Baroness Bull

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the relationship between government support for dance students on the Music and Dance Scheme and (1) the success of UK-trained dance students in international dance competitions, and (2) th...

To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to introducing screening tests to identify early difficulties with numeracy; and whether those tests could take place at the same time and in a similar format to the Year 1 Phonics Screeni...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the prevalence of dyscalculia; and how many school-age children receive a formal diagnosis of dyscalculia each year.

To ask His Majesty's Government when the terms of reference for the Neurodivergence Task and Finish Group will be announced on the Department for Education webpages; and whether there will be expert representation of all Special Educational Needs and Disa...

To ask His Majesty's Government what is their strategy for the early identification of pupils with dyscalculia.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the awareness of dyscalculia (1) in schools, and (2) among the educational workforce; and how (a) primary school teachers, (b) specialist maths teachers, and (c) special needs teachers and ...

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have an official definition of developmental dyscalculia; and whether that definition is publicly available on the Department for Education website.

To ask His Majesty's Government how the creative industries, arts, and heritage sectors will be represented in Government, and how the interests of these sectors will be protected.

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 27 June (HL8432), whether their current policy is to allow the private sale of COVID-19 vaccines through (1) pharmacies, or (2) other healthcare providers.

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to (1) the remarks by Lord Markham on 25 April (HL Deb col 1092), and (2) the letter from Lord Markham to all members on 1 June, when their position on the private purchase of COVID-19 vaccinations changed from tha...

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they consider universal access to a high-quality Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) to be the best form of secondary fracture prevention; and if so, whether they will ensure that universal access to FLS is provided unde...

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Penn on 9 March (HL Deb col 886), whether they will include 50 per cent of marketing spend in the qualifying expenditure for Theatre Tax Relief to match the level of the equivalent scheme...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Kamall on 22 November (HL Deb, col 586), what steps they are taking to integrate social prescribing into the core undergraduate curriculum within medical schools.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of how many Direct Debits are set up fraudulently each year through the Automated Direct Debit Instruction Service (AUDDIS); what assessment they have made of whether AUDDIS offers sufficient security...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Kamall on 22 November (HL Deb, col 586), whether support will be made available for musicians to train as music therapists (1) to increase the number of practitioners able to deliver music inte...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Kamall on 22 November (HL Deb, col 586), what cross-government steps they are taking to raise awareness among (1) carers, and (2) healthcare practitioners, of the value of music therapy and its...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bethell on 21 May (HL18), what information, if any, is retained on requests for exemptions to the COVID-19 hotel quarantine system; if information is retained, how many such requests w...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bethell on 21 May (HL18), whether (1) individuals, or (2) a panel, are responsible for assessing applications for medical exemptions from the COVID-19 hotel quarantine system, includin...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the letter from the Minister of State for Patient Safety, Suicide Prevention and Mental Health to Baroness Bull on 18 June, what funding they have allocated to the new eating disorder study jointly led by King’s...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the benefits of sustaining PCR testing and sequencing at scale in universities as a means of identifying and understanding new variants; and what plans they have to fund support for such te...