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223247

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of (a) the expected number of applicants for the 2015-16 and 2016-17 cohorts of the Troops to Teachers scheme, (b) the number expected to join that scheme and (c) the number expected to complete the training.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	225108
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>Based on previous cohorts the Department for Education expects to receive approximately 500 eligible applications. Candidates must then go through a rigorous selection and assessment process, including a school-based interview and must also meet the appropriate initial teacher training eligibility criteria before they are accepted onto the programme. The Department anticipates that up to 100 trainees will begin their training in September 2015 and up to 100 trainees in September 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are currently have 84 trainees completing their training.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 27/02/2015 11:38:08 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

223248

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Veterans
	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 the cost to the public purse of the two-year extension of the Troops to Teachers scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	225109
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>The provisional budget for the expansion of the Troops to Teachers programme is £8.65 million for a further two cohorts. The majority of the funding, approximately £5.32 million, will be used for trainees’ salaries in line with other employment-based initial teacher training routes. The rest will cover the costs of the university course provision, recruitment, marketing and running costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The programme budget will be reviewed regularly to reflect the actual number of trainees recruited and to identify any potential savings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 27/02/2015 11:39:29 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

223249

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what feedback her Department has received from schools on the effectiveness of the British Armed Forces: Learning Resource 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	225098
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education has not received any feedback on the effectiveness or otherwise of the British Armed Forces: Learning Resource 2014. We often highlight free resources for teachers but believe that schools are best placed to decide what materials they wish to use.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 27/02/2015 14:15:35 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

223254

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of schools that opened the Autumn 2014 termly email from her Department which included a link to the British Armed Forces: Learning Resource 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	225105
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>As of 25 February 2015, 7,904 termly emails to schools had been opened.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 27/02/2015 14:14:14 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

223382

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Tugboats: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the response times for tug boats assisting shipping incidents on the west of Scotland have been in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
	tabling member printed	Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil
	uin	225221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>Over the past year there have been seven incidents across the Western Region of Scotland, from Cape Wrath to the North Channel, which have resulted in a tow being required to recover, or potentially recover casualty vessels.</p><p> </p><p>The RNLI Lifeboats, sister vessels such as fishing boats, commercial towage and the government-funded Emergency Towing Vessel on one occasion have provided towing.</p><p> </p><p>Response times have varied from 32 minutes, when the Tobermory Lifeboat aided the fishing vessel DIAMOND D, to 4 days 5 hours when the tug PACIFIC CHAMPION was deployed to assist the Bulk Carrier ELEANOR D, some 85 nautical miles west of St Kilda. During the latter incident, there were no safety of life issues, and all parties were in agreement with the response timescale.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 27/02/2015 12:11:53 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

223256

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many blocks recorded as part of the Property Data Survey Programme were in (a) good, (b) satisfactory, (c) poor and (d) bad condition.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
	tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
	uin	225254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>The Property Data Survey does not provide an overall assessment of a block in the manner requested. The surveyors who visited schools made an assessment of the condition of individual construction types within each block, such as different types of roofs or walls for which we hold individual records, but did not attempt to rate blocks on a ‘good’ to ‘bad’ scale.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 27/02/2015 11:42:20 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

223257

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the summary report of the Property Data Survey Programme, published in January 2015, how many schools were rated as being (a) good, (b) satisfactory, (c) poor and (d) bad condition.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
	tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
	uin	225260
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>The Property Data Survey does not provide an overall assessment of schools in the manner requested. The surveyors who visited schools made an assessment of the condition of individual construction types within each block, such as different types of roofs or walls for which we hold individual records, but did not attempt to rate an entire school on a ‘good’ to ‘bad’ scale.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 27/02/2015 11:42:52 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

223323

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Epilepsy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the support available to people with epilepsy.
	tabling member constituency	South Down
	tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
	uin	225124
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guideline <em>The diagnosis and management of the epilepsies in adults and children in primary and secondary care,</em> published in January 2012, sets out best practice for clinicians in the diagnosis, treatment and care and of people with epilepsy. In addition to drug based treatments, the guidance also recommends that a range of support should be in place for people with epilepsy, including a comprehensive care plan and access to psychological support.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The NICE guideline recommends that people having a first seizure should be seen as soon as possible by a specialist with training and expertise in epilepsy. Patients whose epilepsy cannot be satisfactorily controlled or whose condition cannot be appropriately diagnosed should be referred to the specialised neurological service, which is commissioned nationally by NHS England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has increased investment into neurological disorders from £29.7 million in 2009/10 to £39.3 million in 2013/14. The NIHR welcomes research applications into any area of human health including epilepsy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 225125 question first answered 27/02/2015 11:43:18 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

223324

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Epilepsy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve (a) access to specialists and (b) investment in medical research for epilepsy.
	tabling member constituency	South Down
	tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
	uin	225125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guideline <em>The diagnosis and management of the epilepsies in adults and children in primary and secondary care,</em> published in January 2012, sets out best practice for clinicians in the diagnosis, treatment and care and of people with epilepsy. In addition to drug based treatments, the guidance also recommends that a range of support should be in place for people with epilepsy, including a comprehensive care plan and access to psychological support.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The NICE guideline recommends that people having a first seizure should be seen as soon as possible by a specialist with training and expertise in epilepsy. Patients whose epilepsy cannot be satisfactorily controlled or whose condition cannot be appropriately diagnosed should be referred to the specialised neurological service, which is commissioned nationally by NHS England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has increased investment into neurological disorders from £29.7 million in 2009/10 to £39.3 million in 2013/14. The NIHR welcomes research applications into any area of human health including epilepsy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 225124 question first answered 27/02/2015 11:43:18 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

223199

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Social Enterprises
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2014 to Question 211134, how much funding has gone to each of the social enterprise incubators named; and how the social enterprise incubators based in London but with national focus realised their national mission.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	225232
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>Cabinet Office has supported 10 incubators through its £10m Social Incubator Fund. The incubators cover all areas of England, with six of the incubators located outside of London.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p><p><strong>Incubator </strong></p></td><td><p> </p><p><strong>Funding amount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Social Incubator North</p><p>Wayra UnLtd</p><p>Big Issue Invest CSV</p><p>Health Social Innovators</p><p>Bethnal Green Ventures</p></td><td><p>£1,065,000</p><p>£1,219,006</p><p>£1,000,000</p><p>£600,000</p><p>£900,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Social Incubator East</p></td><td><p>£902,268</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SEEDbed</p></td><td><p>£876,950</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dotforge</p></td><td><p>£1,115,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Young Academy</p></td><td><p>£1,560,905</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solve</p><p> </p></td><td><p>1,489,500</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>London based incubators attract social entrepreneurs from across the country through holding promotional events in a variety of locations, and use social media extensively to attract applications from outside London. Each incubator aims to support social ventures that have the capacity to operate at scale. The markets into which they are aiming to provide services or sell their product are national by definition.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 27/02/2015 12:13:21 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah