Ben Maguire MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Journalism: Higher EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58834More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her correspondence to the Interim Chair of the Office for Students, dated 19 May 2025, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on the reprioritisa
Answer: We have made difficult decisions, driven by the challenging fiscal inheritance, regarding the allocation of Strategic Priorities Grant (SPG) funding. We are protecting support for high-cost subjects that are essential to delivery of our Industrial Strateg...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAcademies: PayDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44129More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a cap on the proportion of academy trust budgets that can be spent on senior leadership salaries.
Answer: The department sets out its expectations on pay for academies and academy trusts in the Academy Trust Handbook (ATH), which is published on GOV.UK, and available at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66a3909aab418ab055592dda/Academy_trust_han...
Answered 10 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAcademies: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44128More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of requiring academy trusts to publish full budgets.
Answer: All academy trusts must publish an annual report and accounts, which are audited by a registered statutory auditor. As part of their annual reports and accounts, academy trusts must also publish details of their objectives, achievements and future plans, ...
Answered 10 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNurseries: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42125More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the number of nurseries that have withdrawn from the childcare funding scheme citing cost pressures on early years provision.
Answer: It is our ambition that all families have access to high-quality, affordable and flexible early education and care, giving every child the best start in life. This is key to the government’s Plan for Change, which starts with reaching the milestone of a r...
Answered 10 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNurseries: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42124More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support nurseries with the cost of providing the expanded funded childcare hours.
Answer: It is our ambition that all families have access to high-quality, affordable and flexible early education and care, giving every child the best start in life. This is key to the government’s Plan for Change, which starts with reaching the milestone of a r...
Answered 10 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNurseries: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42123More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the funding provided to early years providers for meeting the cost of a nursery place.
Answer: It is our ambition that all families have access to high-quality, affordable and flexible early education and care, giving every child the best start in life. This is key to the government’s Plan for Change, which starts with reaching the milestone of a r...
Answered 10 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordApprenticeship Levy: Small BusinessesDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39695More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the flexibility of the apprenticeship levy for small businesses.
Answer: The government is reforming the Apprenticeship Levy into a new Growth and Skills Levy that will deliver greater flexibility for learners and employers of all sizes to develop the skills they need to thrive. As a first step, the department is introducing n...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: CornwallDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36029More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changes to the High Needs National Funding Formula on Cornwall County Council’s SEND funding for 2025/26.
Answer: This government’s ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or in alternative provision receive the right support to succeed in their education and as they move into adult life.The structure of t...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Physical Education and SportsDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34200More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to ensure a long-term funding agreement for PE and school sport.
Answer: The government is dedicated to increasing children's accessibility to physical education (PE) and sport provision, by protecting PE time and supporting grassroots clubs to expand access to sports for all girls and boys. Through the department’s independen...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Physical EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34199More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what percentage of primary and secondary schools are delivering two hours of PE a week.
Answer: The government has pledged to protect physical education (PE) time and wants schools to offer a minimum of two hours of PE per week to their pupils. This government is committed to supporting schools to ensure this ambition is met, including through the P...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Physical Education and SportsDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34198More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the accessibility of (a) PE and (b) sport provision for children in schools.
Answer: The government is dedicated to increasing children's accessibility to physical education (PE) and sport provision, by protecting PE time and supporting grassroots clubs to expand access to sports for all girls and boys. Through the department’s independen...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordParliament: Educational VisitsDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20433More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of funding school trip coach costs for visits to Parliament.
Answer: The government is committed to creating opportunities for all children to achieve and thrive. The department has not made an assessment of the merits of funding school trips to Parliament. It is for schools to decide whether to offer school trips to their...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: Bus ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18842More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing ring-fenced funding to post-16 colleges to fund bus transport for students.
Answer: The department recognises that the cost and availability of public transport can be an issue for some 16 to 19-year-olds when travelling to their college or sixth form.It is the responsibility of local authorities to put in place transport arrangements to...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAdult Education: CornwallDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18084More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of additional Government-funded Adult Education Centres across Cornwall.
Answer: Adult education, for learners aged 19 years and above, is funded through the Adult Skills Fund (ASF) and delivered through further education colleges, local authority adult education services, training providers and Institutes of Adult Learning. Providers...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAdult Education: CornwallDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18083More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support adult education in Cornwall.
Answer: The department is investing in education and skills training for adults through the Adult Skills Fund (ASF), which is worth £1.34 billion this academic year. The ASF fully or co-funds education and skills training for eligible adults aged 19 and above, fr...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBudehaven Community School: Special Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14264More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will take steps to support Budehaven Community School's SEND unit.
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.Support for Budehaven Community School is the ...
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordArts: Education and English BaccalaureateDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10943More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that schools receive adequate funding to provide equitable access to arts education alongside English Baccalaureate subjects in (a) Cornwall and (b) England.
Answer: This government is clear that arts subjects should be part of every child’s education.The independent Curriculum and Assessment Review will advise on how the department delivers a broader curriculum for every child, including arts subjects and English Bac...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFree School MealsDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3647More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 26 July 2024 to Question 627 on Free School Meals, if she will make it her policy to commission an assessment of the potential merits of broadening the eligibility criteria for childre
Answer: The department has not made a formal assessment of the merits of broadening the free school meals (FSM) eligibility criteria. The department is committed to tackling the grave issue of child poverty, which has gone up by 700,000 since 2010, with over four...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: CornwallDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1146More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will review the SEND funding formula allocations for pupils in Cornwall.
Answer: The department will take time to consider whether to make changes to the high needs national funding formula (NFF) that is used to allocate funding for children and young people with complex special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The departmen...
Answered 29 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: CornwallDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1145More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children (a) with an education, health and care plan and (b) who had previously been identified in the SEN Support category by their school were not in school in Cornwall in each
Answer: The department publishes statistics on education, health and care (EHC) plans at local authority level, which can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-health-and-care-plans. This includes information...
Answered 29 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: CornwallDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1144More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of SEND provision in Cornwall; and what steps she plans to take to with Cornwall Council to help improve the (a) funding and (b) delivery of SEND services.
Answer: The department has been working with the local area partnership since the Area Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Inspection in February 2023. The inspection concluded that the local area partnership’s arrangements lead to inconsistent expe...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: North CornwallDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 258More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to reduce the time taken for children in North Cornwall constituency to receive an Education, Health and Care needs assessment.
Answer: The department is aware that the SEN2 Data for the 2023 calendar year, which was published on 13 June 2024 and includes data on the rate that education, health and care plans are issued within the statutory 20 week period, showed that Cornwall had issued ...
Answered 25 Jul 2024
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