Laura Trott MP: written questions
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Written questions
Pupils: MeningitisDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122240More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her department is taking to ensure pupils, particularly those with imminent exams, can continue to attend schools safely in the context of the meningitis outbreak.
Answer: Children and young people, including those identified as contacts of cases, can and should continue to attend school or college as normal, including sitting exams and qualifications, unless directly advised otherwise by the local health protection team.Me...
Answered 8 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordPupils: MeningitisDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122239More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether school children who have been in a classroom, dining hall, shared areas with someone who now has confirmed meningitis are being offered a)antibiotics b)vaccinations.
Answer: Children and young people, including those identified as contacts of cases, can and should continue to attend school or college as normal, including sitting exams and qualifications, unless directly advised otherwise by the local health protection team.Me...
Answered 8 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120025More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2026 to Question 108298, when she estimates to complete their work on producing robust repayment figures broken down by British citizen status.
Answer: The department and the Student Loans Company (SLC) have strengthened the quality and consistency of the data in this area and now hold reliable information on borrowers’ citizenship status, nationality and residency category.However, eligibility for stude...
Answered 31 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116098More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the £4bn announced in her Department's policy paper entitled Every child achieving and thriving, published on 23 February 2026, is from her Department’s existing spending envelope.
Answer: I refer the right hon. Member for Sevenoaks to the answer of 7 April 2026 to Question HL14880 and HL14881.
Answered 28 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116096More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the £3.5 billion funding announced in the White Paper entitled Every child achieving and thriving, published 23 February 2026, is additional funding beyond that announced at the Spending Review.
Answer: I refer the right hon. Member for Sevenoaks to the answer of 7 April 2026 to Question HL14880 and HL14881.
Answered 28 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114075More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to provide compensation for civil servants impacted by administrative failures in the civil service pension scheme.
Answer: The Cabinet Office awarded the contract to administer the Civil Service Pension Scheme to Capita in November 2023 under the previous government. The issues and delays facing a number of civil servants and pension scheme members in accessing their pensions...
Answered 6 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCapita and MyCSPCabinet OfficeTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114074More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the respective responsibilities of MyCSP and Capita are for administrative failures in the civil service pension scheme; and what steps he is taking to hold them to account.
Answer: The Cabinet Office awarded the contract to administer the Civil Service Pension Scheme to Capita in November 2023 under the previous government. The issues and delays facing a number of civil servants and pension scheme members in accessing their pensions...
Answered 6 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordWaste DisposalDepartment for TransportTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113917More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many deaths involving refuse collection vehicles have been recorded in each of the last five years.
Answer: Deaths in reported road collisions, on public roads (including footways) in Great Britian are based on data supplied to the Department by police forces via a collection known as STATS19. The latest figures available are for 2024, and figures for the last ...
Answered 26 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112459More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to Answer of 14 January 2026 to Question 104334, how many students with settled status obtained a student loan in 2024-25; and how much was spent on repaying these loans in the same time period.
Answer: The department is not able to provide the requested data on settled status in the required timescale.Settled status is a residency category, which is data held by the Student Loans Company (SLC).However, changes in the application process over time, inclu...
Answered 27 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Media: ChildrenDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109247More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when his Department will launch its consultation on children's social media use.
Answer: The government’s consultation on the children’s use of technology and social media will be launched in the coming weeks. This will be a short, swift consultation of three months, with the government planning to respond in the summer.The consultation will ...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordArts: Vocational EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108784More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether RSL levels will continue once V-Levels are introduced in September 2027.
Answer: The department has recently closed the consultation on Post-16 Level 3 and Below Pathways. We are carefully considering transition arrangements to reach the new qualifications landscape set out in the Post-16 Skills White Paper, and will set out plans in ...
Answered 2 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104334More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether a student with settled status, who has lived in the UK for three years, can obtain a student loan.
Answer: Eligibility for student finance is determined by several criteria, including residency status, the type of course, its location, the student’s previous study history, and whether they already hold a higher education qualification. Students residing in Eng...
Answered 14 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBreakfast ClubsDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100478More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that funding being provided for secondary schools on the National School Breakfast Programme in the 2026/2027 academic year is used as effectively as possible.
Answer: From September 2026, participating national school breakfast programme schools with secondary-aged pupils will continue to be supported to an equivalent value of what they currently receive on the national school breakfast programme. Further details and g...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBreakfast ClubsDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100477More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the funding that mainstream primary schools with SEN Units receive to fund their free breakfast club.
Answer: The department selected schools, including those with special educational needs units, for the early adopter (EA) scheme to ensure that there is a range of participating schools operating within different contexts and from diverse starting points.The EA ‘...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordStudents: ComplaintsDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93303More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many complaints has OIA received from disabled students in each of the last 5 years, what proportion were upheld, and how many reasonable adjustments were made during complaint processes.
Answer: The Office of the Independent Adjudicator is independent from government, and the department does not hold the requested information.
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordStudents: ComplaintsDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93302More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many OIA settlements have been reported as breached to Office for Students in each of the last 5 years, and what enforcement action was taken in each case.
Answer: The Office for Students (OfS) and the Office of the Independent Adjudicator (OIA) are independent from government, and we do not hold details on information shared between the two bodies.The OfS’ registration condition C2 states that registered providers ...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordInternet: ChildrenDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93217More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to support parents to manage children's levels of screen time.
Answer: Parents and carers play a vital role in online safety.The UK Chief Medical Officer’s 2019 commentary on screen-based activities included advice for parents and carers on agreeing boundaries with children and young people on time spent using screens outsid...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: InternetDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93216More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of using evidence-based parenting programmes, like Triple P and Incredible Years, to ensure more families receive more support to manage their children’s onl
Answer: As part of our ‘Giving every child the best start in life’ strategy, the department is investing in evidence-based parenting and home learning environment interventions delivered through Best Start Family Hubs. These interventions are designed to strength...
Answered 5 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69879More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure that school-based nurseries opened as a result of the school-based nursery grant are supplementing PVI setting provision.
Answer: High quality early years is central to our mission to break down the barriers to opportunity and give every child the best possible start in life and is essential to our Plan for Change. The government is boosting availability and access through the schoo...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: NurseriesDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69878More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applicants for school-based nurseries have served notices to quit to PVI settings operating on their premises in the last two years.
Answer: High quality early years is central to our mission to break down the barriers to opportunity and give every child the best possible start in life and is essential to our Plan for Change. This government is boosting availability and access through the scho...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: NurseriesDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69877More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of banning schools who have evicted PVI settings from their premises in the last two years in order to apply for the school-based nursery grant from future
Answer: High quality early years is central to our mission to break down the barriers to opportunity and give every child the best possible start in life and is essential to our Plan for Change. This government is boosting availability and access through the scho...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: NurseriesDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69876More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to prevent schools removing PVI settings operating on their premises in order to apply for future expansions of the school-based nursery grant.
Answer: High quality early years is central to our mission to break down the barriers to opportunity and give every child the best possible start in life and is essential to our Plan for Change. This government is boosting availability and access through the scho...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordWork Experience: Young PeopleDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69417More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the effective delivery of two weeks’ worth of work experience for every young person, in the context of business operational constraints.
Answer: Employers that offer high quality work experience opportunities see direct business benefits, from a more diverse future pipeline of talent, which helps to address local and national economic needs.The department is piloting a new model of work experience...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Breakfast ClubsDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67985More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of the schools that started the breakfast club pilot scheme on 22 April 2025 have withdrawn; and for what reason each withdrew.
Answer: The first term of free breakfast clubs has already served two million breakfasts and parents, pupils and teachers are seeing the positive benefits this has to the school day.This is part of a test and learn phase in advance of national rollout. This is a ...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPre-school Education: StaffDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67984More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking with early years providers to help tackle early years staffing shortages in areas identified as childcare deserts.
Answer: The early years workforce is at the heart of our mission to give every child the best start in life and deliver the Plan for Change.We are supporting recruitment through our national ‘Do something BIG’ campaign, with a dedicated website setting out inform...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
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