Adam Dance MP: written questions 2025
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Students: DisabilityDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84070More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the withdrawal of non-specialist spelling and grammar software for university students receiving Disabled Students' Allowance support.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Yeovil to the answer of 9 September 2025 to Question 71715.
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFood SecurityDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82841More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking with farmers in (a) Yeovil constituency (b) Somerset and (c) the UK to help increase the UK's food security.
Answer: Food security is national security. We need a resilient and healthy food system, that works with nature and supports British farmers, fishers and food producers. As part of the Government’s Plan for Change we are delivering on the Government’s New Deal fo...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: AccidentsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80212More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish the conclusions of the research project on operational challenges preventing some cats from being reunited with their keepers after road traffic accidents.
Answer: The research report for the project entitled "Impact of waste management processes on reunifying owners with their dead cats and dogs found by the roadside" is undergoing review. A report will be published once those procedures have concluded.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSchool Meals: YeovilDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80211More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of (a) trends in the level and (b) the potential impact of school meal debt on families in Yeovil constituency.
Answer: To help break down barriers to opportunity and tackle child poverty, the government will be extending free school meals (FSM) to all children from households in receipt of Universal Credit from September 2026. This will lift 100,000 children across Englan...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCPR: TrainingDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80210More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of CPR training in schools in (a) Yeovil constituency (b) Somerset.
Answer: All state funded schools, including those in Yeovil, are required to teach first aid as part of the statutory health education curriculum in relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) education. This includes how to deal with common injuries, call the...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCPR: TrainingDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80209More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to encourage the (a) provision and (b) use of (i) accessible and (ii) free CPR training resources in schools in Yeovil constituency.
Answer: All state funded schools, including those in Yeovil, are required to teach first aid as part of the statutory health education curriculum in relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) education. This includes how to deal with common injuries, call the...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDisabled Facilities GrantsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80208More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to review the adequacy of the £30,000 grant cap for the Disabled Facilities Grant in England.
Answer: In England, the Government continues to fund the locally administered Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) which helps eligible older and disabled people on low incomes to adapt their homes.We have provided an additional £172 million across the current and pre...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDisabled Facilities Grants: YeovilMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80207More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to support Somerset Council with the provision of the Disabled Facilities Grant in Yeovil constituency.
Answer: The government recognises the importance of home adaptations, to enable older and disabled people to live as independently as possible in a safe and suitable environment. Local authorities have a statutory duty to provide adaptations for people who satisf...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Education: Data ProtectionDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80206More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to help protect the data of home educated children, in the context of provisions in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.
Answer: The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill contains provisions requiring local authorities to maintain registers of children who are not in school. These registers are intended to aid local authorities in identifying children who are missing education and ...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: LightingDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80205More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2025 to Question 23770 on Motor Vehicles: Lighting, whether she plans to publish the findings of the Government-commissioned independent research into headlamp glare.
Answer: Researchers are currently finalising the headlamp glare report so that it can be published in the autumn.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health and Specific Learning Difficulties: EqualityWomen and EqualitiesTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80204More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of recognising (a) mental health and (b) learning difficulties as separate protected characteristics to disability.
Answer: I refer the hon Member to the answer given to PQ 64372
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHomelessness: YeovilMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80203More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to support homeless people in Yeovil constituency.
Answer: The Government is committed to getting back on track to ending all forms of homelessness across the country. Our cross-Government homelessness strategy will set out the actions needed across central and local government and the homelessness sector to tack...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMobile Phones: Rural AreasDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80202More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help improve mobile phone signal in (a) Yeovil constituency and (b) other rural communities.
Answer: In Ofcom’s Connected Nations Spring Update, published on 8 May 2025, it is reported that 4G is available across 96% of the Yeovil constituency from all four mobile network operators (MNOs), while 5G is available outside 97% of premises in the constituency...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: SomersetDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80201More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with parent-led organisations in (a) Yeovil constituency and (b) Somerset on the planned Special Educational Needs and Disabilities white paper.
Answer: The department funds the Participation and Family Support programme, which ensures we can gather lived experience and insights from children, young people, parents and carers within the special educational needs and disabilities system from across England...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: YeovilDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80200More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking improve the experience of parents and carers when using the Special Educational Needs and Disability system in Yeovil constituency.
Answer: A local area inspection of Somerset’s special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) services, undertaken by Ofsted and Care Quality Commission (CQC) in March 2020, identified nine areas of significant weakness. They revisited in November 2022 and conf...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: SomersetDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80199More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help schools in (a) Yeovil constituency and (b) Somerset Council maintain external specialist (i) educational psychologists and (ii) therapists.
Answer: Educational psychologists play a critical role in the support available to children and young people, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). That is why we are already investing over £21 million to train 400 more education...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: SomersetDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80198More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support (a) schools and (b) Somerset Council to encourage the recruitment and retention of Special Educational Needs Coordinators.
Answer: The department is committed to improving inclusivity and expertise in mainstream schools, as well as ensuring special and alternative provision schools cater to those with the most complex needs.The funding announced at the last Spending Review means a si...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEducation: EqualityDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80197More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to fund inclusive education in England beyond the funding allocated in (a) the Autumn Budget 2024 and (b) March 2025.
Answer: In the 2025 Spending Review, we announced that funding for schools is increasing by £4.2 billion by 2028/29 compared to 2025/26. This additional funding will provide an above real terms per pupil increase on the core schools budget, which will take per-pu...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80196More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to ensure that a child's legal right to special educational needs support will be included in the upcoming whitepaper.
Answer: This government’s ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) receive the right support to succeed in their education and as they move into adult life.We will build a system which is grounded in ev...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: AdmissionsDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80195More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the need to collect data on special (a) the number of special school places and (b) the waiting lists for such places in (i) Yeovil constituency, (ii) Somerset and (iii) England.
Answer: For the first time in 2023, the School Capacity Survey (SCAP) asked local authorities to provide data on the capacity of special schools and the capacity of special educational needs units and resourced provision in mainstream schools.The department now h...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: YeovilDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80194More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help improve the quality of special educational needs and disabilities provision in Yeovil constituency.
Answer: The department continues to support improvements in special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) provision in Somerset, including in Yeovil.This financial year, Somerset Council received £8.4 million through the High Needs Provision Capital Allocatio...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEducation: EqualityDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80193More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to draw on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to define inclusive education.
Answer: The department is committed to improving inclusivity and expertise in mainstream schools, as well as ensuring special and alternative provision schools cater to those with the most complex needs.The department is continuing to engage closely with children...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEducation: EqualityDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80192More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to publish a definition of inclusive education.
Answer: The department is committed to improving inclusivity and expertise in mainstream schools, as well as ensuring special and alternative provision schools cater to those with the most complex needs.The department is continuing to engage closely with children...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: VictimsMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80191More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the provisions in Part Two of the Sentencing Bill on victims of domestic abuse.
Answer: The Sentencing Bill includes a range of measures that will strengthen protections for victims of domestic abuse and ensure the justice system responds robustly to offending. These measures will help to ensure that prisons never run out of space again and ...
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: South WestDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80190More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure there is consistent onboard information on request stops on rail services across the South West.
Answer: The process for request stops is standard for all stations on Great Western Railway’s (GWR) network. Alighting passengers must inform the conductor to request the stop, and boarding passengers need to signal the driver by raising their hand as the train a...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
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