Activities in Westminster
2023 Archive
Oral questions and debates 2023
- 22 June 2023 Lord Addington
Oral Question: To ask His Majesty’s Government what level of support is required for a teacher trained under the existing initial teacher training regime to support and educate any person attending a mainstream school with a diagnosis of dyslexia or autism. Full transcript here. - 15 June 2023 Mike Penning MP
Debate: VAT on audiobooks. Full transcript here. - 6 June 2023 Alexander Stafford MP
Debate: Children’s access to books. Read full transcript here. - 25 May 2025 Lord Addington
Debate: Assistive technology: Support for Special Education Needs. Read full transcript here. - 24 April 2023 Lord Addington
Oral Question: To ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to ensure that anyone identified as having a Special Educational Need in the education system is passported through to the appropriate support when looking for employment in adult life. Read full transcript here. - 17 April 2023 Catherine West MP
Debate: Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. - 7 April 2023 Rachael Maskell MP
Debate: Special Educational Needs and Disabilities: Specialist Workforce. Read full transcript here.
Written questions 2023
- 11 May 2023 Lord Addington
To ask His Majesty's Government where the framework for the advice that the careers services provide to jobseekers with (1) dyslexia, and (2) other specific learning difficulties, can be found online. UIN HL7766 - 19 April Sharon Hodgson MP, House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government's commitment to ensure the ITT Core Content and Early Career Frameworks are up to date and fit for purpose includes an amendment to add specific reference to dyslexia to those frameworks. UIN 181850
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what SEND-specific training the Government plans to provide to (a) Job Centre Work Coaches and (b) Work and Health Programme staff as part of its proposals on ensuring those services provide people with (i) dyslexia and (ii) other learning difficulties with adequate employment support. UIN 181846
- 18 April 2023 Lord Addington, House of Lords
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps are being taken to ensure that those in initial teacher training will be able to identify pupils with moderate difficulties arising from conditions such as dyslexia, dyscalculia, dyspraxia, attention deficit disorder and autism. UIN HL8186 - 17 April 2023, Simon Lightwood MP
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support neurodiverse university students; and whether she supports mandatory neurodiversity training for university staff. UIN 181115 - 14 April 2023, Jessica Morden MP
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 April 2023 to Question 174252 on Civil Servants: Dyslexia, for what reason does the Department not hold data on achievement levels for civil servants with dyslexia. UIN 180186 - 27 March 2023, Jessica Morden MP
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment the Government has made of the accessibility of Civil Service commercial function assessments for candidates with (a) dyslexia and (b) other learning difficulties. UIN 174253 - 27 March 2023, Jessica Morden MP
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of civil servants with dyslexia pass the commercial function assessment at any grade with an A. UIN 174252 - 17 February 2023, Tom Hunt MP
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to provide skills training opportunities for neurodiverse adults. UIN 147258 - 17 February 2023, Tom Hunt MP
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help provide skills training opportunities for adults with disabilities. UIN 147237 - 16 January 2023 Matt Hancock MP
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners have been recorded as having dyslexia in each year since 2005; what steps his Department is taking to help identify prisoners with dyslexia; and what steps he is taking to support prisoners with dyslexia. UIN 123923 - 16 January 2023 Matt Hancock MP
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisons have provided specialist support for prisoners with dyslexia in each year since 2005; and how many and what proportion of prisoners have had a literacy assessment in each year since 2005. UIN 123922 - 16 January 2023 Matt Hancock MP
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what education provision has been in place in each prison to support the literacy of prisoners in each year since 2005; how many hours on average each prisoner has been allowed to spend in a prison library in each year since 2005; and how many and what proportion of prisoners have been engaged in literacy programmes in each year since 2005. UIN 123921 - 16 January 2023 Matt Hancock MP
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison libraries have been operating across the prison estate in each year since 2005; and what percentage of the prison population has had access to a prison library service in each year since 2005. UIN 123920
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