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62567

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date	18/06/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, (b) 0844 and (c) 0843 his Department (i) operates and (ii) sponsors; how many calls each such number has received in the last 12 months; and whether alternative numbers charged at BT local rates are available in each such case.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	201390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p><strong>HM Treasury do not use 0845, 0844 or 0830 telephone numbers.</strong></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 23/06/2014 15:16:08 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

62615

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Chemistry: Teachers
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 secondary schools in each constituency have a chemistry degree.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	201217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>An estimate for the information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 24/06/2014 09:54:45 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

62616

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
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, how long the recruitment period will be for subject knowledge enhancement courses for 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	201218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>Recruitment to subject knowledge enhancement (SKE) courses is a matter for providers of initial teacher training and lead schools in the School Direct programme. We have announced funding support for SKE courses up to 31 March 2015 and will make a further announcement for the period beyond that in due course.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 24/06/2014 09:54:07 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

62618

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Science: Primary Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary schools in England have a (a) science subject leader and (b) subject leader who has a science degree.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	201220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 24/06/2014 09:53:07 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

62714

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, (b) 0844 and (c) 0843 his Department (i) operates and (ii) sponsors; how many calls each such number has received in the last 12 months; and whether alternative numbers charged at BT local rates are available in each such case.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	201387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>There has been a 79% fall in the Department's use of higher-rate numbers since 2009.</p><p>The Department has received no revenue from higher rate telephone numbers for the period under review.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The information held centrally for the public use of (a) 0845, (b) 0844 and (c) 0843 telephone numbers operated (i) and (ii) sponsored by the Ministry of Justice are as follows:</p><p>(a) 0845 numbers – 32</p><p>(b) 0844 numbers – 2</p><p>(c) 0843 numbers – 0</p><p>The majority of these numbers are operated by the County Court Business Centre (CCBC).</p><p>Information on volumes for calls to higher-rate telephone numbers for the last twelve months is not systematically collected by the service providers, and to obtain it would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>Nineteen higher rate numbers in the CCBC are in the process of being replaced by 0300 numbers. The four 0845 numbers receiving the highest volumes of calls in the CCBC are being discontinued on 1 August 2014, and when enquirers call these numbers they are being advised to contact an alternative 0300 number.</p><p> </p><p>As stated in previous answers to parliamentary questions, the Department's approach is not to use higher rate numbers and instead, wherever possible, to assign 0300 numbers, for which the tariff is similar to calling an 01 or 02 (geographic) number, whether the caller is using a fixed line or a mobile phone.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 23/06/2014 16:36:47 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

62721

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, (b) 0844 and (c) 0843 her Department (i) operates and (ii) sponsors; how many calls each such number has received in the last 12 months; and whether alternative numbers charged at BT local rates are available in each such case.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	201388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>My Department operates one telephone line with the prefix 0844 for the purpose of updating staff in the event of an emergency situation. Details of the number of calls to this line are not recorded and no alternative number is available at the BT local rate. My Department does not operate or sponsor any telephone lines with the prefix 0845 or 0843.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chipping Barnet answering member printed Mrs Theresa Villiers question first answered 23/06/2014 13:04:03 answering member 1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

62737

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, (b) 0844 and (c) 0843 his Department (i) operates and (ii) sponsors; how many calls each such number has received in the last 12 months; and whether alternative numbers charged at BT local rates are available in each such case.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	201389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The department has three numbers in use detailed in the chart below.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 23/06/2014 16:02:37 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond attachment 1 file name 201389 - table.doc title Telephone lines used by DfT 0845, 0844, 0843
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz