Sarah Gibson MP: written questions 2025
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Adoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53363More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the regional differences in the potential impact of reductions to the adoption and special guardian support fund; and what steps she is taking to help tackle any
Answer: The criteria for the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) will enable as many children and families as possible to access funding, including in Wiltshire. The department always assesses the impact of changes on vulnerable children. This ...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53362More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to (a) monitor and (b) evaluate the long-term outcomes of adopted children impacted by the reduction in therapy funding.
Answer: The criteria for the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) will enable as many children and families as possible to access funding, including in Wiltshire. The department always assesses the impact of changes on vulnerable children. This ...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53361More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of reducing the therapy funding per adopted child in Wiltshire on the mental health and well-being of these children.
Answer: The criteria for the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) will enable as many children and families as possible to access funding, including in Wiltshire. The department always assesses the impact of changes on vulnerable children. This ...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: WomenMinistry of DefenceTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53360More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made on the Government’s progress in implementing the recommendations of the House of Commons Defence Committee's report entitled Protecting those who protect us: Women in the Armed Forces
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 6 March 2025 to Question 34425 to the hon. Member for Newton Abbot (Martin Wrigley). Regarding outstanding recommendations from the Report, the new Armed Forces Sexual Harassment Survey has been launched, an...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: Prisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52490More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of early release schemes on the safety of domestic abuse survivors in Wiltshire.
Answer: This Government inherited prisons days from collapse. We had no choice but to take decisive action to stop our prisons overflowing and keep the public safe.Eligibility under SDS40 is determined by law and we exempted a number of offences from the measure....
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: WiltshireMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52489More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what mechanisms are in place to monitor compliance with (a) licence conditions and (b) restraining orders for early-released offenders in Wiltshire; and what steps she takes to respond to breaches.
Answer: This Government inherited prisons days from collapse. We had no choice but to take decisive action to stop our prisons overflowing and keep the public safe.Eligibility under SDS40 is determined by law and we exempted a number of offences from the measure....
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: Prisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52488More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people who (a) have been convicted of offences related to domestic abuse in Wiltshire and (b) may be eligible for early release; and what steps her Departmen
Answer: This Government inherited prisons days from collapse. We had no choice but to take decisive action to stop our prisons overflowing and keep the public safe.Eligibility under SDS40 is determined by law and we exempted a number of offences from the measure....
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFloods: WiltshireDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52487More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of potential impact of surface water flooding on communities in Wiltshire; and what funding he has provided to help mitigate flooding risks in W
Answer: Lead local flood authorities are required to manage local flood risks from surface water, groundwater and ordinary watercourses. Local flood risks should be identified and managed as part of a local flood risk management strategy. The two lead local flood...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52486More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has reviewed the performance of housing maintenance contracts for military service accommodation in Wiltshire.
Answer: The Defence Infrastructure Organisation continues to drive for improved performance from the Future Defence Infrastructure Services Accommodation Industry Partners in all regions, including Wiltshire. Performance is monitored on a monthly basis, including...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces Covenant: WiltshireMinistry of DefenceTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52485More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of placing a legal duty on all Government departments to give due regard to the Armed Forces Covenant in decision-making affecting military families in Wiltsh
Answer: Following guidance from Ministers to “put the Armed Forces Covenant fully into law”, officials are currently developing plans to extend the scope of the Covenant Legal Duty, in line with our manifesto commitment, across a broad range of policy areas. This...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: WiltshireDepartment for EducationTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52484More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria was used to assess the eligibility of schools for the Schools Rebuilding Progamme; and how many schools in Wilshire have been included since 2020. .
Answer: Schools have been prioritised because they met one or more of the following criteria:They had buildings of specific construction types that require replacement.Their buildings had the highest condition need, identified in data collected in the Condition D...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: WiltshireDepartment for EducationTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52483More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of trends in the level of capital spending since 2015 on the (a) condition and (b) safety of school buildings in Wiltshire.
Answer: Since 2015, the department has spent approximately £50 billion on capital investment across England.£19 billion of that total has supported responsible bodies to invest in the condition of the estate. This is in addition to major rebuilding programmes, in...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52482More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much capital funding her Department has provided to schools in (a) Wiltshire and (b) the UK in each year since 2015.
