Michael Wheeler MP: written questions
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Childcare: Worsley and EcclesDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84024More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were in receipt of funded childcare in Worsley and Eccles constituency in the 2024-25 academic year.
Answer: It is our ambition that all families have access to high quality, affordable and flexible early education and care, giving every child the best start in life and delivering on our Plan for Change.The latest January 2025 statistics relating to funded early...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChildcare: Worsley and EcclesDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84023More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the size of the waiting list for accessing early years childcare in Worsley and Eccles constituency in the 2024-25 academic year.
Answer: It is our ambition that all families have access to high quality, affordable and flexible early education and care, giving every child the best start in life and delivering on our Plan for Change.We have announced over £400 million of funding to create te...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChildcare: Worsley and EcclesDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84022More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the number of children that were not accessing their entitlement to free childcare in Worsley and Eccles constituency in the 2024-25 academic year.
Answer: It is our ambition that all families have access to high quality, affordable and flexible early education and care, giving every child the best start in life and delivering on our Plan for Change.The latest January 2025 statistics relating to funded early...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChildcare: Worsley and EcclesDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84021More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the average annual cost of childcare for parents in Worsley and Eccles constituency in the 2024-25 academic year.
Answer: It is our ambition that all families have access to high quality, affordable and flexible early education and care, giving every child the best start in life and delivering on our Plan for Change.We have announced over £400 million of funding to create te...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNurseries: SchoolsDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84020More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school-based nursery places were available in Worsley and Eccles constituency in the 2024-25 academic year.
Answer: It is our ambition that all families have access to high quality, affordable and flexible early education and care, giving every child the best start in life and delivering on our Plan for Change.We have announced over £400 million of funding to create te...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: StandardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83669More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to encourage all social landlords to adopt the Best Practice Guide included in the Decent Homes Standard.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 84054 on 3 November 2025.
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: FurnitureMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83668More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to encourage social landlords to adopt the furniture provision element of the Best Practice Guide included within the Decent Homes Standard.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 84054 on 3 November 2025.
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: FurnitureMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83667More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of encouraging social landlords to provide furnished tenancies to those (a) leaving homelessness and (b) fle
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 84054 on 3 November 2025.
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFurniture Poverty: Worsley and EcclesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83664More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an assessment of the levels of furniture poverty in Worsley and Eccles constituency.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 84054 on 3 November 2025.
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: PovertyDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82530More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the forthcoming Child Poverty Strategy will include targets on child poverty reduction.
Answer: This government is committed to tackling child poverty, with our ambitious Child Poverty Strategy due to be published in the autumn.The publication will set out how we intend to monitor and evaluate the impacts of the strategy from this year and in future...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: PovertyDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82529More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the forthcoming Child Poverty Strategy will include specific measures to support children in deepest poverty.
Answer: This government is committed to tackling child poverty and the Child Poverty Strategy will be published in the autumn. The publication will set out how we intend to monitor and evaluate the impacts of the strategy from this year and in future years, inclu...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: PovertyDepartment for EducationTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82138More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will ensure that Parliament is able to adequately scrutinise the delivery of the Child Poverty Strategy.
Answer: This government is committed to tackling child poverty and the Child Poverty Taskforce is developing an ambitious Child Poverty Strategy which will be published in the autumn.The Strategy publication will set out how we intend to monitor and evaluate deli...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEducation: StandardsDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77849More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of a minimum recommendation of 80 hours of enrichment per academic year.
Answer: I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for Worsley and Eccles to the answer of 2 July 2025 to Question 62871.
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDisclosure and Barring ServiceHome OfficeTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the Scottish Government on the effectiveness of the (a) Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 and (b) Protecting Vulnerable Groups scheme; and whether she has made an ass
Answer: The disclosure and barring regime in Scotland is devolved and the UK Government engages regularly with the Scottish Government to ensure that the regimes work effectively together to keep the public safe.We keep the disclosure and barring regime in Englan...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: Social Rented HousingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74456More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support social housing tenants affected by the transition from Employment and Support Allowance to Universal Credit.
Answer: We work collaboratively with a broad range of representatives from the Social Rented Sector, with two-way communications to ensure that the customers they represent get the support they need to move safely to Universal Credit. Help to Claim support, provi...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Space Agency: Scouts and GuidesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73156More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the UK Space Agency becoming part of his Department on that agency’s partnership with the Scouts.
Answer: The UK Space Agency‘s merger with DSIT’s Space Directorate from 1 April 2026 will not affect any changes to grants, contracts, or partnerships, including to the sponsorship of Scouting Space badges which help promote awareness of the UK’s space programme ...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCompanies: AuditDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73004More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring organisations to provide information on (a) staff turnover and (b) workforce changes in corporate reporting.
Answer: The Government is currently reviewing the UK’s corporate reporting framework. The aim of the review is to simplify and streamline reporting requirements to ensure reporting is focussed on providing decision-useful information to investors and creditors. T...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Experiments: ResearchDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68853More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies on animal testing of the ability of (a) organ-on-chip, (b) artificial intelligence and (c) advanced use
Answer: The Government is committed to non-animal alternatives and will publish a strategy to support their development, validation and adoption later this year. While it is not yet possible to replace all animal use, we support approaches that replace, reduce an...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: ResearchDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68700More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of recent developments in organ-on-chip technology on the generation of data on how organs react to potential new m
Answer: The Government is committed to non-animal alternatives and will publish a strategy to support their development, validation and adoption later this year. While it is not yet possible to replace all animal use, we support approaches that replace, reduce an...
Answered 25 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Experiments: Animal WelfareHome OfficeTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68694More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Animals in Science Regulation Unit is taking to (a) help ensure the maintenance of animal welfare standards at licensed facilities during periods of extreme heat, (b) monitor compliance
Answer: Licensed establishments are responsible for the welfare of animals in their care at all times, including during extreme weather. Under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA), all such establishments must comply with legal requirements and sta...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: ResearchDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68692More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Performance assessment and economic analysis of a human Liver-Chip for predictive toxicolog
Answer: The Government is committed to non-animal alternatives and will publish a strategy to support their development, validation and adoption later this year. While it is not yet possible to replace all animal use, we support approaches that replace, reduce an...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNurses: SchoolsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67705More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to increase the recruitment and retention of school nurses; how much funding was allocated for school nursing services in the (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26 financial yea
Answer: The child health workforce, including school nurses, is central to how we support families to give their children the best start in life. We will ensure we have the staff we need so that children and their families are cared for by the right professional,...
Answered 25 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: ApprenticesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67704More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the planned changes to funding for Level 7 apprenticeships for Specialist Community Public Health Nurses after January 2026; and w
Answer: While the Department for Education has announced that the funding arrangements for Level 7 apprenticeships are changing, we are working closely with partners to ensure that health and social care has access to the skilled workforce patients need, includin...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: Young PeopleDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66410More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the report by Barnado's and Co-op entitled Deeper Roots, Stronger Futures: Unlocking the Potential of Food Partnerships with Young People
Answer: We will review this report as part of our work to develop a new National Youth Strategy. The Strategy is being co-produced with young people and stakeholders working with and for young people, and the breadth of issues it covers will be shaped by our enga...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: Civil SocietyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66409More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to include a commitment within his Department’s upcoming food strategy to establish a Food Partnership in every local authority area with opportunities for young peop
Answer: The food strategy will articulate the outcomes we want from the food system enabling the Government, civil society, and the food industry work to shared goals and priorities. Local and place-based approaches will have a key role to play in delivery of the...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
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