Damian Hinds MP: written questions
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Special Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21579More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to monitor trends in Education Health and Care Plan applications by local authority area.
Answer: Information on applications for education, health and care (EHC) plans is collected from local authorities via the annual SEN2 data collection each January. SEN2 is a statutory return. It includes information on requests for assessment for an EHC plan mad...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: AdmissionsDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21578More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is collecting data on trends in the number of in-year school applications in each local authority area.
Answer: The department does not collect data on the number of in-year school admission applications received in each local authority area. Admission authorities must notify their local authority of all in-year applications they receive and their outcomes. Local a...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: Fees and ChargesDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21577More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the average fees charged by independent schools for the term starting in (a) January 2024, (b) September 2024 and (c) January 2025.
Answer: The school level annual school census collects information each January from all registered independent schools in England. This collection includes information from each school on the lowest and highest fees charged for day and boarding pupils, before th...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Disclosure of InformationCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21576More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has changed the recipients by position entitled to pre-release access to reports since June 2024.
Answer: The Minister for Cabinet Office has not made any changes to pre-release access to official statistics since 5 July 2024.
Answered 10 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Mental Health ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21575More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's press release entitled One of the largest mental health trials launches in schools, published on 4 February 2019, what the results of those trials were.
Answer: In September 2017, the department commissioned a series of trials in schools across England testing five different approaches to supporting and promoting young people’s mental health and wellbeing. The aim of these trials was to improve the evidence avail...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21574More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of spending on mental health services for children and young people in each year for which data are available.
Answer: The following table shows actual spend on children and young people’s mental health by clinical commissioning groups and integrated care boards: Financial yearAmount (£ million)2017/18687.22018/19753.32019/20841.42020/21938.32021/22994.82022/231,087.70202...
Answered 10 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21573More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS England's statistics entitled Mental Health of Children and Young People in England, 2023 - wave 4 follow up to the 2017 survey, published on 21 November 2023, whether he plan
Answer: Although no decisions have yet been made to commission further waves, the Government recognises the importance of the Mental Health of Children and Young People in England Report. We will publish plans in due course.
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployers' ContributionsTreasuryTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19673More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2024 to Question 17780 on Employers' Contributions, if she will make an estimate of the (a) median and (b) mean average number of people employed by the employers that she expec
Answer: A Tax Information and Impact Note that covers the employer NICs changes was published by HMRC on 13 November. Around 250,000 employers will see their Secondary Class 1 NICs liability decrease and around 820,000 employers will see no change.
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSchools: Per Capita CostsDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19672More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2024 to Question 17084 on Schools: Per Capita Costs, if she will provide these figures adjusted for inflation by the (a) retail price index and (b) consumer price index.
Answer: The GDP deflator is the standard measure of inflation for public spending and is an appropriate measure for school costs. Therefore, the department does not produce estimates for the real terms increases in spending per pupil using the Consumer Price Inde...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSchools: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19671More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2024 to Question 17084 on Schools: Per Capita Costs, how much and what proportion of the additional funding will be used for pay increases already awarded to teachers in th
Answer: In the 2024/25 financial year, the government announced almost £1.1 billion through the Core Schools Budget Grant (CSBG) to support schools with overall costs. This matches what the department had calculated is needed to fully fund, at a national level, t...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordLearning Disability: Work ExperienceDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18925More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that people with learning disabilities are able to access as many work experience opportunities as people without learning disabilities.
Answer: The department is committed to ensuring that young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) have equitable access to work experience opportunities.Data published by the Careers and Enterprise Company (CEC) provides evidence of an incr...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordLearning Disability: Work ExperienceDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18924More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that people with learning disabilities can access work experience opportunities.
Answer: The department is committed to ensuring that young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) have equitable access to work experience opportunities.Data published by the Careers and Enterprise Company (CEC) provides evidence of an incr...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: Down's SyndromeDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18923More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve further education opportunities for people with Down syndrome.
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.Further education (FE) colleges must use their...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordWritingDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18518More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has she made of the potential merits of writing by hand in learning to write lessons.
Answer: The department supports the development of strong writing skills at each stage of children’s education and development.In the early years foundation stage (EYFS), it is important for children to develop their fine motor skills in order to write and allow ...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNatural History: GCSEDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18517More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she expects teaching of GCSE Natural History to begin.