Answer: Since 2015, the department has spent approximately £50 billion on capital investment across England.£19 billion of that total has supported responsible bodies to invest in the condition of the estate. This is in addition to major rebuilding programmes, in...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52481More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to use a proportion of the additional funding for defence to improve (a) accommodation and (b) facilities for (i) service personnel and (ii) their families in Wiltshire.
Answer: The Defence Housing Strategy, planned for publication later this year, will set out a roadmap to deliver a generational renewal of military accommodation. The main objective is to raise the minimum standard of Armed Forces housing across the Ministry of D...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: FinanceMinistry of DefenceTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52480More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's timetable is for publishing (a) a full timeline and (b) funding pathway for achieving the target of spending 2.5% of GDP on defence; and what plans he has for infrastructure upgrades at base
Answer: The pathway to spending 2.5% of GDP on defence was set out in the Spring Statement earlier this year and will be reflected in the outcome of the second phase of the Spending Review that is due to be finalised on 11 June 2025.The Defence Housing Strategy, ...
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArmyMinistry of DefenceTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52479More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to increase the number of British Army personnel.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for North Down (Alex Easton) on 13 May 2025 to Question 50001.
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordYoung Carers: WiltshireDepartment for EducationTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52478More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made a comparative assessment of the (a) educational attainment and (b) progression of young carers with their peers in Wiltshire.
Answer: The department does not have data on the proportion of young carers in Wiltshire who have received an assessment of their needs in the last 12 months. However, being a young carer was identified as a factor at end of assessment in 253 episodes of need in ...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordYoung Carers: Respite CareDepartment for EducationTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52477More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department takes to monitor the effectiveness of (a) respite and (b) support services for young carers in Wiltshire; and what recent assessment she has made of that effectiveness.
Answer: The department does not have data on the proportion of young carers in Wiltshire who have received an assessment of their needs in the last 12 months. However, being a young carer was identified as a factor at end of assessment in 253 episodes of need in ...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordYoung Carers: WiltshireDepartment for EducationTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52476More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of young carers in Wiltshire have received a formal assessment of their needs in the last 12 months.
Answer: The department does not have data on the proportion of young carers in Wiltshire who have received an assessment of their needs in the last 12 months. However, being a young carer was identified as a factor at end of assessment in 253 episodes of need in ...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBus Services: WiltshireDepartment for TransportTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52475More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the £7 million allocated to Wiltshire Council under the bus service improvement plan 2025–26 in meeting the county's rural transport needs.
Answer: The government allocated £6.9 million to Wiltshire Council in 25/26 through the £712 million Local Authority Bus Grant to support and improve bus services. This includes £4 million to support the delivery of Wiltshire’s Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP)...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: South WestDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52474More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average dispensing time for a prescription in the NHS South West for each month between May 2015 and April 2025.
Answer: The Department does not hold data on average dispensing time, and it is not routinely collected. Pharmacies are independent businesses who follow their own individual standard operating procedures in dispensing medicines. How they order, receive, and labe...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52124More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief at the Autumn Budget on elderly farmers.
Answer: The Government believes its reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief from 6 April 2026 get the balance right between supporting farms and businesses, and fixing the public finances in a fair way. The reforms reduce the inherita...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: WiltshireDepartment for EducationTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52123More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children with an EHCP in Wiltshire are currently placed in educational provision outside of the local authority area.
Answer: The department publishes local authority level information on cross border movement, which is where pupils attend school in a different local authority to the one where they live, in the following annual accredited official statistics publication: https:/...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: WiltshireMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52122More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many tribunal appeals were lodged against decisions made by Wiltshire Council relating to Education, Health and Care Plans in each of the last five years; and in how many cases the appeal was upheld.
Answer: Information about appeal outcomes to SEND is published at Tribunals statistics quarterly: October to December 2024 - GOV.UK, but is not broken down to the detail requested.The data requested, academic years September to August, are set out in the table be...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBus Services: WiltshireDepartment for TransportTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52121More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of (a) early morning and (b) late evening bus services in Wiltshire for (i) shift workers and (ii) NHS staff.
Answer: The government knows that a modern public transport network is vital to keeping communities connected, and ensuring people can get to education and work, including shift workers and NHS staff. The government believes that local transport authorities, work...
Answered 19 May 2025
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