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228300

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) women and (b) BAME people there are in previous cohorts of the Troops to Teachers programme; and what proportion of people in each such category formed the overall participants.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	228294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>There are two cohorts of trainees on the Troops to Teachers programme. There are 8 female trainees in the first cohort and 12 in the second cohort. This is just under a quarter (24%) of the total participants across both cohorts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>No trainees have declared themselves as Black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME).</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 23/03/2015 12:06:06 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

228299

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many participants in the Troops to Teachers programme have (a) not completed training and (b) dropped out on completion of training.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	228293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The Troops to Teachers participants are still undertaking their training. The first cohort of trainees began the two year programme in January 2014 and are due to complete their training in December 2015. The second cohort began in September 2015 and will complete their training in August 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A total of nine trainees have withdrawn from the programme, from across both cohorts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 23/03/2015 12:05:04 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

228122

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Inspections
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many state-funded schools in each local authority area are currently assessed by Ofsted to be inadequate or require improvement had been assessed to be good or outstanding at their previous inspection.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	228271
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>As Ofsted is responsible for the requested statistics, I have asked Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, to write to the Hon Member with the information requested. A copy of his reply will be placed in the House library.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 23/03/2015 12:08:27 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

228121

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Inspections
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many state-funded schools in each local authority area as at 31 August 2010 had received a three or four judgement for pupil behaviour in their most recent Ofsted inspection.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	228270
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>As Ofsted is responsible for the requested statistics, I have asked Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, to write to the Hon Member with the information requested. A copy of his reply will be placed in the House library.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 23/03/2015 12:07:35 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

228128

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Asbestos
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding was provided to each local authority in 2014 to remove asbestos in schools.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
	uin	228116
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>In 2014-15 the Department for Education allocated over £650 million to local authorities and their schools in capital funding to be spent on improving the condition of their school buildings. This was in addition to the approximately £750 million in funding we allocated to academies, academy trusts and other schools outside of local authority control for this purpose in 2014-15. Local authorities, academy trusts and schools themselves are best placed to judge when asbestos needs to be removed, or other works are necessary to make it safe, and can use this funding to carry out that work as required.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The department has recently announced £4.2 billion in funding for responsible bodies to spend on improving the condition of their school buildings during 2015-18.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 23/03/2015 15:20:40 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

228301

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average number of months was that recruits in previous cohorts served in the Troops to Teachers programme.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	228295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The first Troops to Teachers participants are still undertaking their training. The first cohort began training in January 2014, so all of the current trainees have served 14 months on the programme. The second cohort started training in September 2015, therefore current trainees have served 6 months on the programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 23/03/2015 12:06:48 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

228267

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions Ministers in his Department had with the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health on alcohol duty prior to the publication of the Budget 2015; what issues were raised during those discussions; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	228208
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The Treasury Ministers discuss a variety of issues with Ministers from other government departments throughout the year, including the run up to Budget.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 23/03/2015 15:27:52 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

228346

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Work Programme: Blackpool
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) people in the Work Programme entered employment and (b) people in the Work Programme were subject to benefit sanctions in (i) Blackpool South constituency and (ii) Blackpool local authority area in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
	uin	228257
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested for part (a), in respect of the number of people placed into employment from the Work Programme is not available.</p><p> </p><p>The information we do have shows the number of Work Programme job outcomes, by various geographies and this can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/WorkProg/tabtool.html" target="_blank">http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/WorkProg/tabtool.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance</a></p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of Jobseeker’s allowance and Employment Support Allowance claimants referred to the Work Programme who have been sanctioned for failure to participate, by various geographies, is published and available at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 23/03/2015 17:15:22 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

228253

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Jobcentre Plus staff were put on a performance improvement plan as a result of making (a) too few and (b) too many sanction referrals in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	228132
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We do not record information on the reason performance improvement plans are issued to Jobcentre staff.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 24/03/2015 09:46:03 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

228247

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Work Programme: Blackpool
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of recipients of employment and support allowance referred to the Work Programme in (a) Blackpool South constituency and (b) Blackpool local authority area moved into sustained employment in (i) 2012, (ii) 2013, (iii) 2014 and (iv) 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
	uin	228267
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p> </p><p>The information showing the number of Work Programme Referrals, Job Outcomes and Sustainment Payments, up to December 2014, by various geographies can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/WorkProg/tabtool.html" target="_blank">http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/WorkProg/tabtool.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance</a></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 23/03/2015 17:12:59 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden