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65966

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Business: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps he has taken to encourage businesses to engage with schools so that students develop a more practical understanding of business.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	204193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education wants to give employers a much greater role in inspiring and motivating young people about the world of work. We published statutory guidance in April to improve links between schools and employers so that pupils can receive careers advice from people with experience of business. More employers are getting involved by interacting with young people in the classroom and giving them an insight into the workplace. This can also include coaching, mentoring, work tasters and work experience. From October we are reshaping the role of the National Careers Service (NCS) to expand its offer to schools and colleges. It will be easier for employers and educators to participate in the NCS.</p><p> </p><p>We are taking steps to connect the education system to the world of work to ensure that young people have the skills, experience and qualifications that employers want. Last month we announced the introduction of Technical Awards for students aged between 14 and 16. These qualifications, which are equivalent to GCSEs, are developed in partnership with employers and will give students the opportunity to develop practical skills.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has introduced Tech Levels for students aged between 16 and 19 who want to learn technical skills as an alternative to, or alongside, A levels. The 227 Tech Levels taught from September 2014 are all endorsed by employers, trades or professional bodies and cover most practical careers. From September 2016, all Tech Level courses will also involve employers in the delivery or assessment of the qualification.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 14/07/2014 15:25:54 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

66028

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to regularly publish any (a) private equity, (b) private school business and (c) other business connections and interests of (i) current and (ii) former (A) senior public sector employees, (B) Ministers and politicans and (C) board members of his Department (1) promoting, (2) taking up board positions on and (3) involved in the running of academies and free schools; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	204189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>Departmental policy is to maintain a Register of Interests for executive and non-executive board members. This information is available for inspection on request at any of the Departmental offices, as stated in our annual report and accounts.</p><p> </p><p>Details of directorships and other significant interests held by Ministers are set out in the Register of Members' Interests for MPs and the Register of Lords' Interests. Both registers can be found on the UK Parliament website at:</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/standards-and-interests/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/standards-and-interests/</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department also discloses Related Party transactions – summarised totals of transactions between the Departmental Group and entities in which Departmental board members and Ministers hold a controlling position or significant business interest – in its Consolidated Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p>The most recent disclosures are held within Note 26 of this report: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/275186/DFE_Group_Consolidated_12-13_ARA.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/275186/DFE_Group_Consolidated_12-13_ARA.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 204190 question first answered 14/07/2014 16:58:05 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

66029

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what requirement there is to consult where an existing single academy trust wishes to become a multi-academy trust; what steps are taken when those requirements to consult are not met; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	204191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Education has published non-statutory guidance for academies wanting to change from a single academy trust to a multi academy trust. The Education Funding Agency (EFA), on behalf of the Secretary of State, requires confirmation from the academy trust that a consultation has been held before a decision on making the change is granted. The guidance also refers to the EFA's need to be satisfied that the local authority has also been consulted. The EFA will consider any reasonable objections to the proposed change before making its decision.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>If the requirements to consult as set out in the guidance are not met, the EFA considers whether the academy trust should be asked to comply with the consultation requirements before a decision on the change could be made, or whether there is good reason not to do so.</p><p><br></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 14/07/2014 14:41:51 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

66030

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish any names his Department holds of (a) current and (b) former senior public employees and Ministers (i) promoting, (ii) taking up board positions on and (iii) involved in the running of academies and free schools; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	204190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>Departmental policy is to maintain a Register of Interests for executive and non-executive board members. This information is available for inspection on request at any of the Departmental offices, as stated in our annual report and accounts.</p><p> </p><p>Details of directorships and other significant interests held by Ministers are set out in the Register of Members' Interests for MPs and the Register of Lords' Interests. Both registers can be found on the UK Parliament website at:</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/standards-and-interests/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/standards-and-interests/</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department also discloses Related Party transactions – summarised totals of transactions between the Departmental Group and entities in which Departmental board members and Ministers hold a controlling position or significant business interest – in its Consolidated Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p>The most recent disclosures are held within Note 26 of this report: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/275186/DFE_Group_Consolidated_12-13_ARA.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/275186/DFE_Group_Consolidated_12-13_ARA.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 204189 question first answered 14/07/2014 16:58:05 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

66032

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to reform school performance measures to include destination data and include the number of school students who enter employment or work-based training.
tabling member constituency	Mid Worcestershire
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Luff
uin	204197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education aims is to publish both the key stage 4 (KS4) and key stage 5 (KS5) destination measures in performance tables once we are content that the data are robust enough. KS4 education destinations are already included in performance tables, and have been since 2013, but before we publish full destinations data we have to test and evaluate it fully to ensure reliability.</p><p> </p><p>We published the KS5 destination measure as experimental statistics in the 2014 destinations statistical first release[1] because of the inclusion of new institutions, such as independent schools and special schools, for the first time. The employment, training and characteristics data need to be fully tested and evaluated before they can be published on the performance tables website. Tables, including employment data and breakdowns of the data based on student characteristics for former KS4 students, have also been published in the destination measures' statistical first release (experimental statistics) alongside the KS5 data.</p><p> </p><p>[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-destinations</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 14/07/2014 14:37:58 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	268 label Biography information for Sir Peter Luff

66035

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Air Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on what occasions each Minister within his Department has taken domestic flights on official business since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	204292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold a list of domestic flights taken by each Minister on official business. A list could only be compiled at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 14/07/2014 16:52:07 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

66036

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department spent on legal fees in cases relating to the release of information requested under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	204274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>Legal fees on cases relating to the release of information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 are not held centrally by the Department for Education and the cost of determining these over the past five years would exceed the disproportionate limit.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 14/07/2014 16:40:18 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

66037

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what professional development courses are made available to staff of his Department; and what the cost to the public purse is of each such course.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	204341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education's staff use the Civil Service Learning Portal to access development courses. The Portal currently offers 298 face-to-face courses, 217 <br>e-learning programmes and 6,000 learning resources.</p><p> </p><p>E-learning courses and learning resources are free to access. Costs for face-to-face courses are dependent on where the course takes place and the number of delegates.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 14/07/2014 16:53:57 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

66038

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Senior Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many senior civil servants appointed to positions in his Department since 2010 were previously (a) political appointees within that Department and (b) employed by a political party.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	204322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>No senior civil servants appointed to positions in the Department for Education since 2010 were previously (a) political appointees within the Department and (b) employed by a political party.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 14/07/2014 16:51:43 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

66039

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Faith Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department has issued in relation to restrictions on types of food that may be served and consumed in publicly-funded faith schools.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	204358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>The school food standards regulations apply for all schools, regardless of their religious status. We recently published new school food standards that will come into effect in January 2015. Alongside the standards, we have written a short guidance document for school cooks and caterers. This is published online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.schoolfoodplan.com/standards" target="_blank">www.schoolfoodplan.com/standards</a></p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 14/07/2014 15:10:35 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan