Damian Hinds

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Power Failures

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what data his Department holds on the incidence of power outages by (a) postcode (b) postcode sector (c) local authority ward and (d) any other geographical segmentation.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Out-of-school Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to clause 25 of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, what the means is for appealing to the Secretary of State.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Out-of-school Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to clause 25 8(b) of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, whether guidance will be issued as to what would count as exceptional circumstances.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Out-of-school Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, whether the references in the Bill to education otherwise than at school refer to the form of schooling commonly known as education otherwise than at

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Uniforms

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, whether a badge (a) sewn onto or (b) otherwise affixed to a generic blazer will count towards the limits for branded items of school uniforms.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Uniforms

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, whether the new rules on a maximum number of branded school uniform items are intended only to apply to new entrants to the school in the normal year

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Uniforms

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, whether (a) scarves, (b) hats and (c) other optional items of clothing count towards the limit for branded items of uniform.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Breakfast Clubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to maintain current levels of funding in real terms for secondary school breakfast clubs in the national school breakfast club programme.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Breakfast Clubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department's funding to primary schools for free breakfast clubs is intended to cover at least 75% of the actual cost of provision.

12 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Farms: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the average return on capital employed of family-owned farms in (a) England and (b) the UK.

11 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Basic Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the potential impact of achieving level 2 in (a) English and (b) maths on the lifetime earnings of a person with those grades.

11 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on the retail price of a basket of food goods (a) in cash terms and (b) as a proportion of average family income spent on food goods in (i) the UK

5 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether schools receiving support from regional improvement for standards and excellence teams will have improvement progress measured by (a) those teams, (b) other teams in her Department and (c) Ofsted in a w

5 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Curriculum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on the (a) proportion of, (b) extent of and (c) reasons for schools deviating from the National Curriculum.

5 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Teachers: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of teachers without qualified teacher status will be exempted from requiring that status due to exemptions for maintained schools being extended to academy schools under the Children’s Wellbeing

5 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of complaints to Ofsted on schools.

5 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Teaching Regulation Agency

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of members of the public directly contacting the Teaching Regulation Agency.

5 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Legal Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of funds spent by (a) schools and (b) trusts on legal advice in relation to complaints.

3 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Consultants

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on the recruitment of external advisers for regional improvement for standards and excellence (RISE) teams.

3 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total staffing was of her Department's Regions Group in (a) fiscal and (b) academic year 2023-24; and if she will make an estimate of the number of staff anticipated for 2025-26.

3 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what regional improvement for standards and excellence (RISE) staffing is (a) in place and (b) anticipated for the next (i) fiscal and (ii) academic year.

3 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the consultation entitled School accountability reform – school profiles, improvement and intervention, published on 3 February 2025, how many and what proportion of full-time equivalent Regio

3 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the consultation entitled School accountability reform – school profiles, improvement and intervention, published on 3 February 2025, what are the differences in (a) role and function and (b)

3 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the consultation entitled School accountability reform – school profiles, improvement and intervention, published on 3 February 2025, how much time she expects Regional Improvement for Standar

29 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Teachers: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the distribution is by (a) age and (b) length of service of teachers without qualified teacher status.

29 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Teachers: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations she has received on disallowing schools from employing teachers without qualified teacher status.

29 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Teachers: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what average proportion of full-time equivalent teaching staff teachers without qualified teacher status constitute for the top (a) 3% and (b) 10% of schools employing those teachers.

29 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Teachers: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which subjects are most taught by teachers without qualified teacher status.

29 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Teachers: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of teachers without qualified teacher status were on recruitment programmes (a) supported and (b) procured by her Department in the (i) earliest and (ii) latest year for which data

29 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Teachers: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of teachers without qualified teacher status were (a) working towards (b) not working towards qualified teacher status in the (i) earliest and (ii) latest year for which data are av