Zöe Franklin MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Pre-school Education: Voluntary ContributionsDepartment for EducationTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53404More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of enabling early years settings to accept voluntary financial contributions from parents to (a) support and (b) enrich learning.
Answer: It is the department’s ambition that all families have access to high quality, affordable and flexible early education and care, giving every child the best start in life and delivering on our Plan for Change.As the early years entitlements are expanded, ...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: Special Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53403More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the level of specialist nursery and early years places for children with special educational needs and disabilities; and whether she plans to in
Answer: The department aims to set every child up to have the best start in life, and this includes delivering access to high quality early education and childcare for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Local authorities have a duty ...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordICT: Mental HealthDepartment for EducationTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52793More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to implement (a) recommendations on guidance for parents on the effects of screen time on infants and (b) other recommendations in the former Education Committee’s Fourth Report of
Answer: The department recognises the Education Committee’s concerns about the impacts of screen time and we are committed across government to protecting children online. We have responded to the Committee’s report.The department and cross-government partners in...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: SwimmingDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49665More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure that primary schools provide adequate (a) swimming and (b) water safety lessons.
Answer: Swimming and water safety is a compulsory element of the primary physical education (PE) national curriculum. The department works closely with sector organisations like Swim England and the Royal Life Saving Society, supporting schools to provide swimmin...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPupils: Transgender PeopleDepartment for EducationTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49664More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that (a) schools and (b) educational systems provide inclusive (i) physical environments and (ii) social education for trans students.
Answer: Schools make decisions relating to the management and operation of their buildings. This includes ensuring that they comply with the School Premises (England) Regulations 2012 or the Education (Independent School Standards) Regulations 2014, for local aut...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Workers: RegistrationDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41636More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has plans to increase registration fees for social workers.
Answer: As set out in the Children and Social Work Act 2017, Social Work England (SWE) is responsible for setting the level of the registration fee for social workers. Before determining the level of any fee, including any change, SWE must both consult publicly a...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAssessments: TheftDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38308More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of introducing a specific offence for the sale of stolen exam board papers.
Answer: Ofqual, the independent regulator for qualifications, exams and assessments in England, are clear in their guidance issued to schools, colleges and students about the importance of exam security and the repercussions of committing any form of malpractice....
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordChildcareDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38303More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason eligibility dates for free childcare provision are set from 1 April rather than aligning with the tax year ending on 5 April; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the el
Answer: The entitlements work on a termly basis, so children become eligible from the term after they reach the relevant age and/or after they or their parents meet the eligibility criteria. Terms begin on 1 September, 1 January or 1 April. Therefore, depending o...
Answered 29 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Teaching AidsDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37075More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to increase access to audio-based learning resources in schools.
Answer: The department respects the autonomy of teachers in terms of what resources they choose to use or recommend to their individual pupils, based on individual need in their own educational context and circumstances.
Answered 29 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Pupil ExclusionsDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20399More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the level of (a) suspensions and (b) exclusions among pupils with SEND.
Answer: Every pupil deserves to learn in a safe, calm classroom, and the department will always support our hardworking and dedicated teachers to make this happen. Schools can use sanctions as a measure to improve behaviour and, in the most serious cases, exclusi...
Answered 2 Jan 2025
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