Alberto Costa MP: written questions

4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026

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Written questions

Public Sector: ProtectionDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121768More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what mechanisms are in place to ensure accountability for public sector bodies and organisations carrying out safeguarding functions on behalf of local authorities; and whether her Department plans to introduce
Answer: ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children 2026’ sets clear expectations for how organisations must safeguard children. Inspectorates and regulators are key to ensuring organisations follow their statutory duties. Ofsted inspects early years provision, schoo...
Answered 30 Mar 2026
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Foster Care: ProtectionDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121767More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to introduce increased statutory rights and protections for foster carers, including safeguards against unsubstantiated allegations; and what assessment she has made of the potentia
Answer: The department does not hold data centrally on the number of fostering placements at constituency level. Nationally, placement sufficiency remains under strain, which is why reforms are essential to renewing fostering and improving support for carers and ...
Answered 30 Mar 2026
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Foster Care: ProtectionDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121766More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to review cases where foster carers and children may have been adversely affected by Local Authority Designated Officer investigations; and if she will make an assessment of
Answer: The local authority designated officer (LADO) is a local authority function. Local authorities are responsible for managing allegations against adults who work with children and the LADO plays a vital role in safeguarding children by overseeing the manage...
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Original Parliament record
Sign Language: GCSEDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100928More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to encourage exam boards to offer the British Sign Language GCSE.
Answer: The government, working with the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual), has developed the content and assessment arrangements for a new British Sign Language (BSL) GCSE. Now that Ofqual’s final qualification rules have been publish...
Answered 8 Jan 2026
Original Parliament record

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Department or topic	Published records
Department for Business and Trade	3
Department for Education	4
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	1
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	1
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology	1
Department for Transport	6
Department of Health and Social Care	10
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	3
Home Office	7
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	13
Ministry of Justice	1

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