Ian Sollom MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Adult Education: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48228More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has undertaken an impact assessment in relation to changes to the level of funding for the Adult Skills Fund.
Answer: The department will provide approximately £1.4 billion in funding for the adult skills fund (ASF) in the 2025/26 academic year to ensure that adult learners can access the education and training they need to get into employment or progress in work.As of A...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAdult Education: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48227More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the potential impact of changes to the level of funding for the Adult Skills Fund on the ability of (a) vulnerable learners and (b) people in receipt of benefi
Answer: The department will provide approximately £1.4 billion in funding for the adult skills fund (ASF) in the 2025/26 academic year to ensure that adult learners can access the education and training they need to get into employment or progress in work.As of A...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAdult Education: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48226More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of reductions to the Adult Skills Fund on the availability of (a) adult education courses and (b) free courses for jobs.
Answer: The department will provide approximately £1.4 billion in funding for the adult skills fund (ASF) in the 2025/26 academic year to ensure that adult learners can access the education and training they need to get into employment or progress in work.As of A...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordIntegrated Care Boards: St Neots and Mid CambridgeshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46977More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to levels of staffing for Integrated Care Boards in St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire constituency on the capacity of those Integrated C
Answer: NHS England has asked the integrated care boards (ICBs) to act as main strategic commissioners of health and care services and to reduce the duplication of responsibilities within their structure to achieve a 50% cost reduction in their running cost allow...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordT-levels: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46976More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 18 September 2023 to Question 199977 on T-levels: Expenditure and to the Answer of 23 March 2025 to Question 35993 on T-levels: Finance, how her Department has reallocated the am
Answer: As per the Consolidated Budgeting Guidance, the usual practice is for any underspends in overall departmental budgets, including the T level programme, by the end of the financial year to be returned to HM Treasury. However, throughout each financial year...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40793More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to reply to correspondence of 5 February 2025 from the hon. Member for St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire on healthcare in Northstowe.
Answer: I replied to the Hon. Member on 28 March 2025.
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEducation: BusinessDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39745More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to reinstate the Business Engagement Forum to help ensure collaboration between officials in her Department and industry leaders.
Answer: With the creation of Skills England, the department has developed a wider range of employer engagement routes.In October 2024, following the publication of the first Skills England report, a series of round tables were conducted, engaging over 100 stakeho...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Physical Education and SportsDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39675More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help schools deliver (a) physical education and (b) school sports initiatives.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire to the answer of 28 March 2025 to Question 36741.
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Physical EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39673More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve the infrastructure available to provide (a) physical education and (b) outdoor activities in schools.
Answer: Physical education (PE) is a foundation subject that is compulsory at all four key stages in the national curriculum. As part of the national curriculum, pupils should be taught in key stages two, three and four to take part in outdoor and adventurous act...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironment Protection: Job CreationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37778More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has (a) evaluated the effectiveness and (b) undertaken a lessons learned review of the Green Jobs Delivery Group.
Answer: We have been building on the progress that the Green Jobs Delivery Group previously made by setting up the Office for Clean Energy Jobs (OCEJ). The OCEJ has been created to ensure that clean energy jobs are abundant, high quality, paid fairly, and have fa...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37777More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to encourage the (a) reuse and (b) repair of items to help create a circular economy.
Answer: This Government is committed to transitioning to a circular economy. We have convened a Circular Economy Taskforce, comprising experts from industry, academia, and civil society, to help develop a Circular Economy Strategy for England. The Strategy will m...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironment Protection: Job CreationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37776More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Office for Clean Energy Jobs makes use of the research and evidence collected by the Green Jobs Delivery Group.
Answer: The Office for Clean Energy Jobs is committed to ensuring that research and evidence gathered by the former Green Jobs Delivery Group directly inform its initiatives. In December 2024 we published the Clean Power 2030 Action Plan, accompanied by an Annex ...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSkills EnglandDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37775More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Skills England’s report entitled Skills England: driving growth and widening opportunities, published on 24 September 2024, what steps she has taken to support cross-departmental working by Sk
Answer: In September 2024, Skills England published their first report, titled, ‘Skills England: Driving Growth and Widening Opportunities’. This report sets out Skills England’s role, the key skills challenges that limit economic growth and opportunity, and an i...
Answered 23 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigrationHome OfficeTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35435More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues ahead of the publication of the Immigration White Paper.
Answer: The Home Secretary is in regular dialogue with colleagues about all aspects of her responsibilities within the Government’s Plan for Change.
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordYoung PeopleDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35434More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to p.57 of the report by The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award entitled Youth Voices, published 23 July 2024, if she will make it her policy to ensure that the views of young people are re
Answer: This Government recognises the value of effective youth participation in decision making at all levels. We understand this leads to impactful policy locally, regionally and nationally.Youth consultation opportunities are being held across various governme...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHormone Replacement Therapy: ShortagesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33166More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with pharmaceutical companies on taking steps to ensure an adequate supply of hormone replacement therapies for women experiencing the menopause.
Answer: The Department manages medicine supply issues at a national level so that stocks remain available to meet regional and local demand. Information on stock levels within Cambridgeshire is not held centrally.Previously, there have been issues with the supply...
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHormone Replacement Therapy: CambridgeshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33165More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to hormone replacement therapies for women experiencing the menopause in Cambridgeshire.
Answer: The Department manages medicine supply issues at a national level so that stocks remain available to meet regional and local demand. Information on stock levels within Cambridgeshire is not held centrally.Previously, there have been issues with the supply...
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordChemistry: Vocational EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30787More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government taking to open up technical and vocational pathways for people to access training and employment in the chemical sciences sector.
Answer: The government is developing a comprehensive strategy for post‐16 education and skills, to break down barriers to opportunity, support the development of a skilled workforce in all sectors, including the chemical sciences sector, and drive economic growth...
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordChemistry: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30783More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve chemistry education; and whether she has plans for the subject to focus on (a) green skills, (b) digital skills and (c) transferrable skills alongside technical knowledge.
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 government also recognises that science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) su...
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: UniformsTreasuryTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30733More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2025 to Question 26623 on Schools: Uniforms, what is the evidential basis to support that (a) expanding the existing relief may not reduce the price of school uniforms and (b) VA
Answer: There is a wide range of academic research into how VAT changes affect prices, which supports the conclusion that pass-through is typically only partial. This includes, for example, an International Monetary Fund study which examined the pass through of V...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: St Neots and Mid CambridgeshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30720More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support NHS dentistry in St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire.
Answer: The Government plans to tackle the challenges for patients trying to access National Health Service dental care with a rescue plan to provide 700,000 more urgent dental appointments and recruit new dentists to the areas that need them most. To rebuild den...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSkills EnglandDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30449More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many times she has met with the Interim Chair of Skills England since their appointment.
Answer: Since their appointment in July, the Interim Chair of Skills England, Richard Pennycook, has met my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education six times and my noble Friend, the Minister for Skills five times. In addition, the Interim Chair h...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordApprenticesDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29641More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support intermediate and advanced apprenticeships.
Answer: This government has a driving mission to break down barriers to opportunity. Meeting the skills needs of the next decade is central to delivering all of the government's five missions on economic growth, opportunity for all, a stronger NHS, safer streets,...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHome EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29634More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education of 30 January 2025 in the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Public Bill Committee (Eighth sitting), Offici
Answer: New section 436C(1) of the Education Act 1996 lists the information legally required to be provided by parents of children who are eligible for inclusion on a local authority’s ‘Children Not in School’ register. This information is their child’s name, dat...
Answered 20 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHome EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29633More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education during the Eighth sitting of the Public Bill Committee on the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill on Thursda
Answer: New section 436C(1) of the Education Act 1996 lists the information legally required to be provided by parents of children who are eligible for inclusion on a local authority’s ‘Children Not in School’ register. This information is their child’s name, dat...
Answered 20 Feb 2025
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