Callum Anderson MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Financial Services: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 904611More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the provision of financial education in schools in Buckingham and Bletchley constituency.
Answer: Financial education forms a compulsory part of the national curriculum for mathematics at key stages 1 to 4, and citizenship at key stages 3 and 4. Together these cover personal budgeting, saving for the future, managing credit and debt, and calculating i...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices: BuckinghamshireDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57513More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support employer engagement with the apprenticeship programme in SMEs in Milton Keynes.
Answer: I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for Buckingham and Bletchley to the answer of 19 March 2025 to Question 37179.
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices: BuckinghamshireDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57512More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of foundation apprenticeships on addressing sectoral skills shortages in (a) Milton Keynes and (b) Buckinghamshire.
Answer: This government’s first mission is to kickstart economic growth. We know that we need to support employers to invest in skills training and fuel innovation in businesses across the country.That is why we are transforming the apprenticeships offer into a n...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: Milton KeynesDepartment for EducationTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55713More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support colleges in Milton Keynes to utilise new technologies to (a) tackle workload and (b) improve outcomes.
Answer: The department has promised to take up a new era in technology, to back our teachers and deliver better life chances for students across the country.We are investing millions of pounds in further evidence generation on the safe and effective use of EdTech...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: BuckinghamshireDepartment for EducationTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55712More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the four per cent pay award for teachers in 2025/26 on retention rates in (a) Milton Keynes and (b) Buckinghamshire.
Answer: High-quality teaching is the in-school factor that has the biggest positive impact on a child’s educational outcome. Recruiting and retaining more qualified, expert teachers is critical to the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: Buckingham and BletchleyDepartment for EducationTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55711More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made in recruiting additional expert teachers in (a) secondary schools, (b) special schools and (c) colleges in Buckingham and Bletchley constituency.
Answer: High-quality teaching is the in-school factor that has the biggest positive impact on a child’s educational outcome. Recruiting and retaining more qualified, expert teachers is critical to the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school education: BuckinghamshireDepartment for EducationTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52459More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on the proportion of five-year-olds in (a) Milton Keynes and (b) Buckinghamshire who met a good level of development in the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile in the most recent
Answer: Information on the proportion of five year-olds who have a good level of development by local authority is published annually in the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile results statistics release. The release is available here: https://explore-education-...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school education: AdmissionsDepartment for EducationTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52458More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of early years providers in England that may increase their capacity through the use of free flow outdoor space under the proposed changes to the early years
Answer: The expansion of funded childcare is continuing to support families. The department is exploring new ways to help providers offer more high-quality childcare places for working families, which includes access to outdoor space. Therefore, the department ha...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNurseries: BuckinghamshireDepartment for EducationTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52457More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many nursery places she expects the programme to deliver 6,000 new school-based early years places to create in (a) Milton Keynes and (b) Buckinghamshire.
Answer: Of the 300 schools which received funding under the School-Based Nurseries Capital Grant 2024/2025, three are in Milton Keynes and one is in Buckinghamshire. These projects are all expanding their existing nursery provision to provide additional childcare...
Answered 7 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: BuckinghamshireDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42089More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help improve the recruitment and retention of staff in further education colleges in (a) Milton Keynes and (b) Buckinghamshire.
Answer: The department recognises the vital role that further education (FE) staff and providers play in equipping learners with the opportunities and skills that they need to succeed in their education and to drive growth in our economy.The department will be sp...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: BuckinghamshireDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42088More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support further education colleges to secure industry-standard vocational training facilities in (a) Milton Keynes and (b) Buckinghamshire.
Answer: My right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced an additional £625 million of funding to support construction skills training, with the detail set out in Spring Statement 2025. This is expected to deliver up to 60,000 additional skille...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices: BuckinghamshireDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42087More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of funding structure on the number of apprenticeships available for 16-24-year-olds in (a) Milton Keynes and (b) Buckinghamshire.
Answer: To support younger people into apprenticeships, the government pays both employers and training providers £1000 when they take on apprentices aged 16 to 18 or apprentices aged 19 to 24 who have an education, health and care (EHC) plan or have been in loca...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: BuckinghamshireDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42086More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the availability of specialist further education provision for students with special educational needs in Milton Keynes and Buckinghamshire.
