Written questions
61 written questions tabled, most recent first.
25 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Gazumping
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the practice of gazumping; and whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of voluntary reservation agreements in reside
19 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Domestic Abuse: Carers and Parents
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Department is taking to support (a) parents and (b) carers facing domestic (i) abuse and (ii) violence from (A) children and (B) wards.
19 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's press release of 17 November 2024 entitled £1 billion government funding boost for bus services across England to help end postcode lottery, what proportion of the additional
15 Nov 2024 · Department for Education
Students: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the parental income thresholds used to determine the level of support for maintenance loans.
15 Nov 2024 · Department for Education
Further Education: Pupil Premium
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the pupil premium to post-16 institutions.
15 Nov 2024 · Department for Education
Apprentices: Disadvantaged
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that apprenticeship opportunities are made more widely available for those from disadvantaged backgrounds.
15 Nov 2024 · Department for Education
Free School Meals: Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Sutton Trust’s Closing the Attainment Gap report, published on 22 February 2024, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of expanding free school meal eligib
15 Nov 2024 · Department for Education
Schools: Admissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the report entitled Social Selection on the Map, published by the Sutton Trust on 3 September 2024, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of (a) reviewing existing ad
15 Nov 2024 · Department for Education
Children's Centres
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Sutton Trust’s Inequality in early years education report, published on 24 January 2024, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of establishing a national strategy
15 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport
Roads: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of vision zero approaches to road safety in other countries.
13 Nov 2024 · Department for Education
Vocational Education: Nuneaton
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase funding for skills-based education in Nuneaton constituency.
13 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Child Maintenance Service: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to increase the funding for the Child Maintenance Service to ensure prompt responses to correspondence from (a) residents of Nuneaton constituency and (b) other correspondents.
1 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport
West Coast Main Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 3.19 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October 2024, HC 295, when she plans to publish further information on her plan to increase capacity on the West Coast main line.
1 Nov 2024 · Treasury
Infrastructure
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.30 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October 2024, HC 295, when she plans to publish a consultation on the proposed Infrastructure Strategy.
24 Oct 2024 · Women and Equalities
Business: Equality
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of recognising businesses with proactive equality practices.
23 Oct 2024 · Women and Equalities
Equal Pay: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that companies (a) record and (b) publish ethnicity pay gap data.
22 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Social Rented Housing: Nuneaton
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to increase the supply of social housing in Nuneaton constituency.
17 Oct 2024 · Department for Education
Academies: Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of (a) ensuring that academy schools publish full SEND information reports and (b) sanctioning schools that do not.
16 Oct 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Insolvency Service: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reforming the Insolvency Service to ensure (a) greater transparency, (b) faster investigations and (c) greater accountability for insolvency pract
4 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Housing: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that key water infrastructure is (a) constructed and (b) adopted alongside the development of new housing.
4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Empty Property
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing local authorities to (a) buy unoccupied housing in longstanding disrepair at a reduced rate and
4 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Patient Choice Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients are aware of the right to choose medical care.
4 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Patient Choice Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that General Practitioners are (a) aware of and (b) able to communicate effectively the right for patients to choose medical care.
10 Sep 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Solar Power: Industry
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of using (a) car parks and (b) other elements of the built environment for industrial solar energy projects; and if he will take step
10 Sep 2024 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Nuneaton
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of SEND provision services in Nuneaton constituency; and what steps she is taking to work with local authorities in Nuneaton to improve SEND provision.
10 Sep 2024 · Home Office
Young Futures Hubs: Nuneaton
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the suitability of Nuneaton constituency for a youth hub in the context of plans relating to the young futures unit.
9 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Buildings: Insulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds on levels of prevalence of aluminium composite material cladding on buildings in Nuneaton constituency.
9 Sep 2024 · Department for Education
Pupils: Per Capita Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the real-terms funding per pupil in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Nuneaton constituency has been in each financial year since 2010.
9 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Combined Authorities
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing district councils to be constituent members of Combined County Authorities.
9 Sep 2024 · Home Office
Gender Based Violence: Crime Prevention
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support primary prevention regarding violence against women and girls.
Source: official written-questions record.