Written questions

1,432 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 Apr 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools his Department have referred to the Health and Safety Executive since 2015.

19 Apr 2022 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children with special educational needs and disabilities that do not currently have a place in an education setting.

19 Apr 2022 · Department for Education

National Curriculum Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children that will complete their curriculum studies prior to the next round of Key Stage 2 SATs examinations.

19 Apr 2022 · Department for Education

National Curriculum Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the resumption of Key Stage (a) 1 and (2) SATs examinations do not have a negative impact on the wellbeing of children.

19 Apr 2022 · Department for Education

National Curriculum Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department made of the effect on children of his decision to continue with Key Stage 1 SATs examinations in 2022 prior to the announcement of that decision.

19 Apr 2022 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Classroom Assistants

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support his Department is providing to (a) special schools and (b) other specialist education settings on the recruitment of teaching assistants.

19 Apr 2022 · Department for Education

Goldsmiths' College

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has had recent discussions with Goldsmiths University on protecting courses at that university on (a) Queer and (b) Black British history.

19 Apr 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure that the forthcoming reform of the Mental Health Act 1983 will include school and community-based early-intervention provision for children and young people to include play and cr

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

Housing: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) challenges disabled (i) renters and (ii) buyers face on the private housing market and (b) adequacy of support available to disabled peo

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

Walls and Fences: Surveying

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) average cost of appointing a surveyor for the purposes of drawing up a party wall award and (b) extent to which this cost prohibits

14 Apr 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help encourage supermarkets to ensure that low cost food ranges are stocked and accessible in smaller, high street stores.

24 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Educational Institutions: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many education settings have had their applications to the Salix Energy Efficiency Fund (a) accepted and (b) rejected, by local authority, as of 24 March 2022.

24 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Educational Institutions: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many education settings have had their applications to the Salix Energy Efficiency Fund (a) accepted and (b) rejected, by parliamentary constituency, as of 24 March 2022.

24 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Educational Institutions: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications to the Salix Energy Efficiency Fund have been (a) accepted and (b) rejected as of 24 March 2022.

24 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

National Tutoring Programme: Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the National Tutoring Programme Ad Hoc Statistics published in March 2022, how many of the 1,031,000 starts were made by children with SEND.

21 Mar 2022 · COP26

Climate Change: Development Aid

To ask the President of COP26, what steps the Government is taking as COP President to ensure that the $100 billion International Climate Finance commitment is met before 2023.

18 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to protect women and girls fleeing the war in Ukraine from abuse and exploitation by human traffickers.

17 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Educational Institutions: Air Conditioning

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish a geographical breakdown by (a) local authority and (b) parliamentary constituency of his Department's statistics published on 17 March 2022 on delivery of air cleaning units to education set

10 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Educational Institutions: Air Conditioning

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish a geographical breakdown by (a) local authority and (b) Parliamentary constituency of his Department's statistics published on 3 March 2022 on delivery of air cleaning units to education sett

8 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of lowered alcohol duty on (a) beer, (b) cider and (c) other alcoholic beverages on rates of harmful drinking among (i) young people and (ii) other age

3 Mar 2022 · Treasury

Mortgages

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2022 to Question 125543, on Mortgages, what estimate he has made of the total number of lifetime mortgage customers who could benefit from switching to plans on lower interest r

3 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Social Workers: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's statistics on children's social work workforce, published on 24 February 2022, what steps he plans to take in response to those statistics that demonstrate an increase in the

1 Mar 2022 · Department for Education

Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 2 Assessment Arrangements) (England) (Amendment) Order 2019

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 22 to Question 126842, whether Education (National Curriculum) (Key Stage 2 Assessment Arrangements) (England) (Amendment) Order 2019 was laid with affirmative or negative

25 Feb 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of school attendance targets on clinically vulnerable families attempting to shield from covid-19.

25 Feb 2022 · Department for Education

Orphans: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support his Department provides for children who have been orphaned as a result of covid-19.

23 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Household Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending the Household Support Fund beyond March 2022 in response to forecasts that inflation will peak in April 2022.

22 Feb 2022 · Treasury

Alcoholic Drinks: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of lowered VAT on (a) beer, (b) cider and (c) other alcoholic beverages will have on rates of harmful drinking among (i) young people and (ii) other ag

21 Feb 2022 · Department for Education

Numeracy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 19 January 2022 to Question 101845 on Numeracy, on what date the Statutory Instrument was laid which amended the Education Order 2003 (National Curriculum, Key Stage 2 Assessment

21 Feb 2022 · Department for Education

Literacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will provide a geographical breakdown by (a) local authority, (b) region and (c) parliamentary constituency of children who are below their expected reading age.

21 Feb 2022 · Department for Education

Literacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary school children were below their expected reading age in (a) 2018, (b) 2019, (c) 2020 and (d) 2021.

Source: official written-questions record.