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63227

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupil Numbers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schoolchildren graduated from (a) a comprehensive, (b) a grammar, (c) a secondary and (d) an independent school in the last academic year.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	201675
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education publishes pupil results at the end of key stage 4, which signals the end of compulsory education. Information on the key stage 4 results of pupils by admission basis and school type is published in the “GCSE and equivalent results in England, 2012 to 2013 (revised)”[1] Statistical First Release. The relevant tables have been placed in the House Library.</p><p> </p><p>[1]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2012-to-2013-revised" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2012-to-2013-revised</a> (National tables: SFR01/2014 document, Table 3a and b)</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 26/06/2014 16:03:44 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

62879

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Safety
	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 ensure that primary school children are safe inside the school building and in the surrounding area.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	201537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>All schools have a legal responsibility to provide a safe and secure environment. Under health and safety legislation, schools are required to conduct a health and safety risk assessment and put in place an appropriate policy to ensure that staff and pupils are not exposed to risks. This applies to activities on or off the school premises.</p><p>Schools are also required to undertake a range of employment and criminal record checks when making appointments and supervise visitors to the school building. Guidance is made available to schools to help them meet these legal requirements.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 26/06/2014 16:05:24 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

62617

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Chemistry: Teachers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many chemistry teachers undertook a chemistry subject knowledge enhancement course in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	201219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>There are two types of subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) courses: pre initial teacher training (ITT) SKE, to support recruitment of trainee teachers in shortage subjects; and post ITT SKE, to support workforce challenges in schools.</p><p> </p><p>We have surpassed our target for trainees entering chemistry teacher training in each of the last three years, recruiting 121% of the target in 2011/12, 108% in 2012/13, and 127% in 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the latest annual School Workforce Census (2013)[1] shows that 80.4% of chemistry teachers who teach pupils from years 7 to 13 have a relevant post-A Level qualification, up from 72.7% in the 2010 census[2].</p><p> </p><p>Data for the number of chemistry SKE courses for 2009-2013 is below. Post ITT SKE courses were available only from the academic year 2011/12. SKE course data for 2013/14 is not yet available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of pre ITT chemistry SKE courses undertaken</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of post ITT chemistry SKE courses undertaken</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>577</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>522</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>574</p></td><td><p>87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>399</p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2013</p><p>[2] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2010-provisional</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 26/06/2014 16:00:22 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

63388

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	Prime Minister
	answering dept id	23
	answering dept short name	Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Prime Minister, how many times he has met with the Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Bury South
	tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
	uin	201731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 1 May 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, column 761W.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Mr David Cameron question first answered 26/06/2014 09:30:04 answering member 1467 label Biography information for Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
	tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

63003

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	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	Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many parliamentary questions tabled to his Department in the last parliamentary session did not receive a substantive answer by the time of the 2014 prorogation; and when each such question was first tabled.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
	tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
	uin	201548
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Department provided substantive answers to all parliamentary questions in the 2013-14 parliamentary Session.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 26/06/2014 14:35:52 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

62164

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2014
	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	National Insurance Contributions Office: Newcastle upon Tyne
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken to ensure that the centralisation in Newcastle of national insurance services for the North East does not have a negative effect on service for users.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	200846
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Measures taken ensure that dedicated centralised teams are able to offer both earlier and increased numbers of appointments to individuals of the North East. Measures are also in place to ensure mobile visits to employer sites are completed when necessary.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 26/06/2014 15:06:59 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

63434

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	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	Jobseeker's Allowance
	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 to jobcentre staff on information to provide to jobseeker's allowance claimants whose claim has been stopped on the other support options available.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	201736
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>All Advisers have access to comprehensive and clear procedures, guidance and extensive learning which equips them to advise claimants who may have their entitlement to benefit ended, including alternative sources of financial assistance.</p><p> </p><p>Where a benefit doubt is identified and the case is being referred to a decision maker, claimants are given information (verbally and in writing) about the doubt in question, what happens next, what they can do if their claim ends and the availability of Jobseeker's Allowance under the hardship provision.</p><p> </p><p>Once a decision is made and entitlement ends, a formal notification is issued to the claimant, which includes information about the availability of Jobseeker's Allowance under the hardship provision.</p><p> </p><p>Where the Department for Work and Pensions is unable to help claimants they will be signposted to other types of support in their areas, including local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 26/06/2014 13:56:55 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

63435

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	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	Jobseeker's Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what penalties are incurred by jobcentre staff who fail to inform jobseeker's allowance claimants whose claim has been stopped of the other support options available to them.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	201738
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>We aim to ensure those who are eligible are fully aware of hardship provision, know how to make an application and have the right support from Jobcentre staff throughout the process so that they can receive payments. In the event that Jobcentre staff do not comply with any guidance, local Jobcentre managers may take appropriate steps in accordance with DWP's policies and procedures.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 26/06/2014 14:23:26 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

63439

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	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	Employment and Support Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2014, Official Report, column 628W, on the employment and support allowance, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the recent Mind report entitled Fulfilling Potential? ESA and the fate of the Work-Related Activity Group.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	201857
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Our department is fully committed to providing personalised support for people with health conditions. Jobcentre Plus and the Work Programme are successfully helping claimants into work.</p><p> </p><p>We are determined to do even more to help ESA claimants into work. We are trialling new approaches to extend our knowledge about what works and inform future policies.</p><p> </p><p>We have set up the Work Programme Building Best Practice Group to help share what works and we are driving providers to improve performance for this group.</p><p> </p><p>Our Disability and Health Employment Strategy also sets out a range of interventions to further shape positive attitudes, encourage employers to see the value of disabled people in the workforce and better target support to where it will make the most impact.</p><p> </p><p>Last year the Prime Minister launched the Disability Confident campaign which targeted over 1100 local and national employers, aiming to increase their confidence in employing disabled people. We received hundreds of pledges from companies in their quest to improve employment outcomes for disabled people.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 26/06/2014 14:47:19 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

63091

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2014
	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	Universal Credit: South East
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when universal credit will be rolled out to (a) Brighton, Kemptown constituency and (b) the South East; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	uin	201619
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made by my Rt. Hon. Friend, the Member for Chingford and Woodford Green, Iain Duncan Smith on 5 December 2013 Col. 65WS link to WMS:</p><p><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm131205/wmstext/131205m0001.htm#column_65ws" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm131205/wmstext/131205m0001.htm#column_65ws</a></p><p>The statement sets out our plans for UC Delivery. We are progressing well against the plan and from 23 June 2014 expansion of the UC live service across the whole of the North West of England began.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/north-west-universal-credit-expansion" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/north-west-universal-credit-expansion</a></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 26/06/2014 14:46:54 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby