Laurence Turner MP: written questions
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Written questions
NHS: PayDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8729More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to publication entitled Government and Agenda for Change trade unions offer in principle, published by NHS Employers on 16 March 2023, whether it remains his Department's policy to i
Answer: The Department is progressing work on all non-pay commitments covered in the 2023/24 Agenda for Change pay deal, including reviewing aspects of the pay setting process. Recommendations from this work will be considered at the earliest opportunity.
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordKing Edward VI Balaam Wood AcademyDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8052More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will have discussions with the Standards and Testing Agency on its planned timetable for responding to the representation made by King Edwards VI Balaam Wood Academy on 10 September 2024.
Answer: The Standards and Testing Agency received an allegation of maladministration from King Edwards VI Balaam Wood Academy on 10 September. It is currently carrying out an investigation in line with its standard procedures. The outcome of the investigation wil...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordGaza: IsraelForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7146More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential implications for its policies of the (a) findings and (b) recommendations of the report entitled Detention in t
Answer: As the Foreign Secretary outlined in his statement to the House of Commons on 2 September, the UK's concern about the treatment of detainees was one of the factors determining the UK's decision to suspend certain arms export licences to Israel that could ...
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordGreyhounds: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7145More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help protect the welfare of greyhound dogs within the greyhound racing industry.
Answer: The welfare of greyhounds in England is protected by the Animal Welfare Act 2006. The 2006 Act allows action to be taken where there is evidence of cruelty to an animal or a failure to provide for that animal’s welfare needs. This includes where greyhound...
Answered 9 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordGreyhounds: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7144More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help improve the welfare of greyhound dogs.
Answer: The welfare of greyhounds in England is protected by the Animal Welfare Act 2006. The 2006 Act allows action to be taken where there is evidence of cruelty to an animal or a failure to provide for that animal’s welfare needs. This includes where greyhound...
Answered 9 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMax CallerMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4569More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2024 to Question 3908 on Max Caller, what records were kept of that meeting.
Answer: As previously set out in my answer to Question UIN 3908 on 5 September 2024, officials attended the meeting between the former Secretary of State and Max Caller on 26 September 2023. As has been the case under successive administrations, the details of in...
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordSchools: Non-teaching StaffDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3910More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to section 8.1.1 of her Department's publication entitled School workforce census guide 2023: Guide for schools including academies within a Multi Academy Trust, published in July 2023, if she wi
Answer: School support staff play a vital role in children’s education and development. The department values and recognises the professionalism of the entire school workforce and will address recruitment and retention challenges by reinstating the School Support...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: CostsDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3909More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether local authorities are required to monitor the average cost of delivering Education, Health, and Care Plans within their area.
Answer: Local authorities are not required to monitor the average cost of delivering education, health, and care (EHC) plans within their area. Local authorities are required to submit data on education spending, including spending relating to special educational...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordMax CallerMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3908More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's publication entitled ministerial meetings, July to September 2023, updated on 14 December 2023, whether the then Secretary of State's meeting w
Answer: The meeting on 26 September 2023 between the former Secretary of State and Max Caller was attended by officials.
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work ProgrammeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3558More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether Access to Work applicants can contact that service in writing
Answer: Individuals can apply for Access to Work assistance either online via Gov.UK or by telephone on 0800 121 7479. Once the application is assigned to a Case Manager, the customer is provided with the direct contact details of their personal case manager for ...
Answered 4 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Envoy on Freedom of Religion or BeliefForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3557More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30 July 2024 to Question 863 on Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief, when he plans to decide on the special envoy roles.
Answer: This Government will champion freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) for all abroad. No one should live in fear because of what they do, or do not, believe in. Envoy roles are under Ministerial consideration and will be decided upon in due course. In the me...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordSudan: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3556More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help (a) reduce hostilities and (b) secure deliveries of humanitarian aid in Darfur.
Answer: The UK is pursuing all diplomatic avenues to press the warring parties into a permanent ceasefire, allow unrestricted humanitarian access, protect civilians and commit to a sustained and meaningful peace process. We will continue to support and encourage ...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: AuditDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3555More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the draft Audit Reform and Corporate Governance Bill will contain measures to improve the quality of the auditing of public sector bodies.
