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Written Question
Erasmus+ Programme
Tuesday 3rd March 2026

Asked by: Ben Coleman (Labour - Chelsea and Fulham)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help (a) raise awareness of and (b) promote the opportunities offered by Erasmus+ among eligiblestudenrts and institutions.

Answered by Josh MacAlister - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

We will work closely with institutions and our young people to maximise take-up, particularly among disadvantaged groups.

A UK National Agency will be appointed to administer the programme, with a dedicated website and guidance issued well ahead of the 2027 funding call which opens in November 2026.

On 17 December 2025, the department published on GOV.UK a page providing information about the Erasmus+ programme and the available opportunities.

There will also be a broad range of sector outreach activities to increase awareness and engagement, such as webinars and targeted communications to eligible organisations.

Written Question
Erasmus+ Programme: Apprentices
Tuesday 3rd March 2026

Asked by: Ben Coleman (Labour - Chelsea and Fulham)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to encourage and support applications from apprentices to Erasmus+.

Answered by Josh MacAlister - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

We will work closely with institutions and our young people to maximise take-up, particularly among disadvantaged groups.

A UK National Agency will be appointed to administer the programme, with a dedicated website and guidance issued well ahead of the 2027 funding call which opens in November 2026.

On 17 December 2025, the department published on GOV.UK a page providing information about the Erasmus+ programme and the available opportunities.

There will also be a broad range of sector outreach activities to increase awareness and engagement, such as webinars and targeted communications to eligible organisations.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 02 Mar 2026
Oral Answers to Questions

"18. What steps she is taking to improve SEND provision in schools. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 02 Mar 2026
Oral Answers to Questions

"This plan is to be welcomed. It rightly recognises that families of children with SEND are absolutely exhausted from having to fight and battle for the support they need. I therefore strongly welcome the commitment to end that and to give over 1 million children, for the first time, legally …..."
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Division Vote (Commons)
2 Mar 2026 - Representation of the People Bill - View Vote Context
Ben Coleman (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 327 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 105 Noes - 410
Written Question
Hospices: Children
Friday 27th February 2026

Asked by: Ben Coleman (Labour - Chelsea and Fulham)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department will notify children’s hospices of allocations from the £80 million in funding announced on 16 October 2025.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

Children and young people’s hospices and integrated care boards will be informed of their children and young people’s hospice grant allocations for 2026/27 imminently. Communication regarding future allocations, for 2027/28 and 2028/29, will be sent once the 2026/27 process is complete.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 25 Feb 2026
UK-German Relations

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Twigg. I have been passionate about strengthening ties between the UK and Germany for most of my adult life, ever since I spent two years living in West Berlin in the mid-1980s—vor der Wende—before the wall came down. I lived …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 25 Feb 2026
UK-German Relations

"Not for the first time, my hon. Friend puts it much better than I could. Cyber-security is an absolutely key pillar of the Trinity House agreement, and AI, quantum and semiconductor investment should be things that Germany and Britain work on together, side by side, to defend our joint security …..."
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Division Vote (Commons)
24 Feb 2026 - Online Harm: Child Protection - View Vote Context
Ben Coleman (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 272 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 69 Noes - 279
Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 24 Feb 2026
EU Membership Referendum: Impact on the UK

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Desmond. Eighty years ago, just after the second world war, my great-uncle Zelia stood outside this Parliament building. He doffed his hat—everyone had a hat in those days—and he said, “She saved us all.” He was a Latvian Jew. He …..."
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