Claire Young MP: written questions
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Students: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110990More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of maintaining thresholds for Plan 2 student loan repayments on trends in the level of repayments made by graduates; and what discussions she has
Answer: The department produced the following analysis regarding the impact of maintaining the repayment and interest thresholds for Plan 2 student loans on the lifetime repayments made by borrowers:Average lifetime repayments (2024/25 financial year prices)Base...
Answered 16 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110565More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the (a) potential impact of accrued interest on the total debt balances of Plan 2 borrowers and (b) number of graduates whose monthly repayments are lower than the monthly intere
Answer: As monthly repayment amounts for individual borrowers can change from month to month, it is not possible to produce a reliable monthly level figure. On an annual basis, the number of England-domiciled borrowers with Plan 2 loans which have become liable t...
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110564More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate her Department has made of the (a) proportion of Plan 2 student loans that will be fully repaid within the 30-year term and (b) average total interest accrued by a Plan 2 borrower over the
Answer: Based on current modelling, 32% of the 2022/23 cohort of England-domiciled Plan 2 student loan borrowers are expected to fully repay their loans within the 30 year loan term. Student loan forecasts can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.s...
Answered 16 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordDentistry: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110563More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dentists have been successfully recruited and retained in the Thornbury and Yate constituency under the 'golden hello' scheme since its inception.
Answer: Integrated care boards are continuing to recruit dentists through the Golden Hello scheme. The scheme offers a £20,000 recruitment incentive payment to dentists to work in those areas that need them most. The scheme remains a national priority.Golden Hell...
Answered 9 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordDental Services: South WestDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110562More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of recent trends in levels of regional disparity in Dental Delivery Rates between the South West and London; and what steps he will take to increase delivery in the Sout
Answer: Dental Statistics - England 2024/25, published by NHS Business Services Authority on 28 August 2025, is available at the following link:https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/statistical-collections/dental-england/dental-statistics-england-202425This shows that 31% of...
Answered 9 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordEnergy: VATTreasuryTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110561More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the sunset clause for the Energy Saving Materials VAT relief on 31 March 2027, whether her Department has conducted an impact assessment on the potential effect on Net Zero targets if the relief re
Answer: This Government is committed to improving the quality and sustainability of our housing stock, through improvements such as low carbon heating, insulation, solar panels and batteries. This will be vital to making the UK more energy resilient and meeting o...
Answered 9 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110181More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of retired civil servants experiencing financial hardship due to them not receiving their Civil Service Pension payments on time; and what funding has been allocated for i
Answer: The Cabinet Office awarded the contract to administer the Civil Service Pension Scheme to Capita in November 2023 under the previous government.The issues and delays facing a number of civil servants and pension scheme members in receiving their pension q...
Answered 27 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110180More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the (a) eligibility criteria for interest-free hardship loans and (b) process for applying for them for retired civil servants that are unable to access their civil service pension payments on
Answer: The Cabinet Office awarded the contract to administer the Civil Service Pension Scheme to Capita in November 2023 under the previous government. The Civil Service Pension Scheme transferred to Capita on 1 December.Transitional Help Loans are available to ...
Answered 6 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordOldbury Power StationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 29 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109671More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the strategic agreement with Westinghouse on the Nuclear Transport Solution (NTS), what assessment he has made of the potential effect of that agreement on the development o
Answer: The government welcomes Nuclear Transport Solutions’ partnership with Westinghouse. Developing capability to make and transport advanced nuclear fuel is critical to shoring up the UK’s position as a nuclear world leader.Great British Energy – Nuclear (GBE...
Answered 6 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordOldbury Power Station: Small Modular ReactorsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 29 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109670More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on (a) local employment and (b) economic growth in the Thornbury and Yate constituency of deploying Small Modular Reactors at t
Answer: GBE-N owns the site at Oldbury-on-Severn and as a site which has previously hosted a nuclear power station, it has great potential for new nuclear. GBE-N will continue early work to evaluate the site, to ensure it is ready for future deployment. . The gov...
Answered 6 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordWylfa Power StationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 29 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109669More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent comparative assessment he has made of the technical and strategic suitability of the Wylfa site for (a) a gigawatt-scale nuclear reactor and (b) Small Modular Reactors.
Answer: In November 2025, following careful deliberation, the Government announced that Wylfa will host Great British Energy-Nuclear (GBE-N) first Small Modular Reactor (SMR) project. Wylfa has the potential to accommodate more SMR units than other potential site...
Answered 6 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordWylfa Power Station: USADepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 29 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109668More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on representations made by the US Ambassador regarding the suitability of Wylf
Answer: The US is one of our most important and longstanding international partners on civil nuclear and we are regularly in contact on civil nuclear matters. The government has selected Wylfa as the site to host Britain’s first Small Modular Reactors. Meanwhile,...
Answered 4 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordSurgical Mesh Implants: CompensationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109667More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of providing compensation to patients treated with rectopexy mesh for rectal prolapse as part of its work on redress following the re
Answer: As set out in the Hughes Report, the Government is carefully considering the Patient Safety Commissioner’s (PSC’s) recommendations, including the proposed approaches to redress for those harmed by pelvic mesh. The Hughes Report did not cover patients trea...
Answered 4 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: AbsenteeismDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109666More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides to local authorities on the use of prosecutions for school non-attendance in cases where a pupil’s absence is related to special educational needs and disabilities.
Answer: The department recognises that pupils with additional needs, such as special educational needs and disabilities, may face more complex barriers to school attendance, and our statutory guidance is clear that schools should take a sensitive, “support first”...
Answered 4 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: AbsenteeismDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109665More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of parents who have been prosecuted for their child's non-attendance at school have a child that has (a) Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) and (b) special educational needs and
Answer: Data for prosecution of offences in England, including offences for non-attendance, is collected by the Ministry of Justice. The Department for Education does not collect data on the protected characteristics of the children of individuals who have been p...
Answered 4 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordTruancy: ProsecutionsDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109664More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many parents have been prosecuted for their child's non-attendance at school in each quarter of the last five years.
Answer: The department does not hold data on the total number of parents that have been prosecuted for their child’s non-attendance as this is a matter for the courts. However, our statutory guidance is clear that schools should take a ‘support first’ approach to...
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordNursing and Midwifery CouncilDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107245More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the report by Nazir Afzal entitled the Nursing and Midwifery Council: Independent Culture Review, published in July
Answer: The Department does not collect this information centrally. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is the independent regulator of nurses and midwives in the United Kingdom, and nursing associates in England. The UK's model of healthcare professional reg...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordNursing and Midwifery Council: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107244More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the news story by the Nursing and Midwifery Council, published on 18 December 2025, what is (a) the average time and (b) the maximum time taken for the investigations that take mo
Answer: The Department does not collect this information centrally. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is the independent regulator of nurses and midwives in the United Kingdom, and nursing associates in England. The UK's model of healthcare professional reg...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordEnergy: HousingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84460More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle the promotion of fraudulent energy saving products.
Answer: We are tackling promotion of fraudulent energy saving products in homes retrofit through several steps. Selection and installation of measures is overseen through expert certification processes and bodies. This is being enhanced though development of a ro...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: ConservationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84459More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department taking steps to promote new technologies to help people save money on their energy bills.
Answer: The government is supporting the deployment of technologies that will reduce household bills through a variety of schemes including the Energy Company Obligation, the Great British Insulation Scheme, Warm Homes: Social Housing Decarbonisation, Warm Homes:...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: TeachersDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 905866More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will increase funding for the recruitment of specialist SEND teachers.
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.There is significant work underway to ensure t...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
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