Monica Harding MP: written questions
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Written questions
Special Educational Needs: SurreyMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14277More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information her Department holds on the number of education, health and care plan tribunals that were lost by Surrey County Council in each year from 2019 to 2024 to date.
Answer: Information about appeals to the First-Tier Tribunal for Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) is published at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics. The table below sets out the number of appeals to the SEND Tribunal against d...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: SurreyDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14276More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact of her Department's Safety Valve Agreement with Surrey County Council on (a) funding per EHCP in Surrey and (b) quality of SEND provision in Surrey.
Answer: The Safety Valve programme helps local authorities provide an improved special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) service by maximising the impact of their high needs budget and promoting a more stable and effective system for children and young pe...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14275More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to (a) ensure that deficit reduction measures taken by local authorities as part of their safety valve agreements do not reduce the (i) level and (ii) quality of support f
Answer: The Safety Valve programme helps local authorities provide an improved special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) service by maximising the impact of their high needs budget and promoting a more stable and effective system for children and young pe...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14227More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will take steps to ensure the uplift for SEND funding announced in the Autumn Budget 2024 is allocated by local authorities to families assessed as being in the most urgent need; what steps he
Answer: This government’s ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or in alternative provision receive the right support to succeed in their education and as they move into adult life. The department is...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordFreehold: Service ChargesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13718More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will take steps to (a) improve the transparency of estate charges for freeholders, (b) give freeholders the power to challenge estate charges and (c) give freeh
Answer: The government is committed to taking steps to bring the injustice of ‘fleecehold’ private estates and unfair maintenance costs to an end and we will consult on the best way to achieve this.In the interim, we will act to provide residential freeholders wi...
Answered 15 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordRivers: SewageDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13669More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce sewage discharges into (a) the River Mole and (b) other rivers.
Answer: For too long, water companies have discharged record levels of sewage into our rivers, lakes and seas. That is why we are placing water companies under special measures through the Water Bill, which will strengthen regulation, including delivering new pow...
Answered 20 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordRiver Thames: Flood ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13668More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of flood prevention plans for communities along the River Thames in Surrey between Weybridge and Long Ditton.
Answer: The main flood prevention plan currently in development along this part of the River Thames is the proposed River Thames Scheme (RTS). It is a partnership between the Environment Agency (EA), Surrey County Council, and other local partners that will reduc...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordWater Charges: SurreyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13667More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of increases to Thames Water bills since 2019 on (a) household disposable income and (b) levels of poverty in Surrey.
Answer: It is Ofwat's responsibility, through the price review process, to independently scrutinise company plans and ensure the prices water companies charge customers are fair and proportionate. The Government is committed to taking action to address water pove...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordWater Charges: SurreyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13666More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of proposed increases to water bills on (a) household disposable income and (b) levels of poverty in Surrey.
Answer: It is Ofwat's responsibility, through the price review process, to independently scrutinise company plans and ensure the prices water companies charge customers are fair and proportionate. The Government is committed to taking action to address water pove...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
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