Anna Dixon MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Young Futures Hubs: EligibilityDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63808More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to extend the Young Futures Programme to include young people up to the age of 25.
Answer: Young Futures Hubs will build on the success of existing infrastructure and provision, with the government establishing a number of early adopter hubs, the locations of which will be determined by where they will have the most impact. The multi-year Spend...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordYoung Futures Hubs: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63807More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) capital and (b) revenue funding will be allocated for Young Futures Hubs.
Answer: Young Futures Hubs will build on the success of existing infrastructure and provision, with the government establishing a number of early adopter hubs, the locations of which will be determined by where they will have the most impact. The multi-year Spend...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMulti-academy Trusts: PayDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59267More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that multi academy trust executives are paid appropriately; and what action was taken by the 37 trusts her Department issued with outlier pay challenge letters in O
Answer: The 37 academy trusts listed in the October 2024 publication on GOV.UK were engaged with on executive pay to ensure compliance with the Academy Trust Handbook.The Academy Trust Handbook requires that:An academy trust’s board of trustees ensures its decisi...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58801More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many claims to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund were rejected as a result of the total fund limit being reached in 2024-2025; and how many claims made in 2024-25 exceeded the new limits fo
Answer: No claims to the adoption and special guardianship support fund (ASGSF) were rejected as a result of the total fund limit being reached in 2024/25.Applications exceeding £3,000 were made for 4,832 children in 2024/25. This figure may include some double c...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers' PensionsDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56493More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2024 to Question 15144 on Teachers: Workplace Pension, what the updated planned timetable is for resolving the backlog of people waiting for cash equivalent transfer value
Answer: The scheme administrator has made significant progress to reduce the backlog of Cash Equivalent Transfer Value (CETV) figures that built up whilst the necessary guidance was developed following the Transitional Protection (McCloud) remedy taking effect.Th...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNatural History: GCSEDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34515More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to continue the implementation of a new GCSE in Natural History.
Answer: I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for Shipley to the answer of 17 December 2024 to Question 18517.
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCurriculum and Teaching MethodsDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18474More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of a national bank of lesson and curriculum resources for primary and secondary school teachers.
Answer: The department has provided funding to Oak National Academy (Oak), a non-departmental public body, to provide free, optional and adaptable curriculum and lesson resources for primary and secondary school teachers. These resources are available on Oak’s we...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPupils: AssessmentsDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11988More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what number and proportion of pupils in (a) state and (b) independent schools had access arrangements for extra time during (i) GCSEs and (ii) A-Levels in the summer exams 2024.
Answer: This is a matter for Ofqual, the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation. I have asked its Chief Regulator, Sir Ian Bauckham, to write to the hon. Member directly and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
Answered 7 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordApprenticesDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10825More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will conduct a review into apprenticeships that includes taking representations from existing functional skills teachers.
Answer: The department keeps all aspects of apprenticeships policy under review, including the English and mathematics requirements, to make sure it is striking the right balance in equipping apprentices with the right skills, without putting up unnecessary barri...
Answered 1 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSupply Teachers: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7219More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing funding for local authority teacher supply pools.
Answer: Supply teachers perform a valuable role and make an important contribution to the smooth running of schools by filling posts on a temporary basis and covering teacher absences.Schools and local authorities are responsible for the recruitment of their supp...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7218More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase public awareness of the required parental contributions when accessing student loans.
Answer: Guidance on ‘Understanding Student Living Costs’ from the Student Loans Company is available on GOV.UK and reviewed on a regular basis. More information on this guidance can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/understanding-student-living-costs. Th...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTeachers: PayDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7214More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to help reduce the pay gap between (a) further education college teachers and (b) other teachers.
Answer: The government does not set or recommend pay in further education (FE). This remains the responsibility of individual colleges who are free to implement pay arrangements in line with their local needs.The department recognises the vital role that FE teach...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSchools: InspectionsDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7205More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether schools that were assessed before the announcement of the removal of single headline grades and which have not yet received their report will receive a single headline grade.
Answer: This is a matter for His Majesty’s Chief Inspector at Ofsted, Sir Martyn Oliver. I have asked him to write to my hon. Friend, the Member for Shipley directly and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSchools: TransportDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7204More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to reduce (a) bus, (b) coach and (c) other transport costs for schools.
Answer: The department’s home to school travel policy aims to make sure that no child is prevented from accessing education by a lack of transport. Local authorities must arrange free home to school travel, at the start and end of the school day. This is for chil...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: ShipleyDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4316More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department made of the adequacy of SEND services in Shipley constituency; and what steps she has taken to support the local authority to improve SEND provisions.
Answer: Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission are jointly responsible for inspecting local area arrangements for children and young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Bradford last received an area SEND inspection in March 2022, du...
Answered 13 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordChildren in Care: StandardsDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4312More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to reform children's care services to improve outcomes for (a) children in care and (b) care leavers.
Answer: Reforming children’s social care is critical to deliver the government’s Opportunity Mission, to ensure that no child or young person’s background limits their ambition or life chances.The department recognises that children in care and care leavers have ...
Answered 19 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPupils: Mental Health ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4311More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve children's mental health and well-being in schools in Shipley constituency.
Answer: This government is committed to improving mental health and wellbeing support for all children and young people. This is critical to breaking down barriers to opportunity and learning. The right support should be available to every young person that needs...
Answered 13 Sept 2024
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