Every parliamentary written question tabled by Zöe Franklin this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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What support her Department is providing to local education authorities with place planning following recent trends in birth rates.
Local authorities have a statutory responsibility to ensure there are enough school places available in their area for every child of compulsory school age. We expect local authorities, academy trusts and local partners to engage collaboratively and const...
What steps his Department is taking to ensure that strategic commissioners, including Surrey Heartlands and NHS Sussex, have the commissioning flexibility and tools required to attract new NHS dent
Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning primary care services, including National Health Service dentistry and orthodontic services, to meet the needs of the local population. For the Guildford constituency, this is the Surrey Hear...
Whether she is taking steps to bring forward legislative proposals to require private creditors to participate in sovereign debt relief arrangements on comparable terms to official lenders.
I refer the Hon. member to the answers given to UIN107484 on the 28th of January 2026.
If she will take steps, including through the UK’s role in the G20, to support reform of the international sovereign debt system to help ensure timely and effective debt relief for countries in financial crisis.
I refer the Hon. member to the answers given to UIN3600 on the 2nd of June 2026.
Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has had discussions with insurers on the availability of public liability insurance for diversified agricultural businesses that host members of the public as pa
The Government engages regularly with insurers and regulators on a variety of topics. The Government has not made a specific assessment regarding the availability of public liability insurance for diversified agricultural businesses. The Government would ...
Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has the Government made of the availability and affordability of public liability insurance for diversified agricultural businesses that rely on visitor income.
The Government engages regularly with insurers and regulators on a variety of topics. The Government has not made a specific assessment regarding the availability of public liability insurance for diversified agricultural businesses. The Government would ...
Media and Sport, whether the BBC charter renewal process will assess the impact of the BBC on developing (a) musical skills and (b) creative talent.
The BBC continues to hold a uniquely important role as a cornerstone of the whole of the UK’s creative economy, including playing an important role in the provision of music. As part of the Charter Review process, the Government is looking at how the BBC ...
Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support the BBC’s work on (a) classical music and (b) choral singing.
The BBC continues to hold a uniquely important role as a cornerstone of the whole of the UK’s creative economy, including playing an important role in the provision of music. As part of the Charter Review process, the Government is looking at how the BBC ...
What assessment she has made of the accessibility and affordability of requiring parents to seek repeated court orders for the Child Maintenance Service to recognise changes to child contact arrangement
The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) does not require a court order in all cases. The job of the CMS is to determine what contact is actually taking place and ensure that is reflected in the maintenance calculation. Where shared care arrangements are dispu...
What assessment she has made of the potential impact of the number of legal aid public law solicitors on an individual's ability to bring Judicial Review proceedings within the current three-month time limit.
Under Civil Procedure Rules Part 54, judicial review claims must be filed promptly and no later than three months after the grounds for the claim first arose, subject to shorter statutory time limits in particular areas such as planning cases.Claimants ca...
What assessment she has made of the potential impact on parents of requiring a revised court order before the Child Maintenance Service can recognise changes to shared care arrangements that are already
The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) does not require a court order in all cases. The job of the CMS is to determine what contact is actually taking place and ensure that is reflected in the maintenance calculation. Where shared care arrangements are dispu...
Whether his Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of the three-month time limit for applying for Judicial Review in cases where applicants are unable to secure legal representation within that period.
Under Civil Procedure Rules Part 54, judicial review claims must be filed promptly and no later than three months after the grounds for the claim first arose, subject to shorter statutory time limits in particular areas such as planning cases.Claimants ca...
Whether she has had discussions with airport operators on recent increases in terminal drop-off charges at (a) Heathrow Airport and (b) other airports; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact o
The Department for Transport regularly engages with airport operators on a range of matters, including surface access and car parking arrangements at airports. The Department has not undertaken an assessment of the potential impact of car parking and drop...
If his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing the state pension age to 60 for women and 65 for men.
The pace of State Pension age increases was hugely, and unfairly, accelerated by the Liberal Democrat and Conservative Coalition Government. The Government is required to regularly review State Pension age under the Pensions Act 2014. The Government’s thi...
Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to protect residents of leasehold retirement properties from unaffordable increases in service charges and associated management fees.
The government recognises the importance of helping older people to live independently at home for as long as possible and is committed to enhancing provision and choice for older people in the housing market, including retirement or sheltered housing. We...
Whether Great British Railways will be required to publish the justification for directional differences in rail fares on the same route.
The Government is overhauling the complex fares system to make it easier for passengers to trust that they are getting the right fare. We are already delivering positive changes, including expanding pay as you go ticketing, and trialling easier to underst...
Communities and Local Government, whether forthcoming leasehold reform legislation will include measures to protect residents of retirement leasehold properties from (a) excessive service charges and (b) associat
The government recognises the importance of helping older people to live independently at home for as long as possible and is committed to enhancing provision and choice for older people in the housing market, including retirement or sheltered housing. We...
Communities and Local Government, what protections are in place for the families of deceased leaseholders of retirement properties who continue to incur service charges while a property remains unsold.
The government recognises the importance of helping older people to live independently at home for as long as possible and is committed to enhancing provision and choice for older people in the housing market, including retirement or sheltered housing. We...
Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an estimate of the number of leasehold retirement properties that may be difficult for people to sell because of (a) high service charges and (b) associated f
The government recognises the importance of helping older people to live independently at home for as long as possible and is committed to enhancing provision and choice for older people in the housing market, including retirement or sheltered housing. We...
Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of service charges in leasehold retirement properties on the ability of older residents and their families to sell those prop
The government recognises the importance of helping older people to live independently at home for as long as possible and is committed to enhancing provision and choice for older people in the housing market, including retirement or sheltered housing. We...