Written questions

368 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how the proposed fast-track route for early intervention will be defined, including eligibility thresholds, time limits and approved evidence-based programmes.

17 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of the £4 billion SEND investment package is allocated to universal SEND training for the 0–25 workforce, and what training standard will apply.

17 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many additional educational psychologists, speech and language therapists and occupational therapists will be required annually to deliver the Experts at Hand programme.

17 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Schools: Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how compliance with ISP duties will be enforced at school and local-system level, and which body will hold ultimate enforcement responsibility.

17 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance the Department plans to issue to help ensure that Individual Support Plans (ISPs) are portable across phases and settings, including post-16 and further education.

17 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Departmental Expenditure Limits

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the long-term impact of the 2025 increase to the RDEL envelope on the financial resilience of local authorities.

16 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Teachers: Maternity Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to the public purse of her proposed maternity pay reforms; and how she plans to fund this additional cost.

16 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Teachers: Materinty Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of maternity pay reforms on teacher retention.

16 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the potential impact of trends in the growth of EHCPs on costs to the public purse.

16 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Private Education: VAT

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number and proportion of pupils that would need to move from the independent to the state sector for VAT revenue from school fees to fall below the additional cost of educating

12 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Private Education: Pupils

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils left independent schools in 2024 compared with 2025, and how this compares with the estimated figure of 3,000 pupils.

12 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Schools: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many independent schools closed in 2024 compared with 2025.

12 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Further Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what evidence supports the proposal to restrict all V Level qualifications to 360 guided learning hours: and what assessment has been made of the potential impact of this restriction on progression to higher ed

12 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Further Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the capacity of further education providers to deliver the proposed Level 2 and Level 3 reforms within the planned timetable, including workforce, facilities and

12 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Further Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has the Department made of the potential impact of the proposed Level 3 and below reforms on participation by students with protected characteristics; and whether an equality impact assessment w

12 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Further Education: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has her Department made of potential the impact of the proposed Level 3 and below reforms on progression to higher education.

12 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Jaguar Land Rover: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many companies applied to the loan guarantee scheme for Jaguar Land Rover.

12 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Jaguar Land Rover: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many companies were allocated funding as part of the loan guarantee to Jaguar Land Rover.

12 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Jaguar Land Rover: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much and what proportion of the loan guarantee provided to Jaguar Land Rover has been used in the wider supply chain.

23 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ambulance Services: Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what national policy interventions are being developed to help reduce abusive incidents against emergency ambulance workers.

23 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a national redress scheme for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh.

23 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the Hughes Report.

12 Feb 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Extracurricular Activities

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what action she is taking to ensure that learning from the Enrichment Partnerships Pilot informs the upcoming Enrichment Expansion Programme.

11 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Government Department: Marketing

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse was of rebranding from HM Government to UK Government.

20 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Government Securities: Japan

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the rise in Japanese bond yields on UK markets.

20 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Energy: Cybersecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill on the cyber resilience of energy infrastructure.

20 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Energy: Cybercrime

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the risk of cyber attacks on energy infrastructure.

20 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Energy: Cybercrime

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of creating a cyber incident database with compulsory fixes to be created for energy infrastructure.

20 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Energy: Cybercrime

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate her Department has made of the number of cyber attacks on energy infrastructure.

14 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Students: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to engage (a) disabled students and (b) sector representatives when developing policy.

Source: official written-questions record.