Andy McDonald MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Tees Valley Combined Authority: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58617More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 3 April 2025 entitled Local Government Best Value, HCWS576, whether her Department's quarterly engagement with the Tees Val
Answer: While individual funding programmes are managed and assured independently by their respective departments, an ongoing assessment of the authority's progress against the best value notice will be based on a holistic judgement of all available information a...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTees Valley Combined Authority: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58616More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 3 April 2025 entitled Local Government Best Value, HCWS576, whether her Department has taken recent steps to issue guidance
Answer: Under the department’s stewardship and the Best Value Notice issued on 3 April, Tees Valley Combined Authority is leading its own improvement efforts and working with local partners to build on the progress made following the independent Tees Valley Revie...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57248More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department holds data on the work destinations of (a) existing and (b) past Universal Credit claimants by (i) industry and (ii) sector.
Answer: The requested information is not held systematically in administrative data.
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDoctors' and Dentists' Review Body and NHS Pay Review Body: Pay SettlementsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56799More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits for recruitment and retention of agreeing a long-term strategy to improve pay in real terms for the workforces covered by (a) the Den
Answer: There are no current plans to make these specific assessments. The Government is committed to a credible, independent Pay Review Body (PRB) process as the right mechanism to recommend annual pay increases for most public sector staff. In her statement on ...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Trade UnionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56798More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his Department's polices of the request of workforce unions for the establishment of direct pay negotiations in the health
Answer: The Pay Review Body (PRB) process is the established mechanism for determining pay uplifts in the public sector. PRBs carefully consider evidence submitted to them from a range of stakeholders, including the Government and trade unions.The Government is c...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Trade UnionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56797More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies of trends in levels of confidence of workforce unions in public health sector pay review body processes.
Answer: This specific assessment has not been made. My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has met regularly with unions to help rebuild the relationship between the Government and National Health Service staff.Whilst we will continu...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: PayDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56796More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of agreeing a long-term strategy with the (a) Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration and (b) NHS Pay Review Body to help improve pa
Answer: There are no current plans to make these specific assessments. The Government is committed to a credible, independent Pay Review Body (PRB) process as the right mechanism to recommend annual pay increases for most public sector staff. In her statement on ...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDoctors' and Dentists' Review Body and NHS Pay Review Body: Pay SettlementsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56795More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the real terms value of wages set by Government pay awards in the (a) Dentists and Doctors Pay Review Body and (b) NHS Pay Review
Answer: This specific assessment has not been made. Pay is an important factor in the National Health Service being able to continue to attract and reward talented staff. Pay review bodies are required to take careful account of the economic and financial evidenc...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDoctors' and Dentists' Review Body and NHS Pay Review Body: Pay SettlementsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56794More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the potential impact of the pay awards made through the (a) Dentists and Doctors Pay Review Body and (b) NHS Pay Review Body processes on the real terms val
Answer: The table attached shows the estimated average increases to basic pay, where these were based on pay review body recommendations for members of the Hospital and Community Health Sector workforce in England, as well as the average consumer price index infl...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: EnergyDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56793More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of establishing a national energy contract for the school sector.
Answer: The department has assessed the potential benefits of establishing a national energy contract for the schools sector. We did this because many schools had been impacted when the war in Ukraine pushed prices to an all-time high in September 2022. Many had ...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: PayDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56792More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a cap on chief executive pay in the school sector.
Answer: The department sets out our expectations on senior pay for academies and academy trusts in the Academy Trust Handbook, which is published on GOV.UK here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66a3909aab418ab055592dda/Academy_trust_handbook_2024_F...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSchool Teachers' Review Body: Trade UnionsDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56791More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the level of confidence of workforce unions in the School Teachers Pay Review Body process.
Answer: Pay for teachers and leaders in maintained schools is set through an annual statutory process with independent recommendations made by the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB).In making recommendations, the STRB consider a range of written and oral evidenc...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: Pay SettlementsDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56790More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Government's proposed pay award on service provision.
