Laura Trott MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Schools: BrightonDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31199More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to refer the proposed new Brighton and Hove City Council school admissions policy to the Office of the Schools Adjudicator.
Answer: My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education has not had discussions with Brighton and Hove City Council on its proposed new school admissions policy.When changes are proposed to admission arrangements, paragraphs 1.45 – 1.48 of the school a...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: BrightonDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31198More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has received any (a) advice or (b) communication from the Office of the Schools Adjudicator on Brighton and Hove City Council’s proposed new school admissions policy.
Answer: My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education has not had discussions with Brighton and Hove City Council on its proposed new school admissions policy.When changes are proposed to admission arrangements, paragraphs 1.45 – 1.48 of the school a...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: BrightonDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31091More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with Brighton and Hove City Council on its proposed new school admissions policy.
Answer: My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education has not had discussions with Brighton and Hove City Council on its proposed new school admissions policy.When changes are proposed to admission arrangements, paragraphs 1.45 – 1.48 of the school a...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: BrightonDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30282More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of potential impact of Brighton and Hove City Council new schools admission policy on school children.
Answer: This government believes admissions arrangements should be fair, lawful and support good outcomes for all children.School admission arrangements are set and applied locally by the admission authority for each school. After providing highest priority to lo...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: StandardsDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29072More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his Department's consultation entitled School Accountability Reform – school profiles, improvement and intervention, published on 3 February 2025, whether schools due to receive structural int
Answer: Schools that are still due to convert and join a high-quality multi-academy trust or are due to move into a new high-quality multi-academy trust in early 2025 will do so.
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: StandardsDepartment for EducationTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29071More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff her Department plans to recruit into the Regional Improvement for Standards and Excellent teams; and by what date the team will be fully operational.
Answer: The department’s first 20 RISE advisers are now in post and work has begun with the first RISE schools. The advisers will work alongside the department to help support schools break down the barriers to opportunity and end the link between background and ...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordICT: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27222More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils have made use of the National Centre for Computing Education’s Computing Hubs since their introduction in 2018.
Answer: The support offered by computing hubs is, for the most part, aimed at teachers only.Hubs have also previously supported the National Centre for Computing Education's (NCCE) outreach programme aimed at pupils. NCCE will continue with outreach activity in 2...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren's Wellbeing and Schools BillDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27203More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she will publish the impact assessments for the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.
Answer: The impact assessment was published on 30 January.
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordICT: GCE A-levelDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27201More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the potential impact of cancelling the computing hubs programme on the number and proportion of pupils who are likely to receive grade A or above in A-level computing in each of
Answer: The department’s continued investment in the National Centre for Computing Education (NCCE) for the 2025/26 financial year will continue to support the teaching of computing, increase participation in computer science qualifications at level two and three...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLanguages: GCSEDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27155More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to language hubs on the (a) uptake of languages and (b) diversity of opportunities available to students at GCSE level.
Answer: The ongoing investment in the National Centre for Language Education (NCLE) in the 2025/26 financial year will continue to support the teaching of languages and increase participation in languages qualifications, including through continued professional d...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordICT: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27154More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of cancelling the computing hubs programme on the uptake of computer science level (a) two and (b) three qualifications by (i) female and (ii) male students.
Answer: The department’s continued investment in the National Centre for Computing Education (NCCE) for the 2025/26 financial year will continue to support the teaching of computing, increase participation in computer science qualifications at level two and three...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordExtended ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26927More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to extend the National Wraparound Childcare Programme beyond March 2026.
Answer: Any spending in future financial years will be subject to the multi-year spending review. The department will not be making spending commitments outside of that process.
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordICT: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26925More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the savings to the public purse made by (a) cancelling computing hubs and (b) changes to language hubs.
Answer: Funding for hubs has been part of wider funding for the National Centre for Computing Education (NCCE) and the National Consortium for Languages Education (NCLE). Funding for the NCCE and NCLE will continue in the 2025/26 financial year. It is not possibl...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordClassics: State EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26924More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the savings to the public purse made by cancelling the Latin Excellence Programme from March 2025.
Answer: The current contract for the Latin Excellence Programme, put in place by the previous government, is due to end on 28 February 2025. The Latin Excellence Programme has cost £2,071,000 to date since 2022. All schools on the programme will continue to have ...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: RecruitmentDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26082More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new teachers have been recruited since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Information on the school workforce is published in the ‘School workforce in England’ statistical publication, which can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england.Figures for the 2024/25...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: Trade UnionsDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26081More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with which unions she has had meetings since 5 July 2025; and when.
Answer: Details of Ministers’ meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK. Data for the period of July to September 2024 will be published in due course.
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: SportsDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26080More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will extend the Opening School Facilities Fund beyond March 2025.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Sevenoaks to the answer of 14 January 2025 to Question 22724.
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: SportsDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26079More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding was allocated to the Opening School Facilities Fund for (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25.
Answer: In line with the contract agreed by the previous government, the department has allocated £19 million in the 2023/24 and 2024/25 financial years to the Opening School Facilities fund. The contract is ending in March 2025, as agreed at the outset of the pr...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
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