Dan Tomlinson MP: written questions

4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025

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Written questions

Sign Language: Pre-school EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51707More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to introduce sign language into early years planning for deaf children.
Answer: High quality early years education is crucial to children’s development, health and life chances. The department is committed to ensuring that all children, including children with disabilities such as deafness, have the best possible start in life as par...
Answered 20 May 2025
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Grammar Schools: AdmissionsDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33290More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to help reduce (a) inequalities in the admissions process to academically selective grammar schools and (b) disparities in access to tutoring for admission tests to those schools.
Answer: The admission authorities for grammar schools set their schools’ selection criteria. This government’s priority is ensuring high and rising standards across every school to secure a brilliant education for every child.
Answered 27 Feb 2025
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Schools: Gender Based ViolenceDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18820More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) boys and (b) young men receive education in school on preventing violence against women and girls in schools.
Answer: The government has pledged to halve violence against women and girls in the next decade. Education has a crucial role to play in tackling harmful behaviour, helping children and young people to develop empathy, boundaries and respect for difference.Throug...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
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Schools: DisabilityDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18819More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to promote the inclusion of disabled students in schools; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including in the national curriculum teaching about the life expe
Answer: This government is committed to improving inclusivity and expertise in mainstream schools to break down barriers to education, alongside ensuring that special schools can support children with the most complex needs.The department will strengthen accounta...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
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Higher Education: TeachersDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16091More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her policies on higher education reform will include employment rights protections for (a) permanent and (b) non-permanent lecturers.
Answer: The government wants to work in partnership with the higher education (HE) sector to deliver the change that the country needs. The department has outlined its five strategic priorities for the sector and will set out its plan for HE reform by summer 2025...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
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Special Educational Needs: EpilepsyDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16090More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure all children with epilepsy receive an individual healthcare plan.
Answer: Statutory guidance on ‘Supporting pupils at school with medical conditions’ recommends the use of individual healthcare plans as good practice. This guidance can be accessed here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5ce6a72e40f0b620a103bd53/sup...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
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Further Education: Special Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12672More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will create alternative qualification pathways for students with Education, Health and Care Plans to support their access to further education.
Answer: The government is committed to ensuring that all young people, including those with education, health and care plans, can access a range of high quality qualifications and programmes which support them to develop the skills they need to thrive at work and...
Answered 12 Nov 2024
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Department for Education	7
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	1
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	2
Department for Transport	3
Department of Health and Social Care	7
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	3
Home Office	4
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	2
Treasury	1

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