Andrew Snowden MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Headteachers: Labour TurnoverDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15516More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which areas will participate in the place-based Headteacher Retention Incentive pilot.
Answer: Headteachers and leaders are central to driving improvement in schools and ensuring all children achieve and thrive no matter where they are in the country. To attract and support the best headteachers to stay in the areas that need them most, the departm...
Answered 10 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordTeachers: TrainingDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15515More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding has been allocated to the new Teacher Training Entitlement in each financial year of this Parliament.
Answer: The Schools White Paper set out our plans for a teacher training entitlement, to ensure that every teacher and leader can access high-quality professional development opportunities. It will do this through a focus on four strategic priorities for professi...
Answered 20 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordMulti-academy Trusts: RecruitmentDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15514More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has assessed the potential impact of the proposed executive pay approval process on recruitment to academy trust leadership posts.
Answer: The department wants the highest-quality leaders in our schools. However, executive remuneration must demonstrate clear value for money for pupils and parents and remain proportionate to that of individuals undertaking comparable roles in other parts of t...
Answered 21 Aug 2026
Original Parliament recordTeachers: RecruitmentDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15513More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many additional teachers the Government expects to be recruited by the end of the Parliament.
Answer: This government is committed to recruiting 6,500 new expert teachers as part of our Plan for Change, because we know that high-quality teaching is the biggest in-school and college factor that contributes to better pupil outcomes.In February, we published...
Answered 10 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordSchools: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15512More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to written statement HCWS171 published on 1 July 2026, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of requiring schools to absorb approximately 1% of pay costs on school budgets.
Answer: The department is providing schools with £700 million in additional funding in the2026/27 financial year and £1,115 million in 2027/28 to support them with overall costs, including the costs of teacher and support staff pay awards. This means the core sch...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSchools: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15511More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to written statement HCWS171 published on 1 July 2026, how the additional £700 million for schools in 2026–27 will be allocated between local authorities.
Answer: The department is providing schools with £700 million in additional funding in the 2026/27 financial year to support them with overall costs, including the costs of the 3.5% schools teacher pay award and the local government services pay offer in respect ...
Answered 20 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: Translation ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 14006More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the written answer 11236 of 26 June 2026, if she will provide the same data for the five years before 2022/23.
Answer: The amounts that the department spent on translation services in the two years prior to the 2022/23 financial year are:Financial YearSpend on Translation Services2020/21£3,310.092021/22£7,512.00Total Spend£10,822.09 On the 1 April 2020 the department move...
Answered 2 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: Translation ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 14005More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the written answer 11236 of 26 June 2026, what the estimated spend is for 2026/27.
Answer: The department does not hold this information. The analysis provided in the written answer 11236 is a historical record of expenditure associated with the COS28 VAT category for interpretation and translation services. Whilst the department maintains forw...
Answered 7 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: Translation ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 14004More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June to Question 11236 on Department for Education: Translation Services, for what reason the spend increased in 2025/26.
Answer: The department’s spending on translation services in the 2025/26 financial year increased by £20,573.80 compared with the 2024/25 financial year. As outlined in the department’s response to Question 11236, the increase in expenditure predominantly relates...
Answered 2 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: InspectionsDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 13622More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Ofsted inspections will assess compliance with new guidance on inclusion bases and Inclusive Estates.
Answer: As a core part of our £3.7 billion high needs capital investment between 2025 and 2030, the department will invest in a transformational expansion of inclusion bases so they become a core part of every local education offer. According to the school census...
Answered 2 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 13621More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's document entitled Inclusive education estates, published on 25 June 2026, whether the guidance is mandatory for schools, early years settings and post-16 providers.
Answer: We know that the physical environment of education settings can have a significant positive impact on the wellbeing and engagement of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). This is why we have published dedicated guidance on inclus...
Answered 28 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Capital InvestmentDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 13620More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department will provide additional capital funding to schools to establish inclusion bases.
Answer: The department is investing at least £3.7 billion in high needs capital funding between 2025/2026 and 2029/2030, to support local authorities to provide places for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), or who re...
Answered 7 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Secondary EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 13619More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number and proportion of secondary schools that have an inclusion base; and what timetable she has set for ensuring that every secondary school has access to an incl
Answer: As a core part of our £3.7 billion high needs capital investment between 2025 and 2030, the department will invest in a transformational expansion of inclusion bases so they become a core part of every local education offer. According to the school census...
