Anneliese Dodds MP: written questions
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Media: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84303More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help improve levels of media literacy among vulnerable children who are more at risk online.
Answer: On 5 November, the independent Curriculum and Assessment Review published its final report which includes recommendations for a refreshed curriculum and assessment system in England. The government responded to this report and the response includes a com...
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMedia: TeachersDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84299More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of (a) initial teacher training and (b) continuing professional development for teachers in media literacy.
Answer: The Initial Teacher Training and Early Career Framework sets out the foundational core content that defines great teaching. This includes anticipating common misconceptions within particular subjects, which is an important aspect of curricular knowledge. ...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMedia: EducationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84298More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the role of media literacy in supporting (a) public health, (b) national security and (c) democracy.
Answer: Media literacy enables citizens to critically assess information and make informed choices. It supports public health, national security and democracy by countering misinformation, improving society’s resilience to online threats, and empowering safe, con...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMedia: EducationDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84291More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department's responsibilities include media literacy.
Answer: The Government aims to improve media literacy through cross-government collaboration, educational initiatives and collaboration with Ofcom, civil society, and online platforms. This approach supports Ofcom's regulatory media literacy duties and promotes m...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMedia: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84290More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what responsibility her Department has for ensuring media literacy.
Answer: I refer my hon. Friend, the member for Oxford East, to the answer of 1 May 2025 to Question 47185.
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMedia: EducationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84289More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what responsibility her Department has for ensuring media literacy.
Answer: DSIT is committed to making the internet safer by ensuring platforms limit harmful content under the Online Safety Act and equipping people with the skills to navigate the online world.As the lead department for media literacy, DSIT is committed to improv...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPerinatal MortalityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81944More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that NHS England's guidance entitled Saving babies’ lives version three: a care bundle for reducing perinatal mortality, updated on 24 April 2025, is implemented a
Answer: All trusts are implementing version three of the Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle to reduce the rates of stillbirth, preterm birth, and to optimise neonatal care. As of May 2025, 116 out of 120 trusts were fully compliant, which is a 10% increase since Apr...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBereavement CounsellingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81943More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to work towards a national standard for a bereavement care pathway.
Answer: Wider bereavement support is commissioned locally, in accordance with the needs of the local population. NHS England has developed guidance to support integrated care boards with their duty to commission palliative care services within integrated care sys...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: RegulationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81942More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that bereaved families are involved in the process for the consultation on secondary legislation to modernise regulatory frameworks.
Answer: The Government is preparing draft legislation which will modernise the regulatory framework for the General Medical Council. This will be subject to a statutory three-month public consultation, which will be published on GOV.UK website, and which will act...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNurseries: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78457More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 26 September 2025 to Question 70899 on Nurseries: Finance, whether her Department has made an assessment of the financial viability of private equity-backed nursery providers.
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 the Plan for Change.As laid out in the Best Start in Life strategy...
Answered 7 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRemote Working: North KoreaHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70907More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with (a) businesses and (b) sectors on how businesses can protect themselves from the inadvertent employment of hoax remote workers who conceal their North Kore
Answer: On Thursday 12th September 2024, The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) published an advisory notice on North Korean Information Technology (IT) workers. OFSI assessed that it is almost certain that UK firms are currently being targeted N...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRemote Working: North KoreaHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70906More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the extent of unwitting employment by UK firms of hoax remote workers who have concealed the fact that they are North Korean.
Answer: On Thursday 12th September 2024, The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) published an advisory notice on North Korean Information Technology (IT) workers. OFSI assessed that it is almost certain that UK firms are currently being targeted N...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordParents: PrisonersDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70905More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on ensuring coordination in establishing a system to identify children with parents in prison.
Answer: The Department for Education and the Ministry of Justice recognise the importance of cross-government coordination to identify children affected by parental imprisonment and to help ensure that they get the support they need to thrive. In June, we held a ...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: ParentsDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70904More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what is the proposed timeline for implementing a system to identify children with a parent in prison.
Answer: Departmental officials continue to work closely with their counterparts at the Ministry of Justice to deliver the manifesto commitment to identify children affected by parental imprisonment as swiftly as possible, to help ensure that they get the support ...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordInfant Foods: SugarDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70903More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 58 of the policy paper entitled 10 Year Health Plan for England: fit for the future, published on 3 July 2025, whether Danone's commitment never to introduce a high sugar pro
Answer: The 10-Year Health Plan sets out decisive action to tackle the obesity crisis and ease the strain on the NHS, as well as to create the healthiest generation of children ever. It details a number of actions that the Government will take, including plans to...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Relations with EU: Disinformation and SubversionForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70902More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he plans to take to co-operate with EU counterparts on countering foreign information manipulation.
Answer: Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) is a significant national security challenge for the UK and our partners. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has developed and increasingly deployed tools to combat information ...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Relations with EU: Disinformation and SubversionForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70901More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to work with EU counterparts on countering foreign information manipulation and interference.
Answer: Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) is a significant national security challenge for the UK and our partners. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has developed and increasingly deployed tools to combat information ...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNurseries: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70900More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the financial viability of nursery groups funded by (a) private equity firms and (b) venture capital funds.
Answer: It is our 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.One of the signs of a healthy market is a range of provider...
Answered 26 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNurseries: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70899More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the rate of growth in each of the last five years in the (a) absolute number and (b) proportion of nurseries that are backed by (i) private equity firms, (ii) pension funds and (
Answer: It is our 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.One of the signs of a healthy market is a range of provider...
Answered 26 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Water SupplyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69890More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with international aid organisations on the potential impact of the availability of clean water not affected by cholera in conflict-af
Answer: There are over 96,700 confirmed cases of cholera across 17 states in Sudan, with the true number likely to be significantly higher. The UK Government is working with international partners - including UNICEF, WHO, SFPA, and UNFPA - to help coordinate an e...
Answered 2 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69036More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the level of telecommunications infrastructure in Sudan on the delivery of UK aid in that country.
Answer: More than two years of sustained conflict has devastated Sudan's essential infrastructure including telecommunications networks. Millions of people across the country continue to experience significant communications disruptions with the limited availabil...
Answered 30 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: CholeraForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69035More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether UK aid has been used to support water and sanitation services for people at risk of contracting cholera in Sudan.
Answer: The conflict in Sudan and the widespread destruction of sanitation and health services has caused a devastating cholera outbreak with more than 83,000 cases and 2,100 deaths since July 2024. More than 33.5 million people are at risk. Humanitarian agencies...
Answered 30 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: CholeraForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69034More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the outbreak of cholera in Sudan on the delivery of UK aid in that country.
Answer: The conflict in Sudan and the widespread destruction of sanitation and health services has caused a devastating cholera outbreak with more than 83,000 cases and 2,100 deaths since July 2024. More than 33.5 million people are at risk. Humanitarian agencies...
Answered 30 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: ApplicationsHome OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67954More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2025 to Question 64542 on Immigration, what steps she is taking to speed up decisions being taken on applications for (a) leave in line and (b) status in line.
Answer: The Home Office continues to invest in a programme of transformation and business improvement to speed up decision making and improve the quality and consistency of our leave in line and status in line applications.
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: UkraineHome OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67953More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce decision times for children’s applications under the Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme.
Answer: The vast majority of Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme applications are being processed within Service Level Agreements. There may be applications which have varying levels of complexity and we have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of childre...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
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