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1110978

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Environment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment Food and Rural Affairs on increasing children’s awareness and understanding of the environment in schools.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	243455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s 25-year environment plan, published in January 2018, sets out the ambition to improve the environment within a generation. The Department for Education (DfE) has worked closely with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the plan. DfE is funding the children and nature programme, a £10 million programme that aims to support children from disadvantaged backgrounds to have better access to the natural environment. The programme has been designed to make it possible for schools to undertake a range of activities in natural spaces, including learning about nature and how to care for the natural environment. The programme complements the scope that already exists to study environmental issues throughout the curriculum - in particular in science and geography lessons.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/04/2019 07:48:10 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

982775

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Hospitals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking with the Department of Health and Social Care, to improve the education of children and young people in hospital.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	176308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>On 16 March the Department published ‘Creating Opportunity for All: Our Vision for Alternative Provision’. This set out the Department’s vision to ensure that all children in alternative provision (AP), including those placed in AP for reasons related to their health, receive a high quality education.</p><p>The Department is working collaboratively with local authorities, schools and the wider AP sector, including hospital schools, to build a strong evidence base of effective practice to raise standards. The Department is developing and sharing effective practice within AP, including ensuring AP settings can access school improvement resources and launching a dedicated AP Innovation Fund. The Department is also strengthening partnership arrangements for commissioning and delivering AP, including clarifying the role of schools, alternative providers and local authorities in delivering high quality AP.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/10/2018 15:26:25 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

510037

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Resignations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of officials of her Department resigned in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	33288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The table below shows the number and proportion of officials who resigned in each of the last six financial years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>DfE Resignations 2010-2016</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of resignations</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of staff<strong>[1]</strong></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount at year end (March)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>2,586</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>2,789</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>3,886</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>3,476</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>3,477</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>3,545</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: RM</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s headcount increased from 2,789 in March 2012 to 3,886 in March 2013 following Arms Length Bodies reform, when the department closed a number of ALB and instead created three Agencies within the department.</p><p>[1] Proportion based on average of start and end year headcount figures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/05/2016 16:26:43 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

459000

registered interest
date	09/03/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of officials in her Department took sick leave for reasons relating to stress in each of the last five years; and what proportion of total sick leave such sick leave was in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	30596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is set out in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of staff with absence due to stress in period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of all staff with absence due to stress (headcount as at end of period)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Working days lost due to stress as a % of total WDL in period</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-2015</strong></p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-2014</strong></p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-2013</strong></p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-2012</strong></p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-2011</strong></p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>We do not hold data on the causes of stress resulting in absence and it cannot be inferred that such stress is work related.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/03/2016 16:55:19 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

455284

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Overtime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has paid to staff in overtime in each of the last 24 months.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	28686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>The amount spent on overtime payments to Department for Education staff, for the period 1 February 2014 to 31 January 2016.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2016</p></td><td><p>£38,582</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2015</p></td><td><p>£44,893</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2015</p></td><td><p>£44,199</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2015</p></td><td><p>£37,132</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2015</p></td><td><p>£26,742</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2015</p></td><td><p>£26,380</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2015</p></td><td><p>£40,209</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2015</p></td><td><p>£36,238</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2015</p></td><td><p>£24,935</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2015</p></td><td><p>£27,064</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2015</p></td><td><p>£75,077</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2015</p></td><td><p>£46,706</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2015</p></td><td><p>£42,115</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2014</p></td><td><p>£44,897</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2014</p></td><td><p>£47,101</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2014</p></td><td><p>£40,816</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2014</p></td><td><p>£34,065</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2014</p></td><td><p>£35,993</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2014</p></td><td><p>£54,989</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2014</p></td><td><p>£45,488</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2014</p></td><td><p>£53,055</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2014</p></td><td><p>£36,765</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2014</p></td><td><p>£64,346</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2014</p></td><td><p>£53,992</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>These figures are for the core Department and cover payments to employees and to contingent labour. Those provided for the period April 2015 to January 2016 are as yet unaudited.</p><p>All employees on Department for Education contracts from grades EA to SEO are entitled to overtime payments. Grades 7 and 6 are not entitled to overtime but can claim discretionary payments for exceptionally long hours.</p><p>Overtime costs are typically around 0.5% of the total monthly payroll.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/03/2016 12:48:13 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

455287

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Human Rights Act 1998
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many civil law suits have been brought against her Department based either wholly or partially on grounds provided by the Human Rights Act 1998; how many such suits were settled out of court before a court judgment was delivered; and how much such settlements have cost the public purse since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	28638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not available because separate data for cases based wholly or partially on the Human Rights Act 1998 are not recorded.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/03/2016 12:46:31 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

455291

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Employment Tribunals Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department spent from the public purse on industrial tribunals in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	28622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2016 answer text <p>The cost of Employment Tribunals can be found within the HMCTS annual accounts published at<em>: </em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/433948/hmcts-annual-report-accounts-2014-15.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/433948/hmcts-annual-report-accounts-2014-15.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 03/03/2016 11:17:02 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

455294

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Publications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) publications, (b) consultation documents and (c) circulars her Department has issued since August 2012; and what the title was of each such publication, consultation document or circular.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	28670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>Since August 2012 the Department for Education has issued: 997 publications[1] and 121 consultation exercises. Since 2012 a digital-by-default policy has applied to departmental publications and consultations. These are available on GOV.UK.</p><p>The department no longer uses the term circulars as a publication type. The department issues emails to schools and local authorities periodically to draw their attention to information and guidance that has been published on GOV.UK. 321 such email newsletters were issued in the period in question. These are referenced by the date issued and audience, and so there is no list of titles available.</p><ul><li><p>Attachment A shows the titles of DfE publications since August 2012.</p></li><li><p>Attachment B shows the titles of DfE consultations carried out since August 2012.</p></li></ul><p>[1] This information has been sourced from GOV.UK. It is possible that some records may be incomplete for the period prior to the migration to GOV.UK (August 2012 to August 2013).</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb attachment 1 file name 28670 - Attachment A - DfE publications since August 2012.xlsx title Attachment A 2 file name 28670 - Attachment B - DfE consultations launched since August 2012.docx title Attachment B question first answered 09/03/2016 16:10:56 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

455295

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many consultants' contracts were terminated early in each of the last six years for which figures are available; and what the cost of each such termination was in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	28654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/03/2016 12:49:41 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

433778

registered interest
date	02/12/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Ministerial Policy Advisers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on how many occasions a special adviser in her Department accompanied a Minister on an overseas trip since May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	18499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <p>On one occasion since May 2015 a special adviser employed by the Department for Education has accompanied the Minister for Childcare and Education on an overseas visit to France.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 10/12/2015 16:27:37 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth