Asked by: Andrew Snowden (Conservative - Fylde)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the delay in publishing Key Stage 2 SATs results on primary schools in Fylde constituency.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)
Pearson Education Limited has apologised for failing to return the 2026 key stage 2 SATs results on time, and for the impact on schools, pupils and parents. Schools rightly expect results to be delivered on time, and the department recognises the frustration this delay has caused to schools across England. A thorough review will be conducted into how such a serious failing could have occurred.
Asked by: Andrew Snowden (Conservative - Fylde)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many inspections have been undertaken in the Fylde constituency under Ofsted's renewed inspection framework since its introduction.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)
This is a matter for His Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Martyn Oliver. I have asked him to write to the hon. Member for Fylde directly and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
Asked by: Andrew Snowden (Conservative - Fylde)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's document entitled Inclusive education estates, published on 25 June 2026, whether the guidance is mandatory for schools, early years settings and post-16 providers.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)
We know that the physical environment of education settings can have a significant positive impact on the wellbeing and engagement of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). This is why we have published dedicated guidance on inclusive education estates, to support local authorities, responsible bodies and mainstream settings in identifying the most affordable, high-impact adaptations for their context, based on pupils’ needs and the opportunities within the estate.
This is non-statutory guidance, but reflects the government's commitment to improving the inclusivity and accessibility of the education estates and is supported by £3.7 billion in high needs capital funding between 2025/26 and 2029/30. Alongside expanding access to inclusion bases and special schools, local areas can use this funding to improve the accessibility and inclusivity of mainstream settings for pupils with SEND.
Asked by: Andrew Snowden (Conservative - Fylde)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding has been allocated to the new Teacher Training Entitlement in each financial year of this Parliament.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)
The Schools White Paper set out our plans for a teacher training entitlement, to ensure that every teacher and leader can access high-quality professional development opportunities. It will do this through a focus on four strategic priorities for professional development:
For the 2026/27 financial year, the department has allocated £4.078 million of new funding to develop new courses for classroom teachers and experienced leaders on the topics of reception teaching and supporting pupils with special educational needs and disabilities. This comes as part of a wider £200 million commitment into 0-25 SEND and inclusion training across multiple financial years.
We have also allocated £158.625 million of funding to continue and improve delivery of the Early Career Teacher Programme, National Professional Qualifications, Teaching School Hubs, and National Institute of Teaching’s CPD best practice function. Funding allocations for 2027/28 are subject to business planning processes and allocations for 2028/29 are subject to a future spending review.
To support SEND Reform more broadly, we will be investing £4 billion more over three years, including £1.8 billion so every community has experts on hand, and £1.6 billion going directly to settings for early intervention. This is alongside an additional capital investment of £3.7 billion between 2025 and 2030 to create 60,000 specialist places.
Asked by: Andrew Snowden (Conservative - Fylde)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to written statement HCWS171 published on 1 July 2026, how the additional £700 million for schools in 2026–27 will be allocated between local authorities.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)
The department is providing schools with £700 million in additional funding in the 2026/27 financial year to support them with overall costs, including the costs of the 3.5% schools teacher pay award and the local government services pay offer in respect of support staff in the 2026/27 financial year.
In the 2026/27 financial year, mainstream schools and special and alternative provision settings will receive additional funding through the Schools Budget Support Grant 2026, which will mirror the design and distribution of previous pay grants. Funding for eligible early years settings will be distributed through the Early Years Teacher Pay Grant 2026. Funding for 16 to 19 schools will be distributed via 16 to 19 allocations to support post-16 provision in schools and academies.
Further information for schools on the methodology, conditions of grant and rates, as well as a calculator tool has been published at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-budget-support-grant-2026-sbsg-26.
Allocations will be published in October.
Asked by: Andrew Snowden (Conservative - Fylde)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of a cap on profits on the availability of children's social care placements.
Answered by Josh MacAlister - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
Profiteering from vulnerable children in care is absolutely unacceptable and we are taking action to stamp out profiteering in the children’s social care placement market.
Through our package of measures, we are rebalancing the placements market, improving competition, regulation and commissioning of placements, shining a light on the levels of profit being made and bringing greater visibility to the prices local authorities are paying.
