Laurence Turner MP: written questions 2025
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Special Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41273More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children in state-funded schools were educated in special schools in each year from 2010-11.
Answer: The department publishes data on the number of children in special schools and the total number of pupils in state-funded schools in the following publication: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/special-educational-needs-i...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: Special Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40395More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to support the SEND-specialist Further Education sector; and what central capital grants have been provided to that sector during the last ten years.
Answer: The department has now published allocations for £740 million of high needs capital funding for the 2025/26 financial year. Of this funding, Birmingham has been allocated a total of just under £15 million which can be used to deliver new places in mainstr...
Answered 11 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordColombia: Trade AgreementsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38794More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in Colombia on the potential renewal of the UK-Colombia Bilateral Investment Treaty.
Answer: The Government has not been formally approached by the Colombian government about proposals to amend the UK-Colombia Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT). The Government regards the UK-Colombia BIT as playing an important role in the investment relationship ...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTransport FocusDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38503More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when Transport Focus last published minutes of meetings of its Board.
Answer: Transport Focus is currently in the process of updating numerous sections of its website. This includes records such as the board minutes, and the board committee terms of reference. Transport Focus is committed to upholding the principles of transparency...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38307More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the abolition of NHS England on the 2025-26 NHS Payment Scheme consultation.
Answer: Ministers will work with the new transformation team at the top of NHS England, led by James Mackey, to lead this transformation. As we work to return many of NHS England’s current functions to the Department, we will ensure that we continue to evaluate i...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: InfrastructureDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37853More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Office of Rail and Road's letter to Network Rail of 11 February 2025, entitled Management of structures – structures examination and assessment noncompliance, what recent assessment she ha
Answer: The Office of Rail and Road (ORR), in its capacity as the independent rail safety regulator for Great Britain, is responsible for assessing the adequacy of the measures taken by Network Rail to examine, assess and evaluate the safety of the structural ass...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: ContractsCabinet OfficeTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36272More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to develop weightings for trade union (a) access and (b) recognition when (i) awarding public contracts and (ii) determining strategic suppliers.
Answer: The Social Value Model has been updated to ensure that in-scope organisations can implement the government’s new National Procurement Policy Statement (NPPS). Procurement Policy Note 002: The Social Value Model sets out the government’s approach to social...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: BirminghamDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35088More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2025 to Question 28794 on Railways: Season Tickets, what the cost of a standard-class annual rail season ticket from (a) Longbridge, (b) Northfield and (c) Kings Norton sta
Answer: The price of the standard class annual season ticket for all these journeys was £971.
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNorthern: Rolling StockDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35087More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the levels of corrosion on the Class (a) 150/0, (b) 150/1, (c) 150/2, (d) 155, (e) 156 and (f) 158 vehicles operated by Northern Trains.
Answer: The Department does not hold information with regards to the levels of corrosion on the specified rolling stock. It is a matter for the operator, rolling stock owner and maintainer to ensure that their rolling stock remains in an appropriate condition for...
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBirmingham New Street Station: Air PollutionDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32743More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps Network Rail takes to monitor air quality at Birmingham New Street station.
Answer: Network Rail monitors air quality at Birmingham New Street station as part of a £4.5 million air quality monitoring network, which is funded by the Department for Transport and managed by the Rail Safety and Standards Board. The network, which began opera...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPregnancy: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32711More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cases of neonatal abstinence syndrome there were in each of the last 10 years.
Answer: The following table shows the number of cases of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) since 2014: YearToken Person ID20141,28720151,27920161,19820171,18420181,19520191,08320201,05820211,16320221,09520231,05620241,107 (provisional)Source: NHS England Notes:T...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAcademies: PayDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32458More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff employed by single academy trusts were paid (a) between £150,000 and £199,999, (b) between £200,000 and £249,999 and (c) in excess of £250,000 in each of the last five years by trust.
Answer: The department collates and publishes data annually in the ‘Academies sector annual report and accounts’ on the number of academy trusts with an individual staff member whose emoluments are above £100,000. The data is available in the attached spreadsheet...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: BirminghamDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32399More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of NHS (a) operations, (b) appointments and (c) tests that took place in Birmingham between July-November (i) 2024 and (ii) 2023.
Answer: The scope of this data is limited to elective services consistent with consultant-led referral to treatment waiting times. It excludes emergency care, maternity, and mental health services. Birmingham has four trusts excluding these services, data for whi...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMulti-academy Trusts: PayDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31728More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff employed by multi academy trusts were paid (a) between £150,000 and £199,999, (b) between £200,000 and £249,999 and (c) in excess of £250,000 in each of the last five years by trust.
Answer: The department collates and publishes data annually in the ‘Academies sector annual report and accounts’ on the number of academy trusts with an individual staff member whose emoluments are above £100,000. The data is available in the attached spreadsheet...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: EquipmentDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30843More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when her Department plans to respond to the consultation entitled Enabling road use of hydrogen-powered non-road mobile machinery, published on 27 March 2024.
Answer: Following a consultation that closed in April 2024, the Department for Transport is developing an amendment to The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 to allow hydrogen-powered off-road machinery to be used on the road. Legislation is ex...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordParliamentary Archives: LocationHouse of Commons CommissionTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30490More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, what recent progress has been made on the Parliamentary archives relocation programme; and whether that programme is still expected to be completed in 2025
Answer: The Archives Relocation Programme is on track to be completed in 2025.To date 65% of the physical records have been removed from the Victoria Tower with the remaining moves scheduled to be completed by the autumn.The partnership agreement with The Nationa...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDangerous Dogs: InjuriesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30370More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department holds information on the number of injuries caused by dangerous dogs to (a) postal workers and (b) courier workers broken down at (i) national, (ii) local author
Answer: Defra does not hold data on the total number of dog attacks or on the number of injuries caused by dangerous dogs on postal or courier workers as enforcement authorities and healthcare services are not required to report this information to Defra. This in...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCriminal Injuries CompensationMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30369More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2012 to Question 124834, on Criminal Injuries Compensation, if she will uprate the figures given in that Answer to 2024 prices.
Answer: The following table sets out the value of each of the tariff bands in the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (CICS) along with how much each of the tariff bands would be worth in 2012 and 2024, if they had increased by the rate of inflation since 1996 ...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFines: SurchargesMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30368More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funds have been raised through the victim surcharge in each year since its creation.
Answer: The surcharge (often referred to as the victim surcharge) was first introduced in April 2007 and changes were introduced on 1 October 2012, 1 September 2014, 8 April 2016, 28 June 2019, 14 April 2020 and then again on 16 June 2022.When a court passes a se...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCriminal Injuries CompensationMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30367More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the expenditure of her Department's criminal injuries hardship fund has been in each year since its creation.
Answer: The below table shows the compensation spend under the Hardship Fund in each financial year. It does not include the running costs of the Hardship Fund. The Hardship Fund opened on 27 November 2012.Financial YearAmount Paid2012/13£883.032013/14£1,116.0520...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCriminal Injuries CompensationMinistry of JusticeTabled 7 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29946More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 08 July 2019 to Question 261492, on Criminal Injuries Compensation, if she will publish the same information for each year since 2017-18.
Answer: The information in the table below sets out the criminal injuries compensation spend for each of the years shown (as published in the CICA Annual Report and Accounts). It does not include compensation awarded under the Victims of Overseas Terrorism Compen...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordTraffic OfficersDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29687More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Highways England traffic officers were employed on 15 March in each year since 2016.
Answer: The number of traffic officers employed by National Highways on 15 March in each year since 2016 was as follows: YearTraffic officer headcount on 15 March20161,43520171,41020181,41920191,54620201,47220211,41220221,39020231,48820241,553
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordUK International Consumer CentreDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29383More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2025 to Question 25524 on UK International Consumer Centre, if he will place a copy of the agreement referenced in the Commons Library.
Answer: I regret that the grant funding agreement cannot be submitted to the Commons Library. Grant letters and details are commercially sensitive for both the parties.Releasing these details would, or would be likely to, prejudice the interests of those concerne...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: Season TicketsDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28794More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the cost of a standard-class annual rail season ticket from (a) Longbridge, (b) Northfield and (c) Kings Norton stations to Birmingham New Street in 2010.
Answer: In 2010, annual season tickets from both Longbridge and Northfield to Birmingham New Street cost £597.00, and from Kings Norton to Birmingham New Street cost £523.00.
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport: BidfoodDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28706More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2025 to Question 26736 on Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Bidfood, what contracts (a) under the value of £12,000 and (b) tendered before 2015 and sub
Answer: Core Department: DCMS does not hold any active contracts, nor any contracts since 1st April 2015 with BFS Group Limited and its subsidiaries. To the best of our knowledge, we do not hold any information on Bidfood contracts tendered before 2015, noting th...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
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