To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Ofsted Chief Inspector's call for (1) a register of children being home educated, and (2) stronger legislation to enable the closing down of illegal schools.
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To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of children who have been subjected to (1) serious abuse, or (2) corporal punishment, in (a) unregistered, or (b) illegal, religious schools since 2013.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of children that have left unregistered religious schools lacking (1) basic skills, or (2) qualifications, since 2013.
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish their response to the Regulating independent educational institutions consultation, which ran from 14 February 2020 to 27 November 2020.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to legislate to close the loopholes that enable unregistered but de facto full-time educational settings to avoid registration.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, following reports of intimidation of a group of Jewish youths on Oxford Street, London, on 29 November, what assessment they have made of antisemitism in the UK; and what steps they are taking to address this.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to encourage UK media organisations to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with OFCOM regarding guidance for (1) the BBC, and (2) other media organisations, concerning the (a) accuracy, and (b) sensitivity, of reporting of issues relating to hate crime.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay on 15 November (HL3617), what assessment they have made of the plans for the UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre in respect of protecting access to green...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the High Court decision in Goodred v Portsmouth City Council [2021] EWHC 3057, what steps they are taking to ensure that local authorities are aware of their powers to carry out inquiries to check that home scho...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have for the management of the (1) Holocaust Memorial, and (2) Learning Centre, in Victoria Tower Gardens.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Prime Minister's Holocaust Commission Report, published on 27 January 2015, why they do not regard the new Holocaust Galleries at the Imperial War Museum as the Holocaust Learning Centre.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Prime Minister's Holocaust Commission Report, published on 27 January 2015, what steps they are taking towards implementing its recommendations.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to prevent flooding along Millbank; and what measures are involved.
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what assessment has been made of the risk from flooding to Victoria Tower.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much has been raised so far in private funding for the UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre; and what is the source, if any, of any commitments to raise private funding.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the annual running costs of the UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much has been spent to date on the proposed UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre.
To ask Her Majesty's Government when was the last review of the total cost of the proposed UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre; what were the findings of that review; what is the most recent total cost estimate to (1) build, and (2) open, the Centre...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the estimate of £25 million private funding required to support the delivery of the UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre remains an accurate estimate of what is required; and whether the requisite amount of pri...