Written questions

825 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

National Tutoring Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the (a) National Tutoring Programme and (b) 16-19 Tuition Fund.

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

National Tutoring Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of how many young people in receipt of Pupil Premium or an equivalent will have received tutoring through the (a) National Tutoring Programme and (b) 16-19 Tuition Fund by the end of

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

National Tutoring Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has for the (a) National Tutoring Programme and (b) 16-19 Tuition Fund after the end of this academic year.

13 Oct 2023 · Home Office

Immigration Removal Centres: Restraint Techniques

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to (a) identify and (b) prevent the (i) misuse and (ii) unlawful use of force against people held in detention under immigration powers; and what steps she is takin

13 Oct 2023 · Home Office

Immigration Removal Centres: Restraint Techniques

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of (a) use, (b) misuse and (c) unlawful use of force have been recorded on the immigration detention estate in the last 12 months; and for what reason force was used in each inciden

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Local Press: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has taken recent steps to help support the financial sustainability of the regional press industry.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Local Press: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the implications for its policies of the financial sustainability of the regional press industry.

19 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of people with cancer aged between 13 and 24 are enrolled in clinical trials.

19 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that policies on supporting young people affected by cancer are included in the Major Conditions Strategy.

19 Sep 2023 · Women and Equalities

Conversion Therapy

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether it remains the Government’s policy to ban sexual orientation and gender identity conversion practices.

19 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Eating Disorders: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with NHS England on the adequacy of guidance issued to patients with severe and enduring eating disorders.

19 Sep 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Civil Society: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will increase the number of grant schemes aimed at capacity building for third sector organisations.

19 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to clinical trials for young cancer patients.

19 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Child Sexual Abuse Independent Panel Inquiry

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress her Department has made on implementing the recommendations in the report of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, published in October 2022.

13 Sep 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Iran: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has held with his counterparts in Iran on the (a) incarceration of (i) Mahvash Sabet, (ii) Fariba Kamalabadi and (iii) Afif Naeimi and (b) medical reports

8 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Physician Associates: Employment and Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many physician associates are employed in the NHS; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the regulation of physician associates.

8 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Literature: Secondary Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help improve the provision of literature and poetry programmes in secondary schools.

8 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Meta: Information Sharing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with police forces on the sharing of data with the social media company Meta.

5 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of research from the Child Poverty Action Group that 900,000 children in England were living in poverty without access to free school meals; if

5 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Transgender People

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many meetings she has had with which LGBT+ organisations on transgender guidance for schools in the last 12 months.

4 Sep 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

USA: Arts Festivals

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has had recent discussions with its US counterpart on British citizens who are stranded at the Burning Man festival.

4 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure patients can access timely NHS dental treatment.

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nutrition: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that (a) all food provided through the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme is sourced at the highest quality and (b) healthy eating is promoted more

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Social Workers: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help protect social workers from facing violence at work.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Television: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has held discussions with television production companies on mental health support for reality television (a) contestants and (b) production staff.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Agreements: India

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what representations her Department has received from (a) trade unions and (b) labour rights organisations in (i) the UK and (ii) India, on the free trade agreement negotiations with India.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Agreements: India

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make it her policy to require that any free trade agreement with India be conditional on India ratifying conventions (a) 87 and (b) 98 of the International Labour Organisation conventions.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Social Services: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to support services that support people with multiple disadvantages and implement trauma-informed approaches.

20 Jul 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Occupied Territories: Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the (a) prevalence and (b) impact of violence by settlers towards (i) Palestinians and (ii) their p

20 Jul 2023 · Home Office

Visas: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral statement of the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on Public Sector Pay of 13 July 2023, Official Report, column 525, when she plans to bring forward regulations to increase v

Source: official written-questions record.