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49422

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons the Contact Point database was discontinued.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	197558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>ContactPoint was discontinued because it was disproportionate.</p><p>The Government believes it is unjustifiable to hold information on every child in England and to make it accessible to hundreds of thousands of people.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

49424

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
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 schools in England provide the minimum level of cultural education proposed in Appendix A of Cultural Education: a summary of programmes and opportunities, published in July 2013; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	197608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not collect data on the number or proportion of schools in England providing the minimum level of cultural education proposed in Appendix A of Cultural Education: a summary of programmes and opportunities. Nor does the Department collect data on what proportion of pupils, of any age, have received the minimum level of cultural education it proposes.</p><p> </p><p>The levels of cultural education the Appendix proposes are not mandatory, but are included as a point of reference for schools.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 197609 question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

49425

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
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 pupils aged (a) seven, (b) 11, (c) 16 and (d) 18 or 19 years have received the minimum level of cultural education proposed in Appendix A of Cultural Education: a summary of programmes and opportunities, published in July 2013; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	197609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not collect data on the number or proportion of schools in England providing the minimum level of cultural education proposed in Appendix A of Cultural Education: a summary of programmes and opportunities. Nor does the Department collect data on what proportion of pupils, of any age, have received the minimum level of cultural education it proposes.</p><p> </p><p>The levels of cultural education the Appendix proposes are not mandatory, but are included as a point of reference for schools.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 197608 question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

49455

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will bring forward proposals to relocate (a) staff and (b) offices of his Department to Brighton; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	197458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not plan to relocate its staff or offices to Brighton.</p><p>Following the Department's Estates Review in 2012, it was announced that the Department would rationalise the existing estate from 12 core sites to 6, while maximising the efficiency of the retained sites. This has now been accomplished and the 6 remaining properties are located in Coventry, Darlington, London, Manchester, Nottingham and Sheffield.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

49492

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2014, Official Report, columns 707-8W, on school meals, how many academies (a) were invited to respond and (b) responded to the survey by the School Food Trust in 2012.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	197596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>The School Food Trust (now the Children's Food Trust) wrote to more than 1,500 academies in January 2012. Of the 641 academies that replied, 635 said they were committed to following the new food standards, even though they are not required to do so.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

49523

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of history lessons were taught by non-subject specialists in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	197546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>Information on the percentage of history lessons taught to pupils in years 7 to 13 by non-subject specialists is publicly-available online, and published in the Main Tables at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2010-provisional" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2010-provisional</a> (Table 14)</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2011" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2011</a> (Table 14)</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2012</a> (Table 14)</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2013</a> (Table 13)</p><p> </p><p>Data for 2009 is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

49524

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
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 proportion of secondary school students who studied the First World War as part of their (a) GCSE and (b) A-level studies in each year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	197547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold information on the individual topics which students elect to take in their GCSE and A level examinations. Information on the proportion of pupils attempting GCSE history is published in the 2009/10[1], 2010/11[2], 2011/12[3] and 2012/13[4] GCSE and equivalent results statistical first release.</p><p>Information on the number of entries in A level history is published in the 2012/13[5] A level statistical first release.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gcse-and-equivalent-results-england-academic-year-2009-to-2010-revised" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gcse-and-equivalent-results-england-academic-year-2009-to-2010-revised</a> (Table 9)</p><p> </p><p>[2]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-academic-year-2010-to-2011" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-academic-year-2010-to-2011</a> (Table 9)</p><p> </p><p>[3]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-academic-year-2011-to-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-academic-year-2011-to-2012</a> (Table 9)</p><p> </p><p>[4]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2012-to-2013-revised" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2012-to-2013-revised</a> (Table 9)</p><p> </p><p>[5]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-level-and-other-level-3-results-england-2012-to-2013-revised" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-level-and-other-level-3-results-england-2012-to-2013-revised</a> (Table 14)</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 197548 question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

49525

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
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 proportion of secondary school students who studied the Second World War as part of their (a) GCSE and (b) A-level studies in each year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	197548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold information on the individual topics which students elect to take in their GCSE and A level examinations. Information on the proportion of pupils attempting GCSE history is published in the 2009/10[1], 2010/11[2], 2011/12[3] and 2012/13[4] GCSE and equivalent results statistical first release.</p><p>Information on the number of entries in A level history is published in the 2012/13[5] A level statistical first release.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gcse-and-equivalent-results-england-academic-year-2009-to-2010-revised" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gcse-and-equivalent-results-england-academic-year-2009-to-2010-revised</a> (Table 9)</p><p> </p><p>[2]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-academic-year-2010-to-2011" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-academic-year-2010-to-2011</a> (Table 9)</p><p> </p><p>[3]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-academic-year-2011-to-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-academic-year-2011-to-2012</a> (Table 9)</p><p> </p><p>[4]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2012-to-2013-revised" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2012-to-2013-revised</a> (Table 9)</p><p> </p><p>[5]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-level-and-other-level-3-results-england-2012-to-2013-revised" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-level-and-other-level-3-results-england-2012-to-2013-revised</a> (Table 14)</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 197547 question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

49220

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to ensure that governors are disqualified when a school governing body is found guilty of disability discrimination.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	197246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>Regulations set out the circumstances in which a person is disqualified from holding or continuing to hold office as a governor at a maintained school. These include bankruptcy, conviction for an offence carrying a sentence of imprisonment, disqualification from being a company director or charity trustee, and persons whose employment is prohibited or restricted.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education has issued advice to school governing bodies on their duties under the Equality Act 2010, including in respect of disability.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is for governing bodies of state-funded schools to comply with any orders of the First-tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability) in relation to claims of disability discrimination.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

49221

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what advice his Department provides to local authorities when a school governing body is found guilty of disability discrimination.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	197247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>The advice that the Department for Education provides to local authorities in relation to disability discrimination is contained in its publication ‘Equality Act 2010 – Advice for School Leaders, School Staff, Governing Bodies and Local Authorities', which is available at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/269341/Equality_Act_2010_-_advice.pdf.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The publication does not advise local authorities in relation to governing bodies that are found to be in breach of the provisions set out in the Equality Act 2010. Consideration of and remedy for disability discrimination is a matter for the First-tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability).</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe