Department for Education

written question – answered on 10 September 2020.

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  • Department for Education: Staff

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many members of staff in his Department have either equality, diversity or inclusion in their job title.

  • After School Clubs: Coronavirus

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has for the re-opening of before and after school club provision for children of working parents as covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.

  • Students: Coronavirus

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of the 230,000 laptops distributed to students during the covid-19 outbreak have been returned to his Department.

  • GCE A-level and GCSE: Assessments

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his Department's policy is on fees charged to school pupils to re-sit (a) GCSE and (b) A-level examinations in autumn 2020.

  • GCE A-Level and GCSE: Assessments

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of alternative algorithms and methods to moderate the 2020 GCSE and A-Level results;...

  • Further Education: Newcastle upon Tyne

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support his Department is providing to Further Education colleges in Newcastle to expand their retraining capacity.

  • Schools: Educational Visits

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking review his Department's guidance that advises against residential school trips, in light of the financial difficulty faced by...

  • Adult Education: Coronavirus

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to support lifelong learning and skills development for adult workers needing to re-skill after the covid-19 outbreak.

  • Digital Technology: Training

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 2 September 2020 to Question 77609 on Digital Technology: Training, where the (a) details of the new entitlement which will...

  • Further Education: Coronavirus

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) assessment he has made of and (b) plans he has to monitor the adequacy of covid-19 risk assessments undertaken by further education colleges.

  • Schools: Mental Health Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress has been made on training designated senior mental health leads in schools since that policy was announced in 2017.

  • Schools: Coronavirus

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the number of schools providing care before and after the start of the school day on reopening as the covid-19...

  • Disability and Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of children with special educational needs or disabilities who have not yet returned to...

  • Special Schools: Coronavirus

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of special schools have not yet reopened in (a) London and (b) England as a result of the covid-19 outbreak; and what...