Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) adult and (b) child passports have been revoked since 1 January 2024.

Answered by Mike Tapp - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The information requested is not centrally held, and could only be collected and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

Obtaining the specific information requested would involve collating and verifying information from multiple systems owned by multiple teams across the Home Office and, therefore, could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to protect in-school resource provision for pupils with special educational needs.

Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)

The department knows there are lots of great examples of mainstream schools delivering specialist provision through resourced provision and special educational needs (SEN) units. They have an important role to play in a more inclusive mainstream system, enabling children to achieve and thrive in a local school.

We are committed to encouraging schools and local authorities to set up resourced provision and SEN units to increase capacity in mainstream schools.

The department has published allocations for £740 million high needs capital in 2025/26 to support children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or who require alternative provision, including setting up resourced provision or SEN units in mainstream schools.

It is the responsibility of local authorities to ensure there are sufficient school places for pupils in their area, including those with SEND. If a local authority identifies a shortage of places, resulting in a significant number of pupils needing to travel a long way to access a placement, they should consider creating, adapting, or expanding provision to meet that need.

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Solicitor General, what steps she is taking to help ensure effective prosecution for shoplifting.

Answered by Ellie Reeves - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)

This Government’s Safer Streets Mission will drive forward the change we need to crack down on shoplifting – a crime that is blighting our communities.

This Government is putting a stop to the effective immunity for shoplifting of goods below £200 and bringing in a new offence of assaulting a retail worker to protect those who face unacceptable abuse in their roles serving the public.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecutes shoplifting cases robustly where the Code of Crown Prosecutors is met. In the financial year 2024/25, the CPS prosecuted 121,216 offences relating to theft from a shop. This was a 39.4% increase from the year before (86,918 in 2023/2024). In the same year, the CPS prosecuted 2,145 attempted shoplifting offences, an increase of 35.6% from the previous year (2023-2024).

Found: Current membership Cat Smith (Labour; Lancaster and Wyre) (Chair) James Asser (Labour; West Ham and Beckton

Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Cat Smith (Chair); James Asser; Sir Christopher Chope; Mary Kelly

Found: Current membership Cat Smith (Labour; Lancaster and Wyre) (Chair) James Asser (Labour; West Ham and Beckton

Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Cat Smith (Chair); James Asser; David Baines; Bambos Charalambous