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Written questions by Trott.

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.

Department:All (118)Department for Education (77)Treasury (25)Cabinet Office (4)Department for Transport (2)Department for Culture, Media and Sport (2)Department for Work and Pensions (2)Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (2)Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (2)Department of Health and Social Care (1)Ministry of Justice (1)

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18 Nov 2024·Department for Education·Answered
Asked

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.

Reply

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...

18 Nov 2024·Department for Education·Answered
Asked

Whether increased costs from employer national insurance contributions will be taken into account in the childcare funding formula.

Reply

I refer the right Hon. member for Sevenoaks to the answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12804.

14 Nov 2024·Department for Education·Answered
Asked

What assessment she has made of the impact of increasing employers National Insurance contributions on childcare costs for working parents.

Reply

I refer the right hon. Member for Sevenoaks to the answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12804.

14 Nov 2024·Department for Education·Answered
Asked

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.

Reply

I refer the hon. Member for Sevenoaks to the answer of 18 November 2024 to Question 13264.

14 Nov 2024·Department for Education·Answered
Asked

What estimate she has made of how much the increase to employers National Insurance contributions will cost universities.

Reply

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...

14 Nov 2024·Department for Education·Answered
Asked

What assessment she has made of the potential impact of the increase in employer National Insurance contributions on universities.

Reply

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...

14 Nov 2024·Department for Education·Answered
Asked

What her planned timetable is for publishing the recommendations of the Curriculum and Assessment review.

Reply

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...

30 Oct 2024·Treasury·Answered
Asked

Pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2024 to Question 9707 on Tax Avoidance, when she will provide an update on her policy on the Loan Charge.

Reply

The government announced at Autumn Budget that it will commission an independent review of the Loan Charge to help bring the matter to a close for those affected whilst ensuring fairness for all taxpayers. Further details about the review will be set out ...

24 Oct 2024·Department for Education·Answered
Asked

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

Reply

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...

21 Oct 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
Asked

Whether she plans to introduce a criminal offence to prosecute individuals who create sexually explicit deepfakes.

Reply

This Government refuses to tolerate violence against women and girls, which is why our manifesto included a commitment to ban the creation of degrading and harmful sexually explicit deepfakes.We are looking at options to deliver this manifesto commitment ...

21 Oct 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
Asked

Whether he plans to respond to the consultation entitled The licensing of non-surgical cosmetic procedures in England which closed on 2 September 2023.

Reply

The Government is currently considering what steps may need to be taken in relation to the safety of the non-surgical cosmetics sector. The Government will set out its position at the earliest opportunity.

10 Oct 2024·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·Answered
Asked

Communities and Local Government, with reference to Chapter 12, Paragraph 7, of her Department's consultation entitled Proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning

Reply

Subject to the outcome of the consultation in question, further details on funding to enable eligible local authorities to progress their plans to examination quickly will be provided in due course.

8 Oct 2024·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·Answered
Asked

Communities and Local Government, what her planned timetable is for publishing the revised National Planning Policy Framework.

Reply

The Government intends to respond to the consultation and publish revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework before the end of the year.

12 Sept 2024·Treasury·Answered
Asked

What meetings Ian Corfeld has held with businesses since his appointment as an unpaid adviser.

Reply

This information is not centrally collated.

12 Sept 2024·Department for Work and Pensions·Answered
Asked

With reference to Table 2, page 9, footnote 2 of his Department's report entitled Fixing the foundations: Public spending audit 2024-25, published in July 2024, what estimate his Department has made of

Reply

Fixing the Foundations showed Annually Managed Expenditure (AME) Winter Fuel Payments (WFP) savings of £1.4bn, for 2024/2025, for Great Britain. These included an assumption about increased take-up of Pension Credit which is in line with the highest level...

11 Sept 2024·Cabinet Office·Answered
Asked

Whether Ian Corfield (a) has had and (b) has a Downing Street pass.

Reply

I refer the Rt Hon Members to the answer given by the then Prime Minister on 7 February 2017, Official Report, PQ 62542.Following the practice followed by past administrations, the Government does not comment on security matters.

11 Sept 2024·Treasury·Answered
Asked

What the civil service grade is of the Director of Investment.

Reply

There is no member of HM Treasury staff with the job title Director of Investment.

11 Sept 2024·Treasury·Answered
Asked

Who line-manages the Director of Special Advisers and Chancellor Engagement.

Reply

The Director of Special Advisers and Chancellor Engagement is managed by the Second Permanent Secretary.

11 Sept 2024·Treasury·Answered
Asked

If she will publish (a) an organogram of the Private Office Group in her Department and a (b) breakdown by grade of the staff in that group.

Reply

Within private offices, the Director of Special Advisers and Chancellor Engagement is an SCS pay band 2. All other Treasury staff in private offices are at Deputy Director or below and we do not comment on individual roles and appointments at this level.

9 Sept 2024·Treasury·Answered
Asked

What the civil service grade is of the Head of Business Engagement in her Department.

Reply

The Treasury does not comment on individual appointments at Deputy Director level or below.

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