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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

48800

	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, what recent discussions he has held with education ministers in the devolved legislatures on proposals for English baccalaureate certificates and reforms of A-levels.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	196846
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State met the Minister for Education for Northern Ireland and the Minister of Education and Skills for Wales on May 13 2013, along with Ofqual's Chief Regulator Glenys Stacey, to discuss proposed reforms of GCSEs and A levels.</p><p> </p><p>In line with the concordats between the Department for Education and the Northern Ireland Government, we give the Ministers of the devolved Governments advance notice of our intentions wherever possible. Department for Education and Ofqual officials meet regularly with their counterparts in Wales and Northern Ireland to discuss matters of common interest and share information. This includes GCSE and A level reforms in their respective administrations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

48792

	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, which local authorities currently do not have enough childcare places available to cater for the extension of the childcare offer to the 40 per cent most disadvantaged two-year-olds in September 2014; and what the shortfall of places is in each such authority.
	tabling member constituency	Corby
	tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
	uin	196830
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p>In February 2014 local authorities reported that around 103,000 two-year-olds were already accessing a funded early learning place. Local authorities are responsible for ensuring that every eligible child, whose parents wish them to take a place, is able to.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 196831 question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

48793

	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, which local authorities currently do not have enough childcare places available to cater for the 20 per cent most disadvantaged two-year-olds; and what the shortfall is in each such authority.
	tabling member constituency	Corby
	tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
	uin	196831
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p>In February 2014 local authorities reported that around 103,000 two-year-olds were already accessing a funded early learning place. Local authorities are responsible for ensuring that every eligible child, whose parents wish them to take a place, is able to.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 196830 question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford