Written questions

1,279 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will widen the eligibility of free school meals to all children whose parents are in receipt of Universal Credit.

4 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to increase funding for (a) universal infant free school meals and (b) benefitted free school meals.

3 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to increase the funding for services supporting victims of domestic abuse.

3 Dec 2024 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department plans to provide to help prevent (a) domestic abuse and (b) sexist and misogynistic attitudes that underpin domestic violence in the next financial year.

3 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Care Leavers: Supported Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of supported lodgings in supporting the aims of the Staying Close programme.

3 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Care Leavers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the merits of ensuring that the Staying Close programme is accessible to all Looked After Children.

3 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport

Boats: Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which authority is responsible for the recovery and disposal of boats that have sunk or are stranded near the shoreline when they do not present a navigation hazard.

3 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Children: Down's Syndrome

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of parent-delivered early language interventions for young children with Down Syndrome.

3 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Curriculum: Teaching Methods

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of embedding (a) social and (b) emotional learning interventions into curriculums.

3 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Pupils: Attendance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase collaborative working at local authority level to improve school attendance.

3 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness: Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to require building and health and safety standards in (a) emergency and (b) temporary accommodation provided to homeless families

3 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Children's Rights: Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that homeless children have the same rights of access to (a) education and (b) health care as looked-after children in corporate parentship.

3 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help end child homelessness.

3 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) children of school age with complex SEND needs and (b) specialist educational places required for such children in the next five academic years.

3 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Tree Planting

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to encourage local authorities to plant more trees.

3 Dec 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Journalism

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made representations to his Israeli counterpart to lift the ban on journalists reporting from Gaza.

2 Dec 2024 · Home Office

Visas: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has had recent discussions with representatives of migrant organisations on the development of a digital solution for the e-visa scheme.

2 Dec 2024 · Home Office

Visas: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the e-Visa scheme on (a) older people, (b) those with learning difficulties, (c) non-English speakers and (d) those with limited access to techn

2 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Teachers: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to restore funding to the Career Change Programme.

2 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring future housing developments provide electronic vehicle charging facilities for residents.

26 Nov 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Warm Home Discount Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Warm Home Discount to include all disabled members of an eligible household.

26 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Pupils: Absenteeism

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact of living in a low income household on rates of school absences.

25 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Psilocybin

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to (a) reschedule Psilocybin to allow it to be prescribed and (b) retain its status as a class A substance for other purposes.

20 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pigmeat: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to require imported pork to meet the UK's animal welfare standards.

20 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Taxation: International Cooperation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if the Government will propose that the principles of (a) human rights, (b) workers' rights and (c) climate justice are contained within the UN Tax Convention.

20 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Taxation: International Cooperation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to support the UN Tax Convention.

18 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to provide financial support to local authorities for SEND provision after March 2026.

18 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the increase in the number of children with Special Educational Needs.

18 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Maintenance Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to review the customer relations services of the Child Maintenance Service.

18 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will ensure that any future review of the bus fare cap will take account of (a) young people and (b) low paid workers.

Source: official written-questions record.