Laurence Turner MP: written questions

4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026

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Written questions

Supported Housing: BirminghamDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9816More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Supported Exempt Accommodation properties Ofsted inspected in Birmingham in each of the last ten years.
Answer: Supported Accommodation registered with Ofsted provides semi-independent living arrangements for 16 and 17-year-old looked after children and care leavers, as they transition towards adulthood. The Supported Accommodation (England) Regulations 2023 came i...
Answered 9 Jul 2026
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Free Schools: BirminghamDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128627More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding has been allocated to the construction of the Frankley Hill specialist school in New Frankley, Birmingham.
Answer: Frankley Hill School in Birmingham is currently at an early stage of development. At this stage, a specific project budget has not yet been confirmed. A feasibility study is underway, including site surveys and initial design work, which will inform the o...
Answered 24 Apr 2026
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Schools: NeurodiversityDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89291More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which schools in Birmingham are part of the partnerships for inclusion of neurodiversity in schools programme.
Answer: Listed below are the schools in Birmingham which are part of the partnerships for inclusion of neurodiversity in schools programme (PINS).Birmingham Local Authority Schools participating in PINS:Local authority areaYear 1 - 2024/25Year 2 - 2025/26Birmingh...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
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School Support Staff Negotiating BodyDepartment for EducationTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73890More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2025 to Question 65451 on the School Support Staff Negotiating Body, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing the body in shadow fo
Answer: We anticipate the School Support Staff Negotiating Body (SSSNB) will be operational from April 2026. In advance of this, departmental officials have established a regular working group with recognised trade unions representing school support staff and emp...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
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School Support Staff Negotiating Body: Scotland and WalesDepartment for EducationTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73885More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has held with the (a) Welsh and (b) Scottish governments on the potential impact of the establishment of School Support Staff Negotiating Body on (i) recruitment and (ii) retenti
Answer: Education is a devolved matter, and the application of the School Support Staff Negotiating Body provisions in the Employment Rights Bill is therefore for state-funded schools in England only.
Answered 4 Sept 2025
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School Support Staff Negotiating Body: ResearchDepartment for EducationTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73884More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) published and (b) unpublished research her Department has considered as part of its preparation for establishing the School Support Staff Negotiating Body; and what the titles are of each piece of rese
Answer: This government values and recognises the professionalism of the entire school workforce, which is why the School Support Staff Negotiating Body (SSSNB) is being established through the Employment Rights Bill.To inform the establishment and operation of t...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
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Children's Centres: ClosuresDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65482More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which children's centres closed in England between May 2010 and July 2024 by (a) name, (b) postcode and (c) date of closure.
Answer: Data on children’s centres is supplied by local authorities via the department’s Get Information about Schools database portal at: https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/.Based on the information supplied by local authorities, the attached doc...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
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Cabinet Office	4
Church Commissioners	1
Department for Business and Trade	4
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	3
Department for Education	7
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	1
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	5
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology	5
Department for Transport	39
Department for Work and Pensions	2
Department of Health and Social Care	13
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	1
Home Office	1
Ministry of Defence	5
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	5
Ministry of Justice	5
Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority	5
Treasury	4
Women and Equalities	1

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