Neil O'Brien MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Church of England: SlaveryChurch CommissionersTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63010More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what the source of the £100 million fund for healing, repair and justice as part of Project Spire is.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston to the written answer to his question published on 21st March 2025 (UIN 29047). Subject to Charity Commission authorisation the Church Commissioners intends to settle income from its general fund o...
Answered 6 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordChurch of England: SlaveryChurch CommissionersTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63009More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, for what reason the Church Commissioners have spent £5 million on Project Spire prior to approval from the Charity Commission.
Answer: The Church Commissioners has not spent that sum in connection with its response to historic links to African chattel enslavement (known by the project name Spire). Expenditure on this work to date has been limited to proportionate research into the Church...
Answered 6 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRAF Brize NortonMinistry of DefenceTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61790More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there is CCTV coverage of the perimeter of RAF Brize Norton.
Answer: RAF Brize Norton has CCTV in operation that enables remote coverage of base areas which is part of the multilayered approach to security on site.The Defence Secretary has ordered that a full security review be conducted at pace, not only at Brize Norton, ...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: VATTreasuryTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61782More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what projects her Department plans to spend the revenue raised from VAT on independent school fees in the (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26 financial years; and how much she plans to allocate to each project.
Answer: The Government has taken a number of decisions on tax to stabilise the public finances and support public services. Ending tax breaks for private schools will raise £1.8bn a year. To raise school standards for every child, and break down the barriers to o...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Work ExperienceDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61781More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to reinstate two weeks of compulsory work experience in schools.
Answer: Earlier this year, we updated the careers statutory guidance reflecting the revised Gatsby Benchmarks of good careers guidance and included the new definition of meaningful workplace experiences to raise the quality of work experience.In this guidance we ...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPlagiarismDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61232More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the level of plagiarism in the education sector; and what steps her Department is taking to tackle plagiarism.
Answer: Cheating of any kind is unacceptable. It threatens to undermine the reputation of our world-class education sector and devalues the hard work of those who succeed on their own merit.Ofqual require Awarding Organisations to have robust policies and procedu...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: Ethnic GroupsMinistry of JusticeTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61231More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in prison for offences of (a) violence against the person, (b) sexual offences, (c) robbery, (d) theft offences, (e) criminal damage and arson, (f) drug offences, (g) possession of weapons, (h) pu
Answer: The requested information is shown in the attached table.
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEducation: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54342More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding she plans to provide to (a) the National Careers Service, (b) the Education and Training Foundation, (c) WorldSkills UK and (d) the Careers and Enterprise Company in the 2025-26 academic or fin
Answer: As part of our Plan for Change, the government is investing in skills in order to drive economic growth and break down barriers to opportunity. The overall programme resource budget for apprenticeships, further education and higher education in the 2025/2...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAntidepressants: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51143More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children were prescribed antidepressants in each year since 2007.
Answer: The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) holds data going back to April 2015, but not prior to this date. The following table shows the total number of patients aged 17 years old and under that were prescribed antidepressants for the financial years 2...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren in Care: Undocumented MigrantsDepartment for EducationTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50552More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of looked after children (a) were and (b) were not Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children in each year since 2005.
Answer: Information on the number of looked after children, including unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC), is submitted to the department on an annual basis and is published at local authority level in our statistical release at: https://explore-educatio...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBreakfast ClubsDepartment for EducationTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50551More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's transparency data entitled Breakfast clubs early adopters: schools in the scheme, published on 24 February 2025 and updated on 22 April 2025, for what reason 79 schools are no
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston to the answer of 6 May 2025 to Question 47782.
Answered 30 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: ClosuresDepartment for EducationTabled 2 May 2025AnsweredUIN 49937More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 28 June 2019 to Question 267249 on Schools: Closures, what the (a) postcode, (b) local authority area and (c) rural and urban classification is of each school that has closed wit
Answer: Information on closures of state-funded schools, including the urban/rural classification for each school, is available on the Get Information about Schools (GIAS) website, which can be found here: https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Search?Sel...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordApprenticesDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49428More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what number and proportion of Level 7 apprenticeship (a) starts and (b) completions were for people aged (i) under 22 and (ii) 22 or over, in each year for which data is available.
