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	registered interest
	date	04/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	GCSE: Blackpool
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students in schools under the control of Blackpool Education Authority in Blackpool South constituency received five GCSEs Grade A* to C including mathematics and English in the (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2009-10 academic year; and what those numbers represent as a proportion of the total number.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
	uin	223477
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>GCSE attainment figures for the academic year 2014/15 are not yet available. Figures for the 2013/14 academic year were published in January 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Attainment at constituency and local authority level are only published for all state funded schools including academies and city technical colleges. Further school type breakdowns below national level are not published.</p><p> </p><p>The latest publication including constituency figures can be found in the GCSE statistics series on GOV.UK.[1] Figures for Blackpool South parliamentary constituency in 2009/10 were published in the In Your Area website.[2]</p><p> </p><p>Figures for the number of pupils in state-funded schools in Blackpool South constituency who achieved five or more A* - C grades including English and mathematics GCSEs in the academic years 2013/14 and 2009/10 can be found in the following table, with figures for Blackpool local authority and England as comparators.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Achievements at GCSE and equivalent for pupils<sup>1</sup> at the end of key stage 4 <del class="ministerial">in Blackpool local authority and in England</del><ins class="ministerial">by parliamentary constiuency of school location</ins></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Years: 2009/10 to 2013/14 (revised)<sup>2,3,4</sup></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Coverage: England, state-funded schools (including academies and CTCs)</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Warning: 2013/14 figures not comparable to earlier years</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="2"><p>Number of eligible pupils<sup>1</sup></p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Number achieving 5+ A*-C grades inc. <br />English and mathematics GCSEs</p></td><td><p>% achieving 5+ A*-C grades inc. <br />English and mathematics GCSEs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Blackpool South</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">601</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">253</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">42.1</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Blackpool LA</p></td><td><p>1,440</p></td><td><p>633</p></td><td><p>44.0</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>National</p></td><td><p>556,002</p></td><td><p>315,873</p></td><td><p>56.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> Blackpool South</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">605</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">263</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">43.5</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Blackpool LA</p></td><td><p>1,607</p></td><td><p>768</p></td><td><p>47.8</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>National</p></td><td><p>575,970</p></td><td><p>318,720</p></td><td><p>55.3</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><em>Source: National pupil database (2009/10) and key stage 4 attainment data (2013/14)</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><br />1. Pupils at the end of key stage 4 in each academic year.</p><p>2. Figures for 2009/10 are based on final data. Figures for 2013/14 are based on revised data.</p><p>3. New 2014 methodology applied to 2013/14 data (see SFR main text).</p><p>4. In 2013/14, two major reforms were implemented which affect the calculation of key stage 4 performance measures data: Professor Alison Wolf’s Review of Vocational Education recommendations and an early entry policy to only count a pupil’s first attempt at a qualification. Consequently, <del class="ministerial">I</del><ins class="ministerial">i</ins>t is not possible to directly compare 2013/14 figures with earlier years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-attainment-by-pupil-characteristics-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-attainment-by-pupil-characteristics-2014</a></p><p>[2] <a href="http://www.education.gov.uk/inyourarea/index.shtml" target="_blank">www.education.gov.uk/inyourarea/index.shtml</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 09/02/2015 16:44:25 question first ministerially corrected 10/02/2015 11:56:15 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws previous answer version 43519 answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

519388

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2016
	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: Blackpool South
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants there were in Blackpool South constituency in (a) June 2015, (b) December 2015 and (c) the latest month for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	37492
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2016 answer text <p>The information you have requested is available in the official Universal Credit statistics: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 24/05/2016 13:18:35 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel previous answer version 234 answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1055223

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2019
	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: Neurology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people who have a neurological condition applying for assessment for (a) personal independence payment and (b) employment and support allowance who are assessed by an appropriate health care professional for that neurological condition in each year for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	216965
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p> </p><p>Medical condition data is collected from the point of claim on Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) from claimants’ fit notes, and at Work Capability Assessments (WCA). DWP statistics on the number of applications for ESA are grouped into medical conditions based on the International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision (ICD10) published by the World Health Organisation and do not include a specific group of neurological conditions. Information on the number of initial ESA WCA applications by available groups of medical conditions are available at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a>. The Departments’ choice of system for recording groups of medical conditions does not affect the correct administration the benefits individual recipients are entitled to.</p><p> </p><p>In the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) application process, claimants’ main disabling condition is only recorded for collation by the Department at assessment. It is not recorded at the point of application. The Department does not therefore hold data on the number of applicants to PIP with particular conditions. Only those who have a disability assessment determination decision will have a main disabling condition recorded for them. Information on the number of initial decisions made by disabling condition for claimants who had an assessment is published in the PIP clearances table and available at: <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/login.xhtml" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a>. PIP main disabling conditions are recorded using a different system to ESA.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users of Stat Xplore is available at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a></p><p> </p><p>All assessments of claimants to ESA and PIP are carried out by appropriate Health Professionals. They are functional assessments which focus not on a claimant’s condition but on the functional effects of that condition. All Health Professionals have passed strict recruitment and experience criteria and are registered with a relevant regulatory body.</p><p> </p><p>Healthcare Professionals carrying out assessments for PIP and WCAs for ESA must have 2 years of clinical experience (or less than 2 years post full registration experience by individual agreement with the Department) and are trained to undertake functional assessments. In addition, they complete training on neurological conditions and have access to a range of relevant resources.</p><p> </p><p>Health Professionals can engage with claimants’ specialists where necessary to gather supporting medical evidence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 12/02/2019 13:39:13 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton previous answer version 100778 answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1055224

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2019
	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: Neurology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions (a) she, (b) Ministers and (c) officials of her Department have had with charities and third sector bodies on the overall competence and expertise of health care professionals who assess people with neurological conditions for (i) personal independence payment and (ii) employment and support allowance.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	216966
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>Ministers and officials regularly meet charities and third sector bodies, including those who have an understanding of those with neurological conditions, to discuss a range of issues in relation to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), including assessments.</p><p> </p><p>PIP and WCA Health Professionals must have 2 years of clinical experience (or less than 2 years post full registration experience by individual agreement with the Department). They are trained to undertake functional assessments and in addition complete training on neurological conditions and have access to a range of resources.</p><p> </p><p>Assessment Providers engage with medical experts, charities and relevant stakeholders to strengthen, review and update their training programmes.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 14/02/2019 16:48:34 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton previous answer version 100777 answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1056739

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2019
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been carried out into (a) the experience that health care professionals carrying out assessments for personal independence payment have of the medical conditions of claimants and (b) other aspects of the suitability of those professionals.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	218201
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2019 answer text <p>Health Professionals that carry out PIP Assessments on behalf of DWP must have the following qualifications and experience:</p><p> </p><ul><li>are an occupational therapist, nurse (level 1), physiotherapist or paramedic. Doctors support assessments as part of the overall clinical assurance process but do not currently undertake any PIP assessments.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>are fully registered with the relevant licensing body (doctors must have a licence to practise).</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The licensing body has not placed restrictions on the healthcare professional’s registration.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>at least 2 years post full registration experience or less than 2 years post full registration experience by individual agreement with the Department.</li></ul><p> </p><p>It is DWP’s policy that Health Professionals who meet this criteria will have appropriate experience to complete a functional assessment.</p><p> </p><p>Assessment Providers are required to ensure Health Professionals have knowledge of the clinical aspects and likely functional effects of a wide range of health conditions and impairments. All Health Professionals employed to conduct PIP assessments are required to complete Continuous Professional Development to keep their knowledge up to date.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Assessment Provides have Mental Function Champions available to provide relevant advice and support to Health Professionals about mental health conditions and cognitive impairments.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 15/02/2019 11:39:03 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton previous answer version 101512 answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1434763

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people since 2019 whose application for asylum was rejected have been uncontactable by her Department but are believed to still be in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Scott Benton
	uin	128469
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>Information regarding the number of failed asylum seekers still living in the UK can be found on tables ASY03 and RCM02 of the most recently published immigration and protection transparency data:</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fimmigration-and-protection-data-q4-2021&amp;data=04%7C01%7CPeter.Clark%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C7293379c76e74c91eb9f08d9f8669f6e%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637813941901014536%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=CNVlDyJTr7ClzOyt1N8AryJXxFUqoc6mvrri1HilyUc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Immigration and protection data: Q4 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>When individuals fail to remain in contact with the Home Office, we have dedicated resources to bring them into contact. We will work with the police, other government agencies and commercial companies to track these people down.</p><p>We are currently refreshing our approach to contact management.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 07/03/2022 11:37:21 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 55119 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

456928

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Students: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if his Department will publish the full list of Equivalent or Lower Qualification exempt subjects announced in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	29586
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2016 answer text <p>Part time students studying for a second degree in subjects allied to medicine; biological sciences; veterinary sciences, agriculture and related subjects; physical sciences; and mathematical sciences will be eligible for a tuition fee loan from the 2017/18 academic year. These are in addition to the exemption for part time technology, computer science and engineering degrees introduced in 2015/16. Subject lists below these broad headings are published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency at https://www.hesa.ac.uk/component/content/article?id=1787</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 16/03/2016 11:57:41 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 49632 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

456929

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Students: Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Work and Pensions on the consequential effects of the introduction of maintenance loans for part-time students.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	29587
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Government announced in the Spending Review that for the first time, student finance would be available to part time students to help meet both tuition and living costs.</p><p> </p><p>Discussions are ongoing with other Government Departments and stakeholders regarding the new maintenance loan product for part time higher education students, and specifically its interaction with the social security system.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 21/03/2016 15:14:12 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 49634 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

458404

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Universities: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what research has been undertaken by (a) the Government, (b) HEFCE, (c) the HE Academy and (d) other government-funded agencies on the relationship between levels of casualised, non-permanent university teaching staff and teaching quality.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	30382
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2016 answer text <p>On teaching, the Higher Education Academy (HEA) produced a literature review ‘Shifting academic careers: implications for enhancing professionalism in teaching and supporting learning’ published in 2014. We have also asked the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) to look into the contractual status of academic staff to investigate how this could be measured and potentially feed into Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) assessments for future years.</p><p> </p><p>On research, ‘The Impact of Doctoral Careers’ (2014) was funded by RCUK, HEFCE and HEFCW.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 30384 question first answered 16/03/2016 11:48:47 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 50812 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

458406

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Universities: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what research his Department or its funded agencies has carried out on the effect on academic careers of non-permanent teaching and research posts in UK universities.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	30384
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2016 answer text <p>On teaching, the Higher Education Academy (HEA) produced a literature review ‘Shifting academic careers: implications for enhancing professionalism in teaching and supporting learning’ published in 2014. We have also asked the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) to look into the contractual status of academic staff to investigate how this could be measured and potentially feed into Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) assessments for future years.</p><p> </p><p>On research, ‘The Impact of Doctoral Careers’ (2014) was funded by RCUK, HEFCE and HEFCW.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 30382 question first answered 16/03/2016 11:48:47 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 50813 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden