13 Nov 2024·Department for Work and Pensions·Answered
AskedIf she will take steps to increase the funding for the Child Maintenance Service to ensure prompt responses to correspondence from (a) residents of Nuneaton constituency and (b) other correspondents.
ReplyThe Child Maintenance Service (CMS) continues to make significant investments in improving customer communications and correspondence through digital transformation and the Service Modernisation Programme. A proportion of the overall funding for the progr...
13 Nov 2024·Department for Education·Answered
AskedWhat steps her Department is taking to increase funding for skills-based education in Nuneaton constituency.
ReplyThe government is committed to offering skills training to learners to help them acquire the necessary skills for employment or further training. The Adult Skills Fund (ASF), previously the Adult Education Budget (AEB), is worth £1.34 billion this academi...
1 Nov 2024·Treasury·Answered
AskedWith reference to paragraph 1.30 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October 2024, HC 295, when she plans to publish a consultation on the proposed Infrastructure Strategy.
ReplyInvestment in Infrastructure is crucial for delivering the government’s missions, which is why the government is fundamentally reforming how it delivers infrastructure through a 10-year infrastructure strategy, establishing the National Infrastructure and...
1 Nov 2024·Department for Transport·Answered
AskedWith reference to paragraph 3.19 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October 2024, HC 295, when she plans to publish further information on her plan to increase capacity on the West Coast main line.
ReplyThe delivery of High Speed Two (HS2) is expected to nearly double seat capacity between London and Birmingham, which is the most congested section of the West Coast Main Line. We are taking into consideration the recent proposal from the Mayors of Greater...
24 Oct 2024·Women and Equalities·Answered
AskedWhether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of recognising businesses with proactive equality practices.
ReplyThis government recognises that equality and opportunity are at the heart of our programme of national renewal, this includes in our workplaces. The best employers understand that an inclusive workplace, where employees are supported to succeed, is good f...
23 Oct 2024·Women and Equalities·Answered
AskedIf she will make an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that companies (a) record and (b) publish ethnicity pay gap data.
ReplyThe King’s Speech announced our intention to publish draft legislation this session that will introduce mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting for large employers (those with 250 or more employees).Pay gap reporting can help businesses better understand th...
22 Oct 2024·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·Answered
AskedCommunities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to increase the supply of social housing in Nuneaton constituency.
ReplyI refer my Hon Friend to the answer I gave to Question 10272 on 28 October 2024.
17 Oct 2024·Department for Education·Answered
AskedWhat assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of (a) ensuring that academy schools publish full SEND information reports and (b) sanctioning schools that do not.
ReplyMaintained and Academy schools are required to publish special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) information reports according to the Children and Families Act 2014, s69. The specific information required is set out in the SEND regulations 2014 an...
16 Oct 2024·Department for Business and Trade·Answered
AskedWhat assessment he has made of the potential merits of reforming the Insolvency Service to ensure (a) greater transparency, (b) faster investigations and (c) greater accountability for insolvency pract
ReplyThe work of the Insolvency Service is kept under continual review by the Department and Ministers. The Insolvency Service, on behalf of the Secretary of State, performs a crucial function in overseeing the Recognised Professional Bodies’ regulation of Ins...
4 Oct 2024·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Answered
AskedFood and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that key water infrastructure is (a) constructed and (b) adopted alongside the development of new housing.
ReplyWater companies have a statutory duty to provide a secure supply of water for customers and set out how they plan to do this through Water Resources Management Plans (WRMPs). To develop their plans, water companies must consult local authorities and consi...
4 Oct 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat steps his Department is taking to ensure that General Practitioners are (a) aware of and (b) able to communicate effectively the right for patients to choose medical care.
ReplyThe Government is committed to putting patients back at the heart of care. This includes supporting a patient’s right to choose, if they wish, where they go for their first appointment when referred to consultant-led care as an outpatient. Further details...
4 Oct 2024·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients are aware of the right to choose medical care.
ReplyThe Government is committed to putting patients back at the heart of care. This includes supporting a patient’s right to choose, if they wish, where they go for their first appointment when referred to consultant-led care as an outpatient. Further details...
4 Oct 2024·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·Answered
AskedCommunities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing local authorities to (a) buy unoccupied housing in longstanding disrepair at a reduced rate and
ReplyLocal authorities have strong powers and incentives to tackle empty homes. They have the discretionary powers to charge additional council tax on properties which have been left unoccupied and substantially unfurnished for one or more years. The maximum p...
10 Sept 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhat assessment she has made of the suitability of Nuneaton constituency for a youth hub in the context of plans relating to the young futures unit.
ReplyThe Government is committed to rolling out a network of Young Futures Hubs which will bring together services to help improve the way young people can access the support they need.Over the coming weeks we will be engaging with local communities, the polic...
10 Sept 2024·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·Answered
AskedWhether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of using (a) car parks and (b) other elements of the built environment for industrial solar energy projects; and if he will take step
ReplyThe Government supports the deployment of solar on rooftops, including those of car parks and other buildings. Many smaller-scale commercial rooftop projects are covered by permitted development rights, which allow them to be installed without applying fo...
10 Sept 2024·Department for Education·Answered
AskedWhat assessment she has made of the adequacy of SEND provision services in Nuneaton constituency; and what steps she is taking to work with local authorities in Nuneaton to improve SEND provision.
ReplyFollowing the last Ofsted inspection, departmental officials have been working with Warwickshire County Council to closely monitor progress against the areas for improvement identified by inspectors.The areas were:(i) Autism spectrum disorder waiting time...
9 Sept 2024·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·Answered
AskedCommunities and Local Government, what information her Department holds on levels of prevalence of aluminium composite material cladding on buildings in Nuneaton constituency.
ReplyThere are no buildings in the Nuneaton constituency that have been identified with unsafe cladding.
9 Sept 2024·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·Answered
AskedCommunities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing district councils to be constituent members of Combined County Authorities.
ReplyExisting combined county authority legislation provides that only upper tier local authorities in the area of a combined county authority can be constituent members. District councils are an important part of local government, and as non-constituent membe...
9 Sept 2024·Department for Education·Answered
AskedWhat the real-terms funding per pupil in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Nuneaton constituency has been in each financial year since 2010.
ReplyLocal authorities receive their core funding for schools through the Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG). Local authorities are then responsible for designing a local formula, within certain parameters, to distribute the funding that they receive from the depar...
9 Sept 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhat steps her Department is taking to support primary prevention regarding violence against women and girls.
ReplyThis Government will treat tackling violence against women and girls as a national emergency and prevention will be a key element of our approach.With a mission to halve violence against women and girls within a decade.