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227115

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date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Citizenship: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she will support the proposals of her French counterpart for including specific reference to anti-Semitism in citizenship education at the meeting of EU Ministers of Education in Paris on 17 March 2015.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	227422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>Lord Nash is attending the meeting of EU Ministers of Education in Paris on 17 March 2015. Along with Education Ministers from other Member States he plans to agree a declaration promoting citizenship and the common values of freedom, tolerance and non-discrimination through education.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 17/03/2015 15:23:28 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

227118

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Languages: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the decision by Oxford Cambridge and RSA not to redevelop GCSE and A Level Turkish on the ability of students to acquire skills in Turkish; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Nick de Bois
uin	227493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that it wants to see all pupils provided with the opportunity to take a core set of academic subjects, including modern foreign languages. There are considerable benefits to learning a second language and the Government is keen to see the range of languages at GCSE and A level preserved. It is, however, up to Awarding Organisations to decide which languages they want to continue offering as reformed GCSEs and A levels.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 17/03/2015 15:21:56 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4002 label Biography information for Nick de Bois

226648

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Surveys
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) disabled and (b) all other staff in her Department reported experiencing bullying or harassment at work in the most recent Civil Service People Survey.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	227150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>In the 2014 People Survey, 28% of Department for Education respondents declaring a long-standing physical or mental health condition, illness, impairment or disability reported that they had personally experienced bullying or harassment at work in the past 12 months.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>11% of Department for Education respondents declaring that they did not have a long-standing physical or mental health condition, illness, impairment or disability reported that they had personally experienced bullying or harassment at work in the past 12 months.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are actions already in place to help address the issue of bulling and harassment of disabled staff. This includes improving line manager capability and support, the effectiveness of the Department’s reasonable adjustments process and mandating of unconscious bias training for all managers. The disabled staff networks are currently being consulted on what further action can be taken to improve engagement of disabled staff.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 17/03/2015 15:18:41 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

226661

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Intellectual Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will discuss with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills potential steps to support teachers in raising awareness among schoolchildren of the importance of intellectual property.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Mike Weatherley
uin	227248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>Schools are required to teach a broad and balanced curriculum which prepares pupils for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life. Our new national curriculum, introduced in September 2014, provides an outline of core knowledge around which teachers can develop stimulating lessons to promote the development of pupils’ knowledge, understanding and skills as part of the wider school curriculum.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The new national curriculum gives teachers greater flexibility to teach topics that are appropriate and meet the needs of pupils, including the importance of intellectual property rights. It is for individual schools to decide what support and resources they wish to draw on in developing and teaching their school curriculum.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 17/03/2015 15:20:12 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3984 label Biography information for Mike Weatherley

226264

registered interest
date	10/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Curriculum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that teachers are fully engaged in the process of developing curriculums in schools.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	226928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>Headteachers are responsible for the curriculum in their school. They should work closely with their leadership team and teachers in designing their school curriculum. For maintained schools, the national curriculum forms part of the wider school curriculum. Teachers and schools represented over half of the respondents to our consultation in 2013 on proposals for the new national curriculum, which attracted over 4500 responses in total.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 17/03/2015 15:24:39 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell