Manuela Perteghella MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Young Offender Institutions: EducationMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45247More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the condition of (a) young offenders institutions and (b) education provision in these institutions.
Answer: We recognise that current performance in our public sector young offender institutions (YOIs) is not where we need it to be. This puts staff under pressure and affects the quality of regime, including education opportunities, that we can offer children an...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironment Protection: CrimeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45246More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to provide support to people affected by environmental crimes.
Answer: We recognise the burden that clearing fly-tipped waste places on landowners. We want to reduce incidents in the first place so that fewer landowners are affected. Local authorities have a range of enforcement powers to tackle fly-tipping and we want to se...
Answered 23 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse and Gender Based Violence: VictimsMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45245More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to support survivors of domestic abuse and violence against women through the criminal justice system.
Answer: The Government was elected with a landmark mission to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) in the next decade. Ministers from a wide range of relevant Government departments regularly meet to ensure we are using all available levers to achieve th...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordManufacturing Industries: Small BusinessesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45244More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of recent changes to National Insurance contributions on small manufacturing businesses.
Answer: The Chancellor has decided to protect the smallest businesses, including in the manufacturing sector, by increasing the Employment Allowance to £10,500, and removing the £100,000 eligibility threshold, meaning all eligible employers benefit. This means th...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordManufacturing Industries: Small BusinessesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45243More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support the growth of (a) small and (b) medium-sized manufacturing businesses.
Answer: This Government will continue to support the advanced manufacturing sector, including SMEs, through our forthcoming Industrial Strategy, where advanced manufacturing has been selected as one of eight growth-driving sectors.Support is available through our...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: Conditions of Employment and PayDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45242More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve (a) pay and (b) working conditions in further education colleges.
Answer: Further education (FE) colleges, rather than government, are responsible for setting and negotiating pay within colleges and for the working conditions of their staff.FE Colleges were incorporated under the terms of the 1992 Further and Higher Education A...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: AdmissionsDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45241More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of students that will be entering further education colleges in the 2025-26 academic year.
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally.For capital funding, the department uses information from a number of sources, including the Office for National Statistics, to understand future demand so that there is sufficient capacity in the system.For...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: StaffDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45240More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase (a) teaching capacity and (b) student places in further education colleges.
Answer: To ensure that further education colleges can meet student demand, the department is spending approximately £87 million in the 2024/25 academic year to support in-year growth costs. This recognises the very large increase in students this year, which has ...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAdult Education: FinanceTreasuryTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45239More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Education on budgets for the devolved adult skills fund.
Answer: The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Chief Secretary of the Treasury meet regularly with the Secretary of State for Education.At the Spending Review on 30 October, the Department for Education received a settlement providing total DEL funding of £99.7 bill...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordConstruction: TrainingDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45238More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Spring Statement of 26 March 2025, how the £625 million for construction skills will be allocated; and when providers will receive (a) funding allocations and (b) bidding information.
Answer: My right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, has announced an additional £625 million of funding to support construction skills training, with the detail set out in the Spring Statement 2025. This is expected to deliver up to 60,000 additional s...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSewers: Property DevelopmentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44730More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help ensure that local authorities have adequate (a) powers and (b) resources to (i) adopt and (ii) manage sustainable drainage systems.
Answer: The government is committed to securing the delivery of high-quality sustainable drainage systems to help manage flood risk and adapt to the effects of climate change. The revised National Planning Policy Framework we published on 12 December 2024 amended...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSewers: Property DevelopmentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44729More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a statutory power for local flood authorities to (a) adopt and (b) maintain sustainable urban drainage syste
Answer: The government is committed to securing the delivery of high-quality sustainable drainage systems to help manage flood risk and adapt to the effects of climate change. The revised National Planning Policy Framework we published on 12 December 2024 amended...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: NegligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44197More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to consult stakeholders on the potential impact of fixed recoverable costs on access to justice for vulnerable patients impacted by clinical negligence.
Answer: Currently, the Government is considering the way forward on fixed recoverable costs and we will announce our position in due course.
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: NegligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44196More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to review the proposed fixed recoverable costs scheme for clinical negligence claims.
Answer: Currently, the Government is considering the way forward on fixed recoverable costs and we will announce our position in due course.
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: NegligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44195More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of fixed recoverable costs on (a) birth injury cases, (b) mental health-related negligence claims and (c) claims involving elde
Answer: Currently, the Government is considering the way forward on fixed recoverable costs and we will announce our position in due course.
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: MusicDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43768More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether music education will be one of the metrics assessed in the Ofsted report card announced for schools in England.
Answer: Ofsted is currently consulting on a revised education inspection framework and inspection report card. This is therefore a matter for His Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Martyn Oliver. I have asked him to write to the hon. Member for Stratford-on-Avon dire...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordArts: ApprenticesDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43767More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to increase the number of apprenticeships in the creative sector.
Answer: The government is reforming the apprenticeships offer into a growth and skills offer, which will provide greater flexibility to employers and learners across England. This will create routes into skilled jobs in growing industries, such as the creative in...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversities: MusicDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43766More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing targeted support to universities at risk of closing their music departments.
Answer: The government is committed to supporting higher education arts courses. We recognise the vital role these institutions play in nurturing talent and contributing to the UK's cultural and economic landscape.For the 2024/25 academic year, the department has...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: MusicDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43765More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase recruitment of music teachers.
Answer: High-quality teaching is the most important in-school factor in determining a child’s educational outcomes. Recruiting and retaining additional numbers of qualified, expert teachers is therefore critical to the government’s mission to break down barriers ...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: ArtsDepartment for EducationTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43763More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to deliver a Music and Arts Pupil Premium to schools.
Answer: Schools are expected to fund the delivery of music and arts teaching from their core budget. The government has committed to putting education back at the forefront of national life, with a further £3.2 billion going into schools’ budgets, with £1 billion...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordInternet: SafetyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43684More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, which of the recommendations from the 2019 Online Harms White Paper his Department has implemented.
Answer: The Online Harms White Paper set out a vision for a new regulatory framework for online services to tackle online harm, which would be overseen by an independent regulator with a suite of enforcement powers.The Online Safety Act realises this vision. On 1...
Answered 11 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDeveloping Countries: CooperativesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43354More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential role of (a) co-operatives and (b) co-operation in his Department's approach to international development.
Answer: The Government recognises the important contribution cooperatives have made in serving local communities around the world. Cooperatives are a tried-and-tested model in international development, that can enable citizens and producers to access services or...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43312More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the Child Maintenance Service does not allow economic abuse through missed payments by the paying parent.
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) takes the issue of domestic and economic abuse extremely seriously and is committed to ensuring that victims of abuse get the help and support they need. The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) possess robust enforcement po...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43311More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of false complaints to social services by parents paying child maintenance on the well-being of receiving parents and their children.
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service is committed to ensuring that it delivers a safe service that is sensitive to the needs of all the parents that use its service. We recognise that some parents may face difficult circumstances, particularly at a time of sepa...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordChild Maintenance ServiceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43309More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to improve enforcement against paying parents who repeatedly miss Child Maintenance Service payments.
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) is committed to ensuring separated parents support their children financially, taking robust enforcement action against those who do not. The CMS has a range of strong enforcement powers that can be used against those w...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
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