Esther McVey MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Department for Education: Written QuestionsDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10585More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many times her Department has responded to a written parliamentary question saying that the information is not held in 2026.
Answer: The information requested can be found at: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk.
Answered 26 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordSchools: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122089More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer on 12 March 2026 to question 117273, if she will provide financial assistance to schools to accommodate pupils from nearby private schools that have closed.
Answer: School funding is increasing by £1.7 billion in 2026/27, meaning that core school budgets will total £67 billion, an increase on the £65.3 billion provided in 2025/26.In 2026/27, the most deprived schools have, on average, attracted the largest per pupil ...
Answered 8 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSchools: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117273More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assistance her Department will offer to parents at independent schools that are closing to help them take over the running of the school.
Answer: It is for private schools, as private businesses, to manage their operations and take decisions on closure. All children of compulsory school age are entitled to a state-funded school place, should they need one. The department continues to support local ...
Answered 12 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: CostsDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110369More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether comparisons of the cost of maintained and independent special school placements take account of differences in (a) pupil needs, (b) placement complexity, and (c) length of placement.
Answer: Comparisons of the average cost of placements in different types of special school can be made at national level. The data collected on relevant local and central government expenditure is not differentiated on the basis of pupil needs, placement complexi...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: CostsDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110368More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) methodology and (b) data the Department uses to (i) calculate and (ii) compare the average cost of maintained special school placements and independent school placements.
Answer: For maintained special schools and special academies, the department uses local authorities’ actual expenditure on high needs top-up funding, to which is added the £10,000 per place funding using pupil numbers from the January school census, divided by th...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPupils: Personal RecordsDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89414More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department made of the adequacy of the use of single unique identifiers for schools, in the context of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill.
Answer: Provision in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill to introduce a single unique identifier (SUI) for children is based on extensive user research, including engagement with schools and education settings. Our 2023 report, ‘Improving multi-agency infor...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren's Wellbeing and Schools BillDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88243More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure provisions in the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill maintain data protection requirements.
Answer: The department recognises its responsibility to ensure the highest standards of data privacy and transparency in respect of personal data, and we are ensuring that this is prioritised as the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill progresses.We are ensuring...
Answered 14 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHome EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88242More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consultation her Department undertook with parents of home educated children on the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill.
Answer: The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill includes a proposal for compulsory Children Not in School registers and an accompanying duty on parents to give information for these registers. The department consulted on this proposal as part of its ‘Children N...
Answered 14 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Employers' ContributionsDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75956More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2025 to Question 69839 on Schools: Employers' Contributions, how much and what proportion of the cost of the increase in employers' National Insurance Contributions will be
Answer: The department is providing mainstream schools and high needs settings with over £930 million to support with the increases to employer National Insurance contributions (NICs) from April 2025. We are also providing £25 million in respect of schools with e...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Employers' ContributionsDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75587More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 4 September 2025 to Question 69839 on Schools: Employers' Contributions, how the the £1 billion of support o schools was calculated; and what the total current cost is of the inc
Answer: The department is providing mainstream schools and high needs settings with over £930 million to support with the increases to employer National Insurance contributions (NICs) from April 2025. We are also providing £25 million in respect of schools with e...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Employers' ContributionsDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69839More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the cost to schools of increases in employers' National Insurance contributions over the next four years.
Answer: The department is providing almost £1 billion to support schools with the increases to employer National Insurance contributions (NICs) from April 2025. The department publishes the schools’ costs technical note, which provides an annual assessment of sch...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
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