Every parliamentary written question tabled by Laura Trott this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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Whether her Department has made an equalities impact assessment of the decision for Ofsted to no longer produce single headline grades.
On 2 September, the government announced that the use of single headline grades for Ofsted’s school inspection would end with immediate effect, and that a new system of report cards would be launched from September 2025. Single headline grades were overly...
Whether her Department has made an impact assessment of the decision for Ofsted to no longer produce single headline grades.
On 2 September, the government announced that the use of single headline grades for Ofsted’s school inspection would end with immediate effect, and that a new system of report cards would be launched from September 2025. Single headline grades were overly...
With reference to her oral statement on Children’s Social Care of 18 November 2024, Official Report, column 23, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of her proposed reforms.
The department published ‘Keeping Children Safe, Helping Families Thrive’ on 18 November, setting out our vision for reform to children’s social care. Our legislative proposals will keep families together and children safe, remove barriers to opportunity ...
If her Department will take steps to increase the use of Deprivation of Liberty orders.
Depriving a child of their liberty must always be a last resort in order to keep the child safe. A growing number of children in England and Wales, often with complex behavioural needs, are being deprived of their liberty through Deprivation of Liberty Or...
If she will take steps to increase the number of places for looked after children.
As at 31 March 2024, there were 83,630 looked after children, which was similar to the previous year. The government has announced the following measures to ensure there are more of the right placements to meet the needs of looked after children:£44 milli...
With reference to her statement of 18 November 2024 on Children’s Social Care, Official Report columns 23 to 25, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the changes announced on the n
As at 31 March 2024, there were 83,630 looked after children, which was similar to the previous year. The government has announced the following measures to ensure there are more of the right placements to meet the needs of looked after children:£44 milli...
Whether she will be taking steps to (a) improve the quality of children's homes and (b) increase the regularity of inspection of those homes.
As at 31 March 2024, there were 83,630 looked after children, which was similar to the previous year. The government has announced the following measures to ensure there are more of the right placements to meet the needs of looked after children:£44 milli...
With reference to her statement of 18 November 2024 on Children’s Social Care, Official Report column 25, at what level she plans to cap profit from children’s social care placements.
As at 31 March 2024, there were 83,630 looked after children, which was similar to the previous year. The government has announced the following measures to ensure there are more of the right placements to meet the needs of looked after children:£44 milli...
What steps her Department is taking to ensure mobile phones are not a distraction in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools.
The department knows that using mobile phones in schools can lead to online bullying, distraction and classroom disruption, which can, in turn, lead to lost learning time. Schools are required by law to have a behaviour policy that sets out what is expec...
How many pupils have an (a) education, health and care plan and (b) a named school in each (i) region, (ii) local authority and (iii) constituency.
The requested information for each region and local authority is attached.Information on the number of all education, health and care (EHC) plans, and their named school is not readily available at constituency level.Information on the number of pupils in...
Whether increased costs from employer national insurance contributions will be taken into account in the childcare funding formula.
I refer the right Hon. member for Sevenoaks to the answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12804.
What assessment she has made of the impact of increasing employers National Insurance contributions on childcare costs for working parents.
I refer the right hon. Member for Sevenoaks to the answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12804.
What her planned timetable is for publishing the recommendations of the Curriculum and Assessment review.
The timetable for the independent Curriculum and Assessment Review may be found in the terms of reference available here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66d196b7d107658faec7e3db/Curriculum_and_assessment_review_-_aims_terms_of_reference_an...
What assessment she has made of the potential impact of the increase in employer National Insurance contributions on universities.
The department is aware that higher education (HE) providers will have to pay increased National Insurance contributions. As my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer set out in the Autumn Budget 2024, raising the revenue required to fund publ...
What estimate she has made of how much the increase to employers National Insurance contributions will cost universities.
The department is aware that higher education (HE) providers will have to pay increased National Insurance contributions. As my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer set out in the Autumn Budget 2024, raising the revenue required to fund publ...
What estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of the judicial review of her decision to pause the implementation of the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act.
I refer the hon. Member for Sevenoaks to the answer of 18 November 2024 to Question 13264.
With reference to the Written Statement of 22 October 2024 on Mainstream Free Schools, UIN HCWS150, if the proposed new special educational needs school in Swanley is one of the schools to have their funding re
The department is reviewing mainstream free school projects, to ensure that they continue to meet localised need for places, offer value for money and are not to the detriment of the other schools in the local area. The review covers mainstream, centrally...