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date	16/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Palestinians
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will implement a visa scheme to enable Palestinian children to receive critical medical treatment in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	26792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The UK is exploring how best to support the medical needs of those in Gaza, including what options can be provided in the region.</p><p>It is ultimately at the discretion of the Israeli and Egyptian authorities who can cross the border.</p><p>The Home Office is not currently considering establishing a bespoke visa scheme for Palestinian children to receive critical medical treatment in the UK. There are provisions that allow a person to come to the UK for private medical treatment under Appendix V of the Immigration Rules. If the rules are not met, careful consideration will be given on whether a grant of leave outside of the rules would be appropriate.</p><p>Should applications be submitted from Palestinian children, who have secured permission from the Israeli and Egyptian authorities to exit Gaza, requiring specialist medical treatment they will be treated with the utmost seriousness. If that leads to the identification of specific cases in which a person would be better off making the long journey to the UK to undertake treatment, we will not rule out bringing them to British hospitals, as we have done in the past.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 21/05/2024 15:04:35 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

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registered interest
date	28/06/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Assessments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to ensure that students taking exams in England this year are able to provide feedback to schools on their experiences.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	26792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2022 answer text <p>The department, together with Ofqual, has put a package of measures in place to recognise the disruption that this year’s students have faced. GCSE and A level students had advanced information on the focus of their exams in most subjects to support revision. Students also benefitted from other changes to exams, including choices of topic or content, and exam aids for some subjects at GCSE. This package of adaptations, combined with Ofqual’s approach to grading this year, provides unprecedented support to maximise fairness and help students reach their potential.</p><p>Schools are responsible for preparing young people for examinations and will have pastoral and other support in place to help pupils deal with any worries or concerns they might have throughout the exam period.</p><p>Exams provide a shared understanding of what students know and can do, an even playing field with everyone being assessed on the same thing at the same time. For this reason, non-examined assessment and coursework is used in GCSEs and A levels only where knowledge, skills and understanding cannot be tested validly by an exam. GCSEs and A levels were reformed from 2011 to be in line with the highest performing education systems and we have no plans for further wholesale reform.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 26791 26793 question first answered 19/07/2022 17:13:03 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

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registered interest
date	10/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offender Institutions: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2016 to Question 23824, whether any staff in young offender institutions are (a) qualified speech and language therapists, (b) registered with the Mental Health and Care Professions Council and (c) qualified social workers.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	26792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally, and could only be provided at disproportionate costs.</p><p>The Youth Justice Board is responsible for the commissioning and oversight of the secure youth estate. The Youth Justice Board funds dedicated social workers at each under-18 Young Offender Institution (YOI). All young people undergo a health and education assessment upon arrival into custody, whilst all staff undergo training in child and adolescent development and safeguarding.</p><p>Under-18 YOI providers should ensure that they meet the needs of all detained persons including those with Special Education and Needs (SEN) requirements, and that all staff are suitably qualified to support young people and make referrals to other specialist support where this is appropriate.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 25/02/2016 17:42:42 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens