Laura Trott MP: written questions 2026
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Written questions
Written question 30074Department for EducationTabled 15 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 30074More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 28 July 2026 to question 17814, whether her Department has (a) met with Kent County Council and (b) concluded whether their Communities of Schools model complies with her Department's
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordSchools: UniformsDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27558More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides to state-funded schools on the circumstances in which a pupil may decline to wear religious clothing required by a school's uniform policy.
Answer: The department does not routinely gather data on individual schools’ uniform policies and does not hold information on schools requiring articles of religious clothing. School leaders, including those of faith schools, are responsible for making decisions...
Answered 10 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSchools: UniformsDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27557More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Ofsted has a role in assessing whether a state-funded school's uniform policy is consistent with the (a) Equality Act 2010 and (b) school's obligations to promote fundamental British values.
Answer: The department does not routinely gather data on individual schools’ uniform policies and does not hold information on schools requiring articles of religious clothing. School leaders, including those of faith schools, are responsible for making decisions...
Answered 10 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSchools: UniformsDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27556More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what protections are in place to ensure that pupils of (a) no religion and (b) a religion other than that of a faith school are not required to wear religious clothing as part of the school's uniform.
Answer: The department does not routinely gather data on individual schools’ uniform policies and does not hold information on schools requiring articles of religious clothing. School leaders, including those of faith schools, are responsible for making decisions...
Answered 10 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSchools: UniformsDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27555More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether a state-funded school may require a pupil of primary-school age to wear religious clothing as part of its uniform without the express consent of the pupil's parent or guardian.
Answer: The department does not routinely gather data on individual schools’ uniform policies and does not hold information on schools requiring articles of religious clothing. School leaders, including those of faith schools, are responsible for making decisions...
Answered 10 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSchools: UniformsDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27554More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on how many state-funded schools in England require female pupils to wear a hijab as part of their school uniform.
Answer: The department does not routinely gather data on individual schools’ uniform policies and does not hold information on schools requiring articles of religious clothing. School leaders, including those of faith schools, are responsible for making decisions...
Answered 10 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordImmigration: ConvictionsHome OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21830More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the her Department has taken to establish whether individuals convicted of serious people-smuggling offences overseas are present in the UK; and whether these individuals will be prevented
Answer: We take the issue of preventing foreign criminals entering the UK extremely seriously, and we continue to strengthen our borders so that we can prevent crime and protect the public, delivering on this Government’s commitment to tackle foreign criminality....
Answered 3 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSoutheastern: Rolling StockDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17815More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of new metro rolling stock for the southeastern network on performance and costs.
Answer: Southeastern is currently engaged in a live rolling stock procurement. The conclusion of this process will result in the full business case, with a recommended solution, being taken through stringent Department for Transport governance approvals required ...
Answered 15 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordSchools: KentDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17814More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Kent’s Communities of Schools model complies with her Department's guidance.
Answer: The department is seeking a meeting with Kent County Council officers to understand more about its Communities of Schools model.
Answered 28 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPupils: MeningitisDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122240More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her department is taking to ensure pupils, particularly those with imminent exams, can continue to attend schools safely in the context of the meningitis outbreak.
Answer: Children and young people, including those identified as contacts of cases, can and should continue to attend school or college as normal, including sitting exams and qualifications, unless directly advised otherwise by the local health protection team.Me...
Answered 8 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordPupils: MeningitisDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122239More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether school children who have been in a classroom, dining hall, shared areas with someone who now has confirmed meningitis are being offered a)antibiotics b)vaccinations.
Answer: Children and young people, including those identified as contacts of cases, can and should continue to attend school or college as normal, including sitting exams and qualifications, unless directly advised otherwise by the local health protection team.Me...
Answered 8 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120025More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2026 to Question 108298, when she estimates to complete their work on producing robust repayment figures broken down by British citizen status.
Answer: The department and the Student Loans Company (SLC) have strengthened the quality and consistency of the data in this area and now hold reliable information on borrowers’ citizenship status, nationality and residency category.However, eligibility for stude...
Answered 31 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116098More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the £4bn announced in her Department's policy paper entitled Every child achieving and thriving, published on 23 February 2026, is from her Department’s existing spending envelope.
Answer: I refer the right hon. Member for Sevenoaks to the answer of 7 April 2026 to Question HL14880 and HL14881.
Answered 28 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116096More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the £3.5 billion funding announced in the White Paper entitled Every child achieving and thriving, published 23 February 2026, is additional funding beyond that announced at the Spending Review.
Answer: I refer the right hon. Member for Sevenoaks to the answer of 7 April 2026 to Question HL14880 and HL14881.
Answered 28 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114075More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to provide compensation for civil servants impacted by administrative failures in the civil service pension scheme.
Answer: The Cabinet Office awarded the contract to administer the Civil Service Pension Scheme to Capita in November 2023 under the previous government. The issues and delays facing a number of civil servants and pension scheme members in accessing their pensions...
Answered 6 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCapita and MyCSPCabinet OfficeTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114074More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the respective responsibilities of MyCSP and Capita are for administrative failures in the civil service pension scheme; and what steps he is taking to hold them to account.
Answer: The Cabinet Office awarded the contract to administer the Civil Service Pension Scheme to Capita in November 2023 under the previous government. The issues and delays facing a number of civil servants and pension scheme members in accessing their pensions...
Answered 6 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordWaste DisposalDepartment for TransportTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113917More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many deaths involving refuse collection vehicles have been recorded in each of the last five years.
Answer: Deaths in reported road collisions, on public roads (including footways) in Great Britian are based on data supplied to the Department by police forces via a collection known as STATS19. The latest figures available are for 2024, and figures for the last ...
Answered 26 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112459More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to Answer of 14 January 2026 to Question 104334, how many students with settled status obtained a student loan in 2024-25; and how much was spent on repaying these loans in the same time period.
Answer: The department is not able to provide the requested data on settled status in the required timescale.Settled status is a residency category, which is data held by the Student Loans Company (SLC).However, changes in the application process over time, inclu...
Answered 27 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Media: ChildrenDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109247More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when his Department will launch its consultation on children's social media use.
Answer: The government’s consultation on the children’s use of technology and social media will be launched in the coming weeks. This will be a short, swift consultation of three months, with the government planning to respond in the summer.The consultation will ...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordArts: Vocational EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108784More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether RSL levels will continue once V-Levels are introduced in September 2027.
Answer: The department has recently closed the consultation on Post-16 Level 3 and Below Pathways. We are carefully considering transition arrangements to reach the new qualifications landscape set out in the Post-16 Skills White Paper, and will set out plans in ...
Answered 2 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104334More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether a student with settled status, who has lived in the UK for three years, can obtain a student loan.
Answer: Eligibility for student finance is determined by several criteria, including residency status, the type of course, its location, the student’s previous study history, and whether they already hold a higher education qualification. Students residing in Eng...
Answered 14 Jan 2026
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