Every parliamentary written question tabled by Adam Dance this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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What steps his Department is taking to ensure people are able to access timely diagnoses for (a) arthritis and (b) musculoskeletal conditions in Yeovil constituency.
The Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Yeovil Hospital, is commissioned to provide all National Institute for Health and Care Excellence-approved biological medicines for arthritis, which, when used in appropriate patients, produce substantial clin...
What steps she is taking to help reduce inequalities in Dedicated Schools Grant funding.
The core schools budget is increasing by £1.7 billion in the 2026/27 financial year. This includes funding that will enable us to reform the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system as announced within the Schools White Paper.The departmen...
What steps she is taking to help reduce inequalities in access to educational psychologists.
The department is investing around £1.8 billion over the next three years for local area partnerships, including local authorities and Integrated Care Boards, to develop a new ‘Experts at Hand’ offer, strengthening mainstream education through access to h...
What assessment she has made of the potential merits of including full time professional educational psychologists working through (a) traded services, (b) multi-academy trusts and (c) private practice in offic
Data on the educational psychologist (EP) workforce is held by several organisations, including the department. The department collects data on the number of EPs centrally employed by local authorities for 28 or more days through the Schools Workforce Cen...
What steps he is taking to help tackle barriers faced by Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in taking on apprentices in Yeovil constituency.
This Government is transforming the Apprenticeships Levy into a new Growth and Skills Levy in England, backed by £1 billion of additional investment, which will support 50,000 more young people into apprenticeships and give employers, including in Yeovil,...
What assessment he has made of the risk of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals to people in (a) Yeovil constituency, (b) Somerset and (c) England.
The risks to human health and the environment from individual chemicals are assessed and regulated at a national level by the relevant authorities, including the Health and Safety Executive, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Food...
What steps he is taking to align apprenticeship policy with youth employment patterns.
This Government is investing in young people’s futures and reversing the sharp decline in apprenticeship starts amongst young people – which have fallen by 40% over the last decade. Over half of all apprenticeship starts are now for learners aged 25 and o...
What his Department's timetable is for completing its annual business planning process.
In accordance with planning and performance guidance issued by HMT and Cabinet Office to all government departments (detailed guidance which supplements the government’s planning and performance framework - GOV.UK), DWP have completed their annual busines...
Whether the Access to Banking Services Review will consider rurality.
The Government recognises the importance of ensuring that communities across the UK can access the banking services they need. That is why HM Treasury has commissioned an independent Review into Access to Banking Services. Whilst there is evidence on a lo...
What her planned timetable is for the (a) production and (b) publication independent review to protect access to face-to-face banking across the UK.
The Access to Banking Services Review will consider access to in-person banking services and whether changes to access to in-person banking services are causing consumer detriment. The Review will conclude in October 2026 so that its findings can inform t...
What assessment she has made of the quality of the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills' (Ofsted) training materials that suggest children with autism are at increased risk of being
Ofsted are now delivering the renewed education inspection framework, with new training for inspectors, including updates on the Prevent duty, which no longer includes reference to children with autism.
What assessment he has made of trends in the number of cases of Lyme disease in (a) Yeovil constituency, (b) Somerset and (c) the United Kingdom.
Lyme disease is monitored in England and Wales through routine surveillance. The UK Health Security Agency’s Rare and Imported Pathogens Laboratory provides Lyme disease laboratory testing services for England and Wales and data is published in the quarte...
What assessment she has made of the impact of business rates on the viability of post offices in Yeovil constituency.
At the Budget, the VO announced updated property values from the 2026 revaluation. This revaluation is the first since pandemic, which has led to significant increases in rateable values for some properties. The Government has introduced a support package...
What steps he is taking to strengthen preventative care for skin cancer in (a) Yeovil constituency (b), Somerset and (c) England.
The Government is taking action to reduce preventable cancers through the National Cancer Plan for England, which sets out action to improve cancer prevention, earlier diagnosis and reduce variation in outcomes across the country, including in Somerset an...
What assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Bar Council's recommendation to increase legal aid funding in family law.
This Government recognises the vital role that legal aid plays in supporting individuals in family proceedings to have access to publicly funded legal assistance to uphold their legal rights. We know that the civil and family legal aid market faces challe...
Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to ensure (a) Government departments and (b) public bodies are not reliant on ageing digital infrastructure.
DSIT is committed to addressing the ageing digital infrastructure across the UK public sector.DSIT has worked closely with HMT to ensure that organisations are receiving the funding they require to modernise their infrastructure and will monitor this prog...
What steps she is taking to ensure that the proposed Education for All Bill does not adversely impact (a) parents and (b) guardians' legal recourse to appeal the details of a child’s individual Special Educatio
The department’s consultation ‘SEND reform: putting children and young people first‘ has now closed after a 12-week consultation period including over 200 engagement events, meetings and roundtables. We are carefully reviewing and taking into account all ...
Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that the proposed Education for All Bill does not adversely impact (a) parents and (b) guardians’ legal recourse to challenge the number of hours of occupational th
After a 12-week consultation period including over 200 engagement events, meetings and roundtables, the department’s consultation ‘SEND reform: putting children and young people first‘ has now closed. We are carefully reviewing and taking into account all...
What steps she is taking to ensure that the proposed Education for All Bill does not adversely impact (a) parents and (b) guardians’ legal recourse to challenge the number of hours of speech and language therap
After a 12-week consultation period including over 200 engagement events, meetings and roundtables, the department’s consultation ‘SEND reform: putting children and young people first‘ has now closed. We are carefully reviewing and taking into account all...
What steps she is taking to ensure that the proposed Education for All Bill allows children in Yeovil constituency with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities to receive support from a teaching assistant wh
The department’s consultation ‘SEND reform: putting children and young people first’ has now closed after a 12-week consultation period including over 200 engagement events, meetings and roundtables. We are carefully reviewing and taking into account all ...