James Cartlidge MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Special Educational Needs: SuffolkDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8161More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what new support she plans to provide to students in South Suffolk in relation to the new SEND reforms.
Answer: The department wants every child to have the best start in life, with help available earlier and locally when families need it. Our reforms aim to ensure all children will get the right support in their early years setting, school and college Our vision f...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8160More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to require children in current possession of an education, health and care plan to reapply when the new SEND reforms have been delivered.
Answer: The government's consultation on ‘Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) reform: putting children and young people first’ has now closed. We are carefully reviewing and taking into account all responses alongside feedback from over 200 engageme...
Answered 26 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: Written QuestionsDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112869More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to Question 88735 on Schools: South Suffolk, tabled on 10 November 2025.
Answer: The response to Written Parliamentary Questions 88735, 88736 and 88737 was published on 18 March 2026.
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: Written QuestionsDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112868More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to Question 88736 on Special Educational Needs, tabled on 10 November 2025.
Answer: The response to Written Parliamentary Questions 88735, 88736 and 88737 was published on 18 March 2026.
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: Written QuestionsDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112867More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to Question 88737 on Special Educational Needs: Finance, tabled on 10 November 2025.
Answer: The response to Written Parliamentary Questions 88735, 88736 and 88737 was published on 18 March 2026.
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPupils: Mobile PhonesDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97536More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to provide advice and support for headteachers to transition to a smartphone free school.
Answer: Mobile phones have no place in schools. The department’s guidance on mobile phones in schools, published in February 2024, is clear that schools should prohibit the use of devices with smart technology throughout the school day, including during lessons, ...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88737More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the time taken to publish the Schools White Paper on SEND reform on school funding allocations for the 2026-27 academic year.
Answer: The ‘Every Child Achieving and Thriving’ Schools White Paper and the SEND Consultation Document set out our plans to build an education system that ensures children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) get the right supp...
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88736More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the time taken to publish the Schools White Paper on the implementation of planned SEND reforms.
Answer: The ‘Every Child Achieving and Thriving’ Schools White Paper and the SEND Consultation Document set out our plans to build an education system that ensures children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) get the right supp...
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSchools: South SuffolkDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88735More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the time taken to publish the Schools White Paper on (a) schools and (b) pupils in South Suffolk constituency.
Answer: The ‘Every Child Achieving and Thriving’ Schools White Paper and the SEND Consultation Document set out our plans to build an education system that ensures children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) get the right supp...
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordEducation: Armed ForcesDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70679More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 23 on page 19 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, whether her Department has allocated funding to help develop understanding of the Armed Forces among young pe
Answer: The Strategic Defence Review (SDR) states that, as part of a national conversation on security, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) will work with the department to develop understanding of the armed forces in schools.The department works jointly with MoD on th...
Answered 9 Oct 2025
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