Answer: High-quality teaching is the in-school factor that has the biggest positive impact on a child’s educational outcome. Ensuring there are sufficient, high-quality staff in our schools is therefore critical. This is why the government has pledged to recruit ...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: Pay SettlementsDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56789More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing regularised direct pay negotiations with workforce trades unions on (a) recruitment and (b) retention.
Answer: Pay for teachers and leaders in maintained schools is set through an annual statutory process with independent recommendations made by the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB).In making recommendations, the STRB consider a range of written and oral evidenc...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: PayDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56788More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of implementing a long-term strategy to improve school teachers’ pay in real terms through the School Teachers' Pay Review Body process.
Answer: Pay for teachers and leaders in maintained schools is set through an annual statutory process with independent recommendations made by the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) based on a range of evidence, including the real terms value of teacher pay.Whil...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: PayDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56787More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the response of workforce unions to the pay awards set out in her Department's response to the School Teachers Pay Review Body repo
Answer: Pay for teachers and leaders in maintained schools is set through an annual statutory process with independent recommendations made by the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB).In making recommendations, the STRB consider a range of written and oral evidenc...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: PayDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56786More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the real terms value of pay awards through the School Teachers Pay Review Body process in the 2025-26 financial year on trends in the (a) recru
Answer: Pay for teachers and leaders in maintained schools is set through an annual statutory process with independent recommendations made by the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) based on a range of evidence, including the real terms value of teacher pay.Whil...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: Pay SettlementsDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56785More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the real terms value of pay awards through the School Teachers Pay Review Body process on teachers in each year since 2010.
Answer: Pay for teachers and leaders in maintained schools is set through an annual statutory process with independent recommendations made by the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) based on a range of evidence, including the real terms value of teacher pay.Whil...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSerco: StandardsMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56230More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will publish the contractual terms under which (a) delays and (b) poor performance in Serco's delivery of its electronic monitoring contract would trigger (i) the introduction of a remedial advisor, ((ii)
Answer: Releasing information on financial penalties would prejudice, or would likely prejudice, Serco Group Limited’s commercial interests.To provide the number of outstanding monitoring visits in need of completion by Serco in each of the past 12 months would b...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSerco: StandardsMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56229More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to review operational practice with Serco to ensure that safeguarding actions for electronic monitoring staff are properly implemented.
Answer: Releasing information on financial penalties would prejudice, or would likely prejudice, Serco Group Limited’s commercial interests.To provide the number of outstanding monitoring visits in need of completion by Serco in each of the past 12 months would b...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSerco: StandardsMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56228More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timeframe is in which Serco much reach minimum performance standards for electronic tag device installation.
Answer: Releasing information on financial penalties would prejudice, or would likely prejudice, Serco Group Limited’s commercial interests.To provide the number of outstanding monitoring visits in need of completion by Serco in each of the past 12 months would b...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSerco: StandardsMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56227More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will publish the number of outstanding electronic monitoring visits in need of completion by Serco in each of the past 12 months.
Answer: Releasing information on financial penalties would prejudice, or would likely prejudice, Serco Group Limited’s commercial interests.To provide the number of outstanding monitoring visits in need of completion by Serco in each of the past 12 months would b...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSerco: StandardsMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56226More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will publish the financial penalties issued to Serco in relation to unmet targets for electronic monitoring in each of the past 12 months.
Answer: Releasing information on financial penalties would prejudice, or would likely prejudice, Serco Group Limited’s commercial interests.To provide the number of outstanding monitoring visits in need of completion by Serco in each of the past 12 months would b...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEmploymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56225More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the employment support package in the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, will create improved employment outcomes in
Answer: We announced in the Pathways to Work Green Paper that we would establish a new guarantee of work, health and skills support for all disabled people and people with health conditions claiming out of work benefits backed up by new money every year, building...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment SchemesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56224More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the employment support package in the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, takes into account her Department's Additio
Answer: We announced in the Pathways to Work Green Paper that we would establish a new guarantee of work, health and skills support for all disabled people and people with health conditions claiming out of work benefits backed up by £1 billion of new funding per ...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
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