Written questions
1,432 written questions tabled, most recent first.
21 Feb 2022 · Department for Education
Schools: Ventilation
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 February 2022 on delivery of air cleaning units to education
21 Feb 2022 · Treasury
Inflation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the impact of the recent rise in inflation on the price of (a) ballpoint pens, (b) laptop computers and (c) school uniforms.
18 Feb 2022 · Treasury
Lifts and Wheelchairs: Spare Parts
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of fast-tracking customs checks for essential repair parts for (a) wheelchairs and (b) lifts.
18 Feb 2022 · Treasury
Lifts and Wheelchairs: Spare Parts
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what actions her Department is taking to ensure that essential items and repair parts for (a) wheelchairs and (b) lifts are not subject to customs delays at the UK border.
18 Feb 2022 · Treasury
Mortgages
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of lifetime mortgage customers who have switched to plans with lower interest rates since 2015.
18 Feb 2022 · Treasury
Mortgages
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of homeowners on lifetime mortgage plans in the UK.
18 Feb 2022 · Treasury
Energy Bills Rebate
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of allowing households to opt-out of the £200 Energy Bills Rebate planned for October 2022 and redirecting those funds to support households on the lowest income.
18 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions
Vocational Guidance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many career coaches his Department has recruited; what assessment he has made of their effectiveness; and how their effectiveness is measured.
18 Feb 2022 · Department for Transport
Roads: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what safety (a) measures and (b) recommendations his Department has (i) made and (ii) is planning to make to improve the safety of left-hand drive vehicles being driven in the UK.
18 Feb 2022 · Department for Transport
Roads: Accidents
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data his Department holds on the number and proportion of accidents that have involved at least one left hand drive vehicle in each of the last three years.
18 Feb 2022 · Department for Transport
Helicopters: Urban Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to (a) reduce the number of commercial helicopter flights over densely populated areas and (b) minimise the risk of those flights to the safety of people on the ground.
10 Feb 2022 · Department for Education
Schools: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what communications his Department sent out publicising the Coronavirus Workforce Fund to (a) schools and (b) trusts; and what the cost to the public purse was of those communications.
10 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to ensure that those who cannot afford private dental care have access to an NHS dentist within a reasonable timeframe.
10 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the Healthwatch England report entitled What people have told us about NHS dentistry, published on 20 December.
8 Feb 2022 · Department for Education
Schools: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2022 to Question 117900 on the Coronavirus Workforce Fund, what his Department's planned timetable is for publishing data on the covid-19 workforce fund payments and applica
7 Feb 2022 · Department for Education
Academies: Inspections
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools have not had an Ofsted inspection within the last (a) five, (b) ten and (c) 15 years as a result of conversion to academy status.
7 Feb 2022 · Department for Education
Schools: Inspections
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools which have not had an Ofsted inspection within the last (a) 5 years, (b) 10 years and (c) 15 years were rated as (i) Outstanding, (ii) Good, (iii) Requires Improvement and (iv) Inadequate when
7 Feb 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Research: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Levelling Up White Paper, if he will make it his policy to undertake a Government consultation before making any changes to the Research Evaluation Framework
7 Feb 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Research: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Levelling Up White Paper, whether he plans to make changes to the Research Evaluation Framework.
7 Feb 2022 · Department for Education
Higher Education: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will conduct a Government consultation before making changes to the Student Opportunities Fund.
7 Feb 2022 · Department for Education
Higher Education: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he is having with relevant stakeholders on changes to the Student Opportunities Fund.
7 Feb 2022 · Department for Education
Schools: Inspections
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools have not had an Ofsted inspection within the last (a) five, (b) 10 and (c) 15 years.
4 Feb 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Breast Cancer: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has (a) commissioned research on and (b) allocated funding to research on Triple Negative Breast Cancer.
3 Feb 2022 · Department for Education
Schools: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding was allocated through the School Improvement Monitoring and Brokering Grant, by (a) local authority, (b) parliamentary constituency and (c) region.
3 Feb 2022 · Department for Education
Schools: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding will be available to local authorities to (a) monitor the performance of its maintained schools, (b) support school improvement activities and (c) intervene in under-performing schools as appropria
3 Feb 2022 · Department for Education
Schools: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that contracts his Department awards to third parties for the construction of new schools provide that those buildings are (a) safe, (b) high quality and (c) environmentally su
3 Feb 2022 · Department for Education
Schools: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will provide a geographical breakdown of applications for the Coronavirus workforce fund to support schools with costs of staff absences by (a) English region and (b) parliamentary constituency.
3 Feb 2022 · Department for Education
Schools: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications to the Coronavirus workforce fund to support schools with costs of staff absences have been (a) accepted and (b) rejected.
28 Jan 2022 · Department for Transport
Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of measures taken to tackle idling engines; and what assessment he has made of the potential merits of creating a specific offence of idling.
27 Jan 2022 · Department for Education
Schools: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) cost to the public purse and (b) value of Emotional Literacy Support Assistants.
Source: official written-questions record.