Written questions

1,432 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will provide a breakdown of the number of people starting level (a) 3, (b) 4 and (c) higher apprenticeships in the last 12 months by age; and how many and what proportion of those people had passed a lev

29 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

English Language and Mathematics: GCSE

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2024 to Question 10317 on English Language and Mathematics: GCSE, how many and what proportion of young people from a disadvantaged background achieve a pass in GCSE (a) Eng

29 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

English Language and Mathematics: GCSE

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2024 to Question 10317 on English Language and Mathematics: GCSE, how many and what proportion of young people achieve a pass in GCSE (a) English and (b) maths in 16-19 educ

23 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Teachers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the teacher Supply Model target for the 2024 entry into initial teacher training is, by subject; and whether that number has been recruited in a previous year.

22 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Teachers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to table 9.1 of her Department's publication entitled Initial teacher training applications for courses starting in the 2024 to 2025 academic year, published on 22 January 2024, how many candidat

17 Jan 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department plans to update the Digital Inclusion Strategy, published 4 December 2014.

17 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

English Language and Mathematics: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of young people achieve a pass in Functional Skills Level 2 (a) English and (b) maths in 16-19 education by (i) prior attainment at age 16, (ii) whether they are from a disadvantage

17 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

English Language and Mathematics: GCSE

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of young people achieve a pass in GCSE (a) English and (b) maths in 16-19 education by (i) prior attainment at age 16, (ii) whether they are from a disadvantaged background or not a

17 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

English Language and Mathematics: GCSE

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of young people achieve a pass in (a) GCSE English, (b) GCSE maths, (c) Functional Skills Level 2 English and (d) Functional Skills Level 2 maths in each year group in 16-19 educati

16 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the number of children who previously received but are no longer eligible for free school meals as a result of their households reaching a net earned income threshold of £7,400 p

16 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the earned income threshold of £7,400 for universal credit claimants under the Free School Lunches and Milk, and School and Early Years Finance (Amendme

15 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Schools: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 30 March 2023 to Question 174445 on Schools: Inspections, whether she has taken steps to prevent schools monitoring website traffic to predict the timing of an Ofsted inspection.

9 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the transitional protections associated with the April 2018 introduction of an earned income threshold of £7,400 for universal credit claimants, if she will make an estimate of the number of f

9 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the number of children who will receive free school meals as the result of the transitional protections associated with the April 2018 introduction of an earned income threshold

9 Jan 2024 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were receiving free school meals as the result of the transitional protections associated with the April 2018 introduction of an earned income threshold of £7,400 for universal credit claimant

8 Dec 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Drinking Water: Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of updating guidelines on the level of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances in drinking water.

8 Dec 2023 · Treasury

Tax Avoidance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to update to the List of named tax avoidance schemes, promoters, enables and suppliers of 1 December 2023, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to the loan charge that

7 Dec 2023 · Department for Education

Out-of-school Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) education providers have been (i) investigated and (ii) inspected under section 96 of the Education and Skills Act 2008 and (b) unregistered schools have been identified in each year between 2015 a

6 Dec 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Household Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of ending the Household Support Fund on (a) local authorities and (b) people accessing local authority services.

6 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding her Department has provided for (a) mental health services (i) for children and young people and (ii) in total and (b) all NHS services in each financial year since 2019-20.

6 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS Long Term Plan, published on 7 January 2019, how much and what proportion of the additional £2.3 billion of funding for mental health services has been spent on services f

5 Dec 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Abstraction: Teddington

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to respond to Thames Water's s35 application for its Teddington Direct River Abstraction proposal.

30 Nov 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Thames Water

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to issue a decision on Thames Water’s revised draft Water Resources Management Plan.

29 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Teachers: Parents

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to retain teachers when they become parents.

29 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department spent on advertising campaigns to (a) recruit new teachers and (b) bring retired and former teachers back to teaching in each academic year since 2015.

28 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Spondyloarthritis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to incorporate training on axial spondyloarthritis as a core component of continuous professional development within primary care.

28 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Spondyloarthritis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department is taking steps to reduce waiting times for axial spondyloarthritis diagnosis.

28 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Out-of-school Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many unregistered schools there are in England.

21 Nov 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Building Regulations: Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's workplan for a technical review of the fire safety guidance provided in Approved Document B, when he plans to publish an update on progress of the

21 Nov 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Building Regulations: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference his Department's workplan for a technical review of the fire safety guidance provided in Approved Document B, when he plans to publish an update on progress of the pro

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