Written questions
4,201 written questions tabled, most recent first.
6 Nov 2024 · Department for Education
Education: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase digital learning opportunities across (a) schools and (b) colleges.
6 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Trade Agreements: USA
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had recent discussions with his US counterpart on a free trade agreement.
6 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Employment: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to increase manufacturing jobs in (a) Essex and (b) nationally.
6 Nov 2024 · Department for Education
Commonwealth and Monarchy: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to promote awareness of the (a) Commonwealth of Nations, (b) Monarchy and (c) Commonwealth realms in (i) schools in England.
5 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport
Driving Tests: South Basildon and East Thurrock
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to reduce waiting times for driving tests in South Basildon and East Thurrock constituency.
5 Nov 2024 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the (a) adequacy of and (b) potential merits of undertaking a review of provider access legislation for students with SEND to assist them with acquiring employment.
5 Nov 2024 · Department for Education
Teaching Aids
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure parents have access to the materials used to teach their children in (a) relationships, sex and health education, (b) religious education and (c) other lessons.
5 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with her French counterpart on the potential merits of preventing small boats from crossing the Channel by intercepting them mid-journey.
5 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse has been of housing asylum seekers who have arrived on small boats in (a) hotels and (b) other locations since January 2020.
5 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Veterans: Essex
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have (a) applied for and (b) received a Veterans' ID Card in (a) South Basildon and East Thurrock constituency and (b) Essex.
5 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Veterans: Essex
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to support homeless military veterans in Essex.
5 Nov 2024 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to allocate new (a) funding and (b) resources to support children with special educational needs and disabilities in schools.
5 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: Essex
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to support bus services in Essex.
5 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Essex
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of GPs in Essex.
5 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport
Roads: Essex
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of fatalities on roads in Essex.
5 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Offenders: Foreign Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of foreign national offenders have successfully appealed a deportation order under Article (a) 3, (b) 6 and (c) 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, in each year
5 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Undocumented Migrants: Essex
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of irregular migrants were (a) in Essex and (b) housed in hotels in Essex in the last 12 months; and how many of those have been removed since October 2023.
5 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Refugees: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on refugee integration loans in each year since 2010.
5 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
India: Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the level of foreign aid for India.
5 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Army: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of undertaking a pay review for all military personnel.
5 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on reducing waiting lists for planned care in Essex.
5 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Essex
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve mental health services in Essex.
5 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Shoplifting: Essex
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce shoplifting in Essex.
5 Nov 2024 · Department for Education
Schools: Knives
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on tackling knife crime in schools.
4 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Television Licences: Non-payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were prosecuted for TV licence evasion in England in (a) 2022, (b) 2023 and (c) 2024.
4 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to increase value for money in procurement.
4 Nov 2024 · Department for Education
Children in Care: Young Offenders
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps her Department has taken to provide rehabilitation support to children who have lived in care who are (a) in police custody and (b) serving custodial sentences.
4 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Freeports: Economic Situation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of freeports on the economy.
4 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who arrived in the UK by small boats are (a) male and (b) female.
4 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Offenders: Foreign Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national offenders of which nationality were deported in each of the last five years.
Source: official written-questions record.