Calum Miller MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Department for Education: Written QuestionsDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117138More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to answer Question (a) 115147, (b) 115148 and (c) 115149 tabled by the hon. Member for Bicester and Woodstock on 23 February 2026.
Answer: The response to Written Parliamentary Question 115148 was published on 2 March 2026. The responses to Written Parliamentary Questions 115147 and 115149 were published on 31 March 2026.
Answered 2 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordDedicated Schools GrantDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116561More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact on local authority finances of accumulated high needs Dedicated Schools Grant deficits ahead of the statutory override ending in 2027-28.
Answer: The department has set out plans for a reformed special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system in the recent Schools White Paper. The department's assessment of future SEND spending will be updated following the SEND consultation.We have set out...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDedicated Schools GrantDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116417More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding arrangements for local authority high needs Dedicated Schools Grant deficits ahead of the end of the statutory override in 2027-28.
Answer: The government has set out plans to address deficits up to the end of 2025/26, providing grants to cover 90% of each council’s deficit once they have produced and received approval for a strong plan to drive sustained and energetic action in accordance wi...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDedicated Schools GrantDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116416More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to cover the remaining local authority share of high needs Dedicated Schools Grant deficits beyond 2025-26.
Answer: The government has set out plans to address deficits up to the end of 2025/26, providing grants to cover 90% of each council’s deficit once they have produced and received approval for a strong plan to drive sustained and energetic action in accordance wi...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDedicated Schools GrantDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116415More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans the Government has to help address local authority high needs Dedicated Schools Grant deficits ahead of the end of the statutory override in 2027-28.
Answer: The government has set out plans to address deficits up to the end of 2025/26, providing grants to cover 90% of each council’s deficit once they have produced and received approval for a strong plan to drive sustained and energetic action in accordance wi...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115149More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the potential impact to the public pursue of (a) cancelling all outstanding student loan balances on existing borrowers; (b) cancelling all outstanding student loan balances for
Answer: Cancelling all outstanding student loan balances for existing student loan borrowers would lead to reduction of the fair value of the entire loan book to zero. The fair value of the student loan book, published in the most recent annual accounts, as at 31...
Answered 31 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115148More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of changing the (i) interest rate, for example to CPI, for existing student loan borrowers and (ii) maximum period before student loans are written off
Answer: Reducing the interest rate charged to existing student loan borrowers would lead to reduced future repayments due to some borrowers paying off their loans faster, and therefore represent a cost to the public purse.Increasing the maximum period before stud...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115147More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the potential impact to the public purse of (a) changing the student loan repayment rates for existing borrowers and (b) changing the income threshold at which student loans are
Answer: Reducing the repayment rate for existing student loan borrowers would reduce expected future repayments and therefore be a cost to the public purse. Increasing the income threshold at which student loans are repaid for existing borrowers would also reduce...
Answered 31 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105972More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of freezing student loan repayment thresholds and interest rates from 2027 on the total amount repaid over the lifetime of a loan, broken down by
Answer: It was announced at the Autumn Budget that the repayment and interest thresholds for Plan 2 student loans will be frozen from the 2026/27 financial year until April 2030, when they will increase annually by inflation. The department produced the following...
Answered 4 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: TaiwanDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75263More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many UK higher education institutions have approached the her Department for guidance following requests from the Chinese Embassy to alter language referring to Taiwan, in each year since 2020.
Answer: The department engages regularly with representatives from the higher education sector on a range of international issues, working to support universities to maximise the opportunities of international collaboration whilst managing related risks. However,...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversities: TaiwanDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75256More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with universities on foreign diplomatic pressure to (a) alter and (b) remove references to Taiwan in (i) academic and (ii) institutional communications.
Answer: The department engages regularly with representatives from the higher education sector on a range of international issues, working to support universities to maximise the opportunities of international collaboration whilst managing related risks. However,...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices and Vocational EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70250More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has had discussions with the Oxford-Cambridge Partnership on ensuring that business needs are met through the delivery of (a) apprenticeships and (b) technical skills by further education
Answer: The department, through Skills England, is actively engaged in the Oxford-Cambridge growth corridor. This engagement is supported by local skills improvement plans (LSIPs), which cover all the areas within the Oxford-Cambridge corridor. LSIPs are overseen...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70249More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the press notice entitled £740 million allocated for 10,000 new places for pupils with SEND, published on 25 March 2025, what steps her Department has taken to establish the criteria for prior
Answer: The department has published allocations for £740 million high needs capital funding in 2025/26 to support children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or who require alternative provision.Of this funding, Oxfordshire C...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70248More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the press notice entitled £740 million allocated for 10,000 new places for pupils with SEND, published on 25 March 2025, what proportion of the £740 million has been allocated for building new
Answer: The department has published allocations for £740 million high needs capital funding in 2025/26 to support children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or who require alternative provision.Of this funding, Oxfordshire C...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
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