We are acutely aware of the importance of not destabilising the sector and will not risk significant disruption to the care our most vulnerable children and young people receive.
We will monitor the market carefully, including drawing on early lessons from the expansion of Regional Care Co-operatives, and will publicly set out more information on the impact of our reforms. Based on our assessment and subject to consultation, we will not flinch from capping the profits of private providers placing vulnerable children in care.
Asked by: Andrew Snowden (Conservative - Fylde)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether parents will be informed when information relating to their imprisonment is shared with local authorities under the pilot scheme for children with a parent in prison.
Answered by Josh MacAlister - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
The government has a manifesto commitment to recognise and support children affected by parental imprisonment, as part of the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and enable all children to achieve and thrive. Pilots to progress this work were announced on 8 July, detailing a new scheme launching this summer to join up information held across public services to improve how children affected by parental imprisonment can be recognised and offered appropriate support at an earlier stage. We will share more information about which areas are participating and the funding arrangements for the pilots in due course.
Local areas will design their own systems to meet local needs and specific circumstances. Information shared to enable the recognition of children affected by parental imprisonment will be limited and proportionate, with appropriate legal and data-sharing arrangements in place. A project privacy notice will be issued to all prison governors to share with the general prison population, this will explain what data is being shared, to which organisations, and for what purpose.
Asked by: Andrew Snowden (Conservative - Fylde)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether participating local authorities will receive additional funding to deliver support arising from the pilot scheme for children with a parent in prison.
Answered by Josh MacAlister - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
The government has a manifesto commitment to recognise and support children affected by parental imprisonment, as part of the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and enable all children to achieve and thrive. Pilots to progress this work were announced on 8 July, detailing a new scheme launching this summer to join up information held across public services to improve how children affected by parental imprisonment can be recognised and offered appropriate support at an earlier stage. We will share more information about which areas are participating and the funding arrangements for the pilots in due course.
Local areas will design their own systems to meet local needs and specific circumstances. Information shared to enable the recognition of children affected by parental imprisonment will be limited and proportionate, with appropriate legal and data-sharing arrangements in place. A project privacy notice will be issued to all prison governors to share with the general prison population, this will explain what data is being shared, to which organisations, and for what purpose.
Asked by: Andrew Snowden (Conservative - Fylde)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local authority areas will participate in the pilot scheme to identify and support children with a parent in prison.
Answered by Josh MacAlister - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
The government has a manifesto commitment to recognise and support children affected by parental imprisonment, as part of the government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity and enable all children to achieve and thrive. Pilots to progress this work were announced on 8 July, detailing a new scheme launching this summer to join up information held across public services to improve how children affected by parental imprisonment can be recognised and offered appropriate support at an earlier stage. We will share more information about which areas are participating and the funding arrangements for the pilots in due course.
Local areas will design their own systems to meet local needs and specific circumstances. Information shared to enable the recognition of children affected by parental imprisonment will be limited and proportionate, with appropriate legal and data-sharing arrangements in place. A project privacy notice will be issued to all prison governors to share with the general prison population, this will explain what data is being shared, to which organisations, and for what purpose.
Asked by: Andrew Snowden (Conservative - Fylde)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which schools in Fylde constituency will begin offering free breakfast clubs from September 2026.
Answered by Olivia Bailey
More than 1,400 schools will join the free breakfast club programme from September, offering a free breakfast club to all pupils from Reception to Year 6. This brings the total number of schools on the programme to more than 2,700 from September and includes two schools in Fylde: Westminster Primary Academy and The Maple School.
For this first year of national rollout, places on the free breakfast club programme were offered to schools with primary provision who have higher levels of disadvantage, and to schools on the food-only National School Breakfast Programme. All schools who were invited to apply for the programme have been offered a place. You can see the full list of more than 2,700 schools on the programme on GOV.UK: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/breakfast-clubs-early-adopters-schools-in-the-scheme.
New groups of schools will be onboarded in stages throughout 2027 and 2028 to ensure we can continue to provide appropriate support to ensure successful delivery.