Advance notice of oral questions to the Secretary of State for Education on Jan 19

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

1 Rachel Blake (Cities of London and Westminster): What steps she is taking to ensure that families of children with SEND have early access to support.(907310)

2 Gareth Snell (Stoke-on-Trent Central): What estimate her Department has made of the number of young people enrolled on A-levels and T-levels in September 2026.(907311)

3 Caroline Voaden (South Devon): What steps her Department is taking to improve teacher retention.(907312)

4 Steve Yemm (Mansfield): What steps she is taking to help ensure the integrity of school and college assessments and examinations.(907313)

5 Joe Powell (Kensington and Bayswater): What steps she is taking to introduce a Ukrainian GCSE.(907314)

6 Chris Bloore (Redditch): What assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of powers to intervene where local authorities are not meeting statutory SEND duties.(907315)

7 Darren Paffey (Southampton Itchen): What steps she is taking to ensure that families of children with SEND have early access to support.(907316)

8 Dr Beccy Cooper (Worthing West): What assessment she has made of the potential impact of flu vaccination levels on rates of school absence in autumn 2025.(907317)

9 Michelle Scrogham (Barrow and Furness): What steps she is taking to reduce variations in funding for SEND provision across local authorities.(907318)

10 Laurence Turner (Birmingham Northfield): What recent progress her Department has made on establishing the School Support Staff Negotiating Body.[R] (907319)

11 Gregory Stafford (Farnham and Bordon): What plans her Department has to tackle the SEND funding shortfall identified in the OBR Economic and Fiscal Outlook November 2025.(907320)

12 Rachel Taylor (North Warwickshire and Bedworth): What steps her Department is taking to help improve the governance of academy trusts.(907321)

13 Rosie Duffield (Canterbury): What recent progress she has made on publishing guidance for gender questioning children in schools.(907322)

14 Daniel Francis (Bexleyheath and Crayford): What steps she is taking to ensure high-quality school places for children with SEND.[R] (907323)

15 Jacob Collier (Burton and Uttoxeter): What steps she is taking to ensure high-quality school places for children with SEND.(907324)

16 Sarah Olney (Richmond Park): Whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill on levels of financial oversight for children's care home providers.(907325)

17 Marsha De Cordova (Battersea): What assessment she has made of the adequacy of SEND provision for blind and partially sighted children.(907326)

18 Liz Jarvis (Eastleigh): What steps she is taking to ensure adequate funding to implement the recommendations of the Curriculum and Assessment Review.(907327)

19 James Naish (Rushcliffe): If she will make an assessment of the potential merits of expanding home fees status to British citizens who relocated to the EU prior to the UK's withdrawal.(907328)

20 Sarah Green (Chesham and Amersham): Whether she plans to update guidance on handling complaints in children's social care.(907329)

21 Alex Sobel (Leeds Central and Headingley): Whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of raising the minimum income threshold for student maintenance loans in line with inflation.(907330)

22 Mr Luke Charters (York Outer): What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help improve the affordability of childcare.(907331)

23 Gareth Bacon (Orpington): What recent progress her Department has made on implementing the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023.(907332)

24 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Highgate): What steps she is taking to help improve safeguarding practices in nurseries and early years settings.(907333)

25 Dame Caroline Dinenage (Gosport): What assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the use of smart phones in schools on levels of disruption in classrooms.(907334)

At 3:15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Education

T1 Blake Stephenson (Mid Bedfordshire): If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.(907335)

T2 Lauren Edwards (Rochester and Strood): (907336)

T3 Jon Pearce (High Peak): (907337)

T4 Sarah Owen (Luton North): (907338)

T5 Alison Griffiths (Bognor Regis and Littlehampton): (907339)

T6 Mr Bayo Alaba (Southend East and Rochford): (907340)

T7 Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): (907341)

T8 Charlie Dewhirst (Bridlington and The Wolds): (907342)

T9 Carla Denyer (Bristol Central): (907343)

T10 Jim Dickson (Dartford): (907344)