Shockat Adam MP: written questions
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Neurodiversity: TrainingDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62919More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to introduce mandatory neurodiversity training for all (a) teachers and (b) education staff.
Answer: The department is committed to improving support for all children and young people. Statutory Initial Teacher Training and Early Career Teacher induction training must cover adaptive teaching and special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), and this...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordProcessed Food: HealthDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62917More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support households (a) with children and (b) on a low income to (i) reduce their consumption of ultra-processed foods and (ii) use more minimally processed an
Answer: The Government’s Eatwell Guide already advises that people should eat more fruit, vegetables, and wholegrain or higher-fibre foods, as well as less processed meat, and less food and drink that is high in sugar, calories, saturated fat, and salt.The Eatwel...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPsychiatric Hospitals: Autism and Learning DisabilityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62381More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether each Integrated Care System is required to reduce the number of (a) people with a learning disability and (b) autistic people from their area in mental health hospitals by 10 per cent withi
Answer: National Health Service planning guidance for 2025/26 includes a focus on improving care for people with a learning disability and autistic people and contains the objective to deliver a minimum 10% reduction in the use of mental health inpatient care for...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPsychiatric Hospitals: Autism and Learning DisabilityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62380More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what baseline figure his Department will use to measure progress on reducing the number of (a) people with a learning disability and (b) autistic people in mental health hospitals by 10 per cent wi
Answer: National Health Service planning guidance for 2025/26 includes a focus on improving care for people with a learning disability and autistic people and contains the objective to deliver a minimum 10% reduction in the use of mental health inpatient care for...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGlaucoma: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62136More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department is taking to help prevent irreversible blindness due to glaucoma progression.
Answer: Regular sight tests play a crucial role in the early detection of glaucoma, which is often symptomless in the early stages. Free National Health Service sight tests are available for many, including individuals diagnosed with glaucoma or those aged 40 yea...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGlaucoma: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62134More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of combined cataract and trabecular bypasses on glaucoma progression.
Answer: The best treatment options for any individual patient will be decided by the treating clinician in discussion with the patient, taking into account relevant National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance. NICE guidance on trabecular ste...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGlaucoma: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62133More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the use of innovative technologies to treat glaucoma through the 10-Year Health Plan.
Answer: The 10-Year Health Plan will deliver the three big shifts our National Health Service needs to be fit for the future: from hospital to community; from analogue to digital; and from sickness to prevention. All of these are relevant to preventing and managi...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGlaucoma: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62131More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking through the NHS 10-Year Health Plan to improve glaucoma care.
Answer: The 10-Year Health Plan will deliver the three big shifts our National Health Service needs to be fit for the future: from hospital to community; from analogue to digital; and from sickness to prevention. All of these are relevant to preventing and managi...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Libraries: LeicesterDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61710More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the guidance entitled Libraries as a statutory service, published on 21 February 2025, whether her Department was informed by Leicester City Council of its plans for a consultat
Answer: Department officials have met with City Council officers on several occasions to understand their public library proposals, as well as their consultation plans and to remind the Council of its statutory duty. This included a meeting on 24th March 2025. Th...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: TrainingMinistry of DefenceTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61643More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which countries the armed forces provided training to in (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25; and which armed service provided that training.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to his Question 60404 on 24 June, where I answered:The UK Armed Forces provided various forms of military training to around 120 countries in 2023- 24 and 140 countries in 2024-25. Our training provision is tail...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChildcare: Fees and ChargesDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61292More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support the financial sustainability of nursery providers in the context of changes to free childcare entitlement.
Answer: The government’s Plan for Change sets out a commitment to give children the best start in life, breaking the link between background and opportunity. We want a record proportion of children (75%) to achieve a good level of development by the end of recept...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNurseries: CostsDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61291More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of regional variations in the cost of delivering nursery provision in England.
Answer: It is our ambition that all families have access to high-quality, affordable and flexible early education and care, giving every child the best start in life. This is key to the government’s Plan for Change, which starts with reaching the milestone of a r...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNurseriesDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61289More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative estimate her Department has made of the (a) number of available nursery places and (b) demand for those places in England by region.
Answer: The government’s Plan for Change sets out a commitment to give children the best start in life, breaking the link between background and opportunity.Ofsted publishes data on the numbers of all types of providers joining and leaving the sector each year. S...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNurseriesDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61288More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new nursery settings have opened in England in each year since 2018.
Answer: The government’s Plan for Change sets out a commitment to give children the best start in life, breaking the link between background and opportunity.Ofsted publishes data on the numbers of all types of providers joining and leaving the sector each year. S...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNurseries: ClosuresDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61287More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many nursery providers have closed in England in each year since 2018; and what data her Department holds on the reasons for those closures.
Answer: The government’s Plan for Change sets out a commitment to give children the best start in life, breaking the link between background and opportunity.Ofsted publishes data on the numbers of all types of providers joining and leaving the sector each year. S...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNurseries: Fees and ChargesDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61286More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding rates for early years providers offering free nursery places.
Answer: It is our ambition that all families have access to high-quality, affordable and flexible early education and care, giving every child the best start in life. This is key to the government’s Plan for Change, which starts with reaching the milestone of a r...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNurseries: Fees and ChargesDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61285More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the average shortfall between Government funding and the actual cost to nurseries of delivering a funded nursery place.
Answer: It is our ambition that all families have access to high-quality, affordable and flexible early education and care, giving every child the best start in life. This is key to the government’s Plan for Change, which starts with reaching the milestone of a r...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNurseries: Fees and ChargesDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61284More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many free nursery hours were funded in each year since 2018; and what the total cost to the public was in each of those years.
Answer: Funding for the early years entitlements is based on part-time equivalent (PTE) hours. We define 1 PTE as 15 hours across 38 weeks a year (570 funded hours per annum).Early years entitlements funding is allocated to local authorities through the early yea...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNurseries: Fees and ChargesDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61283More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average hourly funding rate provided to local authorities for the delivery of free nursery places in England was in each year since 2018.
Answer: It is our ambition that all families have access to high-quality, affordable and flexible early education and care, giving every child the best start in life. This is key to the government’s Plan for Change, which starts with reaching the milestone of a r...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUSA: Politics and GovernmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 904790More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart on trends in the level of political violence in that country.
Answer: I condemn all forms of political violence in the strongest terms. Our thoughts are with all those affected. The Foreign Secretary speaks often to Secretary Rubio, who knows he has our full support on this issue.
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMilitary AidMinistry of DefenceTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60404More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which countries received training from the armed forces in (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25; and which branch of the armed forces was responsible for delivering that training.
Answer: The UK Armed Forces provided various forms of military training to around 120 countries in 2023-24 and 140 countries in 2024-25. Our training provision is tailored to the specific needs of Allies and partners, spanning several branches across the Services...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDurham Commission on Creativity and EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59935More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on implementing the recommendations of the Durham Commission on Creativity and Education.
Answer: In July 2024, this government established the independent Curriculum and Assessment Review, covering ages 5 to 18, chaired by Professor Becky Francis CBE.The Review seeks to deliver a rich, broad, inclusive and innovative curriculum that readies young peo...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: Military AidMinistry of DefenceTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59584More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2025 to Question 56822 on Israel: Military Aid, whether a human rights assessment was carried out before approving training for the Israel Defence Forces.
Answer: Fewer than five IDF personnel are currently enrolled in non-combat military academic courses in the UK. The UK has a long history of providing assistance to other nations in the security and justice fields and continues to do so around the world. The Mini...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: Military AidMinistry of DefenceTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59583More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2025 to Question 56822 on Israel: Military Aid, what the cost to his Department has been of training Israel Defence Forces personnel in each of the last five years.
Answer: Pursuant to the answer provided to Question 56822, there is no cost to the Ministry of Defence for Israel Defence Force personnel on UK training courses. The numbers are fewer than five people and I can confirm these are academic, non-combat education cou...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: Military AidMinistry of DefenceTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59577More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2025 to Question 56822 on Israel: Military Aid, how often his Department reviews its military training arrangements with the Israel Defence Forces.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence keeps under careful consideration its policy on training being provided in the UK. Fewer than five IDF personnel are currently enrolled in non-combat military academic courses in the UK.
Answered 20 Jun 2025
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