Maya Ellis MP: written questions

Written questions

• Immigration: UkraineHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36960More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to permit settled status to Ukrainian refugees who entered the UK under the Homes for Ukraine scheme.

  Answer: The Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme opened to applications on 4 February 2025, which enables Ukrainians in the UK under the Ukraine visa schemes to apply for a further 18 months’ temporary permission to remain in the UK.We recognise the Ukrainian gove...

  Answered 17 Mar 2025

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• ChildcareDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36959More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of opportunities for childcare providers to feedback on plans for the sector.

  Answer: The department is working with the sector to create an integrated early years and childcare system that works for parents and gives every child the best start in life.Childcare providers’ feedback, intelligence and engagement are at the heart of the depar...

  Answered 29 Mar 2025

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• Local PlansMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36958More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that local (a) planning teams and (b) councillors are aware of (i) housing and (ii) growth plans.

  Answer: MHCLG Ministers and officials engage regularly with local planning authorities to ensure the government’s priorities are understood.

  Answered 17 Mar 2025

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• ChildcareDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36957More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to extend the free childcare offer to parents in (a) education and (b) training.

  Answer: The government is committed to delivering the expansion of the 30 hours free childcare offer so that, from September 2025, eligible working parents in England will be able to access 30 hours of free childcare per week, over 38 weeks of the year, from the ...

  Answered 7 Apr 2025

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