Caroline Dinenage MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Adoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56190More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the reduction in Adoption and Special Guardianship Support funding on (a) the policy mission entitled Break Down Barriers to Opportunity and (b) children'
Answer: The department always assesses the impact of changes on vulnerable children across the country. This includes reviewing the Equalities Impact Assessment, which will be deposited in the House Libraries in due course.The funding available through the Adopti...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund: GosportDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56189More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the average reduction in Adoption and Special Guardianship Support funding for kinship carers who can no longer access match-funding in exceptional cases in Gosport constituency.
Answer: The department always assesses the impact of changes on vulnerable children across the country. This includes reviewing the Equalities Impact Assessment, which will be deposited in the House Libraries in due course.The funding available through the Adopti...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund: GosportDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56188More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the potential impact of a reduction in Adoption and Special Guardianship Support funding on the mental health outcomes of children in adoptive and kinship placements in Gosport.
Answer: The department always assesses the impact of changes on vulnerable children across the country. This includes reviewing the Equalities Impact Assessment, which will be deposited in the House Libraries in due course.The funding available through the Adopti...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund: GosportDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56187More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the potential impact of a reduction in Adoption and Special Guardianship Support funding on the number of kinship children able to access therapeutic support services in Gosport.
Answer: The department always assesses the impact of changes on vulnerable children across the country. This includes reviewing the Equalities Impact Assessment, which will be deposited in the House Libraries in due course.The funding available through the Adopti...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Centre for Arts and Music EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52229More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how young people will be able to use the National Centre for Arts and Music Education.
Answer: On 18 March, the department announced our intention to launch a new National Centre for Arts and Music Education.The National Centre will support the delivery of high-quality arts education in schools, including through online training, local partnership ...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Centre for Arts and Music EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52228More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding she has allocated to the National Centre for Arts and Music Education.
Answer: On 18 March, the department announced our intention to launch a new National Centre for Arts and Music Education.The National Centre will support the delivery of high-quality arts education in schools, including through online training, local partnership ...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Centre for Arts and Music EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52227More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the (a) duties and (b) responsibilities of the delivery lead for the National Centre for Arts and Music Education will be; and what assets they will (i) manage and (ii) own.
Answer: On 18 March, the department announced our intention to launch a new National Centre for Arts and Music Education.The National Centre will support the delivery of high-quality arts education in schools, including through online training, local partnership ...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices: Personal Care ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51358More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of the number of apprenticeships delivered by the hair and beauty sector.
Answer: The number of ‘hair and beauty’ related apprenticeship starts in England is published in the Apprenticeship accredited official statistics publication, which can be accessed at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/66b...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: TrainingDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44955More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the provisions of the updated initial teacher training and early career framework which relate to pupils with SEND have been (a) co-produced, (b) designed, (c) developed, (d) evaluated and (e) delivered
Answer: During 2023, the department reviewed the initial teacher training core content framework (CCF) and the early career framework (ECF) to ensure they remained based on the most up-to-date evidence. This review paid particular attention to the needs of traine...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSecondary Education: Data ProtectionDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44215More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of mandating the sharing of students' data between Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5.
Answer: All schools maintained by a local authority in England are required to send a Common Transfer File (CTF) to the new school when a pupil ceases to be registered at their school and becomes a registered pupil at another school. Academies, including free sch...
Answered 14 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: Employment AgenciesDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41023More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of education recruitment agencies on the number of teachers finding jobs via her Department's teaching vacancies service; and if she will make an estimate of
Answer: Schools spend an estimated £75 million a year on recruitment advertising. Teaching Vacancies is a leading job listing service and 98% of secondary schools and 75% of primary schools have signed up to post their vacancies, for free. The department estimate...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Care Services: ApprenticesDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 34828More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies on apprenticeship of the British Hair Consortium’s report entitled Securing the future of UK hairdressing and beauty: The economic, fi
Answer: The hair and beauty sector have developed several high-quality apprenticeships, including the level 2 hairdressing professional standard, and the department continues to encourage employers in the sector to use apprenticeships to develop the skilled workf...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCultural Heritage: TrainingDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31000More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the recommendations in the report entitled Addressing the UK’s heritage skills crisis: why we must act now, published
Answer: The department supports vocational education and training programmes that include heritage conservation skills. This includes funding for courses at further education colleges and specialist training providers. A wide range of government-funded programmes...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHoliday Activities and Food ProgrammeDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24634More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has plans to extend the eligibility criteria for the Holiday activities and food programme.
Answer: The holiday activities and food (HAF) programme is aimed at children in receipt of benefits-related free school meals. However, local authorities have discretion to go beyond this as set out in the HAF guidance: “While the majority of funding that local a...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHoliday Activities and Food ProgrammeDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24633More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will announce funding for a multi-year extension to the Holiday activities and food programme.
Answer: The government recently announced over £200 million funding for the holiday activities and food (HAF) programme for 2025/26.The HAF programme has been delivered nationally by local authorities in England since 2022, to provide healthy meals, enriching act...
Answered 24 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHoliday Activities and Food ProgrammeDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23308More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with local councils on the future funding of the Holiday Activities and Food programme.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Gosport to the answer of 5 December 2024 to Question 17058.
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordInstitutes of TechnologyDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21587More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students took higher technical education courses at Institutes of Technology in each academic year between 2018-19 and 2023-24.
Answer: The collaborative approach between further education, higher education and employers developed by Institutes of Technology (IoTs) is valued. The department will be working with the sector as we develop our strategy for post-16 education and skills. Inform...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordInstitutes of TechnologyDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21586More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support Institutes of Technology.
Answer: The collaborative approach between further education, higher education and employers developed by Institutes of Technology (IoTs) is valued. The department will be working with the sector as we develop our strategy for post-16 education and skills. Inform...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCultural Heritage: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14059More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she will commit to the continued funding of the Heritage Schools programme.
Answer: Programme funding for the 2025/26 financial year is subject to the outcomes of the department’s business planning. This includes the Heritage Schools programme, led by Historic England. Details will be set out in due course.
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: Special Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10434More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of private school pupils with an education, health and care plan who will (a) enter mainstream state education, (b) enter specialist state education and
Answer: The department has not made any estimate of the number of pupils with an education, health and care (EHC) plan who will enter state-funded mainstream or special schools or leave private mainstream education as a result of the proposed application of VAT t...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: VATDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7735More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of plans to introduce VAT on independent schools on (a) the number of children attending choir schools, (b) the number of choir schools, (c)
Answer: This government is committed to ending the VAT exemption that private schools enjoy and will confirm the introduction of these changes at the Budget on 30 October.Following scrutiny of the government’s costing by the independent Office for Budget Responsi...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: VATDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7734More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential impact of introducing VAT on independent schools on the arts sector.
Answer: This government is committed to ending the VAT exemption that private schools enjoy and will confirm the introduction of these changes at the Budget on 30 October. Following scrutiny of the government’s costing by the independent Office for Budget Respons...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Autism and Learning DisabilityDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6047More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of introducing the Oliver McGowan mandatory training on learning disability and autism in education settings.
Answer: The government aims to support all pupils with special education need and disabilities (SEND), including with autism, to achieve and thrive at school. High quality teaching and support is the single most important in-school factor in improving outcomes fo...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
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