Damian Hinds MP: written questions
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University of Portsmouth Dental AcademyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64012More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2025 to Question 60037 on Dentistry: Higher Education, when he expects the Privy Council approval process to be completed.
Answer: The Privy Council must be satisfied that it has all the required information before it can make a final decision to award Dental Authority Status to an organisation.I understand that the Privy Council Office has recently requested additional information f...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment and Universal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63294More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data her Department provides to HM Treasury for the purposes of forecasting future numbers of claims for (a) PIP and (b) the (i) Limited Capability for Work Element and (ii) Limited Capability for
Answer: Forecast number of claims for PIP and health components of Universal Credit are produced by the Department as part of overall expenditure forecasts provided to the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) at each fiscal event. DWP provides forecasts of bene...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: AdmissionsDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62584More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on what date her Department first published a projection of the number of (a) Primary and (b) Secondary school places that would be needed in September 2024.
Answer: Estimates of the primary places needed to meet predicted demand for places in September 2024 were first published on 24 March 2022.Estimates of the secondary places needed to meet predicted demand for places in September 2024 were first published on 28...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61768More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of merging the Valuation Office Agency and HMRC when dealing with businesses, in the context of changes to Agricultural Property Relief.
Answer: On 28 April 2025, the government announced that the Valuation Office Agency’s functions will be brought into HMRC by the end of this financial year. This will combine the expertise and experience of both organisations in policy, valuations and programme d...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61761More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to fund level 6 apprenticeships for all ages for 2027-28.
Answer: Level 6 apprenticeships are a core part of our apprenticeships offer and continue to be funded by government.
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: InternetDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61760More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 54726 on Schools: internet, what steps she is taking to ensure blocks on illegal content are (a) technically enforced and (b) cannot be overridden in all educat
Answer: Keeping children safe is an absolute priority for this government and schools play a critical role in this.In England, schools must procure their own technology, including filtering and monitoring systems, and ensure they meet the statutory safeguarding r...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: AdvertisingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61753More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 22 May 2025, HCWS652, whether programmatic advertisements served to UK residents on non-UK sites will be covered by the regulations.
Answer: The Government has committed to implementing advertising restrictions for less healthy food and drink on television and online as part of its ambition to raise the healthiest generation of children ever. These restrictions are expected to remove up to 7.2...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: StandardsDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61752More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's definition is of expert teachers.
Answer: Recruiting and retaining high quality teachers is critical to the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and boost the life chances for every child. This is why the government’s Plan for Change has committed to recruiting an additional...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61751More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the fall in the number of children at independent schools was in line with her Department’s projections.
Answer: Pupil numbers remain firmly within expectations and higher than 2021/22. As a percentage of the overall school population, private school pupils have remained the same, at 6.5%. It has been between 6% and 7% for the last two decades.
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAdvertising: InternetDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61137More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take legislative steps to regulate programmatic advertising.
Answer: The Government will continue to monitor the regulatory framework around online advertising to assess if further legislation is needed. The Online Advertising Taskforce continues to take forward non-legislative action on addressing illegal advertising and ...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOnline Advertising TaskforceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61136More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which of the actions set out in the Online Advertising Taskforce action plan, published on 30 November 2023, are (a) completed, (b) being taken forward and (c) not being taken forward.
Answer: The Online Advertising Taskforce last met on May 6th 2025, and is expected to meet again in Autumn. Its six industry-led working groups are delivering a programme of work to help tackle illegal advertising, and minimise children being served advertising f...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOnline Advertising TaskforceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61135More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when will the Online Advertising Taskforce next meet; and how many meetings are anticipated in 2025.
Answer: The Online Advertising Taskforce last met on May 6th 2025, and is expected to meet again in Autumn. Its six industry-led working groups are delivering a programme of work to help tackle illegal advertising, and minimise children being served advertising f...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordProperty DevelopmentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61134More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to commence the provisions in the Building Safety Act 2022 on the (a) New Homes Ombudsman service and (b) single code of practice for developers.
Answer: The government believes that existing redress mechanisms for those buying a new home are inadequate. We are therefore working with the devolved administrations to implement the statutory UK-wide New Homes Ombudsman (NHO) scheme and an accompanying Code to...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversity of Portsmouth Dental AcademyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60037More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of awarding Dental Schools status to the University of Portsmouth Dental Academy.
Answer: All United Kingdom dental education providers must have Dental Authority Status (DAS) before they can award degrees in dentistry. DAS is a legal status described in the Dentists Act 1984 and awarded to organisations by the Privy Council.The Portsmouth Den...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAssessmentsDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59730More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the time series trends are of the proportion of entrants for (a) GCSEs and (b) other public examinations that use a method other than hand writing for any written, as opposed to practical or coursework, as
Answer: This is a matter for Ofqual, the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation. I have asked its Chief Regulator, Sir Ian Bauckham, to write to the hon. Member for East Hampshire directly and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries of b...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59313More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Spending Review 2025, CP 1336, published on 11 June 2025, what assumptions have been made about spending on (a) special educational needs and disabilities and (b) high needs.
Answer: At the Spending Review 2025, the government announced that funding for schools will increase by £4.7 billion per year by 2028/29, compared to the 2025/26 core schools budget, which was published at the Spring Statement 2025.This additional funding will en...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices and TrainingDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59312More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Spending Review 2025, CP 1336, published on 11 June 2025, how she plans to allocate the additional spending on (a) training and (b) apprenticeships.
Answer: The skills system is central to achieving economic growth and breaking down barriers to opportunity. The government is providing £1.2 billion of additional investment per year by 2028/29. This includes funding to support 1.3 million 16 to 19-year-olds to ...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic ExpenditureDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59311More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Spending Review 2025, CP 1336, published on 11 June 2025, what the £248 million of technical efficiencies are.
Answer: Spending Review 2025 delivers on the Plan for Change and sets out spending plans for the rest of the Parliament. The settlement for the department ensures we can invest in excellence for every child, so that their background will not dictate what they go ...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordApprenticesDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59310More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Spending Review 2025, CP 1336, published on 11 June 2025, what the constituent parts are of the commitment to making at least 5% savings and efficiencies other than the changes already ann
Answer: Spending Review 2025 delivers on the Plan for Change and sets out spending plans for the rest of the Parliament. The settlement for the department ensures that we can invest in excellence for every child, so that we break the unfair link between backgroun...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: RecruitmentDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58967More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether (a) history, (b) physical education, (c) Classics, (d) drama and (e) religious education are included in the set of subjects defined as key subjects for the purposes of the commitment to recruit 6,500 n
Answer: High quality teaching is the in-school factor that has the biggest positive impact on a child or young person’s outcomes in schools and colleges. This is why the government’s Plan for Change is committed to recruiting an additional 6,500 new expert teache...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: UniformsDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58966More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Spending Review 2025, published on 11 June 2025, at what price level the cost of school uniforms will be capped.
Answer: The reference to school uniform in my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Spending Review announcement on 11 June, relates to the government’s existing proposals in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill to cut the cost of school unifo...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: CamerasDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57223More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 May to Question HL6929 on Roads: Cameras, if she will issue guidance to (a) police and (b) local authorities on how roadside noise cameras may be used to tackle noise-related anti-so
Answer: The Department for Transport does not currently have plans to produce further guidance on noise cameras but is keeping up to date with any advancements in this technology. It is ultimately for local authorities and the police to consider what the most app...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: Anti-social BehaviourHome OfficeTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57222More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with Police and Crime Commissioners on tackling vehicle nuisance in residential areas.
Answer: Any form of anti-social, dangerous or inconsiderate behaviour involving vehicles is a serious issue.Tackling anti-social behaviour is a top priority for the Government, and a key part of the Safer Streets Mission.On 25 February 2025, the Crime and Policin...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: NoiseHome OfficeTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57221More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to give powers to the police to tackle illegally modified exhausts for (a) cars and (b) motorcycles.
Answer: Any form of anti-social, dangerous or inconsiderate behaviour involving vehicles is a serious issue.Tackling anti-social behaviour is a top priority for the Government, and a key part of the Safer Streets Mission.On 25 February 2025, the Crime and Policin...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: AdvertisingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56758More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 22 May 2025 on Childhood Obesity, HCWS652, what his distinction is between a product and a brand.
Answer: The Government is committed to implementing advertising restrictions for less healthy food and drink on television and online, as part of its ambition to raise the healthiest generation of children ever.Advertising restrictions for less healthy food or dr...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
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