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43521

registered interest
date	17/03/2014
answering body	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept id	58
answering dept short name	Deputy Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Deputy Prime Minister
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2014, Official Report, column 570W, on the electoral register: young people, how many times the student forum has met since its creation; and what the main outcomes of the forum have been in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	192084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Student Forum has met 16 times across all regions since its launch on 18 July 2013. </p><p> </p><p>The Forum has secured the involvement of the Higher Education sector to support Electoral Registration Officers in reaching students on an individual basis after the transition to Individual Electoral Registration and promoting the use of online electoral registration after it is launched in England and Wales in June.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

43522

registered interest
date	17/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were put up for adoption by Norfolk County Council social services against the wishes of their birth family in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	Mr Henry Bellingham
uin	192352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2014 answer text <p>Information on looked-after children for whom the local authority has made the decision that the child should be placed for adoption and the number of children who were placed for adoption at 31 March by Norfolk County Council social services without the consent of their parent or guardian can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption</a></p><p>The Department for Education started collecting information on children placed for adoption broken down by parental consent from local authorities in England in 2007; therefore, information prior to this period is not available. Information on children for whom the local authority has made the decision that they should be placed for adoption is only available from 2009.</p><p>The Department does not collect information on applications to foster or adopt. However, Ofsted collect a range of information on the numbers and profile of foster carers and foster places and placements, in both local authority and independent services, through their annual collection of data relating to adoption services. 2013 Ofsted data can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/resources/fostering-quality-assurance-and-data-forms-2012-13-first-statistical-release" target="_blank">http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/resources/fostering-quality-assurance-and-data-forms-2012-13-first-statistical-release</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 192353 question first answered 20/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

43526

registered interest
date	17/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to expand the languages curriculum to encompass Urdu.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	192434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>Schools are already able to choose which modern foreign languages they teach, and these can include Urdu. The new programme of study for languages, to be taught in maintained schools from September 2014, makes clear that learning a foreign language should provide an opening to other cultures, foster pupils' curiosity and deepen their understanding of the world.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

43527

registered interest
date	17/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress he has made on encouraging computer science and programming in UK schools.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	192351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>As part of the reforms to the national curriculum, the Department for Education is strengthening the teaching of computing in schools by replacing information and communications technology with computing. The new programmes of study for computing, which will be taught in maintained schools from September 2014, have a much greater emphasis on computer science. For example, pupils at key stage 1 will be taught to create and debug simple programs and key stage 3 pupils will be taught to use two or more programming languages.</p><p>We also working with exam boards and sector experts to review the computer science GCSE and A level so that they reflect and build upon the changes made to the curriculum. The inclusion of computer science in the English Baccalaureate will provide further encouragement for pupils to take up the subject at GCSE level. We are also providing funding for several projects to help teachers acquire the necessary subject knowledge and skills to teach the new computing curriculum.</p><p>We are funding the British Computer Society to build a network of 400 ‘Master Teachers', create online teach-yourself resources and deliver 800 in-school workshops to help primary school teachers improve their subject knowledge. A further £500,000 competitive match-funded scheme was announced on 4 February to support excellent computing teaching and lever additional investment and engagement from business.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

43528

registered interest
date	17/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of workplace nurseries available to staff in (a) his Department and (b) his Department's executive agencies or non-departmental public bodies in (i) 2010, (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	192442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education, its executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies do not provide workplace nurseries for staff.</p><p>The Department's approach to childcare support focuses on providing flexibility for staff in arranging childcare provision. As part of the overall benefits package, the Department provides a childcare voucher scheme to help cover the cost of nursery and pre-school for children under school age and forms of out of school care for school age children. This enables staff with childcare responsibilities to be more flexible as to when and where they access childcare support.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

43530

registered interest
date	17/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications to foster or adopt were made by relatives of the child's parents in (a) North West Norfolk constituency, (b) Norfolk and (c) the UK in each of the last 10 years; and how many such applications were successful in each area and in each year.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	Mr Henry Bellingham
uin	192353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2014 answer text <p>Information on looked-after children for whom the local authority has made the decision that the child should be placed for adoption and the number of children who were placed for adoption at 31 March by Norfolk County Council social services without the consent of their parent or guardian can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/children-looked-after-in-england-including-adoption</a></p><p>The Department for Education started collecting information on children placed for adoption broken down by parental consent from local authorities in England in 2007; therefore, information prior to this period is not available. Information on children for whom the local authority has made the decision that they should be placed for adoption is only available from 2009.</p><p>The Department does not collect information on applications to foster or adopt. However, Ofsted collect a range of information on the numbers and profile of foster carers and foster places and placements, in both local authority and independent services, through their annual collection of data relating to adoption services. 2013 Ofsted data can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/resources/fostering-quality-assurance-and-data-forms-2012-13-first-statistical-release" target="_blank">http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/resources/fostering-quality-assurance-and-data-forms-2012-13-first-statistical-release</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 192352 question first answered 20/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

43532

registered interest
date	17/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in (a) Pendle constituency and (b) Lancashire were eligible for but did not claim free school meals in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	192429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education routinely collects information on pupils who are both eligible for and claiming free school meals. This information is published in the ‘Schools, Pupils and their Characteristics, January 2013' Statistical First Release[1]. Information on the number of pupils who are eligible for free school meals but do not claim them is not collected by the Department.</p><p>The Department has published a research paper ‘Pupils not claiming free school meals: 2013'[2] which presents estimates of the numbers and proportions of pupils who are entitled to receive free school meals but are not claiming. The paper compares registration rates for children aged between 4 and 15 and highlights regions and local authorities where under-registration rates are high. Figures from this paper show the under-registration rate for Lancashire local authority is 6% compared with an England average of 11%.</p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2013</a> <br />[2] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupils-not-claiming-free-school-meals-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupils-not-claiming-free-school-meals-2013</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 20/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

43535

registered interest
date	17/03/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of workplace nurseries available to staff in (a) his Department and (b) his Department's executive agencies or non-departmental public bodies in (i) 2010, (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	192443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>Since its establishment in 2008, neither the Department for Energy and Climate Change nor its non-departmental public bodies have had workplace nurseries available to staff.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

43554

registered interest
date	17/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of domestic violence were recorded in each local authority area in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	192377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold data on the number of domestic violence and abuse incidents at the local authority level.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

43557

registered interest
date	17/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many criminal offences by foreign-born nationals were recorded in Pendle constituency in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	192375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold data on the nationality of offenders, and so cannot provide data on the number of offences committed by foreign-born nationals that were recorded by police in Pendle.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office collects aggregate data on the number of offences recorded by the police, available at police force area and Community Safety Partnership level. However, we do not hold details about the people responsible for these offences.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice collects details on the number of offenders and offender characteristics, but does not collect information on the number of offences that these offenders commit.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 26/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson