Written questions

1,432 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Apr 2023 · Department for Education

Teachers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to open a further round of applications for initial teacher training providers to be accredited to deliver courses from September 2024.

14 Apr 2023 · Department for Education

School Libraries

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of how many and what proportion of (a) primary and (b) secondary schools have a school library.

30 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Nuclear Power: Heat Networks

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of utilising SMRs and other small and medium-sized nuclear projects for the co-generation of heat and power via district heat n

29 Mar 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Civil Society: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the £100 million support for charities and community organisations announced in the Spring Budget 2023, when she plans to provide further information on (a) how that funding wil

29 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heat Networks

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the (a) average annual cost between 31 March 2022 and 31 March 2023 and (b) projected annual cost until 31 March 2024 of (i) electricity and (ii) heating bills

29 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Bills Discount Scheme: Heat Networks

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that energy suppliers for communal and district heat networks pass on the full benefit of the Energy Bills Discount Scheme to their domestic cust

27 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether (a) her Department and (b) Ofsted are taking steps to prevent the practice of schools monitoring traffic to their websites to predict the timing of an upcoming Ofsted inspection.

27 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when (a) her Department and (b) Ofsted first became aware of the practice of schools monitoring traffic to their websites to predict the timing of an upcoming Ofsted inspection.

27 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to Questions 166373 and 166374 on Childcare tabled by the hon. Member for Twickenham on 15 March 2023.

20 Mar 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Leisure Centres and Swimming Pools: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of the support fund announced for swimming pools in the Spring Budget 2023 will be allocated to support pools and leisure centres with (a) immediate operational costs and (b) ener

20 Mar 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Leisure Centres and Swimming Pools: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether swimming pools and leisure centres run by (a) community groups and (b) charities will be eligible for the support fund announced for swimming pools in the Spring Budget 2023.

16 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Educational Institutions: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to (a) identify, (b) inspect and (c) remove reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete from school and college buildings.

15 Mar 2023 · Treasury

Childcare: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the policy costings of his decision to introduce 30 hours a week of free childcare for eligible working parents of children aged 9 months to 3 years are not included within HM Treasury's document ent

15 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Childcare

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his Financial Statement on 15 March 2023 that the additional funding for childcare providers is an average of a 30 per cent increase in the

15 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Childcare

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 3.49 of the Spring Budget 2023, HC 1183, what estimate she has made of her Department's planned expenditure in 2023-24 on the (a) universal 15 hours free childcare entitlement for al

14 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: Resettlement

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking with the Home Office to help support British citizens in Afghanistan who wish to leave that country.

13 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Clinical Psychologists: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people (a) applied for and (b) took up an NHS training place to train as a clinical psychologist, in each of the last five years for which data is available.

13 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Clinical Psychologists: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of NHS training places for clinical psychologists.

13 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: T-levels

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students have been funded by her Department to study those courses which will lose funding approval in August 2024 because their content overlaps with the early years educator specialism of the Educati

13 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: T-levels

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students have enrolled onto the early years educator specialism of the Education and Early Years T-Level in each year since the T-Level was introduced.

9 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 132 of the Ofsted school inspection handbook, how many schools have been found by Ofsted not to have complied with the requirement to have appropriate policies in place on sexual har

9 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 132 of the Ofsted school inspection handbook, what assessment she has made of the impact of the introduction in 2021 of a requirement that schools have appropriate policies in place

8 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has held discussions with his Israeli counterparts on opening an investigation into the deaths of Palestinians; and whether his Department is aware of any ongoing

8 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Endometriosis: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the time between a woman first presenting with symptoms of endometriosis to (a) being diagnosed and (b) receiving treatment.

6 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Bills Discount Scheme: Heat Networks

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to make available further information on the Energy Bills Discount Scheme in relation to households on heat networks.

1 Mar 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Epilepsy

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the accuracy of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment process for people with epilepsy; and how many and what proportion of people with epilepsy succes

28 Feb 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2023 to Question 140337 on Schools: Closures, in which region of England are the 39 schools that have closed because one or more school buildings were deemed unsafe.

22 Feb 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2023 to Question 140337 on Schools: Closures, if she will publish the (a) names and (b) local authority areas of 39 schools that have closed because one or more school buil

20 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Assets

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has approved the (a) sale and (b) disposal of any NHS assets at below market value since December 2019.

20 Feb 2023 · Treasury

Treasury: Official Gifts

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has approved gifts exceeding £300,000 made by (a) Government departments and (b) arms-length bodies through the (i) sale and (ii) lease of public assets at below market value since December 20

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