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622568

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date	27/10/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Iron and Steel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the level of procurement of British steel by her Department in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	50635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2016 answer text <p>The information is not centrally held in the form requested. Over the last year Government has acted to level the playing field for UK steel producers in light of the complex global challenges faced by the UK steel sector. Last December Government issued guidance to central government departments on how to ensure that they take full account of the value provided by UK steel producers when conducting their procurement activities. This guidance is also being extended to the wider public sector.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 07/11/2016 17:55:50 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

622576

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children and Young People: Grants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what grants her Department has made to (a) children and young people's charities and (b) children and young people's organisations in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	50791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not record if grant recipients are children’s and young people’s charities and organisations and therefore cannot respond to the specifics of your question. I am able to provide a list of the Voluntary and Community Sector organisations that were funded by the Department for the 2015-16 financial year under the Children’s Services National Prospectus. Details of all of the grants are available in this press notice: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/25-million-injection-to-help-life-changing-childrens-services" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/25-million-injection-to-help-life-changing-childrens-services</a></p><p> </p><p>All Government Departments publish information on the Government Grants Register, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-grants-register" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-grants-register</a></p><p> </p><p>If you have particular organisations you are keen to receive information about, then we will be able to access our financial records to review payments made to these organisations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 02/11/2016 17:20:32 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

622712

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Females: STEM Subjects
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what estimate she has made of the proportion of professional people working in STEM-related industries that are female.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	50800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>According to the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), there were 1.26 million people employed as “science, research, engineering and technology professionals” in April 2016; and of this 1.26 million, 227,000 are female (18%).</p><p> </p><p>This data is published by the Office for National Statistics at the following link: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/bulletins/annualsurveyofhoursandearnings/2016provisionalresults" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/bulletins/annualsurveyofhoursandearnings/2016provisionalresults</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to increasing the number of women working at all levels in the STEM industries. That is why we are supporting girls to choose STEM subjects and careers by improving the quality of teaching of STEM subjects, increasing the proportion of girls’ A-level entries in maths and science. We are also raising awareness of STEM careers through the STEM ambassadors and publishing ‘Your Daughter’s Future’, online guidance to help parents support their daughter’s career choices.</p><p> </p><p>The 2015/16 provisional results show that 12,000 more girls sat A-Levels in STEM subjects compared to 2010.</p><p> </p><p>This data is published by the Department for Education at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/a-level-and-other-level-3-results-2015-to-2016-provisional" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/a-level-and-other-level-3-results-2015-to-2016-provisional</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 02/11/2016 18:01:08 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed