Gregory Stafford MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Special Educational Needs: StandardsDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62434More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve training for teachers (a) in the early identification of dyslexia and (b) to ensure minimum standards of SEND support are in place across all primary schools.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Farnham and Bordon to the answer of 1 August 2025 to Question 61402.
Answered 1 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordNeurodiversity: ScreeningDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62433More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of introducing mandatory screening for (a) dyslexia and (b) other forms of neurodivergence in primary schools on (i) early identification and (ii) supp
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Farnham and Bordon to the answer of 1 August 2025 to Question 61402.
Answered 1 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: SurreyDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58877More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Safety Valve Agreement signed with Surrey County Council in 2021, whether her Department has disbursed the full funding allocated to support the delivery of three new SEND schools in Surrey.
Answer: Funding for free school projects is provided at different stages of project development, in line with key delivery milestones.The department provides capital funding for the acquisition of sites, land and construction. For centrally delivered free school ...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: SurreyDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jun 2025WithdrawnUIN 58876More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the progress made by Surrey County Council to provide three new SEND schools under the terms of its safety valve agreement.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58875More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish a progress report on the (a) delivery of specialist school places and (b) other outcomes by all local authorities that entered into safety valve agreements.
Answer: The statutory duty to provide sufficient school places for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or who require alternative provision sits with local authorities.The department provides local authorities with annual High Needs Pr...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: South EastDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58873More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential use of disused school buildings to increase SEND specialist school capacity in (a) Surrey and (b) Hampshire.
Answer: The statutory duty to provide sufficient school places for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or who require alternative provision sits with local authorities.The department provides local authorities with capital funding to sup...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordApprenticesDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57100More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to introduce a national alternative to the Apprenticeship Support and Knowledge programme.
Answer: The government is committed to ensuring every young person can develop the skills they need to succeed in work and life. We want them to have access to good quality careers advice as part of our mission to break down barriers to opportunity, under our Pla...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordApprenticesDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57099More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of ending the Apprenticeship Support and Knowledge programme on regional equality of access to apprenticeship (a) information and (b) advice.
Answer: Enabling access to apprenticeships and technical education remains a key part of this government’s education policy. The decision not to continue the Apprenticeship Support and Knowledge (ASK) programme was based on:Growth in awareness of apprenticeships ...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57098More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of withdrawing funding for level 7 apprenticeships for people aged 22 and over on workforce planning in critical public services.
Answer: This government has a driving mission to break down barriers to opportunity.From January 2026 the government will no longer fund level 7 apprenticeships, equivalent to master’s degree level, except for young apprentices under the age of 22. This will enab...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57094More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that employers are financially able to support level 7 apprenticeships in the context of the proposed funding changes from January 2026.
Answer: This government has a driving mission to break down barriers to opportunity.From January 2026 the government will no longer fund level 7 apprenticeships, equivalent to master’s degree level, except for young apprentices under the age of 22. This will enab...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54147More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with representatives of the Council for Disabled Children on the potential impact of SEND reforms on (a) special needs children and (b) EHCP allocation.
Answer: The department regularly works with a range of stakeholders, including the Council for Disabled Children (CDC), on a number of areas relating to special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) policy. We regularly meet the CDC to discuss the development...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordApprenticesDepartment for EducationTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52815More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of promoting workplace apprenticeships as an alternative to sixth form or college education.
Answer: This government has a driving mission to break down barriers to opportunity. Too many young people are struggling to access high quality opportunities, and this government wants to ensure that more young people can undertake apprenticeships.The department...
Answered 30 May 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: ProtectionDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48819More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on support for (a) parents and (b) schools in understanding the legal routes to raise concerns about people who pose a potential safeguarding risk.
Answer: This government believes that action must always be taken to protect children from any safeguarding risk. That is why we are taking forward system reforms in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill and have published a government progress update to the ...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: Workplace PensionsDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48337More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps her Department has taken to provide a remedy to the Teachers' Pension Scheme following the McCloud judgement.
Answer: Approximately 596,000 members of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme require Remediable Service Statements (RSSs) setting out their choices as part of the transitional protection (McCloud) remedy. Of those, approximately 532,000 RSSs were issued by 31 March 2025...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNurseries: Birth RateDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48336More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of declining birth rates on (a) the financial sustainability and (b) capacity of nurseries in England; and what steps she is taking to support early years p
Answer: It is the department’s ambition that all families have access to high quality, affordable and flexible early education and care, giving every child the best start in life and delivering on our Plan for Change.We use the latest Office for National Statisti...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: ADHDDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48071More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on developing a cross-departmental strategy to improve outcomes for children with ADHD in education settings.
Answer: This government’s ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or in alternative provision receive the right support to succeed in their education and as they move into adult life. We are committed ...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: ADHDDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48070More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the extent to which standardised behaviour policies in schools reflect evidence on (a) executive dysfunction and (b) other traits associated with ADHD.
Answer: All schools are required by law to have a behaviour policy which outlines effective strategies that will encourage good behaviour and the sanctions that will be imposed for misbehaviour.Any policy must be lawful, proportionate and reasonable, and comply w...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Secondary EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48069More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps her Department has taken to assess the consistency of SEND policy implementation in secondary schools; and what mechanisms exist to hold schools accountable where legal duties towards neurodiv
Answer: The department’s expectations for high quality, inclusive education are enforced through inspection by Ofsted. Ofsted’s proposed new framework for inspection of education settings will be informed by their public consultation, which closed on 28 April and...
Answered 9 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: NeurodiversityDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48068More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to introduce mandatory training on (a) ADHD and (b) other neurodevelopmental conditions within initial teacher training and ongoing professional development frameworks; and whether
Answer: The department is committed to improving support for all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), including those with ADHD and other neurodiverse conditions.From September 2025, the new initial teacher training an...
Answered 9 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPupil Exclusions: ADHDDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48067More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of the rate of (a) fixed-term and (b) permanent exclusions for pupils with ADHD in mainstream secondary schools; and whether her Department monitors complianc
Answer: Information of pupils’ primary type of special educational need broken down by suspension and permanent exclusion can be viewed via a detailed table at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/e604c2a7-ce18-4fb3-d9d8-08dd...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMedia: CurriculumDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47588More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to provide additional (a) resources, (b) teacher training and (c) curriculum support to improve media literacy education in schools.
Answer: Media literacy is covered in the citizenship, relationships, sex and health education and computing curriculums.The department funds the National Centre for Computing Education, which provides teachers with continuing professional development and resource...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordICT: CurriculumDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47587More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to ensure that information and communications technology literacy forms part of the national curriculum following the Curriculum and Assessment Review.
Answer: The independent Curriculum and Assessment Review’s interim report notes the rise of artificial intelligence and trends in digital information and that it is necessary that the curriculum keep pace with these changes, including a renewed focus on digital a...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46642More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of supporting local authorities to fund (a) education, health and care plans and (b) specialist school placements for children with additional needs.
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.To achieve that ambition, we expect mainstream...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: AppealsDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46626More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to (a) monitor and (b) improve alternative provision arrangements for children with SEND during the process of waiting for a tribunal.
Answer: Alternative provision (AP) schools contribute to a more inclusive whole-school system by working with mainstream schools to identify children’s special educational needs at the earliest stage. They can help devise interventions and provide additional supp...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSchool Rebuilding ProgrammeDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44861More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on the school-rebuilding programme.
Answer: The government has committed £1.4 billion to continue the current School Rebuilding Programme (SRP) in 2025/26, reconfirming the department’s commitment to rebuild or refurbish 518 schools and sixth form colleges across England, prioritising delivery base...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
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