Answered 2 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: English LanguageDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 13274More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the written statement of 25 June 2026 on Student outcomes in higher education, HCWS150, what level of English language proficiency is being considered as part of the proposed consultation.
Answer: The department’s consultation will seek views on whether and if so, how, a clear, consistent baseline of English language proficiency could be used as a condition of access to student finance to strengthen protections across the system. Our aim is to prot...
Answered 9 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordGraduates: EmploymentDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 13273More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the accessibility of information on graduate destinations and outcomes for prospective students.
Answer: Access to high-quality information is essential for applicants to make confident and well-informed decisions about what and where to study.The department is working with the Office for Students (OfS), UCAS, and sector partners to improve the quality and a...
Answered 3 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 13272More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what form the proposed legislative measures to limit the growth of courses with poor earnings outcomes will take.
Answer: Our higher education (HE) sector is world leading, and most graduates are significantly better off as a result of undertaking HE. However, analysis recently published by the Institute for Fiscal Studies highlights variation in outcomes, with negative retu...
Answered 3 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordFinancial Services: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 13263More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that schools comply with statutory requirements on financial education.
Answer: Pupils currently receive financial education through the mathematics and citizenship curricula.The department is committed to strengthening pupils’ foundational understanding of financial education in mathematics and citizenship, following publication of ...
Answered 2 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSchools: TemperatureDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12860More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to prepare schools for future instances of red weather warnings to help avoid closures.
Answer: I refer my hon. Friend, the member for Warrington North to the answer of 30 June 2026 to Question 13129.
Answered 3 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordErasmus+ ProgrammeDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11487More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the cost per placement on the Erasmus+ in each of the first five years of association.
Answer: The UK will contribute around £570 million to the Erasmus+ programme in 2027. This is down from the approximately £810 million we would have paid under default terms.This commitment covers the 2027/28 academic year. Any participation in Erasmus+ into the ...
Answered 9 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11240More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of technical errors affecting Plan 2 loan balances administered by the Student Loans Company on borrowers; and how many borrowers have been affected.
Answer: The two technical errors relating to plan 2 affected 71,000 students and meant 41,000 were not charged enough interest, and 30,000 were charged too much interest.Accounts have now been corrected, meaning that 41,000 students have had their balance increas...
Answered 26 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: Translation ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11236More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department spent on translation services in each of the last five financial years.
Answer: The amounts that the department spent on translation services in the years between 1 April 2022 and 18 June 2026 are as follows:Financial YearSpend on Translation Services2022/23£7,933.472023/24£2,023.202024/25£1,159.022025/26£21,732.822026/27 (to 18 June...
Answered 26 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: LancashireDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11235More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any of the new Early Years Stronger Practice Hubs will be located in Lancashire.
Answer: The department was pleased to announce on 9 June that a further 18 early years settings have been selected to lead early years stronger practice hubs. These centres will support all types of early years settings and childminders, improving access to netwo...
Answered 26 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: TeachersDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11234More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending the £4,500 early years teacher recruitment and retention bonus to nursery settings in Fylde.
Answer: The Early Years Teacher Recognition payments support the government’s priorities to grow and strengthen the workforce and contribute to our long-term ambition to have an early years teacher in every nursery setting. We recognise the vital contribution of ...
Answered 26 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordErasmus+ ProgrammeDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11228More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact of the replacement of the Turing Scheme with Erasmus+ on opportunities for UK students to undertake placements outside Europe.
Answer: Erasmus+ will continue to provide opportunities for students to undertake placements outside of Europe.As part of Erasmus+, grant holders in some sectors can allocate up to 20% of their project funding to support international mobilities to countries that...
Answered 26 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordErasmus+ ProgrammeDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11227More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment she has made of the adequacy of Erasmus+ support for participants with (a) SEND, (b) Additional Support Needs and (c) Additional learning needs with support available under the Turin
Answer: Inclusion is a core priority of the Erasmus+ programme.Like the Turing Scheme, Erasmus+ offers additional support to help participants with fewer opportunities take part in mobility opportunities, including those with special educational needs and disabil...
Answered 24 Jun 2026
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