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853254

registered interest
date	02/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Internet
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 his Department’s cloud-hosting contracts have been awarded to (a) hyperscale cloud providers and (b) UK SMEs; and what the value of those contracts was in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	North Wiltshire
tabling member printed	James Gray
uin	130703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2018 answer text <p>The department’s cloud hosting contracts have been awarded to UK SMEs over the past three years. We did not award any contracts to hyperscale cloud providers. See table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Contract Start</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CDW Ltd (Reseller on behalf of Microsoft)</p></td><td><p>The provision of Cloud Compute Services. Azure Windows Virtual Machines / VMs</p></td><td><p>01/07/2017 – 30/06/2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bytes Software Services (Reseller on behalf of Microsoft Ltd)</p></td><td><p>Azure hosting</p></td><td><p>12/06/2017 – 11/06/2020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eduserv (Eduserv do not hold any data following decommissioning)</p></td><td><p>IaaS Secure and Private Cloud Compute Services with ancillary requirements for managing infrastructure</p></td><td><p>31/07/2015 – 31/07/2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eduserv (Eduserv do not hold any data following decommissioning)</p></td><td><p>IaaS Private Cloud Hosting and Cloud migration support -</p></td><td><p>31/07/2017 – 31/12/2017</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The department is not aware of any databases containing citizen data that are stored by its cloud providers in jurisdictions that are subject to information request by US administration bodies.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 130705 question first answered 09/03/2018 10:02:13 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 45759 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	261 label Biography information for James Gray

853256

registered interest
date	02/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the volume of UK citizens’ data held by companies (a) supplying cloud services to his Department and (b) contracted to deliver cloud services on behalf of his Department that is subject to information requests from US Government bodies.
tabling member constituency	North Wiltshire
tabling member printed	James Gray
uin	130705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2018 answer text <p>The department’s cloud hosting contracts have been awarded to UK SMEs over the past three years. We did not award any contracts to hyperscale cloud providers. See table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Contract Start</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CDW Ltd (Reseller on behalf of Microsoft)</p></td><td><p>The provision of Cloud Compute Services. Azure Windows Virtual Machines / VMs</p></td><td><p>01/07/2017 – 30/06/2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bytes Software Services (Reseller on behalf of Microsoft Ltd)</p></td><td><p>Azure hosting</p></td><td><p>12/06/2017 – 11/06/2020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eduserv (Eduserv do not hold any data following decommissioning)</p></td><td><p>IaaS Secure and Private Cloud Compute Services with ancillary requirements for managing infrastructure</p></td><td><p>31/07/2015 – 31/07/2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eduserv (Eduserv do not hold any data following decommissioning)</p></td><td><p>IaaS Private Cloud Hosting and Cloud migration support -</p></td><td><p>31/07/2017 – 31/12/2017</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The department is not aware of any databases containing citizen data that are stored by its cloud providers in jurisdictions that are subject to information request by US administration bodies.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 130703 question first answered 09/03/2018 10:02:13 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 45769 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	261 label Biography information for James Gray

852576

registered interest
date	01/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to Answer of 6 February 2018 to Question 126173 on Department for Education: Telephone Services, how many of those helplines will continue to be funded by his Department after March 2018.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	130694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Education is considering future funding for a number of helplines, where existing grants are coming to an end. We will make announcements about individual helplines as soon as commercial negotiations and decisions are finalised.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 09/03/2018 11:33:17 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

852591

registered interest
date	01/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Youth Social Action Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Independent review of Full-Time Social Action, published in January 2018, what plans he has to discuss the recommendations made in that review with the Minister for Sport and Civil Society.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	130587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2018 answer text <p>The department has read the Independent Review of Full-Time Social Action with interest. We look forward to discussing the recommendations with relevant ministers in due course.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 09/03/2018 10:18:30 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

852631

registered interest
date	01/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of staff employed by UK Universities are citizens of (a) another EU member state (b) a non-EU state.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	130627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2018 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency collects and publishes statistics on staff employed at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Annual statistics on staff employed by HEIs are published under the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/statistical-first-releases" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/statistical-first-releases</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In the academic year 2016/17, 12% of staff with known nationality were EU nationals and 8% were non-EU nationals at UK HEIs.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 09/03/2018 11:35:44 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

852633

registered interest
date	01/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Staff
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 academic staff employed by UK universities spend more than 180 days working in academic institutions in other EU member states as part of their contract of employment.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	130629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 09/03/2018 09:59:29 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

852689

registered interest
date	01/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Nurseries: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will respond to the Chief Executive of the National Day Nurseries Association comments to Nursery World that the workforce survey indicates a staffing crisis in nurseries.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	130685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2018 answer text <p>The department has noted the findings of the survey of employers and employees conducted by the National Day Nurseries Association. The government has already responded to the findings that were reported in Nursery World. The response can be found reported here: <a href="https://www.nurseryworld.co.uk/nursery-world/news/1163707/early-years-recruitment-crisis-putting-governments-30-hours-policy-at-risk" target="_blank">https://www.nurseryworld.co.uk/nursery-world/news/1163707/early-years-recruitment-crisis-putting-governments-30-hours-policy-at-risk</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 09/03/2018 10:56:51 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

852690

registered interest
date	01/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Nurseries: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to revise the Government’s Early Years Workforce Strategy following the findings of the National Day Nurseries Association 2017-18 workforce survey.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	130686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2018 answer text <p>Delivery of the commitments in the workforce strategy to support workforce recruitment and development is underway. The department has consulted on criteria for new, more robust, level 2 qualifications and is working with stakeholders to finalise these. Stakeholders are also working with the department to develop career pathways information to support careers advice, recruitment and staff development.</p><p>Early years providers are responsible for building and supporting their workforce, but the government is committed to continuing to work with the sector to review the challenges they face, and to collaborating to identify and implement solutions.</p><p>The department will consider the survey of childcare employers and employees conducted by the National Day Nurseries Association alongside other evidence, including nationally representative surveys of parents and providers.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 09/03/2018 10:22:05 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

851508

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what contingency plans his Department has made to manage the teachers' pensions scheme in the event of Capita being unable to fulfil its contractual obligations.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	130271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2018 answer text <p>The contractual arrangements covering the administration of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme include a requirement to maintain an exit transition ready for use at any point during the contract term, regardless of the reasons for the contract ending. A plan is in place and its effectiveness is reviewed on a regular basis to ensure that it remains fit for purpose. The plan includes a range of options, including transferring responsibility to a new service provider as nominated by the Department or transferring the service to the Department to operate.</p><p> </p><p>The contract includes additional provisions under which, if Capita is unable to continue to fulfil its contractual obligations, the Department could use existing IT systems, premises and staff resources to maintain service delivery.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/03/2018 09:34:25 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

851540

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Business Interests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which members of his Department's board are responsible for ensuring the proper application of the business appointment rules for former Ministers and senior civil servants.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	130303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2018 answer text <p>The members of the department’s board who are responsible for ensuring the proper application of the business appointment rules for senior civil servants are the Department’s Permanent Secretary and Director Generals.</p><p>Business Appointment Rules applications submitted by former Ministers, Permanent Secretaries and Director Generals are managed by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments with the final decision being made by the Prime Minister rather than the department.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 09/03/2018 10:09:13 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett