Jenny Riddell-Carpenter MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Schools: Academic YearDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59269More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of taking steps to grant local authorities greater flexibility in setting school term dates.
Answer: Local authorities already have responsibility for setting term dates for schools where they are the employer, including community schools, community special schools, voluntary controlled schools, pupil referral units and maintained nursery schools. These ...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGCSE: AssessmentsDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46334More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve the educational support system for post-16 students who missed GCSE examinations due to unforeseen circumstances.
Answer: If a student is unable to sit an exam or assessment for a qualification for an acceptable reason, but has completed at least one other exam or assessment in that subject, schools and colleges may be able to apply for special consideration.When in post-16 ...
Answered 9 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: SuffolkDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46330More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much additional funding for special educational needs and disabilities has been allocated to Suffolk County Council since July 2024.
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.In July 2024, the government announced that an...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment Tribunals Service: SuffolkDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37423More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the potential cost to the public purse was of funding from her Department to Suffolk County Council to help pay for Tribunal fees for each year between 2019-2023.
Answer: The department does not fund local authorities to cover the costs associated with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) first-tier tribunal hearings. Local authorities fund their legal costs from their operational budgets.
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: First-tier TribunalDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37422More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding her Department has provided to local authorities for Special Educational Needs and Disability First-tier Tribunal hearings in the past 12 months.
Answer: The department does not fund local authorities to cover the costs associated with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) first-tier tribunal hearings. Local authorities fund their legal costs from their operational budgets.
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: SuffolkDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23590More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much additional funding her Department has allocated for special educational needs provision by Suffolk County Council following the Autumn Budget 2024.
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. Following the Aut...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAcademiesDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22804More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to continue the Academies Programme.
Answer: Academies are a crucial and valued part of our school system.This government is proud of the change the academies movement has delivered for children. The government's mission is to break down the barriers for all children. We’re building on the academies...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 325More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children receive special educational needs and disability services in (a) Suffolk and (b) the UK.
Answer: The department publishes statistics on all children with special educational needs (SEN) in schools here, which can be viewed at local authority level: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/special-educational-needs-in-englan...
Answered 26 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: SuffolkDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 324More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the provision of special educational needs and disability services for children in Suffolk.
Answer: Ofsted inspected local arrangements for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in Suffolk in November 2023. Its report, which was published on 30 January 2024, concluded that there are widespread and/or systemic failings, leading ...
Answered 25 Jul 2024
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