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date	12/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the cost of advertising for initial teaching training courses in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	209179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The estimated cost of advertising for initial teacher training courses for each financial year since 2010 is:</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estimate of advertising costs</p></td><td><p>£3,530,000</p></td><td><p>£2,480,000</p></td><td><p>£4,650,000</p></td><td><p>£1,480,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These estimates include purchased media space in TV, newspapers, magazines, posters and online.</p><p> </p><p>The changes in expenditure over this period reflect the change in delivery of advertising, which emphasises digital and social media marketing, and other promotional activity over television and press advertising.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 13/10/2014 10:13:19 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

91065

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	West Africa
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to help tackle the outbreak of the Ebola virus in Africa.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	208479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The current outbreak of Ebola poses a serious public health risk to West Africa and is deeply concerning. The UK is taking a leading role in working with the countries affected and with the international community to ensure that the current Ebola outbreak is contained and help reaches those in need. In total, over £25 million of British funding is supporting the global effort to contain this disease. This includes £5 million of new direct funding to help partners working on the ground like the WHO, Red Cross and Médecins Sans Frontières‎ to treat victims and prevent the spread of Ebola. As announced by the Secretary of State for International Development on 8<sup>th</sup> September, British military and humanitarian experts will set up a medical treatment centre for victims of the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, to provide vital treatment to victims of the disease including health workers and medical volunteers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 11/09/2014 11:00:13 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

89890

registered interest
date	26/08/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to amend the operation of the under-occupancy penalty so that it applies only when suitable alternative accommodation is readily available.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	905118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The removal of the spare room subsidy remains government policy. There are no plans to amend this.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 01/09/2014 16:35:20 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

79340

registered interest
date	22/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she made for planning purposes of the number of initial teacher training (ITT) places that would be offered by all ITT providers in (a) early years, (b) primary and (c) specialist subjects in 2014-15; and what estimate she has made of the number of people who will take up ITT places in those categories in that period.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	206928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>We use the teacher supply model (TSM) to estimate the optimum number of teacher trainees required to start in any academic year. The TSM models trainees across the primary phase; it does not distinguish between early years, primary specialists and other individual primary courses. A technical description of the TSM is published online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-supply-model-a-technical-description" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-supply-model-a-technical-description</a></p><p>The number of places allocated is not a target and should not be regarded as one. This year, as we do every year, we have over-allocated initial teacher training (ITT) places above the number of required trainees estimated by the TSM. This helps us to ensure we train enough teachers, taking account of the likely level of recruitment in each subject.</p><p>We have published data showing the number of places allocated in each subject. This is published online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-allocations-for-academic-year-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-allocations-for-academic-year-2014-to-2015</a></p><p>UCAS has published recruitment information for the 2014/15 academic year by subject. This includes data on primary courses and is published online at:</p><p><a href="http://www.ucas.com/data-analysis/ucas-teacher-training-statistical-releases" target="_blank">www.ucas.com/data-analysis/ucas-teacher-training-statistical-releases</a></p><p>It is important to note that the UCAS Teacher Training scheme is new this year and it is not possible to make a direct comparison with recruitment data from previous years.</p><p>Recruitment figures from the 2013/14 ITT Census are published online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/initial-teacher-training-allocations-for-academic-year-2013-to-2014-final" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/initial-teacher-training-allocations-for-academic-year-2013-to-2014-final</a></p><p>We will publish statistics from the census of 2014/15 trainees in November.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 01/09/2014 11:36:44 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

79428

registered interest
date	22/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Musical Instruments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the balance between benefit and risk of permitting prisoners to have access to steel strung guitars in their cells.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	207013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>Following feedback from prison Governors, we have made some minor adjustments to the property prisoners are allowed to have under the revised Incentives and Earned Privileges (IEP) framework, including metal guitar strings. Governors were notified on 15 July 2014 that, with immediate effect, it was open to them to include full metal guitar strings on their local facilities lists. This allows eligible prisoners to purchase them for use on acoustic guitars kept in-cell.</p><p> </p><p>Full metal strings are, as with the nylon and metal coiled strings which were already permitted, available by application only, issued on a one-for-one basis, and subject to local risk assessment. As with the nylon and metal coiled strings, Governors can make them available to prisoners on the Standard and Enhanced levels of the IEP framework.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 01/09/2014 16:14:44 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan