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45534

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
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 students sat A-levels in (a) mathematics, (b) further mathematics, (c) physics, (d) chemistry and (e) biology in (i) City of Chester constituency and (ii) Cheshire West and Chester council area in (A) 2009 and (B) 2013.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Stephen Mosley
uin	194068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p>The requested information is provided in the following table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p>GCE A level results<sup>1</sup> of students aged 16 to 18<sup>2</sup></p><p>Years: 2008/09 and 2012/13<sup>3</sup></p><p>Coverage: City of Chester parliamentary constituency<sup>4</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Year</td><td colspan="6"><p>Number of students entered for:</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p>Biological Sciences</p></td><td><p>Chemistry</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Physics</p></td><td><p>Mathematics</p></td><td><p>Further Mathematics</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>51</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>61</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>Source: Key Stage 5 attainment data</p><p>1. Includes A levels only.</p><p>2. Covers students aged 16, 17 or 18 at the start of the 2012/13 academic year, i.e. 31 August.</p><p>3. Figures for 2012/13 are revised and 2008/09 figures are final.</p><p>4. Covers all state-funded mainstream schools, academies, free schools, maintained special schools and FE Sector Colleges (excludes Independent Schools, pupil referral units and other Government department funded).</p><p>Note: Where qualifications taken by a student are in the same subject area and similar in content, &quot;discounting&quot; rules have been applied to avoid double counting qualifications. Please see the &quot;Technical Notes&quot; in the Main text of the SFR available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-level-and-other-level-3-results-england-2012-to-2013-revised</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	3954 label Biography information for Stephen Mosley

45535

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
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 students obtained eight GCSE B grades or above in (a) City of Chester constituency and (b) Cheshire West and Chester council area in (i) 2009 and (ii) 2013.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Stephen Mosley
uin	194070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p>The table below gives the number and proportion of pupils who achieved at least eight full GCSEs (GCSE and equivalents) at B grade or above in (a) City of Chester constituency and (b) Cheshire West and Chester council area in (i) 2009 and (ii) 2013. A national figure has been included as an appropriate comparator.<br><br></p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Number and percentage of pupils achieving at least 8 GCSEs<sup>2</sup> at grade B or above</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Number of eligible pupils<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Number of pupils</p></td><td><p>Percentage of pupils</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09<sup>3</sup></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>City of Chester</p></td><td><p>1,028</p></td><td><p>223</p></td><td><p>21.7</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire West and Chester</p></td><td><p>3,979</p></td><td><p>776</p></td><td><p>19.5</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>576,420</p></td><td><p>100,833</p></td><td><p>17.5</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13<sup>3</sup></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>City of Chester</p></td><td><p>1,092</p></td><td><p>236</p></td><td><p>21.6</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire West and Chester</p></td><td><p>3,835</p></td><td><p>819</p></td><td><p>21.4</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>569,118</p></td><td><p>115,897</p></td><td><p>20.4</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Source: National Pupil Database</p><p>1. Pupils at the end of key stage 4 in each academic year.</p><p>2. Figures are based on full GCSEs and equivalents. These include, full GCSEs, double awards, accredited international certificates and their predecessor iGCSEs and AS levels. Pupils are included if they have achieved 8 or more GCSEs at either a grade B, A, or A*</p><p>3. Figures for 2008/09 are based on final data. Figures for 2012/13 are based on revised data.</p><p>Coverage: England, state-funded schools (including academies and CTCs)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	3954 label Biography information for Stephen Mosley

45536

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
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 serious case reviews have been (a) commissioned and (b) published since June 2010.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	194098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p>302 serious case reviews (SCRs) have been commissioned by local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs) and notified to the Department for Education since June 2010. 114 have been published.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Serious case reviews</p><p>commissioned</p></td><td><p>Serious case reviews</p><p>published<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10 June 2010 to 31 March 2011</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>302</p></td><td><p>114</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>136 SCRs are currently in progress. 30 SCRs have been notified as not for publication due to compelling reasons related to the welfare of the children directly related to these cases.</p><p> </p><p>22 SCRs have been completed and have not yet been published due to outstanding police investigations, criminal proceedings and welfare issues.</p><p> </p><p>We have set up a national panel of independent experts who will advise and challenge LSCBs on any case where an LSCB has concerns about the publication of an SCR report and/or intends not to publish an SCR report.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Overview reports only. These figures do not include executive summaries published during this period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

45537

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
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 interaction the National Panel on Serious Case Reviews has had with the Local Safeguarding Children's Board Network.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	194099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p>The national panel of independent experts on Serious Case Reviews has met the chair of the Association of Independent Local Safeguarding Children Board Chairs, twice, most recently on 10 March 2014.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

45538

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
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 all primary school age children in England were learning a musical instrument in (a) academies, (b) community schools, (c) free schools, (d) primary schools and (e) other schools in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	194088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not held by the Department for Education. A recent report[1] published by Arts Council England shows that in the academic year 2012/13, 437,975 pupils in years 1-9 received free whole class ensemble teaching. This is 8.6% of the national cohort. 430,998 pupils were in years 1-6 (12.4% of the cohort) and 6,977 were in years 7-9 (0.4% of the cohort).</p><p>Many other children learn instruments in and out of school, but these figures are not collected or held centrally.</p><p>[1]<a href="http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/apply-funding/funding-programmes/music-education-hubs/" target="_blank">http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/apply-funding/funding-programmes/music-education-hubs/</a></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 194089 194090 194091 194092 question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

45539

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
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 all secondary school age children in England were learning a musical instrument in (a) academies, (b) community schools, (c) free schools, (d) primary schools and (e) other schools in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	194089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not held by the Department for Education. A recent report[1] published by Arts Council England shows that in the academic year 2012/13, 437,975 pupils in years 1-9 received free whole class ensemble teaching. This is 8.6% of the national cohort. 430,998 pupils were in years 1-6 (12.4% of the cohort) and 6,977 were in years 7-9 (0.4% of the cohort).</p><p>Many other children learn instruments in and out of school, but these figures are not collected or held centrally.</p><p>[1]<a href="http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/apply-funding/funding-programmes/music-education-hubs/" target="_blank">http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/apply-funding/funding-programmes/music-education-hubs/</a></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 194088 194090 194091 194092 question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

45540

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
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 the three most popular instruments are for primary school children in England who are learning an instrument in school.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	194090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not held by the Department for Education. A recent report[1] published by Arts Council England shows that in the academic year 2012/13, 437,975 pupils in years 1-9 received free whole class ensemble teaching. This is 8.6% of the national cohort. 430,998 pupils were in years 1-6 (12.4% of the cohort) and 6,977 were in years 7-9 (0.4% of the cohort).</p><p>Many other children learn instruments in and out of school, but these figures are not collected or held centrally.</p><p>[1]<a href="http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/apply-funding/funding-programmes/music-education-hubs/" target="_blank">http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/apply-funding/funding-programmes/music-education-hubs/</a></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 194088 194089 194091 194092 question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

45541

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
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 the three most popular instruments are for secondary school children in England who are learning an instrument in school.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	194091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not held by the Department for Education. A recent report[1] published by Arts Council England shows that in the academic year 2012/13, 437,975 pupils in years 1-9 received free whole class ensemble teaching. This is 8.6% of the national cohort. 430,998 pupils were in years 1-6 (12.4% of the cohort) and 6,977 were in years 7-9 (0.4% of the cohort).</p><p>Many other children learn instruments in and out of school, but these figures are not collected or held centrally.</p><p>[1]<a href="http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/apply-funding/funding-programmes/music-education-hubs/" target="_blank">http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/apply-funding/funding-programmes/music-education-hubs/</a></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 194088 194089 194090 194092 question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

45542

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
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 primary school children in England learning an instrument in school (a) paid a charge and (b) received their tuition free of charge in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	194092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not held by the Department for Education. A recent report[1] published by Arts Council England shows that in the academic year 2012/13, 437,975 pupils in years 1-9 received free whole class ensemble teaching. This is 8.6% of the national cohort. 430,998 pupils were in years 1-6 (12.4% of the cohort) and 6,977 were in years 7-9 (0.4% of the cohort).</p><p>Many other children learn instruments in and out of school, but these figures are not collected or held centrally.</p><p>[1]<a href="http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/apply-funding/funding-programmes/music-education-hubs/" target="_blank">http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/apply-funding/funding-programmes/music-education-hubs/</a></p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 194088 194089 194090 194091 question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

45543

registered interest
date	27/03/2014
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 (a) 14, (b) 15, (c) 16, (d) 17 and (e) 18 year olds enrolled at each university technical college in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	194108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 18 November 2013, Official Report column 750W, for the number of pupils enrolled in university technical colleges in autumn 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Breakdowns by age will be published in the Statistical First Release, ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics: January 2014', in June 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin