Helen Maguire MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Personal, Social, Health and Economic EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64631More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has considered making relationships, sex and health education mandatory in (a) sixth form colleges and (b) other further education institutions.
Answer: Relationships and sex education (RSE) is at the core of the personal development tutorial system in post-16 settings that enables students to discuss important issues relating to their lives as active adult citizens.As well as learning about British value...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal, Social, Health and Economic EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64630More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending existing provisions for mandatory Relationships, Sex and Health Education under the Children and Social Work Act 2017 to ensure everyone u
Answer: Relationships and sex education (RSE) is at the core of the personal development tutorial system in post-16 settings that enables students to discuss important issues relating to their lives as active adult citizens.As well as learning about British value...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPerforming ArtsDepartment for EducationTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51742More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has had discussions with the Office for Students on introducing greater flexibility for specialist conservatoire-style performing arts institutions.
Answer: All registered providers are expected to meet the same conditions of registration. It is important that all students benefit from the same level of protection, no matter where or how they choose to study. The Office for Students (OfS) takes a provider’s c...
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMusic: QualificationsDepartment for EducationTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51741More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Level 6 Trinity Diploma in Professional Musical Theatre will be in scope of the Lifelong Learning Entitlement when it is introduced.
Answer: The Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE) will transform the post-18 student finance system to create a single funding system.The LLE will replace higher education student finance loans and eventually replace the Advanced Learner Loan (ALL) scheme for level...
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDance and Drama: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51740More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is considering replacing the Dance and Drama Awards scheme with the Lifelong Learning Entitlement.
Answer: The Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE) will not be replacing the Dance and Drama Awards (DaDA) grant scheme. The LLE will provide individuals with a loan entitlement to the equivalent of four years’ post-18 education to use over their working lives (£38,...
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: AttendanceDepartment for EducationTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50799More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will add young carers to the Daily Attendance reporting programme.
Answer: This government is committed to breaking down barriers of opportunity for all young people, including young carers who provide a critical role caring for their loved ones.Young carers were added to the school census in the 2022/23 academic year. This ...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordYoung Carers: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48059More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Carer's Trust press release entitled Carers Trust launches landmark young carers covenant to transform the lives of over one million children, published on 13 March 2024, what assessment h
Answer: The government is committed to helping all young people, including young carers, thrive in education. We continue to work closely across government to strengthen the visibility and support of young carers both at home and in educational settings.Young car...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools and Young Futures Hubs: Social PrescribingDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40951More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will take steps to integrate social prescribing link workers into (a) schools and (b) Young Futures Hubs.
Answer: This government is committed to improving mental health support for all children and young people. This is critical to breaking down barriers to opportunity, and helping pupils to achieve and thrive in education. That is why the department has committed t...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Prescribing: Young PeopleDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40950More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the University of Manchester research entitled The right prescription: Young people, mental health and social prescribing, publishe
Answer: This government is committed to improving mental health support for all children and young people. This is critical to breaking down barriers to opportunity, and helping pupils to achieve and thrive in education. That is why the department has committed t...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMathematics: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40944More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of reforming mathematical education to emphasise (a) data, (b) technology and (c) computing.
Answer: The government has established an independent Curriculum and Assessment Review, covering ages 5 to 18, chaired by Professor Becky Francis CBE. The Review is looking at all curriculum subjects, including mathematics. It is committed to ensuring the curricu...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordOverseas Students: OppressionDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39364More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to safeguard students from (a) Hong Kong, (b) Tibet, (c) Taiwan and (d) Xinjiang, who are persecuted by the Chinese authorities on UK campuses.
Answer: The first duty of the government is to keep the country safe and this government is committed to responding to foreign interference, including those actions which amount to transnational repression. The government takes protection of individuals' rights, ...
Answered 29 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEducation: StandardsDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39343More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help close the education attainment gap.
Answer: All children and young people should have every opportunity to succeed, no matter who they are or where they are from. However, this government knows that too many children and young people face barriers to learning. This is not acceptable, which is why t...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNurseries: VacanciesDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39342More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle nursery staff recruitment and retention shortages.
Answer: The government is committed to giving children the best start in life and has set the ambition through the government’s Plan for Change for a record proportion of children starting school ready to learn in the classroom. The department will measure our pr...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordYoung People: Armed ForcesDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33342More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill will apply to armed forces initial training establishments that accept under-18-year-olds.
Answer: The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill will strengthen multi-agency working between local authorities, health, police and education and childcare settings, and those settings will be designated in regulations. The department expects safeguarding partne...
Answered 22 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: DisadvantagedDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26667More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) maintenance grants and (b) other policies to help improve the level of participation of disadvantaged students in higher education.
Answer: The department is committed to supporting the aspiration of every person who meets the requirements and wants to go to university, regardless of their background.The government continues to provide means-tested non-repayable grants to low income full time...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEducation: British National (Overseas)Department for EducationTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23693More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing domestic fee status for the children of British National (Overseas) visa holders in the UK.
Answer: Generally, to qualify for higher education (HE) student support and home fee status in England, a person must have settled status and have been ordinarily resident in the UK and Islands (Channel Islands and Isle of Man) for the three years preceding the f...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSTEM subjects: Secondary EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23104More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has plans to increase funding for STEM education at secondary school level.
Answer: High and rising school standards are at the heart of the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and give every child the best start in life. The best way of supporting education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordEducational Psychology: Labour TurnoverDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20119More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase levels of retention of educational psychologists beyond the minimum period they are required to remain in their local authority after their training is completed.
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, breaking down the...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordChildren: PovertyDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18072More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help support (a) pre-school, (b) primary school and (c) secondary school-aged children living in poverty other than through the provision of free school meals.
Answer: Tackling child poverty is at the heart of the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and improve the life chances for every child. For too many children, living in poverty robs them of the opportunity to learn and to prosper.The Minist...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHoliday Activities and Food ProgrammeDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 17058More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of maintaining real-term levels of funding for the Holiday Activities and Food programme beyond March 2025.
Answer: Now that the department has been given its overall budget, we are working through the details of the budget settlement. Departmental budgets for 2025/26 will be confirmed in due course, including the exact funding available to support children, young peop...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordChildcare: Epsom and EwellDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5778More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help increase the (a) availability and (b) affordability of childcare in Epsom and Ewell constituency.
Answer: It is the department’s ambition that all families have access to high quality, affordable and flexible early education and care, improving the life chances for every child and the work choices for every parent. From September 2024, eligible working parent...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: SurreyDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3637More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of SEND provision in (a) Epsom and Ewell constituency and (b) Surrey; and what steps she plans to take with Surrey County Council to help improve their delive
Answer: Surrey had their Ofsted and Care Quality Commission Local Area special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) inspection in September 2023 which identified inconsistent experiences and outcomes for children and young people with SEND. The report, publi...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
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