Dr Roz Savage

Pre-school Education: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many rural early years settings have closed in each of the last five years; and what proportion of those were operating from shared or temporary premis

Pre-school Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides to local authorities on the use of (a) sustainability and (b) contingency funding to prevent the closure of sole earl

Pre-school Education: Public Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will issue guidance to Ofsted and local authorities on recognising the operational challenges faced by early years providers operating fr

Pre-school Education: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of rural early years setting closures on (a) low-income, (b) part-time and (c) any other pa

Pre-school Education: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications of rural early years provision in sustaining village communities and preventing rural depopulati

Pre-school Education: Community Assets and Village Halls

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on supporting early years provision delivered thr

Public Houses: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has conducted a comparative assessment of the potential impact of (a) VAT rates on food and drink served in pubs compared with (b) VAT rates applied

Pre-school Education: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help support recruitment and retention of early years staff in rural areas, including consideration of travel costs, wage suppl

Public Houses: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing additional business rates relief for community pubs that operate as the sole hospitality ven

Community Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to support community energy projects.