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date	14/12/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Working Hours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will commission or undertake a review into whether school teachers' working hours are excessive; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	20064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>Removing unnecessary workload for teachers is a priority for this government. We are commissioning a biennial survey to track teacher workload, starting in spring 2016.</p><br /><p>This is an important part of our action plan, published in our <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/415874/Government_Response_to_the_Workload_Challenge.pdf" target="_blank">response to the Workload Challenge survey</a>, to remove unnecessary teacher workload. In total, 43,832 people accessed the survey and 20,533 of those provided substaitive answers to one or more of the open questions. We have set up three review groups to address the three biggest issues emerging from the Workload Challenge – ineffective <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/teacher-workload-marking-policy-review-group" target="_blank">marking</a>, use of <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/teacher-workload-planning-and-resources-review-group" target="_blank">planning and resources,</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/teacher-workload-data-management-review-group" target="_blank">data management</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 17/12/2015 17:01:06 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

438213

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Class Sizes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the ratio of teachers to students in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	19914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>The number of teachers in our schools is at an all-time high. There are now 454,900 full time equivalent (FTE) teachers, up 5,200 from last year and 13,100 from 2010.</p><br /><p>Pupil teacher ratios (PTRs) remain low in both primary and secondary schools and have stayed relatively stable despite the growing number of pupils. A time series of the latest pupil teacher ratios can be found online at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2014</a></p><br /><p>More information can be found in the published TSM model and model user guide, which is available online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-supply-model" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-supply-model</a>.</p><br /> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 17/12/2015 17:03:14 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

437133

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	ICT: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to promote coding as part of the curriculum or otherwise amongst young people.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	19546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>The new computing curriculum, introduced in September 2014 and compulsory for ages 5-16, has been designed to ensure the study of topics such as computational logic, algorithms and coding.</p><br /><p>The government has spent more than £4.5 million over the past three years to support schools in delivering high quality computing teaching. This includes £3 million for Computing At School to build a national network of over 350 ‘Master Teachers’ in computer science whom schools can commission to provide training for their teachers.</p><br /><p>In primary school, pupils will be looking at designing, writing and debugging programs. With these skills, pupils can create games or useful tools like a number generator for maths.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 17/12/2015 17:17:19 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

437134

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Cybercrime: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the page on the National Crime Agency website entitled, Cyber crime: Preventing young people from getting involved, what discussions she has had with the Home Secretary on interest in coding and possession of independent learning material on computing being considered possible indicators of risk of involvement in cyber crime.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	19545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State holds discussions on a range of topics with Cabinet Ministers.</p><br /><p>The National Crime Agency (NCA) has recently published guidance on preventing young people from becoming involved in cyber-crime: <a href="http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/crime-threats/cyber-crime/cyber-crime-preventing-young-people-from-getting-involved" target="_blank">www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/crime-threats/cyber-crime/cyber-crime-preventing-young-people-from-getting-involved</a></p><p><br></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 17/12/2015 17:16:25 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier