David Williams MP: written questions 2024

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Written questions

Gender Based Violence: Stoke-on-Trent NorthHome OfficeTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10913More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle violence against women and girls in (a) Stoke-on-Trent North constituency and (b) Kidsgrove.
Answer: Tackling violence against women and girls is a top priority for this government and we will treat it as a national emergency. Our mission is to halve levels of these crimes within a decade, using every lever available to us. This means reforming the polic...
Answered 28 Oct 2024
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Local Skills Improvement PlansDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10912More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to (a) support Local Skills Improvement Plans and (b) prevent duplication of those plans with Skills England.
Answer: Local Skills Improvement Plans (LSIPs) support the department’s aim to make technical education and training more responsive to local labour market and employer needs. Since autumn 2022, the designated employer representative bodies (ERBs) leading the LSI...
Answered 1 Nov 2024
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Bus Services: RegulationDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10911More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to grant local authorities powers to (a) improve and (b) regulate private bus services in areas without bus franchising.
Answer: Improving local transport services is a key part of this government’s growth mission, and the government has set out plans to deliver better bus services, grow passenger numbers and drive opportunity to under-served regions.As announced in the King’s Spee...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
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Culture: Stoke-on-Trent NorthDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10910More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to improve the accessibility of cultural activities in (a) Stoke-on-Trent North constituency and (b) Kidsgrove.
Answer: After 14 years of indifference and cultural vandalism, this government is committed to making sure that arts and cultural activities will no longer be the preserve of a privileged few.DCMS supports its Arms Length Body, Arts Council England (ACE), to impr...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
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Youth Services: Stoke-on-Trent NorthDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10909More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to provide youth services with adequate funding in (a) Stoke-on-Trent North constituency and (b) Kidsgrove.
Answer: As set out in section 507B of the Education Act 1996, local authorities have a statutory duty to secure, so far as is reasonably practicable, sufficient provision of educational and recreational leisure-time activities for young people in their area. This...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
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Higher EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10908More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help support people to transition from level three qualifications to higher levels.
Answer: Skills are crucial to economic growth, with a third of productivity improvement over the last two decades explained by improvements to skills levels. However, between 2017 and 2022, skills shortages in England doubled to more than half a million and now a...
Answered 1 Nov 2024
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Special Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10907More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help support local authorities to meet the legal deadline to provide an education, health and care plan.
Answer: Every child deserves the opportunity to achieve and thrive but, at the moment, far from every child is being given that chance. The current special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and alternative provision system has lost the confidence of famil...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
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Special Educational Needs: Stoke-on-Trent NorthDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10906More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support early speech and language interventions in (a) Stoke-on-Trent North constituency and (b) Kidsgrove.
Answer: Early language skills are vital to enable children to thrive in early years and later in life, including for all aspects of later attainment in school.The department has provided funding for settings to undertake evidence-based continuous professional dev...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
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