Answer: The attached file shows level 7 apprenticeship starts and achievements for the 2015/16 to 2023/24 academic years broken down by learner age as requested.
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRegistration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil PartnershipsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48511More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the median time taken to register a death was in each (a) integrated care board and (b) local authority area in the most recent six months for which data is available.
Answer: The Government is monitoring the impact of the death certification reforms, which came into legal effect on 9 September 2024, through the Death Certification Strategic Board and a cross-Government data strategy group. The Office for National Statistics (O...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBreakfast ClubsDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47782More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the document entitled List of schools in the breakfast clubs early adopters scheme, last updated 22 April 2025, for what reason the number of schools participating in the breakfast clubs early
Answer: The total number of schools participating in the breakfast clubs early adopters scheme has increased since the initial list was published on 24 February.From the start of this term, the first 750 free breakfast clubs are opening in towns and cities across...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47312More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 30 December 2024 to Question 19000 on Social Services, when the report on the adult social care relative needs formula will be made available on the Adult Social Care Poli
Answer: The Department of Health and Social Care is still considering this research as part of its ongoing policy work. We are working closely the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, and the role of a specific adult social care funding formula ...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: ClosuresDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47311More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish the (a) postcode, (b) local authority area and (c) rural urban classification for each state school that has closed and not reopened in another form in each year since 2000.
Answer: Information on closures of state-funded schools, including the urban/rural classification for each school, is available on the Get Information about Schools (GIAS) website, which can be found at: https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Search?Selec...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordChildcare: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47310More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 22 April 2025 to Question 44536 on Childcare: Finance, what role ministers played in allocation decisions; and in what way the four key criteria were (a) assessed and (b) scored.
Answer: The assessment process for applications to the school-based nursery capital grant was conducted in a fair and consistent manner across all schools. Awards to eligible schools were made based on application scores.Each application was evaluated by a team o...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46810More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools received a lump sum payment in the last financial year; and for how many of those schools the lump sum represented (i) less than one, (ii) two to five, (iii) five
Answer: The schools national funding formula (NFF) introduced in 2018 is used to distribute core funding for mainstream schools, for pupils from reception to year 11. The NFF determines how much funding each local authority receives, and local authorities then de...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Domestic VisitsDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45835More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which (a) state schools and (b) independent schools Ministers in her Department have visited since 4 July 2024.
Answer: The table below outlines information on the 69 schools visited by departmental Ministers, including the Secretary of State, between 4 July 2024 and 22 April 2025, in a Ministerial capacity. We have included state and independent primary, secondary and spe...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: AdmissionsDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45834More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of students (a) joined and (b) left each state school mid-year in each of the last three years.
Answer: The information requested is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.Information on the number of pupils in England as at January is published annually in the ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ accredited officia...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: EqualityCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45833More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff in his Department have job titles which include the words (a) equality, (b) diversity, (c) inclusion, (d) gender, (e) LGBT and (f) race.
Answer: There are 6 full time equivalents working in standalone EDI roles. Otherwise, this information is not held centrally by the Cabinet Office.
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: EqualityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Apr 2025WithdrawnUIN 45832More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many staff in (a) her Department and (b) Homes England have job titles which include the words (i) equality, (ii) diversity, (iii) inclusion, (iv) gender, (v) LGBT and (vi) r
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: EqualityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45831More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many staff in (a) her Department and (b) Homes England have job titles which include the words (i) equality, (ii) diversity, (iii) inclusion, (iv) gender, (v) LGBT and (vi) r
Answer: As of 31 March 2025 the department had 5 or less roles that included the specified words within their job titles.Homes England have no one employed with these words in their job title, nor do they have any colleagues designated solely to work on EDI.
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: EqualityDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45830More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff in (a) her Department and (b) HS2 Ltd have job titles which include the words (i) equality, (ii) diversity, (iii) inclusion, (iv) gender, (v) LGBT and (vi) race.
Answer: As of the latest available data: (a) Department for Transport (DfTc) A total of 9 staff have job titles that include at least one of the specified terms:Inclusion: 6Diversity: 4Equality: 1Gender: 0LGBT: 0Race: 0Please note: Some roles contain more than on...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
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