Charlotte Nichols MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Pharmacy: DegreesDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59055More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to add pharmacy to the list of degree courses that will be funded if an applicant already has a degree.
Answer: Under the Lifelong Learning Entitlement, additional entitlement may be available for priority subjects or longer courses in addition to an individual’s core 4-year entitlement. Details of these additional entitlements will be announced in due course.
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSign Language: GCSEDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 904604More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress her Department has made on the implementation of a GCSE in British Sign Language.
Answer: The new British Sign Language (BSL) GCSE is a key feature of our commitment to enhancing the status of BSL in education and society.The department published subject content for the BSL GCSE in December 2023.As is the usual process for introducing a qualif...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55379More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will meet with (a) Adoption UK and (b) other representative organisations to discuss the adoption and special guardianship support fund.
Answer: In my role as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families, I have recently met with Adoption UK and other representative organisations to discuss the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) and other issues during the a...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55378More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of making the adoption and special guardianship support fund permanent.
Answer: I refer my hon. Friend, the member for Warrington North, to my written statement of 22 April 2025, which is available here: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2025-04-22/hcws589.
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Extended ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32070More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure wraparound childcare is sufficiently funded in areas with high SEND staffing requirements.
Answer: The department knows that parents of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) need childcare provision that meets their and their children’s needs. This government is determined to help these parents and has funded the national wrap...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordExtended Services: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29929More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to increase funding for wraparound care.
Answer: Any future decisions on departmental spending are subject to the spending review process.
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: PayDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24696More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether teaching staff at colleges providing 16-19 education will be awarded the same pay increase as staff at (a) schools and (b) academies providing 16-19 education.
Answer: This government is committed to ensuring there is a thriving further education (FE) sector, which is vital to our missions to break down the barriers to opportunity and boost economic growth.FE colleges, rather than government, are responsible for setting...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNuclear Power: Vocational EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15025More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to help increase the number of students entering the civil nuclear sector.
Answer: Nuclear power production is making a crucial contribution to the UK’s Clean Energy Superpower Mission. This contribution relies on a highly skilled workforce. The government and industry are working together to increase the number of students across acade...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFirst Aid: CurriculumDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11341More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including first aid training in the national curriculum.
Answer: All state-funded schools in England are required to teach first aid as part of statutory health education, which is taught as part of relationships, sex and health education (RSHE). It includes basic first aid and dealing with common injuries. Pupils in s...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordEducational Institutions: Mental Health ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9671More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to embed a Whole Education Approach to mental health and wellbeing in all education settings.
Answer: The government is committed to improving mental health outcomes for all children and young people, as this is critical to breaking down barriers to opportunity and learning.The department, along with the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, pr...
Answered 25 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: PayDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9234More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help tackle low pay in the further education sector.
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 government recognises the vital role that FE teach...
Answered 23 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSpeech and Language TherapyDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4032More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential (a) return on investment, (b) improved outcomes and (c) opportunities from tackling the speech, language and communication needs of (i) babies, (ii) children and
Answer: This government’s vision for children and young people with special educational needs, including those with speech, language and communication needs, is the same as it is for all children and young people. We want them to achieve well in their early years...
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordSpeech and Language TherapyDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4031More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of the specialist workforce needed for (a) babies, (b) children and (c) young people with speech, language, and communication needs.
Answer: This government’s vision for children and young people with special educational needs, including those with speech, language and communication needs, is the same as it is for all children and young people. We want them to achieve well in their early years...
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordSpeech and Language TherapyDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4030More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure the specialist workforce needed for (a) babies, (b) children and (c) young people with speech, language and communication needs.
Answer: This government’s vision for children and young people with special educational needs, including those with speech, language and communication needs, is the same as it is for all children and young people. We want them to achieve well in their early years...
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordSpeech and Language TherapyDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4029More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that speech, language and communication (a) needs and (b) development are supported as early as possible including for children whose needs are identified pre-school age.
Answer: Early language skills are vital in enabling children to thrive in the early years and later life, as well as for all aspects of later attainment in school.The early years foundation stage (EYFS) statutory framework sets the standards and requirements that...
Answered 11 Sept 2024
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