Steve Darling MP: written questions

Written questions

• Private Education: DevonDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2579More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) private school pupils in (i) Devon, (ii) Torbay and (iii) Plymouth who will transfer into the state sector in this and each of the next five years and (b) surplus

  Answer: This government is committed to ending the VAT exemption that private schools enjoy. The impact of this policy is being fully considered. As part of this process, the department is sharing sector insights, including input from school leadership, student p...

  Answered 5 Sept 2024

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• Police and Crime CommissionersHome OfficeTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2578More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will introduce legislation to (a) abolish the post of Police and Crime Commissioners and (b) replace them with local boards of elected councillors.

  Answer: PCCs play an importantrole as the voice of the public and victims in policing at a local level, holding Chief Constables to account and leading local partnerships to prevent crime and anti-social behaviour.The government will continue to work with PCCs an...

  Answered 2 Sept 2024

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• Police and Crime Commissioners: RecruitmentHome OfficeTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2577More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to abolish the recruitment of deputy Police and Crime Commissioners.

  Answer: The arrangements enabling a Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) to appoint a deputy and the functions a deputy can exercise, are set out within the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011.Before appointing a deputy, a PCC must notify the local Po...

  Answered 2 Sept 2024

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• Police and Crime Commissioners: RecruitmentHome OfficeTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2576More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to take steps to increase transparency around the recruitment of Deputy Police and Crime Commissioners.

  Answer: The arrangements enabling a Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) to appoint a deputy and the functions a deputy can exercise, are set out within the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011.Before appointing a deputy, a PCC must notify the local Po...

  Answered 2 Sept 2024

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• Police and Crime Commissioners: RecruitmentHome OfficeTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2575More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department provides on rules governing the recruitment of Deputy Police and Crime Commissioners.

  Answer: The arrangements enabling a Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) to appoint a deputy and the functions a deputy can exercise, are set out within the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011.Before appointing a deputy, a PCC must notify the local Po...

  Answered 2 Sept 2024

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• Family Hubs: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2574More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to continue funding (a) family hubs and (b) the Start for Life programme.

  Answer: The Government has a bold new ambition to raise the healthiest generation of children in our history. There is strong evidence that the critical 1,001 days from conception to the age of two years old sets the foundations for later cognitive, emotional, an...

  Answered 2 Sept 2024

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