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43052

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of initial teacher trainees were service leavers in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10, (c) 2010-11, (d) 2011-12, (e) 2012-13 and (f) the current academic year to date.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	192174
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold this information prior to March 2011. Between 2010 and 2012/13, 0.12% of initial teacher training (ITT) trainees declared themselves as having an armed forces background. ITT census information and performance profiles can be found online at:</p><p><a href="http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/careers/traininganddevelopment/initial/b00204146/itt-data-and-surveys/trainee-census" target="_blank">http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/careers/traininganddevelopment/initial/b00204146/itt-data-and-surveys/trainee-census</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/initial-teacher-training-performance-profiles-2013-for-the-academic-year-2011-to-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/initial-teacher-training-performance-profiles-2013-for-the-academic-year-2011-to-2012</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census</a></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	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

11895

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2013
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to consult on eligibility for free school meals ahead of the introduction of universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	153906
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2014 answer text <p>We are working very closely with other departments, including the Cabinet Office and the Department for Work and Pensions, to simplify free school meals criteria under universal credit, while ensuring that free lunches continue to be available to the families who need them most. These discussions, which include consideration of a phased implementation timetable, are in recognition of the significant number and complexity of passported benefits across Government, most of which have different eligibility criteria.</p><p>We will allow good time to enable schools, local authorities and children's charities to comment on our proposals before we introduce new entitlement criteria for free school meals under universal credit.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 26/02/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

43047

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	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 offer compensation to initial teacher training applicants who have been wrongly advised that they failed the professional skills test and denied the opportunity to train as teachers.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	192133
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2014 answer text <p>The Standards and Testing Agency (STA) has written to candidates who were incorrectly notified that they had failed the Professional Skills Tests and provided a helpline number to contact should they wish to discuss their options or seek support.</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	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

43048

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which contractors will be responsible for the professional skills test for initial teacher training entrants for the 2014-15 academic year.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	192131
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2014 answer text <p>No contract has been agreed with any contractor as yet. The Department for Education is in the process of negotiating a contract through a framework agreement. Once a contract has been signed we will make public the identity of the contractor.</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	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

43049

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what further information he will give to initial teacher training providers about candidates who were incorrectly notified that they had failed the professional skills test.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	192132
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2014 answer text <p>The Professional Skills Test results database has been updated to reflect the change in outcome for those candidates who were incorrectly notified that they had failed their Skills Test. Initial Teacher Training (ITT) providers have access to this database.</p><p>Any candidate affected in this way was instructed to contact the Standards and Testing Agency (STA) if they wanted to discuss their options.</p><p>The STA have also written to all providers of ITT courses to inform them of the issue.</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	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

43059

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Statement of 13 March 2014 by the Minister for Schools, how much of the funding announced will come from (a) his Department's budget and (b) the Treasury.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	192041
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2014 answer text <p>The Government has agreed to provide £350 million in 2015-16 to the least fairly-funded local authorities in England. We are able to achieve this without any local authority receiving a cut to its per-pupil schools budget.</p><p> </p><p>We are able to deliver this boost by using money from within our protected schools budget and because HM Treasury will provide additional funding as required.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education intends to find the majority of the £350 million from within its existing protected schools budget as determined at the Spending Round in June 2013. Based on current forecasts, the Treasury will provide around £90 million in addition to the Department's contribution.</p><p> </p><p>The precise level of any additional funding from the Treasury will become clear when we have final data on pupil numbers.</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	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

43153

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2014
	answering body	Prime Minister
	answering dept id	23
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Prime Minister, whether the possibility of Israel (a) disarming its nuclear weapons capability and (b) joining the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty was discussed with (i) his Israeli counterpart, (ii) other Israeli ministers and (iii) members of the Knesset during his visit to Israel on 12 and 13 March 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	192110
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2014 answer text <p>I did not discuss this issue during my recent visit to Israel.</p><p> </p><p>The Government consistently call on Israel to join the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty as a non-nuclear weapon state and to agree a full scope Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency. We continue to support the objective of a Middle East free from Weapons of Mass Destruction and continue to encourage Israel to participate in discussions to that end.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Mr David Cameron question first answered 18/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1467 label Biography information for Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

