Mark Garnier MP: written questions
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Written questions
PensionsTreasuryTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87287More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of customers accessing pensions prior to the Autumn Budget 2025; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of media coverage of the Budget on pension ade
Answer: The Government does not comment on media speculation ahead of Budgets nor collect real-time data on the number of individuals accessing their pensions. Taking unplanned steps in respect of an individual’s pension may not be in their long-term financial in...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFurther EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84908More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help further education colleges support young people who are not in education, employment or training through (a) flexible funding arrangements and (b) supporting collabor
Answer: Through the Post-16 education and skills white paper, the department is committed to enabling local and strategic authorities, schools, and further education (FE) providers to more effectively identify, track and share data about young people. These measu...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordUnemploymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84185More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department uses, other than the Labour Market Force survey, to estimate the population of people who are not in education, employment or training.
Answer: The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) uses multiple data sources to inform our view of how young people are performing in the labour market and whether young people are not in education, employment or training (NEET). These include statistics based o...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordStudent WastageDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84164More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the number of students who are at risk of being withdrawn from their study programme for not attending their GCSE retak
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Wyre Forest to the answer of 31 October 2025 to Question 83275.
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordYouth GuaranteeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84163More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department plans to take to distribute funding for people not in education, employment or training through the Youth Guarantee scheme in each region.
Answer: As set out in the Get Britain Working White Paper, we are developing a Youth Guarantee to ensure young people aged 18-21 can access high-quality training, apprenticeships, and personalised support to find work. As a first step, we are working with eight Y...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordUnemploymentDepartment for EducationTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84162More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how her Department uses data on people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) to develop policy in the context of changes in the number of people who are NEET.
Answer: The department collects and uses a range of data and evidence relating to young people who are not in education, employment, or training (NEET) to inform policy, including ‘Participation in education, training and employment’, which can be accessed at: ht...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordUnpaid Work: Young PeopleDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83764More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing supported internship funding arrangements for young people aged between 16 and 19 who require additional support to enter the
Answer: The department is continuing to invest in supported internships by providing up to £12 million to March 2026 to support local areas to sustain their progress and develop their supported internship offers.This includes funding to expand the department’s pi...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: UnemploymentDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83763More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to help re-engage young people with education, health and care plans who are not in employment, education or training.
Answer: There are 165,000 16 to 25 year-olds with an education, health and care (EHC) plan. Of these, it is estimated that approximately 22,000 are not in education, employment or training (NEET).Published data for the reporting year 2025 shows that approximately...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: UnemploymentDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83762More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of young people with education, health and care plans who are not in employment, education or training.
Answer: There are 165,000 16 to 25 year-olds with an education, health and care (EHC) plan. Of these, it is estimated that approximately 22,000 are not in education, employment or training (NEET).Published data for the reporting year 2025 shows that approximately...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83761More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing in year growth funding to schools affected by additional starts relating to provision intended to (a) prevent and (b) reduce the number of you
Answer: The department funds any 16, 17 or 18-year-old who wants a place in post-16 education.Typically, this is through lagged funding, where the main funding is based on student numbers in the year before. However, for those institutions with a significant grow...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEducation: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83760More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional intervention funding for the provision of education re-engagement programmes for 16 to 18 year olds who have defaulted their initia
Answer: Under Section 68 of the Education and Skills Act 2008, local authorities are required to make available the support it considers appropriate to encourage, enable or assist all young people aged 16 to 19 to effectively participate in education or training....
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83759More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to expand access to mental health services for young people at risk of not being in education, employment or training.
Answer: The Department recognises that young people with poor mental health can be at risk of not being in education, employment, or training.This is why the Government is investing in mental health support services for young people, including continuing the roll...
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordUnemployment: Mental HealthDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83758More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of mental health on trends in the number of people who are not in education, employment or training; and whether this is reflected in supp
Answer: We know that quality employment, education, and training have a positive impact on mental health, and leads to greater independence and a feeling of fully participating in society. That is why, as set out in the Get Britain Working White Paper, DWP and Df...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordUnemploymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83757More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of social factors on trends in the number of people who are not in education, employment or training.
Answer: DWP recognises that a range of social factors contribute to trends in the number of young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET). Research by the Youth Futures Foundation (published December 2023 - Risk factors for being NEET among...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordUnemploymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83756More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of (a) local and (b) regional factors on trends in the number of people who are not in education, employment or training.
Answer: The quarterly estimates for young people (aged 16-to-24 years) who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) in the UK can be found here: Young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) - Office for National Statistics. Currently, t...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordYoung People: UnemploymentDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83322More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department engages with local authorities for the collection of data of the number of people not in education, employment or training.
Answer: The department regularly engages with local authorities with regard to monitoring not in education, employment or training (NEET) data and fulfilling their statutory duties. Statutory guidance directs local authorities to track information about all 16 an...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordYoung People: UnemploymentDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83321More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department applies the same methodology for the number of people not in employment, education or training who are (a) 16 to 18 and (b) 18 to 24 years of age.
Answer: The department publishes statistics on those not in education, employment or training (NEET) for England from the labour force survey (LFS) for young people aged 16-24. These statistics are accessible at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.u...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordUnemployment: Young PeopleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83320More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Office for National Statistics on the potential barriers to (a) monitoring and (b) collecting data on the number of 18-24 year olds who are not in education, employm
Answer: Official statistics on the number of young people who are not in education, employment or training aged 18-24 years old are estimated using the Labour Force Survey – a large, nationally representative household survey. These official statistics publicatio...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordUnemployment: Young PeopleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83319More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Office for National Statistics on the potential impact of trends in participation rates in the Labour Market Force on the accuracy of its estimates of the number of
Answer: Official statistics on the number of young people who are not in education, employment or training aged 18-24 years old are estimated using the Labour Force Survey – a large, nationally representative household survey. These official statistics publicatio...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordUnemploymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83279More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to continue to use the Labour Market Force survey as the basis for estimating the number of people categorised as NEET.
Answer: Official statistics on the number of young people who are not in education, employment or training aged 18-24 years old are estimated using the Labour Force Survey – a large, nationally representative household survey. These official statistics publicatio...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLabour Force SurveyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83278More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the (a) response and (b) participation rates of Labour Market Force surveys.
Answer: The DWP monitors a wide range of internal and external data – from management information, a range of surveys and administrative data sources - to inform its policymaking. Actions taken to improve the quality of the ONS LFS data can be found here - Labour...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: Student WastageDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83277More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of young people who had dropped out of further education were trying to find work or training on 20 October 2025.
Answer: The department does not hold data on the number of people who have dropped out of further education and are searching for work or training.
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordYoung People: UnemploymentDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83276More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what timeframe her Department uses to determine how long young people are out of education, employment or training before they are categorised as NEET.
Answer: The department publishes statistics on those not in education, employment or training (NEET) for England from the labour force survey (LFS) for young people aged 16-24. These statistics are accessible at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.u...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: Student WastageDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83275More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to provide pathways for students who have been withdrawn from further educations due to their absence from Maths and English GCSE lessons.
Answer: Further education colleges can decide to retain students who have been absent from their maths or English lessons, but they will have their future funding allocations reduced by half the national funding rate for every eligible student who is not offered ...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFurther Education: Student WastageDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83274More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that further education colleges are able to apply discretion in relation to retaining students who may have been absent from maths or English GCSE lessons.
Answer: Further education colleges can decide to retain students who have been absent from their maths or English lessons, but they will have their future funding allocations reduced by half the national funding rate for every eligible student who is not offered ...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
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