Jodie Gosling MP: written questions
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Employment: Chronic Illnesses and DisabilityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64113More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of additional physiotherapists required to support people (a) with long-term health conditions and (b) who are disabled get back to work.
Answer: The Department has made no specific assessment of the additional need for physiotherapists and rehabilitation support workers in the National Health Service and independent sectors.The Department will publish a 10 Year Workforce Plan to create a workforce...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64110More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to ensure clinical leadership and advice is available within his Department for (a) Musculoskeletal conditions, (b) stroke, (c) neurological conditions, (d) cardiovascul
Answer: National clinical directors and national specialty advisers are practising clinicians from across England who work part-time at NHS England, providing clinical leadership, advice, input, and support across distinct areas of National Health Service conditi...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPhysiotherapy: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64103More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the level of need for additional (a) physiotherapists and (b) rehabilitation support workers in (i) the NHS and (ii) independent sectors.
Answer: The Department has made no specific assessment of the additional need for physiotherapists and rehabilitation support workers in the National Health Service and independent sectors.The Department will publish a 10 Year Workforce Plan to create a workforce...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Adrenaline Auto-injectorsDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60945More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding available to schools to purchase Adrenaline Autoinjector Pens for pupils with allergies.
Answer: Section 100 of the Children and Families Act 2014 places a duty on maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units to make arrangements for supporting pupils with medical conditions. The accompanying statutory guidance ‘Supporting pupils with medic...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ComplaintsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 904487More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help ensure that councils are accountable to their constituents during complaints processes.
Answer: Councils should follow the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman’s Complaint Handling Code, which sets out how complaints should be considered fairly and effectively. Residents dissatisfied with their complaint outcome can refer their complaint to th...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRetail Trade: CrimeHome OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 903520More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle retail crime.
Answer: Tackling retail crime, in partnership with police and retailers, is a top priority for this government.In the last year of the previous government, shop theft reached a record high, and violence and abuse towards retail workers increased at an unacceptabl...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGazumpingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15907More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the practice of gazumping; and whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of voluntary reservation agreements in reside
Answer: The government recognise that the home buying and selling process in England and Wales is inefficient and costly for consumers and professionals. We continue to review evidence from other jurisdictions, including on reservation agreements, as we consider ...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: Carers and ParentsHome OfficeTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15126More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Department is taking to support (a) parents and (b) carers facing domestic (i) abuse and (ii) violence from (A) children and (B) wards.
Answer: The scale of violence against women and girls (VAWG) in our country is intolerable and this Government will treat it as the national emergency that it is. Tackling VAWG is a top priority and our mission is to halve VAWG within a decade. To achieve this am...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordBus Services: DisabilityDepartment for TransportTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15125More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's press release of 17 November 2024 entitled £1 billion government funding boost for bus services across England to help end postcode lottery, what proportion of the additional
Answer: The government wants everyone to have access to public transport and is committed to improving services so they are more inclusive and enable disabled people to travel safely, confidently and with dignity. At the Budget we confirmed over £1 billion in fun...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14500More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the parental income thresholds used to determine the level of support for maintenance loans.
Answer: The department needs to ensure that the student funding system is financially sustainable. The department recognises the impact that the cost-of-living crisis has had on students, which is why the highest levels of support are targeted at students with ho...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: Pupil PremiumDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14499More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the pupil premium to post-16 institutions.