Answer: The department is committed to improving access to educational opportunities for all young people in all parts of the country by ensuring that they can access a quality educational offer that adds value and helps them to achieve their long-term career asp...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: BuckinghamshireDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42085More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support further education colleges to provide post-16 literacy and numeracy education in (a) Milton Keynes and (b) Buckinghamshire.
Answer: The department considers level 2 English and mathematics to be essential for enabling students to develop the skills they need to seize opportunities in life, learning and work. That is why we have the mathematics and English condition of funding, which e...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: BuckinghamshireDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42084More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with further education colleges on the impact of post-16 assessment methods on student outcomes in (a) Milton Keynes and (b) Buckinghamshire.
Answer: The department knows the importance of ensuring that we have the right balance of assessment methods for students studying post-16 qualifications, so that we can best capture the strengths of every young person, while maintaining the important role of exa...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordWork Experience: BuckinghamshireDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42083More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the availability of T Level industry placements in (a) Milton Keynes and (b) Buckinghamshire.
Answer: The department works closely with education providers and employers to ensure the availability and quality of T Level industry placements across the country.We do not hold industry placement data at regional level, but our latest national results data sho...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: BuckinghamshireDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42082More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of funding arrangements on the ability for further education colleges to expand existing provision in (a) Milton Keynes and (b) Buckinghamshire.
Answer: This government inherited a challenging fiscal context which means tough decisions are needed across the public sector. However, the department invested over £7.5 billion in 16-19 programme funding during the 2024/25 academic year to help to ensure that a...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: BuckinghamshireDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33729More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in (a) Milton Keynes and (b) Buckinghamshire are expected to benefit from the increase in the Early Years Pupil Premium to £1 per hour in 2025-26.
Answer: Early education gives all children the best start in life. That is why we are delivering the largest ever uplift to the early years pupil premium, increasing the early years pupil premium rate by over 45%, from 68p per hour in the 2024/25 financial year t...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: BuckinghamshireDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33728More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure early education providers in (a) Milton Keynes and (b) Buckinghamshire comply with the updated statutory guidance on additional charges for government-funded entitlements.
Answer: Local authorities in England have a statutory duty to secure funded early education and childcare for eligible children in their area. The early education and childcare statutory guidance sets out what local authorities must do as required by legislation,...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: BuckinghamshireDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33727More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the projected allocation of the expansion grant for early education providers in (a) Milton Keynes and (b) Buckinghamshire will be for financial year 2025-26.
Answer: In 2025/26, the government plan to spend over £8 billion on the early years entitlements. This government has increased the early years pupil premium by 45% and are providing further supplementary funding of £75 million for the Early Years Expansion Grant...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFinancial Services: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5487More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to provide financial education in schools.
Answer: Financial education currently forms a compulsory part of the National Curriculum for mathematics (at key stages 1 to 4) and citizenship (at key stages 3 and 4). The primary mathematics curriculum includes arithmetic knowledge that supports pupils’ ability...
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: BuckinghamshireDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5465More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions her Department has had with Buckinghamshire Council on the provision of specialist school places for children with special educational needs; and what steps she plans to take to increase
Answer: The department is engaging with Buckinghamshire Council to discuss the current provision of and future demand for specialist school places, with a view to supporting them in delivering places where needed and improving outcomes for children with special e...
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: BuckinghamshireDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5463More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data she holds on the number of children in Buckinghamshire who are on waiting lists for education, health and care plan assessments; and what steps she is taking reduce waiting times.
Answer: The department publishes official statistics on education, health and care (EHC) plans annually, which can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-health-and-care-plans. This includes data at local auth...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: BuckinghamshireDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5462More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of (a) the (i) quality and (ii) accessibility of special educational needs support services in Buckinghamshire, and (b) the adequacy of funding received by Buckinghamshir
Answer: The department is continuing to support and challenge Buckinghamshire to improve its delivery of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) services.The last local area SEND inspection by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) for Buckinghams...
Answered 7 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: BuckinghamshireDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5461More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had recent discussions with Buckinghamshire Council on (a) the adequacy of support for children with special educational needs and disabilities in Buckinghamshire and (b) the level of funding fo
Answer: The department is continuing to support and challenge Buckinghamshire to improve its delivery of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) services.The last local area SEND inspection by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) for Buckinghams...
Answered 7 Oct 2024
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