Sarah Green MP: written questions
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Special Educational Needs: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125020More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to introduce retrospective funding for schools that met special educational needs support costs during periods when Education, Health and Care Plan assessments were delayed by local
Answer: Mainstream schools are currently expected to meet the costs of supporting their pupils with special educational needs (SEN), up to £6,000 per pupil per annum. When the costs of additional support required for a pupil with SEN exceed that £6,000 threshold,...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordTax AvoidanceTreasuryTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 908200More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of people subject to the loan charge who will have their cases settled following the independent review of the loan charge.
Answer: The Government accepted all but one of the independent review’s recommendations and in some cases we are going further. We are legislating a generous new settlement opportunity that will help those who have not yet settled to do so. Most individuals could...
Answered 10 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSchools: BullyingDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114036More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Department plans to make anti-bullying training mandatory for school staff.
Answer: Tackling and preventing bullying in schools is essential to ensure that schools can provide calm and inclusive learning environments. All schools are legally required to have a behaviour policy with measures to prevent all forms of bullying. They have the...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSchools: BullyingDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114035More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the consistency of the implementation of anti-bullying guidance in schools.
Answer: Tackling and preventing bullying in schools is essential to ensure that schools can provide calm and inclusive learning environments. All schools are legally required to have a behaviour policy with measures to prevent all forms of bullying. They have the...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordChildren: Social ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 907329More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to update guidance on handling complaints in children's social care.
Answer: Departmental officials will be meeting with the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman to better understand issues with the complaints process, but at present we are not planning to update the complaints guidance. We will, however, publish updated sta...
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHousing: Older PeopleMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101503More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the proposals in the Strengthening Leaseholder Protections Over Charges and Services consultation are intended to apply to event fees in retirement villages.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 95245 on 5 December 2025.
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHousing: Older PeopleMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101502More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government plans to require retirement housing operators to provide leaseholders with more detailed annual reporting on how management fees, including any surplus or
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 95245 on 5 December 2025.
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHousing: Older PeopleMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101501More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made towards publishing a formal Government response to the Older People’s Housing Taskforce report.
Answer: The government is committed to enhancing provision and choice for older people in the housing market and we will continue to consider this issue as we develop our long-term housing strategy. As set out in the Written Ministerial Statement I made on 26 Nov...
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners on Remand: HealthMinistry of JusticeTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101500More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of court backlogs on health outcomes for prisoners held on remand.
Answer: The Government inherited a justice system in crisis, with a record and rising open caseload of nearly 80,000 criminal cases waiting to be heard in the Crown Court and too many victims waiting years for justice. That is why the Government commissioned Sir ...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: Hunger StrikesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 18 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101499More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what clinical monitoring arrangements are in place for prisoners who have been on hunger strike for more than 14 days.
Answer: Healthcare services in the prison estate are commissioned by NHS England. All prison healthcare providers are commissioned and contracted to use National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines and have pathways of care in place for people ref...
Answered 8 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90878More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS services make reasonable adjustments to accommodate additional need when treating children with (a) SEND and (b) level 3 autism.
Answer: The Government is dedicated to ensuring that National Health Services are accessible for everyone, including for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and those who are autistic. In accordance with the Equality A...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordParkinson's Disease: Health ProfessionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90412More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of clinical specialists in Parkinson's disease that will need to be recruited in each of the next five years.
Answer: No specific assessment has been made.
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordParkinson's Disease: TrainingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90411More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that clinical staff working in neighbourhood health teams have adequate expertise in Parkinson’s Disease.
Answer: The Neighbourhood Health Service will bring together teams of professionals closer to people’s homes to work together to provide comprehensive care in the community. We expect neighbourhood teams and services to be designed in a way that reflects the spec...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNeurology: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90410More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to publish regular reports on workforce numbers in neurological services.
Answer: The Department has no plans to publish regular reports specifically on workforce numbers in neurological services.However, NHS England already publishes monthly data on the National Health Service Hospital and Community Health Service workforce in England...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNeurology: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90409More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was for the diagnosis of a neurological condition in the last 12 months.
Answer: The Department does not hold data specifically on the time taken to reach a confirmed diagnosis of a neurological condition. There is no national dataset that measures the exact time from referral to confirmed diagnosis, as pathways vary by condition and ...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88377More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the 10 year Workforce Plan will help tackle regional variations in access to specialist care for people with (a) long-term and (b) complex conditions.
Answer: The Government is committed to publishing a 10 Year Workforce Plan which will ensure the National Health Service has the right people in the right places, with the right skills to care for patients, when they need it. Its development will include consider...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88376More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish detailed independent workforce modelling ahead of publication of the 10 Year Workforce Plan.
Answer: The Government is committed to updating workforce modelling which will be set out in and alongside the 10 Year Workforce Plan when it is published in spring 2026. As we develop the modelling for the 10 Year Workforce Plan, it will be supported by external...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88375More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that child maintenance calculations adequately reflect disparities in parents' earning, regardless of custody arrangements.
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) operates on the principle that both parents have financial responsibility for their child, including their food and clothing, as well as contributing towards the associated costs of running the home that the child lives...
Answered 14 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: Fees and ChargesDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83017More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the total sums paid by learner drivers to DVLA for resitting their Theory Test because they have been unable to access a practical driving test before their previous certificate ex
Answer: The validity period of the theory test certificate is two years. The cost of taking a theory test is £23.00. It is not possible to estimate the total sums paid by learner drivers for resitting their theory test because they have been unable to access a pr...
Answered 23 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving TestsDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83016More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending the validity of the Driving Theory Test certificate, in the context of long waiting times for practical driving tests.
Answer: The validity period of the theory test certificate is two years. The cost of taking a theory test is £23.00. It is not possible to estimate the total sums paid by learner drivers for resitting their theory test because they have been unable to access a pr...
Answered 23 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRevenue and Customs: StandardsTreasuryTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82417More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the mechanisms available to Parliament to hold HMRC to account for the effectiveness of its safeguarding of public money.
Answer: HMRC is subject to the same parliamentary scrutiny mechanisms for its stewardship of public resources as other government departments, as set out in HM Treasury's Managing Public Money guidance, available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mana...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRevenue and Customs: CorrespondenceTreasuryTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82416More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what standards and speed of response she expects from HMRC in providing details of settlements reached with companies to hon. Members.
Answer: HMRC have a statutory duty of confidentiality to protect information held about taxpayers, so that such information is not passed to unauthorised parties. HMRC’s ability to disclose information held about taxpayers is restricted by the Commissioners for R...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEnglish Language: GCSEDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78836More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help support people aged 17 years and over in resitting their GCSE English Language.
Answer: The department has strengthened the requirements for the mathematics and English conditions of funding to ensure every eligible student is supported to make progress towards and, wherever possible, attain GCSE English by the end of their 16-19 study. This...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordVans: LicensingDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78835More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an estimate of the potential revenue that would be generated from introducing operator licensing for vans with a maximum authorised mass of over 2,500kg and up to and including 3
Answer: The Department has not made a formal estimate of the potential revenue that could be generated from introducing operator licensing for vans with a maximum authorised mass between 2,500kg and 3,500kg operating for hire or reward domestically within the UK....
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordVans: LicensingDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78834More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the absence of regulatory requirements for vans with a maximum authorised mass of over 2,500kg and up to and including 3,500kg when opera
Answer: The Department has not undertaken a specific assessment of the impact of the current domestic regulatory requirements for vans with a maximum authorised mass between 2,500kg and 3,500kg operating for hire or reward on fair competition within the UK market...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
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