Helen Hayes MP: written questions
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Kinship Care: LeaveDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21281More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department has received advice from the Department for Education on the introduction of statutory kinship care leave following publication of the Education Committee's
Answer: The Government’s Parental Leave and Pay Review is considering all current parental leave and pay entitlements, as well as the needs of working families who do not qualify for existing leave and pay entitlements, such as kinship carers. We are engaging wit...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordKinship Care: LeaveDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21280More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the Department for Education's decision to provide paid kinship leave to its own employees when considering whether statutory employment rights for k
Answer: The Government’s Parental Leave and Pay Review is considering all current parental leave and pay entitlements, as well as the needs of working families who do not qualify for existing leave and pay entitlements, such as kinship carers. We are engaging wit...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordKinship Care: LeaveDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21279More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, how his Department is working with the Department for Education to assess the potential impact of statutory kinship care leave on (a) placement stability for children and (b) child
Answer: The Government’s Parental Leave and Pay Review is considering all current parental leave and pay entitlements, as well as the needs of working families who do not qualify for existing leave and pay entitlements, such as kinship carers. We are engaging wit...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordKinship Care: LeaveDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21278More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether the evidence received by the Education Committee during its inquiry into children's social care, and the Committee's recommendation that the Government should legislate for
Answer: The Government’s Parental Leave and Pay Review is considering all current parental leave and pay entitlements, as well as the needs of working families who do not qualify for existing leave and pay entitlements, such as kinship carers. We are engaging wit...
Answered 3 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCardiovascular Diseases and CholesterolDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21277More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the variation between integrated care boards (ICB) in the proportion of patients with cardiovascular disease achieving recommended cholesterol levels; and
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for ensuring that people with high cholesterol or an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) receive treatment in line with recommended targets. Published on 7 July 2026, the CVD Modern Service Framewor...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCardiovascular Diseases: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21276More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to improve access to genetic testing for inherited lipid conditions, including familial hypercholesterolaemia, in order to initiate cholesterol management at an
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for ensuring that people with high cholesterol or an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) receive treatment in line with recommended targets. Published on 7 July 2026, the CVD Modern Service Framewor...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCardiovascular Diseases: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21275More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans her Department has to incentivise the delivery of NHS Health Checks for the earlier detection of cardiovascular disease, including through the Quality and Outcomes Framework.
Answer: Since 2013 local authorities in England have been legally responsible for commissioning the NHS Health Check programme as set out in the Local Authorities Functions Regulations 2013. The Government’s Public Health Grant to local authorities is used to ena...
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCommunity Development: English LanguageMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 May 2026AnsweredUIN 3786More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the policy paper entitled Protecting What Matters: Towards a more confident, cohesive, and resilient United Kingdom, if he will set out the (a) timeline and (b)
Answer: In Protecting What Matters, this government committed to review English language provision to identify best practice, and explore how innovation, including digital delivery, can increase the numbers able to speak English, with conclusions published in Aut...
Answered 2 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordTeachers: Performance AppraisalDepartment for EducationTabled 21 May 2026AnsweredUIN 3784More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure (a) support plans and (b) informal capability procedures are appropriately used to (i) improve staff performance and (ii) retain staff.
Answer: The Department has established policies for managing both performance and underperformance, with an emphasis on early, supportive intervention to help staff succeed and remain in their roles.Line managers are expected to work with staff to put in place ap...
Answered 2 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordTeachers: Performance AppraisalDepartment for EducationTabled 21 May 2026AnsweredUIN 3783More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of teachers placed on (a) support plans and (b) informal capability procedures in each of the last five years.
Answer: The department sets out the broad statutory requirements that maintained schools must follow and recently updated non-statutory guidance in relation to teacher appraisal, including informal support arrangements, which is available at: https://assets.publi...
Answered 2 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMetropolitan Police: FinanceHome OfficeTabled 21 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128712More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she intends to provide further funding to the Metropolitan Police's Operation Martello programme.
Answer: Hotspots policing is a key, evidence-based tactic that should be embedded in mainstream activity, forming a central component of the Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee (NPG). As a result, we are transitioning hotspot activity from a grant funded programme i...
