Information between 18th March 2025 - 17th April 2025
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Division Votes |
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31 Mar 2025 - Business without Debate - View Vote Context Laura Trott voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 93 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 296 Noes - 164 |
31 Mar 2025 - Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Laura Trott voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 97 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 167 Noes - 306 |
31 Mar 2025 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill - View Vote Context Laura Trott voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 95 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 301 Noes - 104 |
31 Mar 2025 - Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Laura Trott voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 98 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 168 Noes - 302 |
31 Mar 2025 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill - View Vote Context Laura Trott voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 94 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 302 Noes - 167 |
31 Mar 2025 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill - View Vote Context Laura Trott voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 96 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 296 Noes - 170 |
31 Mar 2025 - Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Laura Trott voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 96 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 166 Noes - 305 |
31 Mar 2025 - Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill - View Vote Context Laura Trott voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 94 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 301 Noes - 167 |
18 Mar 2025 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Laura Trott voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 95 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 382 Noes - 104 |
18 Mar 2025 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Laura Trott voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 96 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 167 Noes - 324 |
18 Mar 2025 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Laura Trott voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 96 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 107 Noes - 324 |
19 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Laura Trott voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 94 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 307 Noes - 182 |
19 Mar 2025 - Winter Fuel Payment - View Vote Context Laura Trott voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 95 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 177 Noes - 293 |
19 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Laura Trott voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 97 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 316 Noes - 187 |
19 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Laura Trott voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 97 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 316 Noes - 189 |
19 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Laura Trott voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 99 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 314 Noes - 187 |
19 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Laura Trott voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 92 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 310 Noes - 183 |
19 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Laura Trott voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 98 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 313 Noes - 190 |
2 Apr 2025 - Driving Licences: Zero Emission Vehicles - View Vote Context Laura Trott voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 95 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 304 Noes - 101 |
2 Apr 2025 - Onshore Wind and Solar Generation - View Vote Context Laura Trott voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 94 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 307 Noes - 100 |
Speeches |
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Laura Trott speeches from: School-based Nursery Capital Grants
Laura Trott contributed 1 speech (656 words) Wednesday 2nd April 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for International Development |
Laura Trott speeches from: Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund
Laura Trott contributed 1 speech (191 words) Tuesday 1st April 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Education |
Laura Trott speeches from: Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
Laura Trott contributed 1 speech (736 words) Tuesday 18th March 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Education |
Written Answers |
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Childcare and Pre-school Education: Fees and Charges
Asked by: Laura Trott (Conservative - Sevenoaks) Wednesday 26th March 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the increase to (a) employer National Insurance contributions and (b) the national living wage on trends in the level of fees paid by parents with children in early education and childcare. Answered by Stephen Morgan - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education) It is the department’s ambition that parents have access to high quality, affordable and flexible early education and childcare. This government has had to take some tough decisions to get our public finances back on track, but this government has increased investment in the early years to drive forward progress towards our plan for change target of a record number of children starting school ready to learn. In the 2025/26 financial year alone, the department plans to provide over £8 billion for the early years entitlements, as we roll out the expansion of the entitlements, so eligible working parents of children aged from nine months can access 30 hours of funded childcare. This is an increase of more than 30% compared to the 2024/25 financial year. This increase ensures funding for the entitlements, reflects forecasts of average earnings and inflation next year, and also reflects the National Living Wage announced at the Autumn Budget 2024. The department also announced the largest ever uplift to the early years pupil premium, increasing the rate by over 45% compared to the 2024/25 financial year, equivalent to up to £570 per eligible child per year. On top of this, we are providing further supplementary funding of £75 million for the Early Years Expansion Grant. We are additionally providing £25 million through the forthcoming National Insurance contributions grant for public sector employers in the early years. From the start of September 2024, eligible working parents have been entitled to 15 hours a week of early education and care from the term after their child turns nine months. So far, over 320,000 additional parents are now accessing a place. Going further, from September 2025, eligible working parents will be able to access 30 hours of early education and childcare a week. Parents may also be eligible for childcare support through Tax-Free Childcare or Universal Credit childcare. The department also wants to ensure that parents are aware of and accessing all government funded childcare support they are eligible for. The department is raising awareness of the government-funded childcare support available via the Childcare Choices campaign to boost children’s life chances and parents’ work choices. |
Childcare: Finance
Asked by: Laura Trott (Conservative - Sevenoaks) Wednesday 26th March 2025 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 universally expanding the 30 hours of government funded childcare scheme. Answered by Stephen Morgan - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education) Accessible and high quality early education and childcare is a crucial part of giving every child the best start in life, boosting children’s life chances and giving parents work choices. The government is committed to delivering the expansion of the 30 hours free childcare offer, so that from September 2025 eligible working parents in England will be able to access 30 hours of free childcare per week, over 38 weeks of the year, from the term after their child turns nine months old to when they start school. However, this government has been clear that this will be tough to deliver as we inherited a pledge with no plan behind it. That is why the department is doing everything it can, working closely with childcare providers, to deliver the additional places the sector will need from September 2025. All three and four year-old children are eligible for the universal 15 hours free early education entitlement from the term starting on or after 1 September, 1 January or 1 April following their third birthday.
