Written questions

1,432 written questions tabled, most recent first.

9 May 2024 · Treasury

Nurseries

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the level of usage of the workplace nursery scheme since it was introduced.

8 May 2024 · Department for Education

Care Leavers: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps are being taken to improve the educational outcomes of children and young people in care; and what estimate she has made of the number of care leavers who are not in (a) education, (b) employment and

8 May 2024 · Department for Education

Children in Care: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of moving schools on children in care; and what steps she is taking to reduce the number of children in care who experience school moves.

1 May 2024 · Treasury

Self-assessment: Maladministration

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of HMRC sending (a) paper self-assessment tax returns to people who complete their tax returns online for the 2023-24 financial year and (b) correction let

1 May 2024 · Treasury

Self-assessment: Maladministration

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many paper self-assessment tax returns were erroneously dispatched by HMRC to people who normally complete their self-assessment tax returns online in financial year 2023-24.

23 Apr 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Universal Service Obligation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment her Department has made of the viability of the universal service obligation; and if she will hold discussions with the Leader of the House on making parliamentary time to debate

17 Apr 2024 · Department for Education

Pupils: ADHD

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the shortage of ADHD medication on students during the upcoming exam season; and whether her Department has had discussions with (a) examinatio

15 Apr 2024 · Department for Education

Child Arrangements Orders and Special Guardianship Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's data release Pupil absence in schools in England, published on 21 March 2024, how many children were subject to a (a) special guardianship and (b) child arrangements order by

15 Apr 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Construction: Architecture

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to facilitate greater involvement of architects in the development stage of new housing schemes.

15 Apr 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure standards of (a) quality and (b) sustainability in new housing developments.

26 Mar 2024 · Home Office

Detection Rates

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to help reduce the number of unsolved crimes.

26 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

English Language and Mathematics: Further Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the phased removal of the tolerance of students who do not meet the 16 to 19 maths and English condition of funding from 5% to 0%, starting in academic

26 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

English Language and Mathematics: Further Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has undertaken an assessment of the impact of the 16 to 19 maths and English condition of funding on (a) student experience of learning at and (b) staffing levels in (i) further education

26 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Regional Schools Commissioners: Finance and Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the annual budget is for regional schools commissioners, per commissioner per region in each financial year since 2014-15; and how many staff were employed by each commissioner on average in each financial

25 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Pupils: Young Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the number of schools that recorded zero young carers in their most recent school census return; and what steps her Department is

25 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Pupils: Young Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools recorded zero young carers in their most recent school census return.

21 Mar 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Global Partnership for Education

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent steps the Department has taken to support the work of the Global Partnership for Education.

1 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Schools: Universities

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason her Department has included Russell Group progression as a measure in school performance data and whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of this inclusion on (a) schools and

29 Feb 2024 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of how many additional SEND places have been opened in each of the local authorities that have a Dedicated schools grant: very high deficit intervention since the agreement was put in

29 Feb 2024 · Department for Education

Schools: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much additional capital funding has been spent in each of the local authorities with a Dedicated schools grant: very high deficit intervention to support delivery of the agreement where this forms part of t

20 Feb 2024 · Department for Education

Schools: Mobile Phones

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's guidance on mobile phones in schools, published on 19 February 2024, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the guidance on the number of chi

19 Feb 2024 · Department for Education

Schools: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential (a) merits of implementing a mental health support team plus model in schools and (b) impact of such an approach on the mental wellbeing of children and young peo

19 Feb 2024 · Department for Education

Schools: Mobile Phones

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data she used to help inform her guidance entitled Mobile phones in schools, published on 19 February 2024.

19 Feb 2024 · Department for Education

Schools: Mobile Phones

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her Department's guidance entitled Mobile phones in schools, published on 19 February 2024, on (a) schools, (b) pupils and (c) learning.

19 Feb 2024 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the number of special free schools that have opened in each year since 1 January 2015; and if she will provide a breakdown of those figures by phase.

19 Feb 2024 · Department for Education

English Language and Mathematics: GCSE

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2024 to Question 11876 on English Language and Mathematics: GCSE, how many and what proportion of young people from a disadvantaged background achieved a pass in GCSE (a) En

5 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Continuing Care: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, at what point in the provision of a person’s social care needs is the limit of local authority responsibility reached and the responsibility for funding that care transferred to NHS Continuing Heal

31 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health: Cost of Living

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the cost of living on the mental health of young people.

31 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

English Language and Mathematics: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish pass rates for level 1 functional skills qualifications in (a) English and (b) maths among people aged 19 and over; and if she will provide a breakdown of those figures by (i) previous quali

31 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

English Language and Mathematics: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish pass rates for level 2 functional skills qualifications in (a) English and (b) maths among people aged 19 and over; and if she will provide a breakdown of those figures by (i) previous quali

Source: official written-questions record.