Written questions
629 written questions tabled, most recent first.
11 Jul 2025 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Inspections
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to ensure that the majority of Ofsted inspections of early years settings are unannounced.
11 Jul 2025 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Inspections
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Ofsted plans to update its guidance to inspectors on (a) identifying and (b) responding to (i) serious and (ii) repeated safeguarding breaches in early years settings.
11 Jul 2025 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Inspections
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of introducing unannounced inspections in early years settings on levels of continuous safety compliance.
11 Jul 2025 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Inspections
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to introduce routine unannounced inspections in early years settings as part of Ofsted’s updated inspection schedule.
11 Jul 2025 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: CCTV
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his oral contribution in response to the hon. Member for Twickenham during the Oral Statement of 7 July 2025 on Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life, Official Report, column 687, whether
11 Jul 2025 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: CCTV
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his oral contribution in response to the hon. Member for Twickenham during the Oral Statement of 7 July 2025 on Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life, Official Report, column 687, whether
10 Jul 2025 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Inspections
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of Ofsted inspections of early years settings have been unannounced in each of the last five years.
10 Jul 2025 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Sleep
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether safe sleep practices are included in early years qualifications; and whether her Department plans to make this training mandatory.
10 Jul 2025 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Sleep
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will work with (a) health authorities and (b) expert charities to co-produce national safe sleep standards for use in early years settings.
10 Jul 2025 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Sleep
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the level of awareness among early years staff of current safe sleep best practice.
10 Jul 2025 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Sleep
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure that early years staff are trained in nationally recognised safe sleep practices.
10 Jul 2025 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Sleep
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to introduce statutory safe sleep guidance for registered early years settings.
10 Jul 2025 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: CCTV
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had recent discussions with Ofsted on the potential merits of the use of CCTV as a safeguarding tool in early years settings.
10 Jul 2025 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: CCTV
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Oral Statement on Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life of 7 July 2025, Official Report, column 680-682, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of requiring CC
10 Jul 2025 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Inspections
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Oral Statement on Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life of 7 July 2025, Official Report, column 680-682, whether Ofsted will publish updated inspection (a) criteria and (b) frameworks
10 Jul 2025 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Inspections
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his oral contribution in response to the hon. Member for Twickenham during the Oral Statement of 7 July 2025 on Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life, Official Report, column 687, whether
10 Jul 2025 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his oral contribution in response to the hon. Member for Twickenham during the Oral Statement of 7 July 2025 on Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life, Official Report, column 687, what con
10 Jul 2025 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Inspections
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his oral contribution in response to the hon. Member for Twickenham during the Oral Statement of 7 July 2025 on Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life, Official Report, column 687, how much
10 Jul 2025 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Inspections
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his oral contribution in response to the hon. Member for Twickenham during the Oral Statement of 7 July 2025 on Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life, Official Report, column 687, if she w
10 Jul 2025 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Inspections
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his oral contribution in response to the hon. Member for Twickenham during the Oral Statement of 7 July 2025 on Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life, Official Report, column 687, what ass
10 Jul 2025 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Inspections
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his oral contribution in response to the hon. Member for Twickenham during the Oral Statement of 7 July 2025 on Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life, Official Report, column 687, whether
10 Jul 2025 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Finance and Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his oral contribution in response to the hon. Member for Twickenham during the Oral Statement of 7 July 2025 on Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life, Official Report, column 687, what fac
10 Jul 2025 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of increased funding for (a) quality assurance and (b) inspector training on the level of (i) serious incidents and (ii) child deaths in early yea
10 Jul 2025 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much additional funding announced for early years settings will be allocated to (a) quality assurance and (b) inspector training in (i) cash and (ii) percentage terms.
30 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Eyes: Prosthetics
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that there is a wide range of customisations available to patients at all providers when procuring prosthetic eyes through the National Artificial
30 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Eyes: Prosthetics
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that regulatory frameworks at (a) Manchester Royal Eye Hospital and (b) other hospitals do not inhibit patients in obtaining (i) prosthetic eyes and (i
30 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Private Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps hi Department has taken to support GP practices who have taking on patients coming from private healthcare backgrounds.
30 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
ADHD: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional support to people on waiting lists for an ADHD diagnosis who show clear symptoms.
30 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
ADHD: Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce wait times for (a) assessment and (b) diagnosis of ADHD in Greater Manchester.
30 Jun 2025 · Home Office
Refugees
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking with local authorities to support the integration of refugees that have been granted leave to remain.
Source: official written-questions record.