Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label previous answer version answering member constituency answering member printed answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

64485

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education: York
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many nursery places were available in City of York constituency in 1995-96 and in each year since.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	202879
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>I have asked Ofsted to respond using the data they hold on registered nursery places. The Ofsted Director for the Early Years, and North-East, Yorkshire and the Humber, Nick Hudson, will write to the Hon. Gentleman, and a copy of his response will be placed in the House Libraries. Some providers such as schools with nursery provision for children aged three or over are exempt from registration. The number of places therefore may not include the full range of early years provision available in the area.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education's Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey[1] collects data on all registered childcare places, including those in maintained schools and nurseries. These figures are therefore more comprehensive than the Ofsted figures; however data is only available at a national and regional level, and in this case only for the North East, Yorkshire and Humberside combined.</p><p> </p><p>[1]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey-2011" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey-2011</a></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 07/07/2014 10:19:43 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

48797

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2014
	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, if he will add economics, English literature and computing to the list of facilitating subjects for Key Stage 5 performance tables.
	tabling member constituency	Wyre and Preston North
	tabling member printed	Mr Ben Wallace
	uin	196819
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p>The facilitating subjects are identified by the Russell Group of universities as A level subjects that are required more often than others by universities. The list includes English literature along with mathematics, further mathematics, physics, biology, chemistry, geography, history and languages (classical and modern).</p><p>The Russell Group is an independent organisation; it recently reviewed the list of facilitating subjects and confirmed no change was needed. The Department for Education publishes a measure in the key stage 5 performance tables of the percentage of students achieving AAB grades at A level, including in at least two facilitating subjects.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 196816 question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace

48798

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2014
	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, when he plans to review the list of facilitating subjects for Key Stage 5 performance tables.
	tabling member constituency	Wyre and Preston North
	tabling member printed	Mr Ben Wallace
	uin	196816
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p>The facilitating subjects are identified by the Russell Group of universities as A level subjects that are required more often than others by universities. The list includes English literature along with mathematics, further mathematics, physics, biology, chemistry, geography, history and languages (classical and modern).</p><p>The Russell Group is an independent organisation; it recently reviewed the list of facilitating subjects and confirmed no change was needed. The Department for Education publishes a measure in the key stage 5 performance tables of the percentage of students achieving AAB grades at A level, including in at least two facilitating subjects.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 196819 question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace

61327

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academic Year
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what economic assessment he has made on the effect on tourism jobs in seaside areas and seaside economies of deregulating school holidays.
	tabling member constituency	Wyre and Preston North
	tabling member printed	Mr Ben Wallace
	uin	200272
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government is giving more schools greater flexibility to adapt the shape of the school year in the interests of their pupils' education.</p><p>Whilst this will extend an existing flexibility to a greater number of schools, our advice will continue to include a clear expectation of schools working with each other and the local authority to coordinate dates to avoid unnecessary disruption to parents and their employers.</p><p>The Department has consulted with representatives of the tourist industry. Where schools choose to change their holiday dates, following discussion locally with parents and local businesses, there may well be a positive impact on seaside economies. In areas of high-seasonal employment, for example, small variations to term-dates agreed locally may help parents to holiday outside of peak periods.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 18/06/2014 16:26:11 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace

48187

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2014
	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 levels of stock his Department holds of (a) stationery, (b) printer cartridges, (c) treasury tags and other fasteners and (d) other office consumables.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
	uin	196203
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally, and could only be collated at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for John Redwood

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

44028

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2014
	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 the mathematics teachers recently brought by his Department from Shanghai to England to help raise standards were chosen; who those teachers are; and which schools they came from.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	192916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>We launched the maths teacher exchange between England and China in March 2014. Up to 60 teachers from each country will participate in the exchange which will start in the autumn term of the next academic year. Teachers from Shanghai will be sent to English schools designated as centres of excellence for maths. We are in the process of confirming arrangements, including which teachers and schools will take part. The programme will be managed through our Maths Hubs network which will be in place by September.</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	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

44498

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2014
	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 the 60 mathematics teachers brought to the UK from Shanghai for an exchange organised by his Department were chosen.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	193216
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>We launched the Maths Teacher exchange between England and China in March 2014. The exchange will start in the next academic year. We are in the process of confirming arrangements, including which teachers from Shanghai will participate.</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	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

64927

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Security
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether all employees of his Department are required to return their departmental pass when they cease working for his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	203339
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>Staff passes of people who no longer work for the Department are required to be returned or deactivated.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 08/07/2014 15:40:36 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss previous answer version 8590 answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

63875

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on how many occasions ministerial authorisation has been granted for expenditure which exceeded his Department's internal efficiency control thresholds for (a) advertising, marketing and communications, (b) consultancy and (c) external recruitment; and what the (i) purpose and (ii) value of any such agreed expenditure has been in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
	uin	202359
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education has its own internal efficiency controls thresholds and complies with the Cabinet Office controls.</p><p> </p><p>1. Advertising, Marketing and Communications expenditure above the Departmental threshold of £100,000 is submitted to Efficiency and Reform Group at Cabinet Office for final clearance.</p><p>2. Consultancy expenditure above £20,000 (and is a new contract expected to exceed 9 months, an existing contract to be extended beyond 9 months or is expenditure for procurement related consultancy) is submitted to Cabinet Office for final clearance.</p><p>3. Cabinet Office is not directly involved in recruitment approvals.</p><p> </p><p>The approved expenditure requests which have exceeded Departmental thresholds are published on a quarterly basis on the Department's website:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/approved-exemptions-to-the-efficiency-controls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/approved-exemptions-to-the-efficiency-controls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 01/07/2014 17:11:19 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest