Sojan Joseph MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Apprentices: PublicityDepartment for EducationTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51674More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed removal of funding for the Apprenticeship Support and Knowledge programme on the ability to (a) promote and (b) increase apprentic
Answer: Promoting apprenticeships and technical education routes remains a key part of this government’s education policy. The decision to not continue the Apprenticeships Support and Knowledge (ASK) programme was based on the following:Growth in awareness of app...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices: PublicityDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48272More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Apprenticeship Support and Knowledge programme for raising awareness of (a) apprenticeships, (b) traineeships and (c) T Levels in (i) Kent and (ii) Engla
Answer: The Apprenticeship Support and Knowledge (ASK) programme has played an important role in promoting apprenticeships and other technical education routes over the last nine academic years. Over this period there has been a significant increase in the intere...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoptionDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37458More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that (a) regional adoption agencies and (b) local authorities meet with representatives of parents affected by adoption (a) disruption and (b) breakdown to help prevent further
Answer: The department does not collect information centrally on the number of adoptions that have been disrupted or adoptions that breakdown. We only publish information on whether children starting to be looked after in any given year were known to have been pr...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoptionDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37457More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department hold on the number of cases of adoption (a) disruption and (b) breakdown for each of the last five years; and if she will publish that data.
Answer: The department does not collect information centrally on the number of adoptions that have been disrupted or adoptions that breakdown. We only publish information on whether children starting to be looked after in any given year were known to have been pr...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: AutismDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27447More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of (a) teachers and (b) other teaching staff participating in mandatory autism awareness and sensitivity training.
Answer: As set out in the cross-government autism strategy (2021 to 2026), the government wants to improve understanding and acceptance of autism and for public sector services to become more autism-inclusive.Under the Equality Act 2010, public sector organisatio...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBereavement Counselling and Death: CurriculumDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14155More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including lessons on death and bereavement in the National Curriculum.
Answer: The department wants to support all young people to be happy, healthy and safe, and to equip them for adult life so they achieve and thrive. The statutory relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) statutory guidance makes clear that teachers should b...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordChildren: DyslexiaDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11534More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support children diagnosed with dyslexia in Ashford constituency.
Answer: The department is committed to improving support for all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), including those with dyslexia and other neurodiverse conditions.Early identification of need and support is critical...
Answered 31 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: AshfordDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9864More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the provision of SEND services in Ashford constituency.
Answer: Following the inspection of Kent’s special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) services by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in January 2019, inspectors reported nine significant areas of weakness, requiring the local area to produce a Wr...
Answered 23 Oct 2024
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