Written questions

Damian Hinds

670 written questions tabled, most recent first.

9 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many mental health professionals the previous Government planned to be placed in schools in each of the next three academic years; and how many he plans to place in schools in the same period.

4 Dec 2024 · Treasury

Employers' Contributions: Employment and Pay

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increases to employer National Insurance contributions at the Autumn Budget 2024 on (a) employment levels and (b) wages for (i) lower-paid and (ii) higher-paid

4 Dec 2024 · Treasury

Employers' Contributions: Employment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of proposed increases to employer national insurance contributions on (a) full-time and (b) part-time workers.

4 Dec 2024 · Treasury

Employers' Contributions: Employment and Pay

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make a comparative assessment of the potential impact of (a) employment and (b) wage-level effects resulting from increases to employer National Insurance Contributions on (i) women and (ii) men.

4 Dec 2024 · Treasury

NHS: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the total revenue to the public purse from increases in employer National Insurance Contributions for (a) GP practices, (b) dental practices, (c) hospices, (d) pharmacies and (e) othe

4 Dec 2024 · Treasury

Employers' Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral contribution by the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury on 3 December 2024, Official Report, column 200, what estimate she has made of the (a) median and (b) mean average number of people

4 Dec 2024 · Treasury

Employers' Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the proportion of employers who will pay (a) the same and (b) less in employer National Insurance Contributions from April 2025.

2 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Schools: Per Capita Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the increase in school funding in the 2025-26 academic year (a) per pupil, (b) in real terms per pupil based on the GDP deflator and (c) in real terms per pupil based on Retail Pri

2 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 Nov 2024 to Question 15640 on Mental Health Services: Schools, whether the plan to introduce access to a specialist mental health professional in every school differs f

27 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Unemployment: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her tax policies on the unemployment rate.

26 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will adjust the funding formula for early years education to allow for the increase in employer National Insurance contributions.

25 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Breakfast Clubs: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2024 to Question 5982 on Breakfast Clubs: Disadvantaged, whether this data was used to assess eligibility for the national schools breakfast programme in the 2024-25 academi

25 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of adjusting the eligibility criteria for free school meals so as to maintain the proportion of children who are eligible at the same level as in academic

25 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of making all children from families that receive Universal Credit eligible for free school meals.

22 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Apprentices and Vocational Education: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations she has received on the potential merits of having employers set standards for (a) apprenticeships and (b) T Levels through (i) Trailblazers and (ii) T Level Panels.

22 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Vocational Education: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations she has received on the potential merits of transferring standards approval powers for technical and vocational qualifications from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education

22 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution of 20 November 2024 by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention, Official Report, columns 347 and 348, what his timetable

21 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will (a) commission an independent assessment of the potential (i) environmental and (ii) health impact of using recycled waste water and (b) pause approval of water (A) transfer

21 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Schools: Coventry

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the level of (a) demand and (b) supply for Year 7 places in each Planning Area in Coventry in September 2025.

21 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Schools: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the level of (a) demand and (b) supply for Year 7 places in the (i) Salford - South, (ii) Trafford - Sale, (iii) Manchester - South and (iv) Stockport - East & South Pla