Jess Brown-Fuller MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Schools: Special Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59185More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to ensure improved access to schooling for children with (a) visual and (b) hearing impairments in Chichester constituency.
Answer: All education settings have duties under the Equality Act 2010 towards individual disabled children and young people. Part 6 of the Equality Act outlines that schools must make reasonable adjustments, including the provision of auxiliary aids and services...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59184More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to ensure that local authorities that do not reach the 20-week deadline for education, health and care plans have effective improvement plans in place.
Answer: The department wants to ensure that, where required, education, health and care (EHC) plan assessments are progressed promptly and, if needed, plans are issued as quickly as possible so that children and young people can access the support they need.Local...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordApprenticeship Levy: Public SectorDepartment for EducationTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52533More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact removing Apprenticeship Levy funding for Level 7 apprenticeships on the public sector.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Chichester to the answer of 9 April 2025 to Question 43275.
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47156More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much and what proportion of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund budget for the 2024–25 financial had been spent by 31 March 2025.
Answer: The new criteria for the adoption and special guardianship support fund (ASGSF) will enable as many children and families as possible to access the available funding. The department always assesses the impact of changes on vulnerable children. The changes...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47155More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the planned changes to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund on access to therapeutic support for children and families; and whether s
Answer: The new criteria for the adoption and special guardianship support fund (ASGSF) will enable as many children and families as possible to access the available funding. The department always assesses the impact of changes on vulnerable children. The changes...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDance and Drama: ScholarshipsDepartment for EducationTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42916More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to confirm individual budgets for 2025-26 to providers within the Dance and Drama Awards scheme.
Answer: The department will shortly confirm final budgets for the 2025/26 academic year and is in touch with providers concerning this.
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMusic and Dance SchemeDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40942More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will adjust the means testing methodology for the Music and Dance Scheme to reflect the cost of VAT on fees.
Answer: For the 2024/25 academic year, the department adjusted the Music and Dance Scheme bursary contribution for families with a relevant income below £45,000 to account for the VAT introduction from January 2025. This methodology will be reviewed for future ye...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMusic and Dance SchemeDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40941More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will (a) make support for the Music and Dance Scheme permanent and (b) uplift the threshold for that support to £55,000.
Answer: For the 2024/25 academic year, the department adjusted the Music and Dance Scheme bursary contribution for families with a relevant income below £45,000 to account for the VAT introduction from January 2025. This methodology will be reviewed for future ye...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: RegistrationDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36314More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made with the Office for Students on implementing the third category of registration for (a) smaller and (b) specialist providers of (i) Trinity College London level five and si
Answer: The government is fully committed to delivering the Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE) as set out in the Autumn Budget 2024. From the LLE’s launch in January 2027, the Office for Students (OfS) will regulate all providers offering LLE-funded provision.Th...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: RegistrationDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36003More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will have discussions with stakeholders to create a proportional route for registration for (a) smaller providers (b) specialist providers, including (i) all such providers and (ii) those that offer Trin
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Chichester to the answer of 28 March 2025 to Question 36314.
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNurseries: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29861More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will undertake a review of the maintained nursery school supplementary funding formula.
Answer: Additional supplementary funding is provided to local authorities for maintained nursery schools (MNS) in their areas. In the 2025/26 financial year, the initial budget for MNS supplementary funding is £92.6 million, subject to final budget update. The na...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordOverseas Students: UkraineDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29281More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to create a pathway for Ukrainian refugees to apply to UK universities.
Answer: The government remains committed to giving all Ukrainians in the UK the same access to education as enjoyed by UK citizens. Persons granted leave under one of the Ukraine Schemes, including the Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme, have access to higher ed...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordOverseas Students: UkraineDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29279More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the level of support provided to Ukrainian refugees in applying to UK universities.
Answer: The government remains committed to giving all Ukrainians in the UK the same access to education as enjoyed by UK citizens. Persons granted leave under one of the Ukraine Schemes, including the Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme, have access to higher ed...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: ProtectionDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29235More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of safeguarding leads in schools being violence against women and girls accredited.
Answer: Children’s wellbeing and safety, including reducing violence against women and girls, is a key priority for this government. A robust safeguarding framework is in place that schools and colleges must have regard to in the form of keeping children safe in ...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: ProtectionDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29216More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make (a) schools and (b) education providers statutory safeguarding partners.
Answer: The involvement of education and childcare agencies is fundamental at all levels of safeguarding arrangements. The department knows that teachers and educators are often the first to spot warning signs of abuse and neglect and are the largest referrer of...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: Personal RecordsDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29211More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing a unique ID for every child to (a) facilitate data sharing between public bodies and (b) identify children not in school or any form of ed
Answer: Implementing a unique ID for every child has been regularly cited as a potential solution to bring together data on children’s interactions with different services. The government’s manifesto for the 2024 election included a commitment to this end (on pag...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: Corporal PunishmentDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29165More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of abolishing the notion of reasonable chastisement.
Answer: Violence towards children and abuse of children are never acceptable. There are laws in place to protect children against this.Wales is in the process of reviewing the impact of removing the defence of reasonable chastisement and the UK Government expects...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordQualificationsDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5165More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will pause the defunding of applied general qualifications scheduled for 2025 and 2026.
Answer: In July 2024, my Right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education announced a short pause to the defunding of qualifications to enable a review of post-16 qualification reforms at level 3 and below. This was followed by a Written Ministerial Statem...
Answered 18 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: West SussexDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4907More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure the adequacy of SEND support in West Sussex.
Answer: The department is continuing to support and challenge West Sussex to improve the delivery of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) services. The last local area SEND inspection by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) for West Sussex wa...
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordTeachers: Industrial InjuriesDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4906More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support is available for teachers who are unable to work as a result of workplace injury.
Answer: Workplace absences that are the result of a workplace injury would usually be subject to normal sick pay arrangements. The department has no jurisdiction over arrangements for dealing with workplace injuries or matters relating to sick pay, as these are c...
Answered 17 Sept 2024
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