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Childcare: Flexible Support Fund and Universal Credit
Asked by: Laura Trott (Conservative - Sevenoaks) Thursday 20th March 2025 Question to the Department for Work and Pensions: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to (a) assess the take-up levels of the (i) childcare element of Universal Credit and (ii) Flexible Support Fund to pay upfront childcare costs and (b) increase this number. Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) Universal Credit (UC) childcare element statistics are published quarterly. In the latest month for which data is available (November 2024), 177,000 UC households were paid the UC childcare cost element. In November 2024, 29% of households on Universal Credit with pre-school children and in which all claimants had earnings received the childcare element. For households with any child aged 16 or under, the figure is 13%. This proportion has remained broadly consistent for around two years. We will continue to monitor this closely.
Take-up of the upfront childcare offer is assessed from monthly data on the number of upfront childcare transactions and their value, compared to an estimated number eligible. This data is shared with operational leaders to support conversations on how to increase take-up.
Recent initiatives to increase take-up of upfront childcare costs awards through the Flexible Support Fund (FSF) include improved internal FSF guidance to work coaches. Imminent changes to Gov.uk and the Childcare Choices websites will highlight support for upfront childcare costs from DWP. We are also finalising the implementation schedule for UC Journal messages to customers with children, highlighting childcare support and the simplification of the application process. |
MP Financial Interests |
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24th March 2025
Laura Trott (Conservative - Sevenoaks) 2. Donations and other support (including loans) for activities as an MP Sophie Smith - £10,000.00 Source |
Live Transcript |
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18 Mar 2025, 7:05 p.m. - House of Commons "called Laura Trott to move the amendment formally. >> Move formally. " Division - View Video - View Transcript |
18 Mar 2025, 7:16 p.m. - House of Commons "Laura Trott to move formally. The question is that amendment 210 made. " Division - View Video - View Transcript |
Parliamentary Debates |
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Access to Sport: PE in Schools
40 speeches (13,418 words) Thursday 3rd April 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Education Mentions: 1: Chris Vince (LAB - Harlow) It is the childhood town of Glenn Hoddle, the birthplace of Laura Trott—not the right hon. - Link to Speech |
School-based Nursery Capital Grants
96 speeches (10,462 words) Wednesday 2nd April 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for International Development Mentions: 1: Bridget Phillipson (Lab - Houghton and Sunderland South) Member for Sevenoaks (Laura Trott), we are investing £8 billion in expanding early years entitlements - Link to Speech 2: Julian Lewis (Con - New Forest East) Friend the Member for Sevenoaks (Laura Trott) about the way in which the increase in national insurance - Link to Speech |
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
127 speeches (39,136 words) Tuesday 18th March 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Education Mentions: 1: Vikki Slade (LD - Mid Dorset and North Poole) Member for Sevenoaks (Laura Trott), which seek clarity that educational activities outside regular school - Link to Speech 2: None Member for Sevenoaks (Laura Trott) honestly just say, “It costs a load of money to train teachers?” - Link to Speech |
Parliamentary Research |
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Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill: HL Bill 84 of 2024–25 - LLN-2025-0018
Apr. 03 2025 Found: their success in our common cause”.141 Responding, the shadow secretary of state for education, Laura Trott |
Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL]: Progress of the bill - CBP-10201
Mar. 26 2025 Found: already operate.45 Responding for the opposition, the Conservative Shadow Education Secretary, Laura Trott |
Bill Documents |
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Apr. 03 2025
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill: HL Bill 84 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26 Briefing papers Found: their success in our common cause”.141 Responding, the shadow secretary of state for education, Laura Trott |
Mar. 26 2025
Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL]: Progress of the Bill Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Bill [HL] 2024-26 Briefing papers Found: already operate.45 Responding for the opposition, the Conservative Shadow Education Secretary, Laura Trott |
Mar. 18 2025
All proceedings up to 18 March 2025 at Report Stage Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26 Bill proceedings: Commons Found: Not called_177 Laura Trott Neil O'Brien Patrick Spencer . |
Mar. 18 2025
Consideration of Bill Amendments as at 18 March 2025 - large print Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: _NC38 Laura Trott Neil O'Brien Patrick Spencer . |
Mar. 17 2025
Report Stage Proceedings as at 17 March 2025 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill 2024-26 Bill proceedings: Commons Found: Not called_177 Laura Trott Neil O'Brien Patrick Spencer . |
Welsh Committee Publications |
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PDF - report Inquiry: Fiscal Intergovernmental Relations Found: The Committee invited the then Chief Secretary to the Treasury (CST), the Rt Hon Laura Trott MBE MP |
PDF - Letter to the Chief Secretary to the treasury Re: Finance Committee report: Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - 5 Febraury 2024 Inquiry: Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 Found: Laura Trott MBE MP Chief Secretary to the Treasury In addition, the Finance Committee is undertaking |