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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the national template service specification for mild, moderate and severe ME/CFS will be published and what steps will be taken to support its implementation by integrated care boards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the national template service specification for mild, moderate and severe ME/CFS will be published and what steps will be taken to support its implementation by integrated care boards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure ME/CFS training for healthcare professionals remains available once NHS England is abolished.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to ensure ME/CFS training for healthcare professionals remains available once NHS England is abolished.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the (a) prevalence of respiratory disease and (b) number of emergency hospital admissions for respiratory conditions in Horsham.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the (a) prevalence of respiratory disease and (b) number of emergency hospital admissions for respiratory conditions in Horsham.
The specific data requested by the Hon. Member is not centrally held, but he may find useful information on the prevalence and treatment of respiratory conditions in his local area at the Department’s Fingertips website, at the following link:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on including food production in the Energy Intensive Industries Exemption Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on including food production in the Energy Intensive Industries Exemption Scheme.
The Secretary of State regularly engages with Cabinet colleagues on matters affecting the competitiveness and resilience of the UK’s food and farming sectors, including the impact of energy costs. Defra continues to work across Government to ensure the needs of energy-intensive food production businesses are understood and considered as part of wider discussions on industrial energy support.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2026 to Question 129290, what information her Department holds on the outcome of the consultation with staff regarding the ending of reciprocal travel arrangements between Govia Thameslink Railway and Brighton & Hove Buses and Metrobus.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2026 to Question 129290, what information her Department holds on the outcome of the consultation with staff regarding the ending of reciprocal travel arrangements between Govia Thameslink Railway and Brighton & Hove Buses and Metrobus.
As part of the transfer of its services into public ownership on 31 May 2026, GTR secured an arrangement to provide B&H and Metrobus staff with discounted travel on GTR services, subject to specific conditions, and in line with the operator’s approach to other Business to Business arrangements.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 22145, how many times in each of the last five years her Department has used its statutory powers to intervene directly in local authority SEND services; and in which local authorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 22145, how many times in each of the last five years her Department has used its statutory powers to intervene directly in local authority SEND services; and in which local authorities.
In the last five years, the department has issued 25 Improvement Notices, including revised Improvement Notices, to local authorities to improve special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) services for children and young people.
Improvement Notices were issued to North Somerset (2021), Devon (2022), Kent, Plymouth, Oxfordshire and Oldham (2023), Hertfordshire, Halton, Bexley, Wirral, Suffolk, North Northamptonshire, Bury, West Northamptonshire, Worcestershire and Derbyshire (2024), Lancashire, Wirral (revised), Bracknell Forest, Tameside (initial and revised), Redbridge, Sheffield and Torbay (2025), and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (2026). Five of these Improvement Notices have since closed: Kent, Plymouth, Oxfordshire, Oldham and Hertfordshire.
The department has also issued three Statutory Directions over the same period to Birmingham (2021), Slough and Bournemouth (2023), Christchurch and Poole (2024). The Statutory Direction for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole closed in 2026, and an Improvement Notice was issued.
Further information on all open and closed Improvement Notices and Statutory Directions for SEND services can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/improvement-notices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of communication provided individuals affected by the Carer’s Allowance overpayment reassessment exercise while their cases remain pending.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of communication provided individuals affected by the Carer’s Allowance overpayment reassessment exercise while their cases remain pending.
In the vast majority of cases, the Department has all the information it needs to complete the reassessment. The Department has made clear via gov.uk, that people do not need to take any action and that we will contact them if any further information is required to complete their reassessment.
Agreed messaging is in place for people who contact the Carer’s Allowance Unit while awaiting reassessment. Where additional support is required, processes are in place to ensure customers receive appropriate help and that relevant information can be captured and considered.
The Department keeps its communications under review and remains committed to supporting customers while their cases are under consideration.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of the proposed Disabled Students' Allowance changes on the disability employment commitments in the Get Britain Working White Paper.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of the proposed Disabled Students' Allowance changes on the disability employment commitments in the Get Britain Working White Paper.
A key purpose of the consultation is to understand the extent to which advances in mainstream functionality can appropriately meet disability-related needs and where specialist software continues to be required. The intention is not to remove support where it is needed, but to ensure provision is appropriately targeted. On that basis, the department does not anticipate that the proposed changes will affect the disability employment commitments in the Get Britain Working White Paper.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many items of correspondence from hon. Members received by the Department since 1 April 2026 have not yet received a substantive reply; what the average response time has been for such correspondence over that period; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many items of correspondence from hon. Members received by the Department since 1 April 2026 have not yet received a substantive reply; what the average response time has been for such correspondence over that period; and what...
As of 9 October 2026, the Department had a total of 1,096 items of correspondence from hon. Members which had not yet received a substantive reply. The majority of this correspondence relates to policy areas transferred from the former Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. This figure excludes correspondence transferred to other Government departments.
The average response time for correspondence which was answered during that period was 27 working days. To manage the impacts of the recent Machinery of Government change the Department has established a dedicated team to improve the timeliness of replies to correspondence so that hon. Members receive responses within 20 working days. We recognise that all members deserve a response promptly and we are working at pace to resolve this.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason and on what evidential basis is the Department proposing to restrict funded specialist assistive software through the Disabled Students' Allowance to exceptional circumstances only.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason and on what evidential basis is the Department proposing to restrict funded specialist assistive software through the Disabled Students' Allowance to exceptional circumstances only.
The consultation proposals do not seek to restrict all assistive software funded through Disabled Students’ Allowance to exceptional circumstances only. Full details of the proposals can be found in the consultation document, available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/assistive-software-funded-through-disabled-students-allowance.
A key purpose of the consultation is to understand the extent to which advances in mainstream functionality can appropriately meet disability-related needs and where specialist software continues to be required. This does not intend to remove support where it is needed, but to ensure provision is appropriately targeted. Decisions would continue to be made on a case-by-case basis.
The department has not made an assessment of the potential impact of the proposals on course completion or graduate employment rates. An initial equality impact assessment is included in the consultation document and will be developed as the department considers consultation responses.
The department has undertaken internal indicative cost modelling on the potential financial impact of the proposals set out in the recent consultation on assistive software funded through Disabled Students’ Allowance, which suggests that any estimates would be highly uncertain. No final decisions have been made.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of restricting funded specialist assistive software through the Disabled Students' Allowance on the course completion and graduate employment rates of disabled students.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of restricting funded specialist assistive software through the Disabled Students' Allowance on the course completion and graduate employment rates of disabled students.
The consultation proposals do not seek to restrict all assistive software funded through Disabled Students’ Allowance to exceptional circumstances only. Full details of the proposals can be found in the consultation document, available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/assistive-software-funded-through-disabled-students-allowance.
A key purpose of the consultation is to understand the extent to which advances in mainstream functionality can appropriately meet disability-related needs and where specialist software continues to be required. This does not intend to remove support where it is needed, but to ensure provision is appropriately targeted. Decisions would continue to be made on a case-by-case basis.
The department has not made an assessment of the potential impact of the proposals on course completion or graduate employment rates. An initial equality impact assessment is included in the consultation document and will be developed as the department considers consultation responses.
The department has undertaken internal indicative cost modelling on the potential financial impact of the proposals set out in the recent consultation on assistive software funded through Disabled Students’ Allowance, which suggests that any estimates would be highly uncertain. No final decisions have been made.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has carried out a cost-benefit analysis of the proposals to restricting funded specialist assistive software through the Disabled Students' Allowance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has carried out a cost-benefit analysis of the proposals to restricting funded specialist assistive software through the Disabled Students' Allowance.
The consultation proposals do not seek to restrict all assistive software funded through Disabled Students’ Allowance to exceptional circumstances only. Full details of the proposals can be found in the consultation document, available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/assistive-software-funded-through-disabled-students-allowance.
A key purpose of the consultation is to understand the extent to which advances in mainstream functionality can appropriately meet disability-related needs and where specialist software continues to be required. This does not intend to remove support where it is needed, but to ensure provision is appropriately targeted. Decisions would continue to be made on a case-by-case basis.
The department has not made an assessment of the potential impact of the proposals on course completion or graduate employment rates. An initial equality impact assessment is included in the consultation document and will be developed as the department considers consultation responses.
The department has undertaken internal indicative cost modelling on the potential financial impact of the proposals set out in the recent consultation on assistive software funded through Disabled Students’ Allowance, which suggests that any estimates would be highly uncertain. No final decisions have been made.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether local authorities will be required to inform schools and families on the range and level of specialist expertise available through their Experts at Hand offer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether local authorities will be required to inform schools and families on the range and level of specialist expertise available through their Experts at Hand offer.
The department is asking local area partnerships, including local authorities and integrated care boards, to work together with settings and families to design and deliver their Experts at Hand offer to meet local needs and circumstances.
As part of delivery, local area partnerships should ensure that mainstream settings understand how to access the support and specialist expertise available through their local offer, including the range of support available and how it can be accessed.
Schools and local area partners should help children, young people and their families understand the support available through their local offer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how the Experts at Hand programme will ensure that the threshold of expertise reflects the individual needs of the child, including children with cerebral palsy who require condition-specific knowledge.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how the Experts at Hand programme will ensure that the threshold of expertise reflects the individual needs of the child, including children with cerebral palsy who require condition-specific knowledge.
The department’s new Experts at Hand offer will support many children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), including some children and young people with cerebral palsy attending mainstream settings, by improving access to support and expertise within those settings, while others will receive support through provision specified in their education, health and care plan. Local area partnerships are expected to draw on appropriately qualified and supervised practitioners and existing professional standards within health and education workforces to meet the needs of all children and young people with SEND.
The department is asking local area partnerships to develop a new offer of support for mainstream settings, drawing on specialist expertise across education, health and local services to meet local needs, including where condition-specific expertise is required. The department will continue to monitor data on the growth of the relevant health and education specialist workforces.
To support delivery, the department is investing over £40 million in the specialist workforce, including £26 million to train 204 EPs in 2026 and 239 in 2027, with the remaining £15 million invested to establish new speech and language therapist advanced practitioners in every Integrated Care Board geographical area, to get more Speech and Language Therapists working in educational settings. Alongside this, the department is investing £200 million in SEND and inclusion training to upskill staff in every school, college and nursery. We will continue to monitor implementation as the programme develops.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will establish a threshold of expertise for practitioners providing specialist advice through the Experts at Hand programme, including the role of qualifications, specialist training, professional competence and relevant experience.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will establish a threshold of expertise for practitioners providing specialist advice through the Experts at Hand programme, including the role of qualifications, specialist training, professional competence and relevant experience.
The department’s new Experts at Hand offer will support many children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), including some children and young people with cerebral palsy attending mainstream settings, by improving access to support and expertise within those settings, while others will receive support through provision specified in their education, health and care plan. Local area partnerships are expected to draw on appropriately qualified and supervised practitioners and existing professional standards within health and education workforces to meet the needs of all children and young people with SEND.
The department is asking local area partnerships to develop a new offer of support for mainstream settings, drawing on specialist expertise across education, health and local services to meet local needs, including where condition-specific expertise is required. The department will continue to monitor data on the growth of the relevant health and education specialist workforces.
To support delivery, the department is investing over £40 million in the specialist workforce, including £26 million to train 204 EPs in 2026 and 239 in 2027, with the remaining £15 million invested to establish new speech and language therapist advanced practitioners in every Integrated Care Board geographical area, to get more Speech and Language Therapists working in educational settings. Alongside this, the department is investing £200 million in SEND and inclusion training to upskill staff in every school, college and nursery. We will continue to monitor implementation as the programme develops.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how local Experts at Hand partnerships will be supported to draw on specialist expertise beyond their immediate local workforce where this would help meet the needs of an individual child.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how local Experts at Hand partnerships will be supported to draw on specialist expertise beyond their immediate local workforce where this would help meet the needs of an individual child.
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 (EaH) offer.
Local area partnerships (LAPs) are responsible for planning and delivering their local EaH offer, taking account of local need, existing services and workforce capacity. The department is asking LAPs to develop a new offer of support for mainstream settings, drawing on specialist expertise across education, health and local services to meet local needs.
LAPs will have flexibility to design and deliver the offer in a way that reflects local needs and existing services, while working towards the expectations set out in the published EaH guidance. They will therefore be able to determine how best to deploy the specialist expertise required to meet the needs of children and young people in their area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment has been made of the impact on residents of existing multi-dwelling developments where telecommunications operators have determined that full fibre deployment is not commercially viable; and whether she plans to introduce further regulatory powers, financial support...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment has been made of the impact on residents of existing multi-dwelling developments where telecommunications operators have determined that full fibre deployment is not commercially viable; and whether she plans to introduce further regulatory powers, financial support...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how her Department will evaluate whether Experts at Hand is enabling mainstream settings to access the appropriate level of specialist expertise for the needs of individual children, including those with cerebral palsy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how her Department will evaluate whether Experts at Hand is enabling mainstream settings to access the appropriate level of specialist expertise for the needs of individual children, including those with cerebral palsy.
The department’s new Experts at Hand offer will support many children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), including some children and young people with cerebral palsy attending mainstream settings, by improving access to support and expertise within those settings, while others will receive support through provision specified in their education, health and care plan. Local area partnerships are expected to draw on appropriately qualified and supervised practitioners and existing professional standards within health and education workforces to meet the needs of all children and young people with SEND.
The department is asking local area partnerships to develop a new offer of support for mainstream settings, drawing on specialist expertise across education, health and local services to meet local needs, including where condition-specific expertise is required. The department will continue to monitor data on the growth of the relevant health and education specialist workforces.
To support delivery, the department is investing over £40 million in the specialist workforce, including £26 million to train 204 EPs in 2026 and 239 in 2027, with the remaining £15 million invested to establish new speech and language therapist advanced practitioners in every Integrated Care Board geographical area, to get more Speech and Language Therapists working in educational settings. Alongside this, the department is investing £200 million in SEND and inclusion training to upskill staff in every school, college and nursery. We will continue to monitor implementation as the programme develops.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how Experts at Hand will support mainstream settings to access appropriate expertise in cerebral palsy, relating to physical needs, communication, movement and the interaction between health and education.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how Experts at Hand will support mainstream settings to access appropriate expertise in cerebral palsy, relating to physical needs, communication, movement and the interaction between health and education.
The department’s new Experts at Hand offer will support many children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), including some children and young people with cerebral palsy attending mainstream settings, by improving access to support and expertise within those settings, while others will receive support through provision specified in their education, health and care plan. Local area partnerships are expected to draw on appropriately qualified and supervised practitioners and existing professional standards within health and education workforces to meet the needs of all children and young people with SEND.
The department is asking local area partnerships to develop a new offer of support for mainstream settings, drawing on specialist expertise across education, health and local services to meet local needs, including where condition-specific expertise is required. The department will continue to monitor data on the growth of the relevant health and education specialist workforces.
To support delivery, the department is investing over £40 million in the specialist workforce, including £26 million to train 204 EPs in 2026 and 239 in 2027, with the remaining £15 million invested to establish new speech and language therapist advanced practitioners in every Integrated Care Board geographical area, to get more Speech and Language Therapists working in educational settings. Alongside this, the department is investing £200 million in SEND and inclusion training to upskill staff in every school, college and nursery. We will continue to monitor implementation as the programme develops.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what role specialist schools, specialist health services and established centres of expertise will play to support the development and delivery of the Experts at Hand programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what role specialist schools, specialist health services and established centres of expertise will play to support the development and delivery of the Experts at Hand programme.
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.
Specialist schools, specialist health services and other local specialist education and health services will play an important role in the development and delivery of local Experts at Hand offers. Local area partnerships will be able to draw on their expertise to help provide advice, coaching, workforce development and targeted support for mainstream settings. This will include specialist expertise from educational psychologists and trainees, speech and language therapists, support workers or assistants, occupational therapists and specialist teachers, including those based in specialist and alternative provision settings.
Through the offer, these practitioners may provide targeted interventions, support earlier identification of needs and help mainstream staff develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to meet the needs of children and young people more effectively.