Helen Hayes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the date when all reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete will have been removed from special schools in England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in special schools by region.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in alternative provision educational settings by region.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of children with (a) special needs and (b) disabilities who will have to use remote learning due to building works in their schools to address reinforced autoclaved aera...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to protect the mental health of children forced to learn remotely while their schools undergo building works to remove reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2023 to Question 196433 on Special Educational Needs, if she will announce a timescale for when her Department expects to review the transparency of Special Educational Nee...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in buildings used for residential placements for looked after children, by region.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the age of the perpetrator of incidents of (a) grievous bodily harm and (b) homicide involving knives in (i) London and (ii) England in each of the last five y...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of (a) grievous bodily harm and (b) homicide involving (i) machetes and zombie knives there were in England in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ban machetes and zombie knives.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Birmingham Council issuing a Section 114 notice on (a) services for children with special educational needs and disabilities and (b) the proces...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of children that required social care placements from their local authority in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Birmingham Council issuing a Section 114 notice on children’s social (a) care and (b) services in Birmingham.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has issued guidance to local authorities on managing the transition period before the prohibition on using unregulated child social care placements; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the capacity of the regulated accommodation sector for child social care placements.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the financial resilience of local authorities and the potential impact on children’s services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to deliver updated Ofsted and CQC Area SEND inspections.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities and Alternative Provision Improvement Plan, how many early years staff have signed up for training to gain a Level 3 early years SENCO qualificat...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) nurseries and (b) childminders that closed in the East of England in the 2022-23 financial year; and how many childcare places became unavailable as a result of t...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the (a) adequacy of guidance to schools on drafting SEND Information Reports and (b) accessibility of those reports for (i) parents with SEND, (ii) parents for whom English is a ...