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177826

	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	Class Sizes: Blackpool
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many classes in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Blackpool South constituency reported having class sizes in excess of 30 pupils in (i) January 2015 and (ii) May 2010; and what those numbers represent as a proportion of the total number.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
	uin	223475
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>Data is not yet available for January 2015, or specifically for May 2010, so January 2014 and January 2010 have been given as the closest alternative dates to these.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In January 2010, there were 33 primary school classes and two secondary school classes in excess of 30 pupils in Blackpool South constituency. That represents 15.3% and 1.4% respectively of the total number of classes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In January 2014, there were 19 primary school classes and six secondary school classes in excess of 30 pupils in the constituency. That represents 8.4% and 4.8% respectively of the total number of classes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data for January 2015 is currently being collected and processed and will be available in June 2015. Data on class sizes is collected as part of the January school census. This means that data specifically for May 2010 is not available and the figures for January 2010 have been provided.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 09/02/2015 17:17:01 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

177831

	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

177830

	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	Free School Meals: Blackpool
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students qualified for free school meals in schools in Blackpool South constituency in the (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2009-10 academic year; and what these numbers represent as a proportion of the total number.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
	uin	223482
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education routinely collects information on pupils who are both eligible for and claiming free school meals. Information on the number of pupils who are eligible for free school meals but not claiming them is not routinely collected.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The most recent information on the number and proportion of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals relates to the 2013/14 academic year, which is published in the ‘School, pupils and their characteristics: January 2014’ Statistical First Release. [1] Tables 8a, 8b, 8c, and 8d provide local authority figures; parliamentary constituency level information is not published.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information for the 2009/10 academic year is published in the ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2010’ Statistical First Release.[2] Tables 11a, 11b and 11c provide local authority figures; parliamentary constituency level information is not published.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The figures for both years are given below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="16"><p><strong>Number of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals:<br> Blackpool local authority</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>State-funded nursery and primary schools (1)(2)</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p>State-funded secondary schools (3)(4)</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="5"><p>Special schools (5)</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>January 2010</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="4"> </td><td> </td><td colspan="5"> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Total number of pupils (6)</p></td><td><p>10,771</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p>7,791</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="5"><p>242</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Number of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals (6)</p></td><td><p>3,228</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p>1,769</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="5"><p>112</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals</p></td><td><p>30.0</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p>22.7</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="5"><p>46.3</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="4"> </td><td> </td><td colspan="5"> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>January 2014</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="4"> </td><td> </td><td colspan="5"> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Total number of pupils (6)</p></td><td><p>11,047</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p>7,038</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="5"><p>259</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Number of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals (6)</p></td><td><p>3,179</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p>1,852</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="5"><p>121</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Percentage of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals</p></td><td><p>28.8</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p>26.3</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="5"><p>46.7</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="16"><p><em>Source: School Census</em></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="14" rowspan="2"><p>1. Includes state-funded nursery schools, direct grant nursery (the single institution of this type had not been included in this table in recent years) and middle/all through schools as deemed.</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="6"><p>2. Includes all primary academies, including free schools.</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="6"><p>3. Includes middle/all through schools as deemed.</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="14"><p>4. Includes city technology colleges and all secondary academies, including free schools, university technical colleges and studio schools.</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="13"><p>5. Excludes general hospital schools. Includes non-maintained special schools, special academies and special free schools.</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="14" rowspan="2"><p>6. Pupils who have full time attendance and are aged 15 or under, or pupils who have part time attendance and are aged between 5 and 15.</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014</a></p><p>[2] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2010" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2010</a><br><br></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 09/02/2015 16:15:12 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

177829

	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	Free School Meals: Blackpool
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students who qualified for free school meals in schools 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	223495
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>Figures for GCSE attainment for the academic year 2014/15 are not yet available. Figures for the 2013/14 academic year by pupil characteristics were published on GOV.UK[1] in January 2015. A time series of local authority attainment for pupils by free school meal eligibility at local authority level is included in the publication; constituency level information by pupil characteristics is not published.</p><p> </p><p>Published figures for the number of pupils eligible for free school meals who received five GCSEs grade A* to C including English and mathematics in the academic years 2013/14 and 2009/10 for Blackpool local authority and England can be found in the table attached.</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> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 10/02/2015 15:23:10 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws attachment 1 file name 223495 GCSE achievement KS4 FSM in Blackpool LA and England.xls title GCSE achievement FSM eligible Blackpool LA & Engla
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

177827

	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	Schools: Blackpool
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children entering secondary school were unable to enter their first-choice school in Blackpool South constituency 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	223476
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>School preference data is only available at local authority level for both of the specified academic years. The figures for Blackpool local authority are given below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2009-10, 59 applications made by parents of applicants in Blackpool for secondary school places were not offered their first choice school. This represents 4.0% of applications. The 2009-10 data is published online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130401151655/http:/media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/ssa012009v2pdf.pdf" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130401151655/http://media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/ssa012009v2pdf.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2014-15, 207 of applications made by parents of applicants in Blackpool for secondary school places were not offered their first choice school. This represents 14.9% of applications. The 2014-15 data is published online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/secondary-and-primary-school-applications-and-offers-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/secondary-and-primary-school-applications-and-offers-2014</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 09/02/2015 17:15:28 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

222633

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Rescue Services: Fareham
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of whether the Coastguard Service's VHF radio systems are fit for purpose (a) generally and (b) in relation to the work of the Maritime Operations Centre at Fareham.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
	uin	224651
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>There were no issues experienced with the VHF radio network on 2 February 2015.</p><p> </p><p>However, on 8 February 2015 there was a temporary reduction in HM Coastguard’s ability to broadcast on VHF Channel 16 from Marsland Mouth, Cornwall to Beachy Head, East Sussex and River Towey, Carmarthen to Mull of Galloway. This lasted for 1 hour 47 minutes.</p><p> </p><p>During this time the 999 service and the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) Distress alert systems were unaffected. There was no reduction in HM Coastguard’s ability to task rescue resources, such as lifeboats, volunteer Coastguard Rescue Teams or SAR Helicopters, to any incident around the coast.</p><p> </p><p>HM Coastguard’s well established Business Continuity Plans allowed remedial action to be promptly undertaken and enabled vessels on the waters affected during the period of the breakdown to make contact with the Coastguard Service. The specific issue that caused the reduced ability to broadcast on VHF Channel 16 has now been resolved.</p><p> </p><p>The Coastguard services (VHF systems) are currently fit for purpose both (a) generally and (b) specifically for the new national network.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes grouped question UIN 224650 question first answered 25/02/2015 14:03:14 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

222632

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Rescue Services: Fareham
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the breakdown of Fareham Maritime Operations Centre's VHF radio network on 2 February 2015, how long the breakdown lasted; which body of water was affected by the breakdown; which communications systems were affected by the breakdown; and what information his Department holds on attempts by vessels on the waters affected during the period of the breakdown to make contact with the Coastguard Service using the affected communications networks.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
	uin	224650
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>There were no issues experienced with the VHF radio network on 2 February 2015.</p><p> </p><p>However, on 8 February 2015 there was a temporary reduction in HM Coastguard’s ability to broadcast on VHF Channel 16 from Marsland Mouth, Cornwall to Beachy Head, East Sussex and River Towey, Carmarthen to Mull of Galloway. This lasted for 1 hour 47 minutes.</p><p> </p><p>During this time the 999 service and the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) Distress alert systems were unaffected. There was no reduction in HM Coastguard’s ability to task rescue resources, such as lifeboats, volunteer Coastguard Rescue Teams or SAR Helicopters, to any incident around the coast.</p><p> </p><p>HM Coastguard’s well established Business Continuity Plans allowed remedial action to be promptly undertaken and enabled vessels on the waters affected during the period of the breakdown to make contact with the Coastguard Service. The specific issue that caused the reduced ability to broadcast on VHF Channel 16 has now been resolved.</p><p> </p><p>The Coastguard services (VHF systems) are currently fit for purpose both (a) generally and (b) specifically for the new national network.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes grouped question UIN 224651 question first answered 25/02/2015 14:03:14 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

179161

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Pregnancy Tests
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health on 23 October 2014, Official Report, column 1142, what progress he has made on establishing the independent review of papers and evidence relating to oral hormone pregnancy tests; and when he plans to appoint a panel alongside the chair for that review.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
	uin	224183
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The terms of reference for the review were endorsed by the Commission on Human Medicines in December 2014 and a suitable Chair for the panel has been identified. The areas of scientific expertise required for the review and suitable candidates within these disciplines have also been identified. The Government is in the process of obtaining all relevant documents and evidence for the review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 23/02/2015 16:35:57 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden