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170652

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Solar Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to enable schools to run on solar power; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	218874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2014 answer text <p>This Government is committed to helping schools become greener and more energy efficient. That is why we have supported the launch of the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s (DECC) solar photovoltaic strategy for schools and will continue to work with DECC to promote further their strategy across the schools sector.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 22/12/2014 14:26:48 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

170654

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Christmas Cards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which (a) individuals, (b) companies and (c) other organisations receive Christmas cards from her Department.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	218993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>This information is not collected by the Department for Education and can only be compiled at disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 05/01/2015 11:50:07 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

170655

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Ofsted
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applicants there were for the position of the new Ofsted lead subject inspector for religious education.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
uin	218937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>This is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw. A copy of his reply will be placed in the library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 05/01/2015 10:12:17 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

170656

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Religion: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria the lead subject inspector uses to assess the teaching of religious education in schools.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
uin	218938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>This is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw. A copy of his reply will be placed in the library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 05/01/2015 10:10:23 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

170657

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Ofsted
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, who has held the responsibilities of the lead support inspector for religious education since the departure of the previous occupant of that post.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
uin	218939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>This is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw. A copy of his reply will be placed in the library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 05/01/2015 10:08:48 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

170658

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Ofsted
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the new Ofsted lead subject inspector for religious education will be appointed.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
uin	218940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>This is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw. A copy of his reply will be placed in the library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 05/01/2015 10:06:39 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

170660

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many chemistry teachers in each parliamentary constituency in Greater Manchester have a chemistry degree.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	218918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not available by parliamentary constituency.</p><p> </p><p>Unlike the Department for Education’s response to written parliamentary question 218919, any count would have to rely on linking two samples of teachers for qualifications held and curriculum taught. Any estimate based on the small numbers of chemistry teachers employed in each parliamentary constituency would be unreliable.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 22/12/2014 14:33:44 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

170661

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary school teachers in each parliamentary constituency in Greater Manchester have a science degree.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	218919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2014 answer text <p>The following table provides the headcount number and percentage of all regular teachers[1] in service in primary schools in each constituency in Greater Manchester with a degree in a science subject in November 2013. This is the latest information available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Name of Constituency</p></td><td><p>Number of teachers</p><p>with science degree[2]</p></td><td><p>Number of teachers with a qualification recorded[3]</p></td><td><p>Percentage with a science</p><p>qualification</p><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Confidence interval[4]</p></td><td><p>Percentage of teachers with qualification</p><p>recorded</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Altrincham and Sale West</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>382</p></td><td><p>8.1</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p>88.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashton-under-Lyne</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>415</p></td><td><p>5.5</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td><td><p>95.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackley and Broughton</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>573</p></td><td><p>8.2</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td><td><p>96.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton North East</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>416</p></td><td><p>8.7</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p>98.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton South East</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>516</p></td><td><p>8.1</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td><td><p>98.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton West</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>404</p></td><td><p>6.4</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td><td><p>99.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bury North</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>355</p></td><td><p>8.5</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>88.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bury South</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>368</p></td><td><p>10.6</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>3.1</p></td><td><p>84.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheadle</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>437</p></td><td><p>6.6</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td><td><p>98.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denton and Reddish</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>368</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td><td><p>94.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hazel Grove</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>316</p></td><td><p>6.6</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p>98.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Heywood and Middleton</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>485</p></td><td><p>9.9</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p>98.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leigh</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>12.1</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>3.5</p></td><td><p>96.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Makerfield</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>324</p></td><td><p>7.4</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>95.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester Central</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>610</p></td><td><p>5.4</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td><td><p>96.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester, Gorton</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>494</p></td><td><p>7.7</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td><td><p>98.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester, Withington</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>388</p></td><td><p>7.2</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.6</p></td><td><p>97.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oldham East and Saddleworth</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>473</p></td><td><p>7.0</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td><td><p>89.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oldham West and Royton</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>505</p></td><td><p>7.1</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td><td><p>87.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochdale</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>498</p></td><td><p>9.0</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td><td><p>95.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salford and Eccles</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>379</p></td><td><p>6.6</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td><td><p>94.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stalybridge and Hyde</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>432</p></td><td><p>7.2</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td><td><p>97.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockport</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>378</p></td><td><p>8.2</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td><td><p>97.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stretford and Urmston</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>385</p></td><td><p>9.1</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>80.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wigan</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>304</p></td><td><p>8.9</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td><td><p>89.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worsley and Eccles South</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>422</p></td><td><p>10.0</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>89.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wythenshawe and Sale East</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>441</p></td><td><p>6.8</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td><td><p>92.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>889</p></td><td><p>11,416</p></td><td><p>7.8</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>93.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total England</p></td><td><p>18,795</p></td><td><p>227,513</p></td><td><p>8.3</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note: Figures are as reported in School Workforce Census, they have not been scaled up.</p><p> </p><p>Source: School Workforce Census</p><p> </p><p>[1] Includes qualified and unqualified teachers.</p><p>[2] Includes teachers with a first or higher science degree but excluding those with a science PGCE where no record of a science degree exists and those with a BEd in sciences.</p><p>[3] Those recorded with a qualification in any subject (the total in the sample from which the rate is calculated).</p><p>[4] The range within which we can be 95% confident that the true value exists.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 22/12/2014 14:33:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

170373

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what free school project applications have been withdrawn or cancelled; and what each application had spent on (a) property and planning, (b) technical and consultant and (c) legal fees before withdrawal or cancellation.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	218726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>As of 16 December 2014, 21 projects have withdrawn or been cancelled. These are listed below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Name of School</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rotherham Central Free School</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Priory Rural Skills and Equestrian Free School</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chorley Career and Sixth Form</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newham Free Academy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rivendale Free School</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnfield Fernwood Free School</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Bristol Primary School</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warrington Montessori School</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rainbow Schools (Nottingham)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Lights</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Leeds Retail and Financial Services Academy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harris Free School Tottenham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Free School Leeds</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TLG Bradford</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newark School of Enterprise</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Inspirar Bilingual Academy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Marco Polo Academy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oasis Community School Walthamstow</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Phoenix Free School of Oldham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>On Track Chiltern</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Advance School Norbury</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>When a project is cancelled or withdrawn, the Department for Education seeks to make alternative use of any capital spend on sites or otherwise.</p><p>Any capital costs spent on these projects are declared in the Department’s annual accounts at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-annual-reports" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-annual-reports</a></p><p>The March 2014 accounts will be published in the New Year.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 18/12/2014 16:38:54 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

170378

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Family Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's financial commitment is to the Family, Drug and Alcohol Court project; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	218666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education has been a strong supporter of the Family Drug and Alcohol Court model since 2008, and has worked closely with the team to grow the model and secure its sustainability. With regard to further financial commitment, I refer the Hon Member to the reply given to him on 14 July in <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2014-07-09/204870/" target="_blank">PQ 204870</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 18/12/2014 12:46:54 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton