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101489

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Open Prisons
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners are serving custodial sentences in open prisons, broken down by the most serious offence for which they were imprisoned, in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Altrincham and Sale West
	tabling member printed	Mr Graham Brady
	uin	212354
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The below table provides the number of prisoners serving both determinate and indeterminate sentences currently residing in open prisons, by offence group.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Prisoners serving a custodial sentence in open prisons </strong><strong>by offence group, as at 30 September 2014, England and Wales</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>30-Sep-14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence against the person</p></td><td><p>1,131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td><td><p>285</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>422</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burglary</p></td><td><p>289</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Theft and handling</p></td><td><p>113</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fraud and forgery</p></td><td><p>253</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drug offences</p></td><td><p>1,153</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Motoring offences</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other offences</p></td><td><p>467</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offence not recorded</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,147</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Note: </strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>This information does not include:</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Category D prisoners held in non predominant function open prisons</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Category D prisoners held in open sites that are part of multi-site establishments performing different functions</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Category D prisoners held in small (under 50 place) open units at predominant function closed prisons</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p><p> </p><p>There are two means by which indeterminate sentenced prisoners (ISPs – both those serving life and indeterminate sentences for public protection (IPPs)) – are considered for transfer to open conditions. The principal means is by way of a positive recommendation from the independent Parole Board, which falls to officials either to accept or reject on behalf of the Secretary of State, under agreed delegated authority and in accordance with policy agreed by the Secretary of State. However, ISPs may also apply to progress to open conditions without a positive recommendation from the Parole Board being sought, where they can show exceptional progress in reducing their risk. Each application is determined on its merits under agreed delegated authority by officials in the Offender Management and Public Protection Group in the Ministry of Justice.</p><p> </p><p>Determinate sentenced prisoners are assessed for their suitability for open conditions by experienced prison staff with relevant input from offender managers and other professionals within the prison. The assessment will consider the extent to which the prisoner has reduced identified risks and any intelligence or other information that provides evidence of the prisoner’s trustworthiness for conditions of very low security. Determinate sentence prisoners should not generally be moved to open prison if they have more than two years to serve to their earliest release date, unless assessment of a prisoner’s individual risks and needs support earlier categorisation to open conditions. Such cases must have the reasons for their categorisation fully documented and confirmed in writing by the Governing Governor.</p><p> </p><p>All those located in open conditions have been rigorously risk assessed and their risks have been deemed manageable in open conditions.</p><p> </p><p>The public have understandable concerns about the failure of a small minority of prisoners to return from temporary release from open prison. Keeping the public safe is our priority and we will not allow the actions of these offenders to undermine public confidence in the prison system. The number of temporary release failures remains very low; less that one failure in every 1,000 temporary releases and about five in every 100,000 temporary releases involving alleged offending, but we take each and every incident seriously. The Government has already ordered immediate changes to tighten up the system as a matter of urgency. Prisoners are now no longer eligible for transfer to open conditions if they have previously absconded from open prisons, or if they have failed to return or reoffended whilst released on temporary licence, unless there are exceptional circumstances.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 03/11/2014 14:10:47 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	435 label Biography information for Sir Graham Brady

101492

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Locks and Keys
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of lost keys have required the relocking of prisons since May 2010; and at what cost.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	212348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Security is paramount within prisons and it is important that the risk of any potential key compromise is addressed as quickly as possible in order to protect the public. When a key/lock incident is reported an immediate investigation is undertaken to assess the risk and unless it is clear that security has not been compromised, then locking mechanisms and keys will be replaced and/or other necessary remedial action will be taken.</p><p> </p><p>A range of procedural and physical measures are used to assist in the secure management of keys in prisons. These increasingly include electronic and biometric systems.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested is provided below.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 - costs of partial/full relocking of prisons due to loss of keys from May 2010 - 29 October 2014:</p><p> </p><p>14/05/2010 Swaleside £95,430</p><p>21/06/2010 Glen Parva £208,329</p><p>04/11/2010 Warren Hill £101,301</p><p>20/12/2010 Ashwell £15,576</p><p>24/10/2011 Birmingham £499,000 <ins class="ministerial">(Paid for by G4S)</ins></p><p>09/01/2012 Maidstone £5,847</p><p>28/02/2014 Lindholme £40,286</p><p>08/05/2014 Haverigg £32,882</p><p>21/07/2014 Highpoint £14, 933</p><p> </p><p>Table 2 – number of reported incidents of lost keys from April 2010 – 31 March 2014:</p><p> </p><p>2010/11 - 62</p><p>2011/12 - 67</p><p>2012/13 – 73</p><p>2013/14 – 35 (* see note below)</p><p> </p><p>* Note: a change in the reporting requirements for key/lock incidents from April 2013 has resulted in a lower “lost keys” figure for 2013/14 in comparison to the three previous years. In addition to keys “lost”, the figures for the three previous years include keys inadvertently taken out of prisons and subsequently returned, but the figure for 2013/14 includes only keys lost, not those inadvertently taken out and returned.</p><p> </p><p><em>The figures quoted have been drawn from live administrative databases and may subsequently be amended. Due care is taken during processing and analysis, but the detail is subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.</em></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 03/11/2014 11:21:01 question first ministerially corrected 03/11/2014 17:23:08 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous previous answer version 25520 answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

101493

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Locks and Keys
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of lost keys there have been in prisons in each year since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	212349
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Security is paramount within prisons and it is important that the risk of any potential key compromise is addressed as quickly as possible in order to protect the public. When a key/lock incident is reported an immediate investigation is undertaken to assess the risk and unless it is clear that security has not been compromised, then locking mechanisms and keys will be replaced and/or other necessary remedial action will be taken.</p><p> </p><p>A range of procedural and physical measures are used to assist in the secure management of keys in prisons. These increasingly include electronic and biometric systems.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested is provided below.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 - costs of partial/full relocking of prisons due to loss of keys from May 2010 - 29 October 2014:</p><p> </p><p>14/05/2010 Swaleside £95,430</p><p>21/06/2010 Glen Parva £208,329</p><p>04/11/2010 Warren Hill £101,301</p><p>20/12/2010 Ashwell £15,576</p><p>24/10/2011 Birmingham £499,000 <ins class="ministerial">(Paid for by G4S)</ins></p><p>09/01/2012 Maidstone £5,847</p><p>28/02/2014 Lindholme £40,286</p><p>08/05/2014 Haverigg £32,882</p><p>21/07/2014 Highpoint £14, 933</p><p> </p><p>Table 2 – number of reported incidents of lost keys from April 2010 – 31 March 2014:</p><p> </p><p>2010/11 - 62</p><p>2011/12 - 67</p><p>2012/13 – 73</p><p>2013/14 – 35 (* see note below)</p><p> </p><p>* Note: a change in the reporting requirements for key/lock incidents from April 2013 has resulted in a lower “lost keys” figure for 2013/14 in comparison to the three previous years. In addition to keys “lost”, the figures for the three previous years include keys inadvertently taken out of prisons and subsequently returned, but the figure for 2013/14 includes only keys lost, not those inadvertently taken out and returned.</p><p> </p><p><em>The figures quoted have been drawn from live administrative databases and may subsequently be amended. Due care is taken during processing and analysis, but the detail is subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.</em></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 03/11/2014 11:21:01 question first ministerially corrected 03/11/2014 17:29:21 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous previous answer version 25521 answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

101603

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress he has made on rectifying benefit sanctions found to have been wrongly applied.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Mr David Ward
	uin	905816
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>We get the vast majority of decisions right. All decisions are made by independent decision makers based on evidence provided at the time. A sanction will never be imposed if a claimant provides good reason and once sanctioned a claimant has rights to reconsideration and appeal. Hardship payments are also available and vulnerable claimants, including anyone with responsibility for a child, can receive payments immediately.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 03/11/2014 13:03:22 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	3923 label Biography information for Mr David Ward

101313

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Industrial Health and Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to encourage employer best practice in relation to employee wellbeing.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
	uin	212278
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>To support employers to take up best practice, the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas), working with my department, has published online guidance to managers on the practical steps they can take to enhance the wellbeing of their staff. This guidance was drawn from material gathered in research into the relationship between worker wellbeing and business performance published by my department on 29 October 2014. This can be found at: <a href="http://www.acas.org.uk/workplacewellbeing" target="_blank">www.acas.org.uk/workplacewellbeing</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>That research shows that workplaces with “highly satisfied” employees have higher labour productivity, higher quality of output, and higher overall performance. I continue to support private sector led initiatives such as Engage for Success. More information can be found about Engage for Success at: <a href="http://www.engageforsuccess.org/" target="_blank">www.engageforsuccess.org</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 03/11/2014 14:04:39 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert

101480

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Ebola
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much the UK has (a) pledged for and (b) deposited in the UN Ebola Response Multi-Partner Trust Fund; and how much such funds represent as a proportion of the amount requested by the UN.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	212269
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>As part of the UK’s £205 million commitment to the Ebola response, £20 million has been pledged to the UN Ebola Multi-Partner Trust Fund, in response to the UN’s call for almost $1 billion to tackle the crisis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Putney answering member printed Justine Greening question first answered 03/11/2014 11:37:27 answering member 1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

101363

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many black and minority ethnic teachers there are in state (a) primary and (b) secondary schools; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
	tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
	uin	212173
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Figures from the School Workforce Census of November 2013 show there were 12,800 black and minority ethnic teachers in publicly funded primary schools and 18,600 in publicly funded secondary schools in England; a total of 31,400 teachers (an increase from 25,900 in November 2010). This represents 6% of primary school teachers and 9% of all secondary school teachers. 7% of all teachers in primary and secondary schools in England come from black and other ethnic minority groups.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/11/2014 13:42:07 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

101367

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: North West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people without a recognised teaching qualification are employed as teachers in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) the north west and (ii) Warrington.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Helen Jones
	uin	212264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The following table provides the headcount number [1] and percentage of teachers without Qualified Teacher Status in publicly funded primary and secondary schools in (i) the North West and (ii) Warrington local authority in November 2013:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>PRIMARY SCHOOLS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Teachers without Qualified Teacher Status</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Number of Teachers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% Teachers without Qualified Teacher Status </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warrington Local Authority</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>990</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>31,470</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ENGLAND</p></td><td><p>5,660</p></td><td><p>238,300</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>SECONDARY SCHOOLS</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Warrington Local Authority</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>930</p></td><td><p>4.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>840</p></td><td><p>29,830</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ENGLAND</p></td><td><p>11,770</p></td><td><p>227,960</p></td><td><p>5.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These figures are based on data from the School Workforce Census, published online at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2013" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2013</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Differs from the published national figure as the table does not include an estimate of unqualified teachers in those schools who did not make a School Workforce Census return.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/11/2014 14:02:56 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

101369

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	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, how many teachers retired (a) due to age, (b) due to health problems and (c) prematurely from publicly-funded schools in 2012-13.
	tabling member constituency	Exeter
	tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
	uin	212177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The following table provides the number of teachers who were awarded age, ill-health and premature retirement benefits from the Teachers’ Pensions Scheme in 2012-13 and whose last recorded service was in a publicly funded school in England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Age retirements</p></td><td><p>9,970</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ill health retirements</p></td><td><p>440</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Premature retirements [1]</p></td><td><p>8,190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>18,600</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: Teachers’ Pensioner Statistical System.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Figures are provisional and are rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Includes premature and actuarially reduced awards of pension benefits.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/11/2014 13:31:26 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

101370

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of how many additional teachers will be needed in each year to 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Exeter
	tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
	uin	212178
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The following table provides estimates for the number of teachers needed in each academic year from 2016/17 to 2020/21. This need for teachers will be met through a combination of new trainees, those returning to the profession and those entering the state-funded sector in England for the first time.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020/21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Primary</strong></p></td><td><p>30,200</p></td><td><p>29,200</p></td><td><p>28,400</p></td><td><p>27,200</p></td><td><p>28,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Secondary</strong></p></td><td><p>23,500</p></td><td><p>24,200</p></td><td><p>24,900</p></td><td><p>25,100</p></td><td><p>24,500</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source: Teacher Supply Model</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education uses the Teacher Supply Model (TSM) to calculate the optimum number of Initial Teacher Training (ITT) places required to match the future supply of teachers to the estimated demand for qualified teachers within the state-funded sector in England. The National College of Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) use this information to inform their allocation of ITT places to teacher training providers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The estimates for the future demand for teachers use the projected number of pupils in schools, assumed Pupil Teacher Ratios (PTRs) and our best estimates for the number of teachers required to implement the Department’s policy initiatives. The model also takes into account other flows within the existing stock of teachers such as those leaving the profession or retiring as well as those expected to return to teaching in the state-funded sector.</p><p> </p><p>The Department forecasts the need for teacher trainees one year in advance in line with the annual ITT allocation decisions. However, the TSM also forecasts teacher demand over ten years to provide an overview of long term trends.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Whilst the Department estimates future teacher demand, decision-making taken at school level determines the actual number of teachers required. As with any forecast, the uncertainty increases the further we look into the future.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has published estimates of teacher demand in part 1 of the TSM, which is published online at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-supply-model" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-supply-model</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/11/2014 13:26:01 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw