Mark Garnier MP: written questions
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Unemployment: Young PeopleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83319More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Office for National Statistics on the potential impact of trends in participation rates in the Labour Market Force on the accuracy of its estimates of the number of
Answer: Official statistics on the number of young people who are not in education, employment or training aged 18-24 years old are estimated using the Labour Force Survey – a large, nationally representative household survey. These official statistics publicatio...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordUnemploymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83279More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to continue to use the Labour Market Force survey as the basis for estimating the number of people categorised as NEET.
Answer: Official statistics on the number of young people who are not in education, employment or training aged 18-24 years old are estimated using the Labour Force Survey – a large, nationally representative household survey. These official statistics publicatio...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLabour Force SurveyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83278More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the (a) response and (b) participation rates of Labour Market Force surveys.
Answer: The DWP monitors a wide range of internal and external data – from management information, a range of surveys and administrative data sources - to inform its policymaking. Actions taken to improve the quality of the ONS LFS data can be found here - Labour...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: Student WastageDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83277More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of young people who had dropped out of further education were trying to find work or training on 20 October 2025.
Answer: The department does not hold data on the number of people who have dropped out of further education and are searching for work or training.
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordYoung People: UnemploymentDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83276More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what timeframe her Department uses to determine how long young people are out of education, employment or training before they are categorised as NEET.
Answer: The department publishes statistics on those not in education, employment or training (NEET) for England from the labour force survey (LFS) for young people aged 16-24. These statistics are accessible at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.u...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: Student WastageDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83275More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to provide pathways for students who have been withdrawn from further educations due to their absence from Maths and English GCSE lessons.
Answer: Further education colleges can decide to retain students who have been absent from their maths or English lessons, but they will have their future funding allocations reduced by half the national funding rate for every eligible student who is not offered ...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: Student WastageDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83274More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that further education colleges are able to apply discretion in relation to retaining students who may have been absent from maths or English GCSE lessons.
Answer: Further education colleges can decide to retain students who have been absent from their maths or English lessons, but they will have their future funding allocations reduced by half the national funding rate for every eligible student who is not offered ...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83273More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to prevent Further Education colleges from losing the whole funding allocation for students who do not meet the maths and English condition of funding.
Answer: Further education (FE) providers who do not support eligible students in maths and/or English under the maths and English condition of funding will have their future funding allocations reduced by half the national funding rate for each student and would ...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: GCSEDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83272More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to help support students who are retaking (a) maths and (b) English GCSE whilst in further education.
Answer: The department is committed to supporting high quality teaching and learning for students who are continuing their English and maths study during 16 to 19 under the maths and English condition of funding. The department has already introduced the requirem...
Answered 7 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFurther EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83271More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help students to change their further education course.
Answer: Students in further education (FE) do have the option to change courses. The process can vary between institutions and may have implications for funding, which should be carefully considered.For funding purposes, a student aged 16 to 19 is considered as h...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: Student WastageDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83270More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether those who leave further education before the end of their course are included in the without education, employment or training statistics in the year of departure.
Answer: The department publishes statistics on those not in education, employment or training (NEET) for England from the labour force survey (LFS) for young people aged 16-24. These are accessible at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-stat...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: Student Wastage and School LeavingDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83269More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion or people without education, employment or training (a) left school and (b) left further education before the end of their course.
Answer: The department publishes statistics on those not in education, employment or training (NEET) for England from the labour force survey (LFS) for young people aged 16-24. These are accessible at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-stat...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordYouth Guarantee: West MidlandsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83268More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the challenges faced by his Department in implementing the youth guarantee trial across the West Midland Combined Authority area.
Answer: The Department for Work and Pensions and the Department for Education continue to work closely with the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) on the design and delivery of their Youth Guarantee Trailblazer. WMCA has actively engaged its seven Local Auth...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSpace TechnologyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78140More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to help support UK-based businesses that work on orbit (a) servicing and (b) assembly.
Answer: In-Orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (ISAM) has been identified as one of five National Space Capabilities, reflecting its strategic importance for economic growth, national security, and space sustainability.To date, the Government has support...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSpace DebrisDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78139More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to support the implementation of the active debris removal mission.
Answer: The government is actively supporting the UK’s first Active Debris Removal (ADR) mission, recognising its importance for space sustainability and economic growth.The UK Space Agency has launched a £75.6m procurement to deliver this mission, which will rem...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDigital Markets Champion: Public AppointmentsTreasuryTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75955More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it will be a formal requirement for the Digital Markets Champion to have a strong proficiency in (a) blockchain and (b) digital assets.
Answer: On July 15th the government published the Wholesale Financial Markets Digital Strategy. The strategy announced that the government will appointing an industry expert as Digital Markets Champion, who will provide leadership from, and for, the sector on who...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDigital AssetsTreasuryTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75954More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her department has made an assessment of the benefits of tokenised financial infrastructure.
Answer: Using distributed ledger technology to tokenise assets could deliver a step change in financial market efficiency, particularly by enabling more efficient, real-time data sharing which could lower operational costs and enhance resilience. It is important ...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordWorkplace Pensions: Young PeopleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74889More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of extending pensions automatic enrolment to jobholders under the age of 22 on those people.
Answer: We are committed to ensuring people achieve financial security in later life. That is why we prioritised the Pensions Investment Review and reforms in the Pension Schemes Bill – so that we can be confident savers automatically enrolled into workplace pens...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) Act 2023Department for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74888More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to implement the Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) Act 2023.
Answer: We are committed to ensuring people achieve financial security in later life. That is why we prioritised the Pensions Investment Review and reforms in the Pension Schemes Bill – so that we can be confident savers automatically enrolled into workplace pens...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) Act 2023Department for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74884More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) Act 2023.
Answer: We are committed to ensuring people achieve financial security in later life. That is why we prioritised the Pensions Investment Review and reforms in the Pension Schemes Bill – so that we can be confident savers automatically enrolled into workplace pens...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSexual Offences: TrialsMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74462More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to section 28 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Justice Act 1999, whether she has had discussions with the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women and Safeguarding on the use of pre-record
Answer: The Minister for Victims and Violence Against Women and Girls regularly meets with the Minister for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls to discuss shared priorities. These discussions ensure close collaboration across portfolios and a contin...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTrialsMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74461More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Section 28 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, what steps she is taking to ensure that (a) victims and (b) witnesses are supported following their pre-recorded evidence.
Answer: Following the recording of section 28 evidence, victims and witnesses are supported through ongoing contact from Witness Care Units. They are offered access to specialist emotional and practical support services, including counselling where appropriate, t...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSexual Offences: TrialsMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74460More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to section 28 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Justice Act 1999, what steps she is taking to ensure court proceedings in sexual cases are not repeatedly adjourned.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice’s 2025 impact evaluation of section 28 found that, between January 2019 and September 2022, victims were able to give evidence around five months before the trial. Although trials began one month later on average, the analysis was ...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
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