Saqib Bhatti MP: written questions 2026
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Taxation: Public SectorTreasuryTabled 17 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128117More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of extending joint and several liability for payroll taxes within umbrella company arrangements on recruitment agencies supplying temporary staff to public sector
Answer: Umbrella companies are a type of employment intermediary that engages workers on behalf of recruitment agencies and end client organisations. Although many umbrella companies operate diligently, others are used to facilitate non-compliance including tax a...
Answered 27 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordEmployers' Contributions: Temporary EmploymentTreasuryTabled 17 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128115More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment HMRC has made of the risk of unpaid employer National Insurance contributions within labour supply chains providing temporary staffing to the NHS following the Ducas tax dispute; and whether she plan
Answer: Umbrella companies are a type of employment intermediary that engages workers on behalf of recruitment agencies and end client organisations. Although many umbrella companies operate diligently, others are used to facilitate non-compliance including tax a...
Answered 27 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: ReformDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123810More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will conduct an Impact Assessment of the SEND reforms on early years settings supporting children with additional needs.
Answer: Impact assessments were published alongside the consultation to aid engagement during the consultation period.
Answered 14 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: ReformDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123809More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will conduct an Impact Assessment of the SEND reforms on transport obligations for children with SEND.
Answer: The government has published equalities and children’s rights impact assessments alongside SEND reform: Putting Children and Young People First.
Answered 14 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: ReformDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123808More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will conduct an Impact Assessment of the SEND reforms on special schools and specialist provision.
Answer: Impact assessments were published alongside the consultation to aid engagement during the consultation period.
Answered 14 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: ReformDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123807More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will conduct an Impact Assessment of the SEND reforms on mainstream schools’ workload and resource requirements.
Answer: Impact assessments were published alongside the consultation to aid engagement during the consultation period.
Answered 14 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: ReformDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123806More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will conduct an Impact Assessment of the SEND reforms on children and young people with Education, Health and Care Plans.
Answer: Impact assessments were published alongside the consultation to aid engagement during the consultation period.
Answered 14 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordEducation: Coastal AreasDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122789More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when further details relating to the Mission North East and Mission Coastal programmes will be published.
Answer: Departmental officials are currently engaging school leaders, alongside local and national stakeholders, on the approach for the Missions and we will announce further details in due course.
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSchools: Vocational GuidanceDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122788More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure adequate careers support in schools, especially for alternative pathways.
Answer: Schools are required to offer multiple opportunities for pupils to hear directly from apprenticeship, further education and training providers.The government has adopted updated Gatsby Benchmarks into statutory guidance. They place greater emphasis on hig...
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordPupils: PlagiarismDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122787More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help prevent AI-driven plagiarism in schools.
Answer: The majority of GCSE and A level assessments are taken as written exams under close staff supervision, without access to the internet or artificial intelligence (AI) tools, which prevents the use of AI-generated material in most assessments.The department...
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Family HubsDepartment for EducationTabled 23 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122786More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) responsibilities and (a) powers SEND practitioners will have in Best Start Family Hubs.
Answer: The department is investing over £200 million over three years to strengthen the special educational needs and disabilities offer in Best Start Family Hubs, including funding a family-facing practitioner in every hub to support children with additional ne...
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122254More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the projected costs per child of pupils in Targeted, Targeted Plus and Specialist layers of support are, respectively.
Answer: The department is providing additional funding to boost the capacity of mainstream settings to meet the continuum of needs children have, before any legislative changes.The ‘SEND Reform: putting children and young people first’ consultation document inclu...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122253More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of when mainstream schools will have the baseline staffing levels required to deliver the universal inclusion expectations set out in the Schools White Paper.
Answer: Recruiting and retaining expert teachers is at the heart of the government’s Plan for Change, with good progress already being made: the teaching workforce has grown by 2,346 FTE between 2023/24 and 2024/25, in secondary and special schools; the schools w...
Answered 8 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122252More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she will publish guidance on quality standards for Individual Support Plans to prevent variation between local authorities and ensure consistent support for children nationwide.
Answer: There will be a legal duty on education settings to produce an Individual Support Plan (ISP) for every child or young person receiving targeted or specialist support, ensuring help keeps pace with their development, prevents challenges from escalating, an...
Answered 8 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122251More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Government plans to publish the detailed national SEND standards and how compliance with those standards will be monitored and enforced across local authorities.
Answer: The National Inclusion Standards will set out evidence-based tools, strategies and approaches to identify and support children and young people with additional needs. Settings should consider the National Inclusion Standards when planning their Inclusion ...
Answered 15 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122250More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what enforcement mechanisms will apply to ensure full compliance with Individual Support Plan commitments.
Answer: There will be a legal duty on education settings to produce an Individual Support Plan (ISP) for every child or young person receiving targeted or specialist support, ensuring help keeps pace with their development, prevents challenges from escalating, an...
Answered 8 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: ReformDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121840More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has undertaken an impact assessment of the potential reduction in enforceable rights for families arising from restricting EHCPs to only the most complex needs.
Answer: Our ambition is to provide more opportunities for health and education professionals to support the needs of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) more effectively and inclusively. This is why we are investing £1...
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121839More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether safeguards will be introduced to help ensure that Individual Support Plans (ISPs) do not become resource-led documents due to limited specialist provision.
Answer: The special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) Code of Practice sets out that the provision made for pupils with special educational needs should be recorded accurately and kept up to date. As a result, many settings already keep records of the nee...
Answered 8 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Unpaid WorkDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121838More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much has been spent on Supported Internships; and what the projected cost of the 12-month extension is.
Answer: Since 2022, the department has invested around £33 million into supported internships to provide more opportunities for young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) to transition into sustained, paid employment. This investment has ...
Answered 25 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121837More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will publish modelling underpinning its projection that EHCP growth will slow by 2029–30 and then fall.
Answer: The department has made modelling information available in the ‘Background on projections’ annex published alongside the special educational needs and disabilities consultation. These projections are illustrative of our proposed policy approach and update...
Answered 8 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121836More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how the proposed fast-track route for early intervention will be defined, including eligibility thresholds, time limits and approved evidence-based programmes.
Answer: To achieve this, we will work with the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC), and NHS England to enable better information sharing between health professionals and local authorities. This will speed up the process of matching children to the right ...
Answered 25 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121420More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of the £4 billion SEND investment package is allocated to universal SEND training for the 0–25 workforce, and what training standard will apply.
Answer: The department is investing over £200 million over the course of this Parliament to upskill staff in every school, college and nursery, ensuring a skilled workforce for generations to come. This significant investment, forms a central pillar of the govern...
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: StaffDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121419More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many additional educational psychologists, speech and language therapists and occupational therapists will be required annually to deliver the Experts at Hand programme.
Answer: The government is providing substantial, targeted investment to help local areas grow and strengthen their specialist workforce. Over the next three years, £1.8 billion will be made available to local area partnerships to develop and rollout of the Expert...
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSchools: Special Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121418More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how compliance with ISP duties will be enforced at school and local-system level, and which body will hold ultimate enforcement responsibility.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Meriden and Solihull East to the answer of 20 April 2026 to Question 120023.
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121417More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance the Department plans to issue to help ensure that Individual Support Plans (ISPs) are portable across phases and settings, including post-16 and further education.
Answer: There will be a statutory duty on schools and colleges to produce an Individual Support Plan (ISP) for every child or young person receiving targeted or specialist support, ensuring help keeps pace with their development, prevents challenges from escalati...
Answered 24 Mar 2026
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