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100966

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	10/11/2014
	date	27/10/2014
	date tabled	27/10/2014
	ddp created	27/10/2014 23:21:24
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:19:13
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2422
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/11/2014 14:16:55
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the terms of the Academies Financial Handbook allow an academy chain to outsource all non-teaching staff to a profit-making provider.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2422
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2422
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Academies Financial Handbook is not prescriptive about where academy trusts buy the services that they need. Trusts are free to choose, but in doing so they have important responsibilities. Paragraph 1.5.11 of the Handbook explains that trusts must exercise their discretion reasonably and in a way that commands broad public support. Paragraph 1.5.21 explains that the accounting officer is personally accountable for regularity, propriety and value for money in the trust’s financial conduct. Section 3.3 sets out that trusts must seek prior approval from the EFA for transactions that are novel or contentious.</p>
	creator	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

100967

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	10/11/2014
	date	27/10/2014
	date tabled	27/10/2014
	ddp created	27/10/2014 23:21:24
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:19:15
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Languages: Primary Education
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2423
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/11/2014 17:32:12
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what overall assessment will be made of the quality of foreign language teaching in primary schools following such teaching becoming compulsory in September 2014.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2423
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2423
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Ofsted makes a judgement on the quality of teaching, including teaching of languages, when carrying out a school inspection.</p>
	creator	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

100968

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	10/11/2014
	date	27/10/2014
	date tabled	27/10/2014
	ddp created	27/10/2014 23:21:24
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:19:16
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Languages: Primary Education
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2424
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/11/2014 17:36:25
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have plans to provide additional training and resources to support primary school teachers teaching foreign languages.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2424
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2424
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>As stated in the answer to the noble Lady’s question at HL Deb, 24 October 2014, c113W, the Government is providing funding of £1.8 million over two years for continuing professional development for primary and secondary teachers to support delivery of the new modern languages curriculum. The training is being funded through nine organisations whose performance will be monitored against the agreements the Department for Education is making with them.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the National College for Teaching and Leadership is funding a number of teaching school alliances to develop and deliver a range of post-initial teacher training subject knowledge enhancement courses in shortage subjects. Five of these alliances have included modern languages as a subject focus for their provision, and one of these is primary phase.</p><p> </p>
	creator	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

100969

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	10/11/2014
	date	27/10/2014
	date tabled	27/10/2014
	ddp created	27/10/2014 23:21:25
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:19:17
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Class Sizes
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2425
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/11/2014 17:38:59
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their latest calculation of the number of infant classes of over 30 pupils in schools in England.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2425
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2425
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>As of January 2014, there were 2,985 infant classes with over 30 pupils in schools in England.</p><p> </p><p>This data is taken from the January 2014 School Census, published online at: <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> </p>
	creator	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

100605

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/11/2014
	date	23/10/2014
	date tabled	23/10/2014
	ddp created	23/10/2014 19:36:09
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:16:55
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Council of Europe
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2336
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/11/2014 15:18:50
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will be represented at the forthcoming Council of Europe conference in Baku, Azerbaijan; and what representations they will make regarding the implementation of recent European Court of Human Rights decisions concerning Azerbaijan.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2336
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2336
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The British Government takes all opportunities to raise its concerns about the lack of fundamental freedoms in Azerbaijan, including the implementation of judgments by the European Court of Human Rights, and does so at a range of levels on a regular basis. The UK will be represented at official level at Azerbaijan's forthcoming closing Council of Europe conference in Baku.</p>
	creator	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

100608

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/11/2014
	date	23/10/2014
	date tabled	23/10/2014
	ddp created	23/10/2014 19:36:10
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:17:00
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Civil Servants: Languages
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2339
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/11/2014 15:37:02
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many diplomatic staff and civil servants from each department or government agency have received or are receiving language training at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Language School.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2339
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2339
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Since the Language Centre opened on 19th September 2013 a total of 45 different languages have been studied there either full or part-time by 813 students. Of those students, 779 are Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) staff and 34 are from other government departments (OGDs) (including staff from the following departments: Ministry of Defence, Cabinet Office, the Department for Business, Innovation &amp; Skills, Home Office, Ministry of Justice, UK Trade and Investment, the Department for International Development, HM Revenue and Customs, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Department of Energy and Climate Change, and the House of Commons). An additional 60 FCO staff have trained at the Institut Francais. Staff across the Civil Service can also access the FCO Language Centre library to continue to develop their own language skills outside formal study and 58 OGD staff have taken advantage of this offer so far. <br><br>It is important to note that when more appropriate, staff from OGDs also receive language training outside of the FCO Language Centre through use of the Civil Service-wide contract with Language Services Direct (the company that run the FCO Language Centre) or at the Institut Francais if French is required. Since September 2014, 113 OGD students have received language training on their own premises via the FCO contract. <br><br>The table below provides a breakdown of the languages that have been taught at the FCO Language Centre :<br><br>Albanian 2 <br>Arabic 186 <br>Azeri 1 <br>Bosnian 1 <br>Bulgarian 3 <br>Burmese 1 <br>Cambodian 1 <br>Czech 1 <br>Danish 2 <br>Dari 5 <br>Dutch 5 <br>Farsi 33 <br>Finnish 1 <br>French 14 <br>Georgian 1 <br>German 40 <br>Greek 4 <br>Hebrew 1 <br>Hindi 20 <br>Indonesian 4 <br>Italian 23 <br>Japanese 33 <br>Korean 8 <br>Macedonian 1 <br>Mandarin 93 <br>Norwegian 1 <br>Pashto 5 <br>Polish 3 <br>Portuguese 47 <br>Romanian 3 <br>Russian 84 <br>Serbian 3 <br>Sinhalese 1 <br>Slovak 1 <br>Slovene 1 <br>Spanish 153 <br>Swedish 3 <br>Tajik 1 <br>Thai 2 <br>Tigrinya 1 <br>Turkish 11 <br>Turkmen 1 <br>Urdu 4 <br>Uzbek 2 <br>Vietnamese 2 <br>Total 813</p>
	creator	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

100617

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/11/2014
	date	23/10/2014
	date tabled	23/10/2014
	ddp created	23/10/2014 19:36:13
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:17:24
	answering body	Department for Education
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Sports: Primary Education
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2348
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/11/2014 17:15:50
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, following the commitments made after the Olympic Games, what plans they have to increase the time allocated and resources spent per pupil on sport in all primary schools; and what additional resources will be allocated for that purpose.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Chesterton
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2348
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2348
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>All maintained schools must teach a full programme of study for PE and it is up to schools to decide how much time they should devote to PE, or indeed to any other national curriculum subject. New research has shown that primary school pupils are now spending an average of more than two hours a week in PE lessons – an increase of 13 minutes since last year. Through the primary PE and sport premium we are providing over £450 million of ring-fenced funding across the three academic years beginning in 2013/14. The premium goes directly to primary schools to be spent on PE and sport; our research has shown that over 90% of schools have improved the quality of their PE lessons as a direct result of this funding.</p>
	creator	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton

100621

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/11/2014
	date	23/10/2014
	date tabled	23/10/2014
	ddp created	23/10/2014 19:36:14
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:17:29
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Self-employed: Pay
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2352
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/11/2014 17:31:14
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what were (1) the average annual gross earnings, and (2) the average gross hourly rate of pay, in the United Kingdom, both in nominal terms and adjusted for inflation, of those who were self-employed for each year or part-year since 1997 for which data available.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Sharkey
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2352
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2352
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p>
	creator	4196 label Biography information for Lord Sharkey
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4196 label Biography information for Lord Sharkey

100622

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/11/2014
	date	23/10/2014
	date tabled	23/10/2014
	ddp created	23/10/2014 19:36:15
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:17:30
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Productivity
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2353
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/11/2014 16:41:22
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how output per hour worked in the United Kingdom compares with output per hour worked in each of the other G7 countries for each year or part year since 1997 for which there are data are available.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Sharkey
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2353
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2353
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p>
	creator	4196 label Biography information for Lord Sharkey
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	4196 label Biography information for Lord Sharkey

100626

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/11/2014
	date	23/10/2014
	date tabled	23/10/2014
	ddp created	23/10/2014 19:36:16
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 19:17:36
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	BBC Media Action
	house id	2
	identifier	HL2357
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/11/2014 14:17:52
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in each of the last ten years, what resources have been made available to BBC Media Action for the training in journalism and media skills of human rights activists and escapees from totalitarian regimes.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL2357
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL2357
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Over the last ten years BBC Media Action has delivered many opportunities to build media skills including journalism training in Algeria, Iraq, Libya and Tunisia, pan-Arab debate shows and training, support to Syrian bloggers, and radio capacity-building in Jordan and Yemen. The Department for International Development is providing funding of £89.8m over five years (2011/12-2015/16) to BBC Media Action. Figures are not held specific to the training of human rights activists and escapees from totalitarian regimes.</p>
	creator	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool