · Department for Education
Internet: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what meetings he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, (b) the Home Secretary and (c) expert organisations on the Online Harms Bill.
19 Oct 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Internet: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what representations he has received from experts in the education sector on the Online Harms Bill.
19 Oct 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Internet: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government will pursue mutual recognition of regimes in respect of online harms and protections in trade negotiations with the US.
19 Oct 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Internet: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with Ofcom on the role of the proposed online harms regulator to promote education and raise awareness of online safety.
19 Oct 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Internet: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when the Government plans to publish the online media literacy strategy connected with the Online Harms Bill.
19 Oct 2020 · Department for Education
Schools: Music
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding available to music education in schools.
19 Oct 2020 · Department for Education
Music: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to help ensure the availability of music education in schools during the covid-19 outbreak.
16 Oct 2020 · Department for Education
Outdoor Recreation: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the feasibility of safely reopening outdoor activity centres during the covid-19 outbreak.
16 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Permitted Development Rights: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the provisions of The Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development and Miscellaneous Amendments) (England) (C
15 Oct 2020 · Department for Education
Free School Meals
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of Section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 on the accessibility of free school meals for asylum-seekers.
15 Oct 2020 · Department for Education
Free School Meals: Migrants
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that families who have no recourse to public funds can access free school meals.
15 Oct 2020 · Department for Education
Free School Meals: Migrants
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that children from families that have no recourse to public funds can access free school meals.
14 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Commonhold and Leasehold: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2020 to Question 22054, what his timetable is for bringing forward legislative proposals on leasehold and commonhold reform.
13 Oct 2020 · Treasury
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the expanded Job Support Scheme announced on 9 October 2020, whether businesses that have not been forced to close but supply businesses that are closed as a result of covid-19 restrictions are eli
13 Oct 2020 · Treasury
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the expanded Job Support Scheme announced on 9 October 2020, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending eligibility for that scheme to businesses that have not been forced to
13 Oct 2020 · Department for Education
Pupils: Absenteeism
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy for children to be permitted to miss a day of school to celebrate (a) Eid and (b) Yom Kippur without that absence affecting their attendance records.
12 Oct 2020 · Cabinet Office
Health Education: Advertising
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether photographs used in Government public health adverts in newspapers are required to reflect the diversity of the communities in which those adverts are placed.
Source: official written-questions record.