Written questions

1,432 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 Feb 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Children's Hospice Grant will be renewed beyond financial year 2023-24.

20 Feb 2023 · Treasury

Energy Bills Discount Scheme: Hospices

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to add hospices to the list of Energy and Trade Intensive Industries eligible for increased support under the Energy Bills Discount Scheme.

17 Feb 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israeli Settlements

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Israeli counterpart on the legalisation of nine settlement outposts on 12 February 2023.

8 Feb 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons her Department has changed the criteria on the latest date to commence training for the senior mental health lead training grant.

7 Feb 2023 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take further steps to increase (a) the universal infant free school meals grant and (b) the benefits-related free school meals component of the schools national funding formula in the context of the

7 Feb 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of how many temporary classrooms are in use in state-funded schools in each local authority area in England.

6 Feb 2023 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2023 to Question 126832 on Special Educational Needs: Greater London, if she will make it her policy to collect statistics on the number of (a) Teachers of the Deaf and (b)

6 Feb 2023 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2023 to Question 126832 on Special Educational Needs: Greater London, what steps her Department is taking to assess the level of staff and resources that schools require to

6 Feb 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) classrooms and (b) buildings in state-funded schools have been (a) temporarily or (b) permanently closed since December 2019 because they were deemed unsafe; and if she will publish a list of the a

6 Feb 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many state-funded schools have been (a) temporarily or (b) permanently closed since December 2019 because one or more school buildings was deemed unsafe; and if she will publish a list of those schools.

2 Feb 2023 · Department for Transport

Cars: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a car scrappage scheme in the South East to support residents in counties bordering Greater London to switch to greener vehicles following th

2 Feb 2023 · Department for Transport

Cars: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to introduce a car scrappage scheme to support people switching to greener vehicles.

1 Feb 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water: Phosphates

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's Environment Improvement Plan 2023, published on 31 January 2023, what assessment she has made of the impact of water recycling schemes on the (a) tar

31 Jan 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Occupied Territories: War Crimes

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will clarify the UK’s position on the International Criminal Court’s investigation into alleged war crimes in the West Bank and Gaza.

31 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hormone Replacement Therapy: Shortages

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) alleviate shortages of Hormone replacement therapy products and associated medicines and (b) support patients to access treatments.

31 Jan 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Products: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's publication Our Action Plan for Animal Welfare, published on 12 May 2021, whether it is still her Department's policy to review restrictions on the i

31 Jan 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Alternative Fuel Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he will extend the £200 Alternative Fuel Payment to all households without a direct relationship to an energy supplier.

31 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Alternative Fuel Payments: Heat Networks

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether households connected to communal and district heat networks will be eligible for the Non-Domestic Alternative Fuel Payment.

25 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to answer Question 121149, tabled by the hon. Member for Twickenham on 11 January 2023.

18 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to promote the financial sustainability of schools with falling pupil rolls.

18 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Teachers: Strikes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Ofqual intends to (a) adjust exam grade boundaries or (b) provide other support during exams for pupils whose learning is disrupted by the upcoming strikes by the National Education Union.

18 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the SEND improvement plan to be published by her Department later this month will be accompanied by an analysis of the additional workforce needed to implement proposals contained within it.

18 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) Teachers of the Deaf, (b) Teachers for the Visually Impaired and (c) special educational needs coordinators are employed by schools (i) in and (ii) run by the (A) London Borough of Richmond upon Th

18 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of changes to the level of the national minimum wage on the number of people from lower-income backgrounds who start apprenticeship

18 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Minimum Wage

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason it is his policy that the national minimum wage for workers aged under 23 is lower than that for other workers.

18 Jan 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the number of adults aged under 25 in England who live in housing that is overcrowded.

18 Jan 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the number of adults aged under 25 in England who live in housing that is classified by his Department as a non-decent home.

18 Jan 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the number of adults aged under 25 in England who spend more than one third of their net income on housing costs.

13 Jan 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

River Thames: Sewage

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the implication for his polices of Thames Water’s proposal to convey millions of litres of treated wastewater into the River Thames at Teddin

11 Jan 2023 · Department for Education

Academies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 147 of the white paper Opportunity for all: strong schools with great teachers for your child, CP650, published on 28 March 2022, whether it remains her Department's policy for all s

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