Answer: All young people should have access to a broad and balanced curriculum with a range of qualification routes and choices. The government is considering the next steps for a natural history GCSE.The government has also established an independent Curriculum ...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: SchoolsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18868More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many mental health professionals the previous Government planned to be placed in schools in each of the next three academic years; and how many he plans to place in schools in the same period.
Answer: Nationally, there are, on average, 8,400 pupils or learners and 17 schools or colleges per mental health support team (MHST), up to and including waves seven and eight. There are 109 MHSTs that will become part of the programme in waves nine and 10, with ...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordEmployers' Contributions: Employment and PayTreasuryTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17784More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increases to employer National Insurance contributions at the Autumn Budget 2024 on (a) employment levels and (b) wages for (i) lower-paid and (ii) higher-paid
Answer: The Office for Budget Responsibility’s October 2024 Economic and Fiscal Outlook expects that the Employer National Insurance Contributions package will lead to a reduction in the participation rate of 0.1 per cent from 2025-26 onwards. Overall, once the i...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordEmployers' Contributions: EmploymentTreasuryTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17783More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of proposed increases to employer national insurance contributions on (a) full-time and (b) part-time workers.
Answer: The Office for Budget Responsibility’s October 2024 Economic and Fiscal Outlook expects that the Employer National Insurance Contributions package will lead to a reduction in the participation rate of 0.1 per cent from 2025-26 onwards. Overall, once the i...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordEmployers' Contributions: Employment and PayTreasuryTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17782More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make a comparative assessment of the potential impact of (a) employment and (b) wage-level effects resulting from increases to employer National Insurance Contributions on (i) women and (ii) men.
Answer: The Office for Budget Responsibility’s October 2024 Economic and Fiscal Outlook expects that the Employer National Insurance Contributions package will lead to a reduction in the participation rate of 0.1 per cent from 2025-26 onwards. Overall, once the i...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: Employers' ContributionsTreasuryTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17781More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the total revenue to the public purse from increases in employer National Insurance Contributions for (a) GP practices, (b) dental practices, (c) hospices, (d) pharmacies and (e) othe
Answer: The latest forecasts for tax revenues were published alongside the Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) October Economic and Fiscal Outlook. These forecasts are based on economic determinants, including wage growth and employment levels. The OBR do no...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordEmployers' ContributionsTreasuryTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17780More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral contribution by the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury on 3 December 2024, Official Report, column 200, what estimate she has made of the (a) median and (b) mean average number of people
Answer: A Tax Information and Impact Note that covers the employer NICs changes was published by HMRC on 13 November. Around 250,000 employers will see their Secondary Class 1 NICs liability decrease and around 820,000 employers will see no change.
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordEmployers' ContributionsTreasuryTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17779More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the proportion of employers who will pay (a) the same and (b) less in employer National Insurance Contributions from April 2025.
Answer: A Tax Information and Impact Note that covers the employer NICs changes was published by HMRC on 13 November. Around 250,000 employers will see their Secondary Class 1 NICs liability decrease and around 820,000 employers will see no change.
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSchools: Per Capita CostsDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17084More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the increase in school funding in the 2025-26 academic year (a) per pupil, (b) in real terms per pupil based on the GDP deflator and (c) in real terms per pupil based on Retail Pri
Answer: At the Autumn Budget 2024, the government announced an additional £2.3 billion for mainstream schools and young people with high needs for the 2025/26 financial year, compared to the 2024/25 financial year. This means that overall core school funding will...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: SchoolsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17083More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 Nov 2024 to Question 15640 on Mental Health Services: Schools, whether the plan to introduce access to a specialist mental health professional in every school differs f
Answer: The Department of Health and Social Care is working with the Department for Education to consider how to deliver our commitment of providing access to a specialist mental health professional in every school. We need to ensure that any support meets the ne...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUnemployment: TaxationTreasuryTabled 27 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 901600More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her tax policies on the unemployment rate.
Answer: The Office for Budget Responsibility’s October 2024 forecast, which takes into account tax measures announced in the Budget, expects the unemployment rate will fall to 4.1% next year and remain low until 2029.
Answered 3 Dec 2024
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