Philip Dunne

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children were (a) looked-after and (b) assessed as being in need by local authority children's services rated (i) inadequate, (ii) requires improvement, (iii) good and (iv) outst...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of ending independent inspections of local authority children's services on the effectiveness of the safeguarding of young people by those services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the initial Ofsted ratings were for local authority children’s services; and what the most recent Ofsted rating was for each of those authorities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) looked after children and (b) children in need are on the roll of independent schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of whether it is possible to replace tuition fees with maintenance grants and be cost-neutral to the public purse; and whether there would need to be a reduction in the number of stu...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the amount owed is in respect of loans for (a) tuition fees and (b) living costs to date; and what projections his Department has made of the amounts owed in respect of each of those loans in (i) 2025, (ii...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many more students have attended university since the cap on student numbers was lifted; and what recent assessment his Department has made of whether there has been an increase in the number of students fr...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the recommendations made by the Commission on the Future of Surgery, published by the Royal College of Surgeons, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the (a) interoperabi...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help the NHS (a) plan and purchase new surgical robotics systems and (b) ensure equitable patient access to those systems.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of embedding molecular biology, data literacy and human factors training into undergraduate and postgraduate medical curricula, as recommended by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimate he has made of the number of children living in (a) Wales accessing free childcare entitlement in England and (b) England accessing free childcare entitlement in Wales.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether he has taken steps to enable English local authorities to claim back funding for childcare places for children living in England who access free childcare in Wales; and if he will make a statement .

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Countryside Stewardship payments were delayed in 2018; and what the average waiting time was to receive a payment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to improve farmer confidence in the Countryside Stewardship scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to provide additional resources to the Rural Payments Agency to improve the IT system required to deliver Countryside Stewardship payments.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what additional (a) funding and (b) staff resource has been provided to the Rural Payments Agency to deliver Countryside Stewardship payments; and whether his Department plans to provi...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which stakeholders his Department is consulting on designing the Environmental Land Management schemes.

What recent assessment he has made of the UK's diplomatic relations with India.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions has he had with Cabinet colleagues on ensuring continued humanitarian assistance to those Overseas Territories in the Caribbean which were damaged by hurricanes in...