Jenny Riddell-Carpenter MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Roads: SafetyDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116286More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on ensuring children have access to practical road safety and cycle training.
Answer: Officials in the department engaged with the Department for Transport when developing the updated Relationships Sex and Health Education guidance.The updated guidance, published in July 2025 has a new section on personal safety which includes how to recog...
Answered 17 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordFurther Education and Postgraduate Education: Older PeopleDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101252More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on (a) the number of people aged 60 and over currently enrolled in further education, (b) the number of people aged 60 and over currently undertaking postgraduate study, and (c) t
Answer: Adult further education and skills learner participation by age is published in the further education and skills statistics publication which can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/further-education-and-skil...
Answered 8 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPostgraduate Education: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101251More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is considering changes to postgraduate research funding eligibility for older learners as part of the Lifelong Learning Entitlement.
Answer: The lifelong learning entitlement (LLE) will deliver transformational change to the current student finance system by broadening access to high quality, flexible education and training.From January 2027, all undergraduate higher education courses, includi...
Answered 9 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordFoster Care and Kinship Care: LeaveDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84062More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to take steps to ensure that (a) kinship and (b) foster carers have the same employment leave rights as (i) adoptive, (ii) maternity and (iii) paternity carers.
Answer: The government has committed to conducting a review of the whole parental leave system. This review was launched on 1 July and represents a much-needed opportunity to consider our approach to the system of parental leave and pay.The department will also c...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against ChildrenDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75778More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that social workers receive specialist training to recognise signs of child sexual abuse connected to the production of online child pornography.
Answer: It is vitally important that all professionals working with children, including social workers, can recognise and respond quickly to the signs of child sexual abuse.While local authorities and other employers are responsible for the professional developme...
Answered 25 Sept 2025
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