Neil Duncan-Jordan MP: written questions
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Written questions
Learning Disability and Special Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100785More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase early identification of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.
Answer: The department knows that effective early identification and intervention is critical in improving the outcomes of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities. To support settings to identify need early, the department is str...
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100764More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals that have migrated from Employment Support Allowance to Universal Credit in the last 12 months have had the amount of council tax support they receive reduced.
Answer: The Department does not administer the Council Tax Reduction scheme and therefore does not hold the data required to answer this question.
Answered 4 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordUniversal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100763More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individuals have migrated from Employment Support Allowance to Universal Credit in the last 12 months.
Answer: The Department regularly publishes monthly Move to Universal Credit statistics, with the latest statistics available for July 2022 to end September 2025. The next publication on 17 February 2026 will include data up to and including December 2025.
Answered 30 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: TransportDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100240More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to include one or more representatives of providers of home-to-school transport for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities on the SEND Ministerial Development Group.
Answer: The special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) ministerial development group brings together voices from across the SEND sector. This group considers a range of perspectives and tests potential solutions to the key challenges the SEND system faces ...
Answered 4 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Houses and Social Clubs: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99429More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the net gain in revenue from pubs and social clubs, taking account of (a) increased rateable values, (b) removal of the 40% relief and (c) introduction of transitional relief, as a re
Answer: The amount of business rates paid on each property is based on the rateable value of the property, assessed by the Valuation Office Agency (VOA), and the multiplier values, which are set by the Government. Rateable values are re-assessed every three years...
Answered 19 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHomelessness: PooleMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99404More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many people that are currently homeless in Poole constituency will be taken out of homelessness following the introduction of the homelessness strategy.
Answer: The Government publishes homelessness statistics on gov.uk here. Our National Plan to End Homelessness will end the use of B&B accommodation for families except in emergencies, halve long-term rough sleeping and increase the proportion of people whose...
Answered 19 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHomelessness: PooleMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99403More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many homeless people there are in Poole constituency.
Answer: The Government publishes homelessness statistics on gov.uk here. Our National Plan to End Homelessness will end the use of B&B accommodation for families except in emergencies, halve long-term rough sleeping and increase the proportion of people whose...
Answered 19 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFree School MealsDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99145More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy that children who are eligible for free school meals should be automatically enrolled for them.
Answer: The government is committed to breaking down barriers to opportunity and tackling child poverty. Introducing a new eligibility threshold for free school meals (FSM) so that all children from households in receipt of Universal Credit will be eligible for F...
Answered 6 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPoverty: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99035More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will consider introducing legally-binding child poverty targets to reduce child poverty within this Parliament and beyond.
Answer: The Monitoring and Evaluation framework published alongside the Strategy set out that a baseline report will be published in Summer 2026 with annual reporting on progress thereafter and Government already has a statutory duty to publish poverty statistics...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: FinanceHome OfficeTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98726More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there are any plans to ensure that future funding formulas for the police take account of (a) seasonality and (b) rurality.
Answer: This Government is committed to ensuring that policing has the resources it needs and the allocation of funding to police forces remains an important consideration.The Chancellor has announced a real terms increase in police spending power over the next t...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMotabilityTreasuryTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98717More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the policy document entitled Motability Scheme: reforming tax reliefs’ policy, published on 26 November, if she will publish the calculations used for the conclusion that the proposed changes are not exp
Answer: The information set out in the macroeconomic impacts section of all Tax Information and Impact Notes (TIINs) corresponds to the assessments contained in the Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) Economic and Fiscal Outlook. The OBR, as the Government's...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordReligious Buildings: TaxationTreasuryTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98711More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether religious-based properties will be exempt from the new tax announced in the Budget on properties valued at £2 million and over.
Answer: The High Value Council Tax Surcharge (HVCTS) is a new charge on owners of residential property in England worth £2 million or more in 2026, taking effect in April 2028. Owners, not residents, will pay the surcharge. The government will consult on potentia...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial IntelligenceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98651More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if her Department will convene a cross-government summit with key tech companies and trade unions to discuss the future impact of AI and ASI on jobs, the economy and society.
