Helen Hayes

15 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Children in Care: Restraint Techniques

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has plans to regulate the use of restraints on looked after children and young people during secure transportation.

14 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Kinship Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the report entitled Children's Social Care: Stable Homes, Built on Love, published in September 2023, how her Department plans to use the £9 million earmarked for kinship care training and sup

9 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Computers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has issued recent guidance to schools on technical standards for computer equipment.

9 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Pupils: Assistive Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the technical capacity of schools to deliver digital support for children with (a) visual and (b) hearing impairment.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

Childcare: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications of the (a) closure of Rutland Early Years Agency and (b) decision by Koru Kids to suspend its childminding support service for her Department’s propose

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

Childminding: Agency Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of how many registered childminders worked for a childminding agency in each of the last five years.

13 Oct 2023 · Home Office

Crimes of Violence: Knives

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the age of the perpetrator of incidents of (a) grievous bodily harm and (b) homicide involving knives in (i) London and (ii) England in each of the last five y

13 Oct 2023 · Home Office

Crimes of Violence: Offensive Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of (a) grievous bodily harm and (b) homicide involving (i) machetes and zombie knives there were in England in each of the last five years.

13 Oct 2023 · Home Office

Offensive Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ban machetes and zombie knives.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2023 to Question 196433 on Special Educational Needs, if she will announce a timescale for when her Department expects to review the transparency of Special Educational Nee

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support children with special educational needs and disabilities in schools that have reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the date when all reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete will have been removed from special schools in England.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

Remote Education: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to protect the mental health of children forced to learn remotely while their schools undergo building works to remove reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

Children in Care: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in buildings used for residential placements for looked after children, by region.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in special schools by region.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

Alternative Education: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in alternative provision educational settings by region.

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

Remote Education: Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of children with (a) special needs and (b) disabilities who will have to use remote learning due to building works in their schools to address reinforced autoclaved aera

13 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

Nurseries: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the number of nurseries in each region in England that require building works to remove reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC).

13 Oct 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) hospitals and (b) other healthcare facilities that contain reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in (i) Lambeth and (ii) Southwark.

6 Sep 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the financial resilience of local authorities and the potential impact on children’s services.

6 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Birmingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Birmingham Council issuing a Section 114 notice on (a) services for children with special educational needs and disabilities and (b) the proces

6 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Birmingham Council issuing a Section 114 notice on children’s social (a) care and (b) services in Birmingham.

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Smoking: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of streamlining the process for making packaging changes on licensed smoking cessation products.

1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Tobacco: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Smokers urged to swap cigarettes for vapes in world first scheme, published on 11 April 2023, when his Department plans to consult on intro

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has issued guidance to local authorities on managing the transition period before the prohibition on using unregulated child social care placements; and if she will make a statement.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the capacity of the regulated accommodation sector for child social care placements.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of children that required social care placements from their local authority in the last 12 months.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the (a) adequacy of guidance to schools on drafting SEND Information Reports and (b) accessibility of those reports for (i) parents with SEND, (ii) parents for whom English is a

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the (a) readability and (b) accessibility to schools of SEND Information Reports.

1 Sep 2023 · Department for Education

Childcare: East of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) nurseries and (b) childminders that closed in the East of England in the 2022-23 financial year; and how many childcare places became unavailable as a result of t