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Written Question
Home Office: Written Questions
Wednesday 29th April 2026

Asked by: Jack Rankin (Conservative - Windsor)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to Question 121021 from the Hon. Member for Windsor.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Hon Member received an answer on April 29, 2026.


Written Question
Home Office: Apprentices
Wednesday 29th April 2026

Asked by: Jack Rankin (Conservative - Windsor)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many apprentices her Department recruited in (a) 2025, (b) 2022, (c) 2023 and (d) 2024.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

The number of apprentices that enrolled onto apprenticeship programmes within the department in each calendar year is as follows:

Year Apprentice Enrolments

2022 475

2023 890

2024 944

2025 233

Apprenticeship enrolments have reduced due to workforce controls, a prolonged pause of the Public Sector Operational Delivery Officer apprenticeship (which previously accounted for 70–80% of starts), and reform changes to available standards. Data includes all 39 apprenticeship standards used across the Home Office.


Written Question
Students: Loans
Wednesday 29th April 2026

Asked by: Jack Rankin (Conservative - Windsor)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing transitional protection for students who enrolled on university courses since found to have been wrongly classified for student finance purposes.

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

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.


Written Question
Schools: Knives
Wednesday 29th April 2026

Asked by: Jack Rankin (Conservative - Windsor)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have been the victim of a stabbing incident in educational settings in each of the last two academic years for which data is available by type of setting.

Answered by Olivia Bailey - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.


Written Question
Department for Education: Written Questions
Wednesday 29th April 2026

Asked by: Jack Rankin (Conservative - Windsor)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to Question 120248 from the Hon. Member for Windsor.

Answered by Olivia Bailey - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.


Written Question
Students: Loans
Wednesday 29th April 2026

Asked by: Jack Rankin (Conservative - Windsor)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to pause recovery action being undertaken by the Student Loans Company against students whose universities misclassified weekend courses as in-attendance courses whilst any (a) review and (b) regulatory action takes place.

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

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.


Written Question
Students: Loans
Wednesday 29th April 2026

Asked by: Jack Rankin (Conservative - Windsor)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Student Loan Company recovery action following the misclassification of weekend courses as in-attendance courses for the purposes of student finance on students.

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

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.


Written Question
Universities
Wednesday 29th April 2026

Asked by: Jack Rankin (Conservative - Windsor)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support universities in correctly classify courses (a) in-attendance and (b) weekend only.

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

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.


Written Question
Visitor Levy: Young People
Friday 24th April 2026

Asked by: Jack Rankin (Conservative - Windsor)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the introduction of a visitor levy on the number of young people employed in hospitality.

Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

The impacts of introducing a visitor levy will depend on decisions taken locally. It would be for Mayors and local leaders to decide whether a levy is appropriate for their area, following local consultation on specific proposals.

The detailed design and scope of any visitor levy remain under development. The Government’s response to the consultation, which closed on 18 February, will be published in due course.


Written Question
Home Office: Written Questions
Friday 24th April 2026

Asked by: Jack Rankin (Conservative - Windsor)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to Question 126358 from the Hon. Member for Windsor.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

A response to this question was issued on April 20th, 2026.