Answer: The department believes further education has a crucial part to play in ensuring the UK has the skills needed for sustainable economic growth. A range of options and priorities will be considered to secure a sustainable and adequate funding of post-16 ins...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordApprentices: DisadvantagedDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14498More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that apprenticeship opportunities are made more widely available for those from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Answer: This government has a driving mission to break down barriers to opportunity. As part of this, we want to ensure that more people from disadvantaged backgrounds can undertake apprenticeships.The department continues to pay additional funding to employers a...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordFree School Meals: Universal CreditDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14497More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Sutton Trust’s Closing the Attainment Gap report, published on 22 February 2024, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of expanding free school meal eligib
Answer: The government is driving an agenda of change to break down the barriers to opportunity and to reduce child poverty, working across local and national government.Child poverty has increased by 700,000 since 2010, with over four million children now growin...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSchools: AdmissionsDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14496More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the report entitled Social Selection on the Map, published by the Sutton Trust on 3 September 2024, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of (a) reviewing existing ad
Answer: The department has no current plans to make eligibility for the pupil premium a mandatory oversubscription criteria in school admission arrangements.However, through the Children’s Wellbeing Bill, the department is planning to legislate on requiring all s...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordChildren's CentresDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14495More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Sutton Trust’s Inequality in early years education report, published on 24 January 2024, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of establishing a national strategy
Answer: The government’s Opportunity Mission aims to give all children the best start in life, breaking the link between young people’s background and future success.This means supporting strong family relationships and stable home environments, providing access ...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordRoads: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14492More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of vision zero approaches to road safety in other countries.
Answer: The safety of our roads is a priority and we are currently developing a road safety strategy – the first in over a decade.The DfT Chief Scientific Adviser is meeting with international experts to understand the effectiveness of a range of interventions an...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordVocational Education: NuneatonDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14167More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase funding for skills-based education in Nuneaton constituency.
Answer: The government is committed to offering skills training to learners to help them acquire the necessary skills for employment or further training. The Adult Skills Fund (ASF), previously the Adult Education Budget (AEB), is worth £1.34 billion this academi...
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordChild Maintenance Service: FinanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14166More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to increase the funding for the Child Maintenance Service to ensure prompt responses to correspondence from (a) residents of Nuneaton constituency and (b) other correspondents.
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) continues to make significant investments in improving customer communications and correspondence through digital transformation and the Service Modernisation Programme. A proportion of the overall funding for the progr...
Answered 22 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordWest Coast Main LineDepartment for TransportTabled 1 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12289More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 3.19 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October 2024, HC 295, when she plans to publish further information on her plan to increase capacity on the West Coast main line.
Answer: The delivery of High Speed Two (HS2) is expected to nearly double seat capacity between London and Birmingham, which is the most congested section of the West Coast Main Line. We are taking into consideration the recent proposal from the Mayors of Greater...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordInfrastructureTreasuryTabled 1 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12288More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.30 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October 2024, HC 295, when she plans to publish a consultation on the proposed Infrastructure Strategy.
Answer: Investment in Infrastructure is crucial for delivering the government’s missions, which is why the government is fundamentally reforming how it delivers infrastructure through a 10-year infrastructure strategy, establishing the National Infrastructure and...
Answered 11 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordBusiness: EqualityWomen and EqualitiesTabled 24 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 900968More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of recognising businesses with proactive equality practices.
Answer: This government recognises that equality and opportunity are at the heart of our programme of national renewal, this includes in our workplaces. The best employers understand that an inclusive workplace, where employees are supported to succeed, is good f...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordEqual Pay: Ethnic GroupsWomen and EqualitiesTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10958More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that companies (a) record and (b) publish ethnicity pay gap data.
Answer: The King’s Speech announced our intention to publish draft legislation this session that will introduce mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting for large employers (those with 250 or more employees).Pay gap reporting can help businesses better understand th...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: NuneatonMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10536More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to increase the supply of social housing in Nuneaton constituency.
Answer: I refer my Hon Friend to the answer I gave to Question 10272 on 28 October 2024.
Answered 30 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAcademies: Special Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9804More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of (a) ensuring that academy schools publish full SEND information reports and (b) sanctioning schools that do not.
Answer: Maintained and Academy schools are required to publish special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) information reports according to the Children and Families Act 2014, s69. The specific information required is set out in the SEND regulations 2014 an...
Answered 25 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordInsolvency Service: ReformDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9665More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reforming the Insolvency Service to ensure (a) greater transparency, (b) faster investigations and (c) greater accountability for insolvency pract
Answer: The work of the Insolvency Service is kept under continual review by the Department and Ministers. The Insolvency Service, on behalf of the Secretary of State, performs a crucial function in overseeing the Recognised Professional Bodies’ regulation of Ins...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
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