41945

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2014
	answering body	Prime Minister
	answering dept id	23
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Prime Minister, if he will publish any correspondence he had with Baroness Neville-Jones on her appointment and resignation as a Minister.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	191038
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2014 answer text <p>I speak to Ministers and discuss the Government&rsquo;s priorities on appointment. Copies of the exchange of letters between Baroness Neville-Jones and me on her resignation from Government are available on the gov.uk website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Mr David Cameron attachment 1 file name 2011.05.09 Letter from Baroness Neville-Jones.PDF title 2011.05.09 Letter from Baroness Neville-Jones 2 file name 2011.05.09 Letter from the Prime Minister.PDF title 2011.05.09 Letter from the Prime Minister question first answered 11/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1467 label Biography information for Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

42886

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance he has issued on the requirement to have £16,000 or less in savings for eligibility for income-based jobseeker's allowance.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	191792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>For Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA), guidance on the requirement to have £16000 or less in capital and savings is in the JSA procedural guidance. Corresponding guidance for Decision Makers is in the Decision Makers Guide, chapter 29.</p><p> </p><p>Public facing communications are available via the:</p><p>· Government website <a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>;</p><p>· information leaflet INF4: changes you must tell us about; and </p><p>· Jobseeker's Allowance: help while you look for work leaflet.</p><p> </p><p>There has always been a level above which income-based JSA was not payable if savings were held since 1996.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 19/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

42593

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people and what proportion of the working population have been in receipt of incapacity benefit or employment and support allowance for over (a) two years, (b) five years and (c) 10 years in each region of England.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	191625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The information requested is shown in the tables below.</p><p>Incapacity Benefit/Severe Disablement Allowance (IB/SDA) claimants in each Region in England by duration of claim and as a percentage of the working age population – as at August 2013</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p><p>All cases</p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p><p>%</p></td><td><p>Duration of 2 to 5 years</p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p><p>%</p></td><td><p>Duration of 5 to 10 years</p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p><p>%</p></td><td><p>Duration of over 10 years</p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p><p>%</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>29,950</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p>1,820</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>6,380</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>21,500</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>77,400</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td><td><p>3,250</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>17,650</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>55,980</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and The Humber</p></td><td><p>47,770</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td><td><p>1,980</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>10,700</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>34,760</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>39,600</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td><td><p>1,370</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>9,020</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>28,820</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>55,560</p></td><td><p>1.6</p></td><td><p>2,130</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>13,770</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>39,260</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>45,960</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td><td><p>1,730</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>12,710</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>31,030</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>87,890</p></td><td><p>1.6</p></td><td><p>4,420</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>26,990</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>55,570</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>60,710</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td><td><p>2,250</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>15,570</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td><td><p>42,410</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>51,240</p></td><td><p>1.6</p></td><td><p>1,960</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>13,200</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>35,620</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimants in each Region in England by duration of claim and as a percentage of the working age population – as at August 2013</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p><p>All</p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p><p>%</p></td><td><p>Duration of up to 5 years</p></td><td><p> </p><p> </p><p>%</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>102,540</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td><td><p>16,010</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>284,580</p></td><td><p>6.6</p></td><td><p>49,000</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and The Humber</p></td><td><p>170,050</p></td><td><p>5.2</p></td><td><p>29,980</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>130,210</p></td><td><p>4.7</p></td><td><p>23,430</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>166,670</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td><td><p>30,220</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>133,560</p></td><td><p>3.8</p></td><td><p>26,410</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>227,650</p></td><td><p>4.1</p></td><td><p>48,070</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>185,150</p></td><td><p>3.5</p></td><td><p>36,240</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>135,980</p></td><td><p>4.3</p></td><td><p>26,390</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: DWP IGS 100% WPLS and ONS Mid-2012 Population Estimates</p><p>Notes:</p><ol start="1" type="1"><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Percentages are shown rounded to one decimal place. “ – “ denotes nil or negligible.</li><li>Working age population figures are defined as males aged 16-64 and females aged 16-59.</li><li>Incapacity Benefit was replaced by Employment Support Allowance (ESA) for new claims from October 2008.</li><li>Incapacity Benefit/Severe Disablement Allowance figures will include some people receiving National Insurance credits only.</li><li>The caseload data provided for IB/SDA and ESA is published and can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-statistics-tabulation-tool</a></li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms