Written questions

1,432 written questions tabled, most recent first.

1 Jun 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 27 May 2022 to Question 5498, what school sites were officials in his Department referring to when they stated in emails to officials at 10 Downing Street dated 30 March 2022 and 4 Apr

24 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Air Ambulance Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of providing funding to regional air ambulance services in England.

24 May 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dogs: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to take steps to ban the import of puppies under 24 weeks of age.

23 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Leasehold: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he expects the second part of the Government’s leasehold reform legislation to be brought forward.

19 May 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools have been visited as part of his Department's Condition Data Collection 2 programme to date; and if he will publish a summary of that programme's findings to date.

19 May 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of the schools in each (a) local authority area and (b) Parliamentary constituency that were surveyed during the 2017-19 Condition Data Collection Programme had at least one building element graded D (

19 May 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the (a) total modelled condition need and (b) average condition need per school which was found during the Condition Data Collection programme in 2017 to 2019 in (i) each local authority area

19 May 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of school and college sites which pose a risk to life; and if he will a publish a list of those sites.

19 May 2022 · Department for Education

School Rebuilding Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions his Department has had with HM Treasury on expanding the School Rebuilding Programme.

18 May 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Point 162 in the Schools White Paper, which specific provision in the Schools Bill will ensure that local authorities take responsibility for managing all applications for in-year admissions.

18 May 2022 · Home Office

Sexual Harassment: Public Places

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy paper published on 21 July 2021, what progress her Department has made on assessing the merits of introducing a new specific of

18 May 2022 · Home Office

Catalytic Converters: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with the Metropolitan Police on a strategy to tackle the rising level of catalytic converter theft.

16 May 2022 · Treasury

Education: Capital Investment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on how HM Treasury estimates the long-term returns on investment when evaluating proposed new capital expenditure on school and college buildings

13 May 2022 · 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 his Department's Action Plan for Animal Welfare, published in May 2021, what plans his Department has to ban the import of (a) hunting trophies, (b) fur and (c) foie

12 May 2022 · Department for Education

Overseas Students: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the open letter sent by the Minister of State for Higher and Further Education to Ukrainian students on 27 April 2022, what criteria his Department plans to use to distribute the £4 million of

11 May 2022 · Treasury

Apprenticeship Levy: Multi-academy Trusts

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of money raised from the apprenticeship levy from apprenticeships within Multi-Academy Trusts as of 11 May 2022.

11 May 2022 · Department for Transport

South Western Railway

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects South Western Railway to announce the timetable changes scheduled for December 2022.

11 May 2022 · Department for Transport

South Western Railway

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with South Western Railway regarding the proposed timetable changes from December 2022.

11 May 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unpaid Work

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of (a) the average number of hours of unpaid labour carried out in the UK each year as part of trial shifts and (b) the potential benefits of introducing regulati

10 May 2022 · Treasury

Schools: Uniforms

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of removing the VAT applied to school uniforms in the context of rising living costs.

10 May 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Uniforms

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions officials in his Department have had with their counterparts in the Treasury on the potential merits of removing VAT applied to school uniforms in the context of rising living costs.

10 May 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the average increase in energy bill costs for schools in 2022.

10 May 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the average cost of energy bills for schools in 2022.

10 May 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average cost of energy bills per school was in (a) 2018, (b) 2019, (c) 2020 and (d) 2021.

10 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing research funding to improve (a) the diagnosis and (b) the treatment of childhood cancers as part of the Government’s 10-Year Cancer

25 Apr 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support has been put in place to assist (a) Afghan refugees and (b) refugees of other non-Ukrainian nationality who were resident in Ukraine prior to the invasion by Rus

25 Apr 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) Afghan refugees and (b) refugees from any third country that were resident in Ukraine prior to the invasion by Russian troops

25 Apr 2022 · Home Office

Visas: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason third country citizens resident in Ukraine with family members in the UK were excluded from the Ukraine Family Visa scheme.

21 Apr 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Party Wall etc Act 1996

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment has been made of the potential merits of amending the Party Wall Act 1996 to compel homeowners undertaking works subject to the Act to serve a party wall notice.

21 Apr 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Walls and Fences: Injunctions

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) average legal costs of pursuing a civil court injunction to enforce compliance with the Party Wall Act 1996 and (b) extent to which

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