Darren Paffey MP: written questions

4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026 · year in progress

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Written questions

Care Leavers: DeathDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 901344More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the number of early deaths of care leavers.
Answer: I commissioned the Review of Early Care Leaver Deaths because I wanted the whole country to see the tragedies that I read every fortnight. I want to thank Ashley John-Baptiste and Clare Chamberlain for their important work on this review.Their central fin...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
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British Students Abroad: LanguagesDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 24729More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the financial and administrative barriers faced by UK modern languages students required to undertake a year abroad as part of their degree, including the costs and de
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
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Teachers: QualificationsDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24719More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides to local authorities and multi-academy trusts on verifying teachers’ qualified teacher status and completion of statutory induction; and what steps are recommended where of
Answer: The department's statutory safeguarding guidance, ’Keeping Children Safe in Education’, requires schools and colleges to carry out appropriate pre-appointment checks, including verifying Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and statutory induction where relevan...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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Department for Education	3
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	1
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	1
Department for Transport	1
Department for Work and Pensions	6
Department of Health and Social Care	2
Home Office	1
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	5
Women and Equalities	1

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