Answered 27 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110430More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact on the transparency of UK overseas development assistance.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to Baroness Chapman's appearance before the International Development Committee on 20 January, where she addressed these issues at length.
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110429More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact on the effectiveness of UK overseas development assistance spending.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to Baroness Chapman's appearance before the International Development Committee on 20 January, where she addressed these issues at length.
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 30 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109820More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps is she taking to ensure future scrutiny and transparency of UK overseas development and assistance.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Minister for International Development's appearance before the International Development Committee on 20 January, where she addressed these issues at length.The Independent Commission for Aid Impact's (ICAI) budget allocation...
Answered 4 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordIndependent Commission for Aid Impact: FinanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 30 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109819More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what engagement has she had with the a) Independent Commission for Aid Impact and b) recipients of UK overseas development assistance, on future funding for the ICAI.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Minister for International Development's appearance before the International Development Committee on 20 January, where she addressed these issues at length.The Independent Commission for Aid Impact's (ICAI) budget allocation...
Answered 4 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordIndependent Commission for Aid Impact: FinanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 30 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109818More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding was given by her Department to the Independent Commission for Aid Impact in each of the last five years.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Minister for International Development's appearance before the International Development Committee on 20 January, where she addressed these issues at length.The Independent Commission for Aid Impact's (ICAI) budget allocation...
Answered 4 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordImmigration: Children in CareHome OfficeTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109164More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her department has made of the impact of failing to resolve the immigration status of children in care before turning 18.
Answer: The Home Secretary set out in the Immigration White Paper published on 12 May 2025 that the Home Office will ensure children who have been in the UK for some time, turn 18 and discover they do not have status, are fully supported and able to regularise th...
Answered 2 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordImmigration: Children in CareHome OfficeTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109163More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her department is taking to ensure that every child in care has their immigration status resolved before turning 18.
Answer: The previous Home Secretary set out in the Immigration White Paper published on 12 May 2025 that the Home Office will ensure children who have been in the UK for some time, turn 18 and discover they do not have status, are fully supported and able to regu...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordBritish Nationality: ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109162More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that citizenship application fees are affordable for children who need to regularise their immigration status.
Answer: Children seeking to register as a British citizen will have the fee waived if they are able to credibly demonstrate that they cannot afford the fee. In addition, where an application has been made by or on behalf of a child who is looked after by a Local ...
Answered 2 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104813More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish the full list of members of her Department’s SEND Development Group, the criteria for membership of this group and the dates on which the group has met.
Answer: The special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) Development Group was launched as part of the period of co-creation, which was announced in December 2025. The group is an informal engagement group led by myself, as Minister for Schools, to bring tog...
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104812More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish the terms of reference of the Department’s SEND Development Group.
Answer: The special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) Development Group was launched as part of the period of co-creation, which was announced in December 2025. The group is an informal engagement group led by myself, as Minister for Schools, to bring tog...
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100327More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) NHS Talking Therapy trainees and (b) Band 7 CBT therapist posts have been created in (i) Lambeth and (ii) Southwark in each of the last five years.
Answer: The table attached shows the growth in the relevant subsection of the NHS Talking Therapies workforce over the five years to 2024. The high intensity workforce, which includes cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) therapists, increased by 2,582 between 2019...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100326More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of Band 7 CBT therapist posts created in each of the last five years.
Answer: The table attached shows the growth in the relevant subsection of the NHS Talking Therapies workforce over the five years to 2024. The high intensity workforce, which includes cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) therapists, increased by 2,582 between 2019...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100325More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of applications for NHS Talking Therapies trainee positions.
Answer: The Government is committed to publishing a 10 Year Workforce Plan to set out action to create a workforce ready to deliver the transformed service set out in the 10-Year Health Plan. The 10 Year Workforce Plan will ensure the National Health Service has ...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPupils: AttendanceDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98545More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has she made of potential conflicts of interest for individuals and companies awarded contracts to deliver the Behaviour and Attendance Ambassador's Programme.
Answer: The regional improvement for standards and excellence Attendance and Behaviour Hubs programme launched in September 2025. The department is appointing up to 90 lead schools with excellent attendance and behaviour practice who will work closely with other ...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
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