Answer: We are starting to witness AI’s impact within the labour market: transforming the workplace, demanding new skills and augmenting old ones. But there is uncertainty over the future scale of AI’s impact on the labour market, particularly over the next few y...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial IntelligenceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98649More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department has taken to identify sectors of the economy in which AI should not replace human productivity or experience.
Answer: We are starting to witness AI’s impact within the labour market: transforming the workplace, demanding new skills and augmenting old ones. But there is uncertainty over the future scale of AI’s impact on the labour market, particularly over the next few y...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial IntelligenceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98648More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to create a cross-department, nation-wide AI strategy in the next 12 months.
Answer: The Government takes a coordinated, cross‑departmental approach to the opportunities and risks presented by AI. The UK‑commissioned AI Opportunities Action Plan sets out how we can harness AI to boost economic growth, improve public services and create ne...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: ChildrenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98611More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children in Poole constituency who will become newly eligible for support measures introduced under the Child Poverty Strategy.
Answer: The Department does not hold data on the number of children in the Poole constituency who will become newly eligible for support measures introduced under the Child Poverty Strategy. Estimates are available for the number of children and households that a...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Houses: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98593More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether Transitional Relief for pubs only applies to the portion of increase directly attributable to Rateable Value change after the effect of new multipliers.
Answer: The Government is introducing permanently lower business rates multipliers for eligible retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) properties. These new tax rates are worth nearly £900 million per year and will benefit over 750,000 properties. To sustainably f...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98570More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of centralising SEND funding on the needs of individual children.
Answer: The department is not planning to centralise special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) funding.The department is continuing to engage closely with children, parents and experts as we develop plans to ensure all children get the outcomes and life c...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: ReformDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98569More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that any reforms to SEND will not change the provision for existing enforceable rights under the Children and Families Act 2014.
Answer: The department is committed to restoring confidence in the system of support for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) so that they all get the opportunities they need to achieve and thrive in their education. Th...
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: ReformDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98339More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to ensure that any proposed reforms to the SEND system will be subject to (a) parliamentary and (b) public scrutiny prior to the introduction of legislation.
Answer: The department is committed to ensuring parents play a central role in helping shape the future special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system. We have launched a National Conversation on SEND, gathering the views of parents, young people, educa...
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordFinancial Services: CompensationTreasuryTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98338More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she is taking steps to ensure that people affected by interest rate hedging products are compensated.
Answer: The Government recognises the impact that the historic mis‑selling of interest rate hedging products (IRHPs) has had on many SMEs, and we acknowledge the distress this caused.Responsibility for regulating the sale of these products, and for ensuring appro...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: Young PeopleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98327More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what safeguards will be put in place to help ensure that jobs under the new youth employment guarantee will pay the living wage and lead to long-term secure employment.
Answer: Too many young people are spending the first years of their adult life out of work or education. Long periods of unemployment in these early years have lifelong negative impacts.As part of the Youth Guarantee, we are breaking the cycle of unemployment by ...
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: Young PeopleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98326More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of young people on universal credit in Poole constituency who have been looking for work for 18 months who will benefit from the government’s planned job guarante
Answer: This Government is investing in young people’s futures. At the Budget, we announced more than £1.5 billion of investment over the next three years, funding £820 million for the Youth Guarantee to support young people to earn or learn, and an additional £7...
Answered 19 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordUnemployment: Young PeopleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98325More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support will be offered to disabled young people not currently in education, employment or training.
Answer: Pathways to Work is a guaranteed offer of tailored work, health and skills support for all disabled people, including young people, and those with health conditions on out of work benefits. We are rolling out our new support offer, backed by new funding b...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: PooleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98324More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many training and workplace opportunities will be offered to young people in Poole constituency.
Answer: This Government is investing in young people’s futures. At the Budget, we announced more than £1.5 billion of investment over the next three years, funding £820 million for the Youth Guarantee to support young people to earn or learn, and an additional £7...
Answered 19 Dec 2025
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