Suella Braverman

20 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Pupils: Attendance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's policy is on arresting and detaining parents overnight in connection with Education Act 1996 non-attendance offences, particularly in cases where the parent ensured the child attended scho

20 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Pupils: Attendance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support is available to parents facing financial hardship who are issued with penalty notices for their child’s non-attendance at school.

20 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Pupils: Attendance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to review the current level of fines for school non-attendance.

20 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Pupils: Attendance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with representatives of local authorities on improving the attendance enforcement regime for parents of persistently absent pupils.

20 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Pupils: Attendance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance is provided to schools and local authorities on when to issue penalty notices or pursue prosecution for persistent non-attendance.

20 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Pupils: Attendance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure consistency between local authorities in the enforcement of school attendance rules.

20 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Pupils: Attendance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of current penalties for parents whose children fail to attend school regularly.

20 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Pupil Exclusions: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many complaints about pupil suspensions were upheld by her Department in each of the last five years.

20 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Academies: Disciplinary Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to introduce additional oversight mechanisms for academy trusts in relation to complaints about suspensions and behaviour management.

20 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Academies: Disciplinary Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what remedies are available to parents who wish to challenge disciplinary decisions made by academy schools.

20 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Teachers: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support schools in preventing and responding to assaults on teachers.

20 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Schools: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many reported assaults on teachers and school staff occurred in each of the last five years.

20 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Pupil Exclusions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many suspensions were issued in each of the last five academic years, broken down by type of school.

20 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Pupil Exclusions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of suspensions issued to pupils each year.

20 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Pupil Exclusions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the reasons for the increase in pupil suspensions in England since 2024.

20 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Pupil Exclusions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the reasons for the increase in pupil suspensions in England since 2016.

16 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurodiversity: Hampshire and Isle of Wight

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to provide additional funding or resources to Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board to enable the resumption of ADHD and autism assessments before April 2027.

16 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential long-term educational and developmental impact on children whose ADHD assessments have been delayed until 2027.

16 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurodiversity: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has issued guidance to Integrated Care Boards on maximum acceptable waiting times for ADHD and autism assessments for children.

16 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurodiversity: Hampshire and Isle of Wight

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board on the potential impact of pausing ADHD and autism assessments on children in Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2.

16 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurodiversity: Hampshire and Isle of Wight

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight are currently on waiting lists for ADHD or autism assessments, and what the average waiting time is.

16 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurodiversity: Hampshire and Isle of Wight

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that children awaiting ADHD or autism assessments in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight receive timely support before assessments resume in 2027.

16 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurodiversity: Hampshire and Isle of Wight

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the reasons for Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board’s decision to pause routine ADHD and autism assessments until April 2027.

16 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is considering reform of the residential care funding framework to prevent older people being displaced from long-standing care home placements for purely financial reasons.

16 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of removing long-term residents from care homes once they become local-authority funded on provider financial sustainability and the

16 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has assessed the extent to which residents and families are presented with a genuine choice when a care home placement becomes local-authority funded, as opposed to being off

16 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department monitors whether local authorities are meeting their duty to respect a person’s preferred accommodation where it meets assessed needs, as set out in the statutory guidance under

16 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Dementia

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of involuntary care home moves on older people living with dementia; and what safeguards are in place to prevent inappropriate reloca

16 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department provides to local authorities on balancing financial considerations against residents’ emotional, psychological and relational wellbeing when reviewing existing care ho

16 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that local authorities comply with their statutory duties under section 1 of the Care Act 2014 to promote individual wellbeing when making decisions ab