Lee Anderson MP: written questions
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Private TutorsDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115617More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to reduce regional inequalities in the ability to access private tutoring.
Answer: The ‘Every Child Achieving and Thriving’ White Paper sets out plans to build on support at home with a stretching, enriching and inclusive school experience to ensure every child has what they need to get on in life.We know that many schools use their pup...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPrivate Tutors: SchoolsDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115616More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department offers to state schools to ensure the provision of adequate tutoring for pupils.
Answer: The ‘Every Child Achieving and Thriving’ White Paper sets out plans to build on support at home with a stretching, enriching and inclusive school experience to ensure every child has what they need to get on in life.We know that many schools use their pup...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordEducation: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115614More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of incorrect information in AI (a) learning resources and (b) tutoring on children’s educational attainment.
Answer: The department recognises the importance of ensuring that artificial intelligence (AI) used in education is safe, evidence-based and supports genuine learning.In January 2026, to complement work on the safe and effective use of AI, including our 5-point p...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPrivate Tutors: DisadvantagedDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115612More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure children from disadvantaged backgrounds can access private tutoring.
Answer: The ‘Every Child Achieving and Thriving’ White Paper sets out plans to build on support at home with a stretching, enriching and inclusive school experience to ensure every child has what they need to get on in life.We know that many schools use their pup...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordFoster CareDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115611More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure children in the foster care system are able to access suitable foster carers in their local area.
Answer: The department is committed to ensuring that children can access suitable foster placements close to home. Our fostering reforms will expand national capacity and strengthen regional collaboration, improve recruitment and matching processes, and assist lo...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordFoster Care: Finance and Mental Health ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115610More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure foster carers receive adequate (a) financial and (b) mental support.
Answer: The department is taking wide‑ranging action to strengthen foster care and ensure that children receive the support they need to thrive.We have launched an ambitious fostering reform programme that aims to create 10,000 additional foster placements during...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordFoster Care: VettingDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115609More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that new foster carers are adequately vetted.
Answer: The department is taking wide‑ranging action to strengthen foster care and ensure that children receive the support they need to thrive.We have launched an ambitious fostering reform programme that aims to create 10,000 additional foster placements during...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordFoster CareDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115608More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase long term retention rates for foster carers.
Answer: The department is taking wide‑ranging action to strengthen foster care and ensure that children receive the support they need to thrive.We have launched an ambitious fostering reform programme that aims to create 10,000 additional foster placements during...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordFoster Care: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115606More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure children in foster care are sufficiently supported in the mainstream education system.
Answer: Every local authority in England must appoint a Virtual School Head to promote the educational attainment of the children they look after, including children in foster care, wherever they live or are educated. All schools must also appoint a designated te...
Answered 6 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordFoster Care: Mental Health ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115605More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her department is taking to ensure children in foster care receive adequate mental support.
Answer: The government is committed to ensuring children in foster care receive appropriate emotional and mental health support. Regulations require every looked-after child to have their emotional and mental health assessed by a medical practitioner. Local autho...
Answered 6 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordFoster Care: NottinghamshireDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115604More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her department is taking to increase the number of approved foster carers in Nottinghamshire.
Answer: The department is committed to ensuring that children can access suitable foster placements close to home. Our fostering reforms will expand national capacity and strengthen regional collaboration, improve recruitment and matching processes, and assist lo...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: AsylumMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115023More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the costs to local authorities of providing social care and related services to asylum seekers.
Answer: Ministers and officials from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government engage regularly with counterparts in the Home Office on a range of issues, including on matters relating to local government. The Home Office has overall responsibilit...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordTechnology: Older PeopleDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114300More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to support elderly people with technology.
Answer: Everyone should be able to benefit from the digital world – helping families save money, get a better job, and access services like the NHS more easily.But we know some people face real barriers and older people are more likely to be offline: data from 20...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDigital Technology: DisadvantagedDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114299More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of economic deprivation on digital exclusion.
Answer: Everyone should be able to benefit from the digital world – helping families save money, get a better job, and access services like the NHS more easily.But we know some people face barriers - and digital exclusion is more prominent amongst those of low in...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDigital Technology: DisadvantagedDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114298More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent estimate she has made of the level of digital exclusion in the UK.
Answer: Everyone should be able to benefit from the digital world – helping families save money, get a better job, and access services like the NHS more easily.But we know some people face real barriers. In 2025, 5% of UK adults were offline and many homes don’t ...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDigital Technology: DisadvantagedDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114297More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to reduce digital exclusion.
Answer: Everyone should be able to benefit from the digital world – helping families save money, get a better job, and access services like the NHS more easily.But we know some people face real barriers. In 2025, 5% of UK adults were offline and many homes don’t ...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordScience ParksDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114296More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she plans to increase the number of science parks in the UK.
Answer: The government is ensuring that everyone benefits from innovation-led economic growth by supporting clusters of R&D excellence across the UK. As these clusters grow our ambition is that investment into science parks increases in all regions of the UK....
Answered 13 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordForeign Investment in UKDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114295More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to encourage inwards direct investment.
Answer: Growth is this Government’s central economic mission. We have set out a long-term Industrial Strategy and Infrastructure Strategy to give investors the certainty they need to commit capital to the UK. A stable policy environment, competitive tax system an...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPersonal Care ServicesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114294More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support hair salons.
Answer: Small businesses in the hair and beauty sector play an important role in supporting jobs, high streets and local economies. We’ve introduced permanently lower business rates for retail, hospitality and leisure properties and have provided £4.3bn to shield...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordNew BusinessesTreasuryTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114293More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support (a) entrepreneurs and (b) new business starters.
Answer: At Autumn Budget 2025, the Government published the Entrepreneurship in the UK Prospectus which emphasises the Government’s commitment to supporting start‑ups and scaling firms through improved access to capital, R&D support, regulatory reform, and pr...
Answered 24 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordBusiness Rates: AshfieldTreasuryTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114292More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of business rates on hospitality businesses in Ashfield constituency.
Answer: The amount of business rates paid on each property is based on the rateable value of the property, assessed by the Valuation Office Agency (VOA), and the multiplier values, which are set by the Government. Rateable values are re-assessed every three years...
Answered 27 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPersonal Care Services: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114291More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the business rates system on hair salon businesses.
Answer: The amount of business rates paid on each property is based on the rateable value of the property, assessed by the Valuation Office Agency (VOA), and the multiplier values, which are set by the Government. Rateable values are re-assessed every three years...
Answered 27 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordHigher Education: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114290More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of AI use on academic integrity.
Answer: The department monitors the emerging impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) on education, including risks to academic integrity. Our published policy position on generative AI is evidence-based and sets out clear expectations for schools and colleges on ...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMature StudentsDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114289More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help support mature students in universities.
Answer: As autonomous institutions, higher education (HE) providers are responsible for setting their own timetabling and student support arrangements and in doing so, must take the needs of all students including mature learners, into account.In January 2027 the...
Answered 26 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordUniversities: Freedom of ExpressionDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114288More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has had recent correspondence with universities on the enforcement of freedom of speech guidelines.
Answer: The department has not had recent correspondence with universities on the enforcement of the free speech duties. This answer does not cover any correspondence which the Office for Students may have had with universities on enforcement of freedom of speech...
Answered 26 Mar 2026
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