Every parliamentary written question tabled by David Williams this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to encourage more people to (a) enter the youth sector workforce and (b) become youth workers.
This Government fully recognises the importance of youth services to help young people live safe and healthy lives, and the vital role that youth workers play in delivering those services and building trusted relationships.This government has committed to...
What steps her Department is taking to support local authorities to ensure that young people's home to school transport needs are met.
The department’s home-to-school travel policy aims to make sure no child is prevented from accessing education by a lack of transport. Local authorities must arrange free home-to-school travel for children of compulsory school age who attend their nearest...
Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help support social housing providers to meet their duties under section 42 of the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 in relation to (a)
The government are committed to introducing Awaab’s Law to the social rented sector, setting new time limits for social landlords to fix dangerous hazards which can have a serious impact on the health of residents, including damp and mould. We are working...
What steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for child and adolescent mental health services in (a) Stoke-on-Trent North constituency and (b) Kidsgrove.
It is unacceptable that too many children and young people are not receiving the mental health care they need, and we know that waits for mental health services are far too long. That is why we will recruit 8,500 additional mental health workers across bo...
Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to support local authorities to provide temporary accommodation to families in (a) Stoke-on-Trent North and (b) Kidsgrove in a way that does n
Homelessness levels are far too high, and this can have a devastating impact on those affected. The Government is taking action by setting up a dedicated Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) which the Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) will chair, bringing together min...
What steps her Department is taking to ensure that Foundational Apprenticeships support disadvantaged young people into apprenticeship schemes.
This government has a driving mission to break down barriers to opportunity. Too many young people face difficulties progressing beyond secondary education and we want to ensure that more people from disadvantaged backgrounds can undertake apprenticeships...
Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to tackle youth homelessness in (a) Stoke-on-Trent North constituency and (b) Kidsgrove.
Homelessness levels are far too high, and this can have a devastating impact on those affected. The Government is taking action by setting up a dedicated Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) which the Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) will chair, bringing together min...
What steps her Department is taking to help tackle anti-social behaviour caused by the illegal use of off-road bikes.
The Government will give police the powers they need to swiftly seize dangerous and antisocial off-road vehicles and take them off the streets for good.Enforcement of road traffic law, including in relation to the anti-social behaviour caused by the use o...
What steps her Department is taking to tackle violence against women and girls in (a) Stoke-on-Trent North constituency and (b) Kidsgrove.
Tackling violence against women and girls is a top priority for this government and we will treat it as a national emergency. Our mission is to halve levels of these crimes within a decade, using every lever available to us. This means reforming the polic...
What steps her Department is taking to support economically inactive young people in (a) Stoke-on-Trent North constituency and (b) Kidsgrove into (i) education and (ii) employment.
Under our plan to Get Britain Working, we are working closely with the Department for Education to develop a new Youth Guarantee that will ensure that all young people aged 18-21, in England, including those who are economically inactive can access qualit...
What steps his Department is taking to tackle infant mortality rates in (a) Stoke-on-Trent North constituency and (b) Kidsgrove.
The Government is working closely with NHS England to reduce infant mortality, while training thousands more midwives to better support women throughout their pregnancy and beyond.Infant mortality remains a complex multifactorial public health issue and i...
Whether her Department plans to grant local authorities powers to (a) improve and (b) regulate private bus services in areas without bus franchising.
Improving local transport services is a key part of this government’s growth mission, and the government has set out plans to deliver better bus services, grow passenger numbers and drive opportunity to under-served regions.As announced in the King’s Spee...
What steps she is taking to help support local authorities to meet the legal deadline to provide an education, health and care plan.
Every child deserves the opportunity to achieve and thrive but, at the moment, far from every child is being given that chance. The current special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and alternative provision system has lost the confidence of famil...
Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to improve the accessibility of cultural activities in (a) Stoke-on-Trent North constituency and (b) Kidsgrove.
After 14 years of indifference and cultural vandalism, this government is committed to making sure that arts and cultural activities will no longer be the preserve of a privileged few.DCMS supports its Arms Length Body, Arts Council England (ACE), to impr...
What steps her Department is taking to tackle antisocial behaviour in (a) Stoke-on-Trent North constituency and (b) Kidsgrove.
Tackling anti-social behaviour is a top priority for this Government, and a key part of our Safer Streets Mission.We will put thousands of new neighbourhood police and community support officers into local communities, such as Stoke-on-Trent, and crack d...
What steps she is taking to (a) support Local Skills Improvement Plans and (b) prevent duplication of those plans with Skills England.
Local Skills Improvement Plans (LSIPs) support the department’s aim to make technical education and training more responsive to local labour market and employer needs. Since autumn 2022, the designated employer representative bodies (ERBs) leading the LSI...
What steps her Department is taking to help support people to transition from level three qualifications to higher levels.
Skills are crucial to economic growth, with a third of productivity improvement over the last two decades explained by improvements to skills levels. However, between 2017 and 2022, skills shortages in England doubled to more than half a million and now a...
Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to support councils to build additional social housing in (a) Stoke-on-Trent and (b) Staffordshire.
I refer my Hon Friend to the answer I gave to Question UIN 10272 on 28 October 2024.
What steps her Department is taking to support early speech and language interventions in (a) Stoke-on-Trent North constituency and (b) Kidsgrove.
Early language skills are vital to enable children to thrive in early years and later in life, including for all aspects of later attainment in school.The department has provided funding for settings to undertake evidence-based continuous professional dev...
What steps her Department is taking to help tackle youth (a) offending and (b) re-offending.
The Government is committed to intervening early to stop young people being drawn into crime with an ambition to halve knife crime in a decade, accompanied by a new, increased focus on crime prevention. The ‘Safer Streets’ mission proposes a prevention-fi...