Answer: The Government's manifesto committed to overhaul the local audit system to provide high quality, timely assurance to taxpayers. On 30 July, Jim McMahon, the Minister of State for Local Government and English Devolution, outlined to Parliament immediate ac...
Answered 4 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordRoads: BirminghamDepartment for TransportTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3554More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 July 2024 to Question 266 on Roads: Birmingham and with reference to deposited paper DEP2024-0567, if she will place a copy of her Department's decision letter to Birmingham City Co
Answer: A copy of the letter will be deposited in the House of Commons Library.
Answered 4 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordBirmingham City Council: InsolvencyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3553More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the report entitled Value for money and accountability: a report on the Birmingham City Council section 114 bankruptcy, published by Sheffield University's Audi
Answer: Commissioners at Birmingham City Council provided a response to the Audit Lab Report which is publicly available at: https://auditreformlab.group.shef.ac.uk/value-for-money-and-accountability/. The Ministry will continue to work with commissioners and the...
Answered 4 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordBirmingham City Council: InsolvencyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1407More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2024 to Question 216 on Birmingham City Council: Insolvency, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department were informed that the de
Answer: Both officials and former Ministers in the Department were notified of the decision of Birmingham City Council to issue a Section 114 report after the report had been issued by the Council’s Section 151 officer.
Answered 29 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordHospices: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 764More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to (a) reinstate the Children's Hospice Grant for 2025-26 and (b) up-rate that funding in line with inflation.
Answer: In 2024/25, NHS England provided £25 million in funding for children and young people’s hospices. This was distributed via integrated care boards, in line with National Health Service devolution. We are currently considering the future of this important f...
Answered 31 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: TribunalsMinistry of JusticeTabled 18 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 763More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many parents or young people have taken Birmingham City Council to appeal at a tribunal against an Education, Care and Health Plan decision in each of the last five years; and what (a) number and (b) proporti
Answer: Information about appeals to the First-tier Tribunal for Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) is published at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics.The table below sets out the number of appeals to the SEND Tribunal against de...
Answered 23 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordApprentices: Birmingham NorthfieldDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 762More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeships have started in Birmingham Northfield constituency in each of the last five years.
Answer: Apprenticeship starts by parliamentary constituency are published in the Apprenticeships Statistics publication. Figures for Birmingham Northfield constituency can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/2a...
Answered 31 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 761More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been waiting over six months to access CAMHS support in Birmingham.
Answer: The following table shows the number of referrals to Birmingham mental health services for those aged 17 years old and under, those referrals who received first contact, and those referrals who received first contact within six months of the referral date...
Answered 5 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Children and Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 760More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many referrals have been accepted by Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Birmingham in each of the last five years.
Answer: The following table shows the number of referrals to Birmingham mental health services for those aged 17 years old and under, those referrals who received first contact, and those referrals who received first contact within six months of the referral date...
Answered 5 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordPupils: Per Capita CostsDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 759More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average funding per pupil was in mainstream schools in (a) Birmingham Northfield constituency, (b) Birmingham, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England in each of the last five years.
Answer: The tables below provide average per-pupil funding from 2020/21 to 2024/25. For Birmingham, the West Midlands and England, the figures represent the funding provided through the schools block of the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG). All of the figures in tab...
Answered 26 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordBirmingham City Council: Public AppointmentsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 758More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Birmingham City Council: Commissioner appointment letters, published on 5 October 2023, what (a) process and (b) criteria
Answer: The previous government introduced a recruitment process to identify potential candidates for future commissioner appointments and other improvement roles.A recruitment consultant was hired to help create a high calibre, diverse pool of candidates with in...
Answered 24 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic Libraries: BirminghamDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 18 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 757More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to Birmingham City Council's consultation entitled Libraries Consultation 2024, published on 4 April 2024, what role officials in her Department had in the development of the optio
Answer: DCMS officials have met with Birmingham City Council officers to ensure that they are aware of their responsibilities to provide a ‘comprehensive and efficient’ library service across the area as required by the Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964, and ...
Answered 24 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordUNRWA: FinanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 756More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will resume funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency.
Answer: As the Foreign Secretary announced on 19 July, UNRWA is absolutely central to humanitarian efforts on Gaza. It also plays a critical role in the wider region in providing essential services, including healthcare and education, to Palestinian refugees. The...
Answered 23 Jul 2024
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