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1144441

registered interest
date	03/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Food Supply
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will hold discussions with Oldham Council on the effect on food supplies in schools in that Council of the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	286243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The department has issued formal guidance for schools and local authorities on preparations for a no-deal EU exit.</p><p> </p><p>The guidance for schools is published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-exit-no-deal-preparations-for-schools-in-england/eu-exit-no-deal-preparations-for-schools-in-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-exit-no-deal-preparations-for-schools-in-england/eu-exit-no-deal-preparations-for-schools-in-england</a>.</p><p>The guidance for local authorities is published here:<br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/eu-exit-no-deal-preparations-for-local-authority-childrens-services-in-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/eu-exit-no-deal-preparations-for-local-authority-childrens-services-in-england</a>.</p><p>I have asked officials to contact Oldham Council to offer a conversation on this matter. In addition, Oldham Council, and any other local authority, are welcome to contact the department to discuss any issues relating to school food provision.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Mrs Kemi Badenoch question first answered 09/09/2019 11:37:37 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1143890

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Oldham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions his Department has had with Oldham Council on the potential effect on EU students enrolled in Oldham schools of the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	285282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/09/2019 16:31:54 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1143891

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Oldham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions his Department has had with Oldham Council on the potential effect on EU nationals teaching in Oldham schools of UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	285041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/09/2019 16:44:43 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

686083

registered interest
date	07/02/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many special needs assessments were undertaken in each school in England in each year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	63538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 15/02/2017 16:12:15 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

170660

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many chemistry teachers in each parliamentary constituency in Greater Manchester have a chemistry degree.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	218918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not available by parliamentary constituency.</p><p> </p><p>Unlike the Department for Education’s response to written parliamentary question 218919, any count would have to rely on linking two samples of teachers for qualifications held and curriculum taught. Any estimate based on the small numbers of chemistry teachers employed in each parliamentary constituency would be unreliable.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 22/12/2014 14:33:44 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

170661

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary school teachers in each parliamentary constituency in Greater Manchester have a science degree.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	218919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2014 answer text <p>The following table provides the headcount number and percentage of all regular teachers[1] in service in primary schools in each constituency in Greater Manchester with a degree in a science subject in November 2013. This is the latest information available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Name of Constituency</p></td><td><p>Number of teachers</p><p>with science degree[2]</p></td><td><p>Number of teachers with a qualification recorded[3]</p></td><td><p>Percentage with a science</p><p>qualification</p><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Confidence interval[4]</p></td><td><p>Percentage of teachers with qualification</p><p>recorded</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Altrincham and Sale West</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>382</p></td><td><p>8.1</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p>88.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashton-under-Lyne</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>415</p></td><td><p>5.5</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td><td><p>95.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackley and Broughton</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>573</p></td><td><p>8.2</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td><td><p>96.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton North East</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>416</p></td><td><p>8.7</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p>98.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton South East</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>516</p></td><td><p>8.1</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td><td><p>98.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton West</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>404</p></td><td><p>6.4</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td><td><p>99.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bury North</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>355</p></td><td><p>8.5</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>88.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bury South</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>368</p></td><td><p>10.6</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>3.1</p></td><td><p>84.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheadle</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>437</p></td><td><p>6.6</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td><td><p>98.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denton and Reddish</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>368</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td><td><p>94.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hazel Grove</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>316</p></td><td><p>6.6</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p>98.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Heywood and Middleton</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>485</p></td><td><p>9.9</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p>98.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leigh</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>12.1</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>3.5</p></td><td><p>96.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Makerfield</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>324</p></td><td><p>7.4</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>95.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester Central</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>610</p></td><td><p>5.4</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td><td><p>96.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester, Gorton</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>494</p></td><td><p>7.7</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td><td><p>98.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester, Withington</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>388</p></td><td><p>7.2</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.6</p></td><td><p>97.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oldham East and Saddleworth</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>473</p></td><td><p>7.0</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td><td><p>89.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oldham West and Royton</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>505</p></td><td><p>7.1</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td><td><p>87.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochdale</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>498</p></td><td><p>9.0</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td><td><p>95.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salford and Eccles</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>379</p></td><td><p>6.6</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td><td><p>94.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stalybridge and Hyde</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>432</p></td><td><p>7.2</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td><td><p>97.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockport</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>378</p></td><td><p>8.2</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td><td><p>97.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stretford and Urmston</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>385</p></td><td><p>9.1</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>80.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wigan</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>304</p></td><td><p>8.9</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td><td><p>89.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worsley and Eccles South</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>422</p></td><td><p>10.0</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>89.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wythenshawe and Sale East</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>441</p></td><td><p>6.8</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td><td><p>92.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>889</p></td><td><p>11,416</p></td><td><p>7.8</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>93.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total England</p></td><td><p>18,795</p></td><td><p>227,513</p></td><td><p>8.3</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note: Figures are as reported in School Workforce Census, they have not been scaled up.</p><p> </p><p>Source: School Workforce Census</p><p> </p><p>[1] Includes qualified and unqualified teachers.</p><p>[2] Includes teachers with a first or higher science degree but excluding those with a science PGCE where no record of a science degree exists and those with a BEd in sciences.</p><p>[3] Those recorded with a qualification in any subject (the total in the sample from which the rate is calculated).</p><p>[4] The range within which we can be 95% confident that the true value exists.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 22/12/2014 14:33:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

64692

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Retirement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average retirement age was for teachers in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	202996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The average age at which teachers in publicly-funded schools in England drew their retirement benefits in every year between 2008-09 and 2012-13 was 59.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/07/2014 16:47:11 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

64698

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Qualifications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the number of children who are taught by unqualified teachers.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	203012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/07/2014 16:03:56 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

64699

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of newly qualified teachers were still teaching three years after completing their qualifications in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	203011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The information that the Department for Education holds will be published in late July as additional tables to the Statistical First Release ‘School Workforce in England, November 2013', which is available here:</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></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 07/07/2014 14:46:39 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws previous answer version 8035 answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

64700

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of retention rates of qualified teachers.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	203007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education will publish statistics on teacher retention in late July as additional tables to the Statistical First Release ‘School Workforce in England, November 2013', which is available at:</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></p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/07/2014 16:05:43 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams