Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered question first ministerially corrected answering member label previous answer version answering member constituency answering member printed answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

595415

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Department for Communities and Local Government: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, approximately how many (a) British and (b) non-British nationals are employed cleaning the Westminster estate of his Department.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	John Pugh
uin	47556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Communities and Local Government shares its Westminster office space with the Home Office. I refer the hon Member to the answer to PQ number 47565.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 18/10/2016 13:39:52 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1454 label Biography information for John Pugh

595443

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department spent on new social housing for rent in (a) the City of York and (b) England in each year since 2010; and how much it expects to spend for such purposes in each year for which projections have been made.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	47145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not publish the capital expenditure spent on new social housing for rent. The capital expenditure on social housing through government’s affordable homes programmes are available publicly for the National Affordable Homes Programme 2008-11, the Affordable Homes Programme 2011-2015, the Affordable Homes Programme 2015-2018 and the Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme 2016-21.</p><p>Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme 2016-21 initial allocations: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/affordable-homes-programme-2016-to-2021-successful-bidders" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/affordable-homes-programme-2016-to-2021-successful-bidders</a></p><p>Data are only available by the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) operating areas or by providers.</p><p>Affordable Homes Programme 2015-18 initial allocations: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/affordable-homes-programme-2015-to-2018-guidance-and-allocations#allocations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/affordable-homes-programme-2015-to-2018-guidance-and-allocations#allocations</a></p><p> </p><p>Data are only available by HCA operating areas or by providers.</p><p>Affordable Homes Programme 2015-18 quarterly updates: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/affordable-homes-programme-2015-to-2018-quarterly-updates" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/affordable-homes-programme-2015-to-2018-quarterly-updates</a></p><p>Data are only available by HCA operating areas or by providers.</p><p>Affordable Homes Programme 2011-15 initial allocations, signed contracts and quarterly updates:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/affordable-homes-programme-2011-to-2015-guidance-and-allocations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/affordable-homes-programme-2011-to-2015-guidance-and-allocations</a></p><p>Data are only available for HCA operating areas and by local authorities</p><p>National Affordable Homes Programme 2008-11 – Investment statement, Yorkshire and Humberside</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20071204140632/http:/www.housingcorp.gov.uk/server/show/nav.4140" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20071204140632/http://www.housingcorp.gov.uk/server/show/nav.4140</a></p><p>Data are only available by HCA operating areas</p><p>Government is investing and additional £1.4 billion in the Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme 2016-21, increasing the overall budget for this programme to £7.1 billion to deliver 225,000 affordable housing starts by March 2021.</p><p>Between 1997 and 2010 social housing stock fell by 420,000. Since 2010 the overall stock of social housing has increased by 76,000.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 26/04/2017 14:49:02 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell previous answer version 13527 answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

595522

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Asbestos
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to remove the presence of asbestos on school sites in (a) England and Wales and (b) Derby North constituency.
tabling member constituency	Derby North
tabling member printed	Amanda Solloway
uin	47204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>The issue of asbestos in schools is a serious one. Policy on the effective management and removal of asbestos at Welsh school sites is devolved to the Welsh Government, but in England it is one of the department’s priorities in order to ensure that our schools are safe for children and teachers.</p><p> </p><p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), which is the lead regulator on managing asbestos, advise that as long as asbestos is in good condition and unlikely to be damaged or disturbed, it is not a significant risk to health.</p><p> </p><p>The Department directly funds the removal of asbestos through schemes such as the Priority Schools Building Programme and provides capital funding for asbestos management and removal where appropriate for those schools that have identified that asbestos is in poor condition or poses a high risk of deterioration.</p><p> </p><p>We also provide support to those who are legally responsible for managing asbestos in schools by providing targeted guidance to schools on the effective management of asbestos in their schools.</p><p> </p><p>The duty holder has the legal responsibility of effectively managing asbestos in schools. In schools where asbestos poses a high risk of disturbance or is deteriorating, the duty holder should remove asbestos using capital funding that has been provided by the Department.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is not committing to the removal of asbestos in all schools, as blanket and accelerated removal of asbestos in schools is potentially more dangerous and may involve greater risk to school children and staff.</p><p> </p><p>It is, however, the aim of the government that, over time, as more school buildings are replaced and refurbished, all asbestos will be removed from schools.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 01/11/2016 17:52:00 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway

595523

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Derby
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that apprenticeships in Derby North constituency are undertaken by people from less-affluent households.
tabling member constituency	Derby North
tabling member printed	Amanda Solloway
uin	47205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>Apprenticeships are paid jobs that give people from all regions and backgrounds the opportunity to reach their potential - acquiring transferable skills much valued in the labour market without having to contribute to the costs of their learning. The locations and sectors where apprenticeships are available are determined by employers choosing to offer opportunities and employ apprentices.</p><p> </p><p>We will be publishing details of our funding policy for apprenticeships in England from May 2017 shortly, which will demonstrate how we will provide opportunities for people regardless of their background.</p><p> </p><p>We will also continue to demonstrate, with Traineeships and our national campaigns, that an apprenticeship can be a very worthwhile and achievable goal for those from less well-off households.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 18/10/2016 13:36:05 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway

595524

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Faith Schools: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of allowing schools to admit children from one religion on integration and social cohesion.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	47142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>All schools must promote integration and social cohesion whatever their character and ethos. The Department is currently consulting on proposals to remove the 50% cap on faith admissions in new faith free schools. We have proposed additional measures to promote inclusivity and community cohesion, alongside existing requirements to promote fundamental British values, which will apply to all new faith free schools. These are aimed at ensuring all pupils can play an active role in our society and are prepared for life in modern Britain. The consultation document is available at: <a href="https://consult.education.gov.uk/school-frameworks/schools-that-work-for-everyone" target="_blank">https://consult.education.gov.uk/school-frameworks/schools-that-work-for-everyone</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 01/11/2016 13:07:57 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

595525

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) business-led, (b) Muslim-led, (c) Church of England-led, (d) Roman Catholic-led schools, (e) other faith schools and (f) other free schools have been announced in each year since the free school programme started.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	47153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>Free school applicants are invited to describe the nature of their group; most will describe the group in terms of the schools they already have, for example, a multi-academy trust or a chain of free schools. Some groups will use terms such as a group of parents or teachers.</p><p>There are a number of free schools that have strong business links but only the Cathedral Free School in Liverpool has described itself as business-led.</p><p>As faith free school applicants may use a variety of terms to describe their group, the table below provides a breakdown of applications approved into the pre-opening phase by the faith designation of the school (b)-(d), with (e) being applications approved into the pre-opening phase with no faith designation. “Other faith designations” includes Christian schools where the denomination has not been specified.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Muslim faith Designation</p></td><td><p>Church of England faith Designation</p></td><td><p>Roman Catholic faith designation</p></td><td><p>Other faith designations</p></td><td><p>Other free schools</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010 (Wave 1)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3</del> <ins class="ministerial">4</ins></p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011 (Waves 1 and 2)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">7</del> <ins class="ministerial">6</ins></p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012 (Wave 3)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013 (Wave 4)</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 (Waves 5, 6 and 7)</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015 (Waves 8, 9, and free school presumptions)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016 (Waves 10, 11, and free school presumptions)</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>143</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Not all applications approved into the pre-opening phase go on to open as schools. Some projects are deferred, withdrawn or cancelled, and some schools have closed. Deferral or cancellation can be for a variety and sometimes a combination of reasons, but overall it will have been because the department did not believe the free school trust was ready to open a free school offering a good or better education.</p><p>Contributory factors include a lack of site or building, insufficient pupil recruitment, under-developed leadership and/or governance arrangements. In each case, decisions will have been based on the progress of the project or school, and will have balanced the risk of opening on the original date, or remaining open, against all the elements needed to be in place for a successful school.</p><p>In the case of open free schools, they will have closed because they were not delivering a good or better education.</p><p><strong><br /> </strong></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 01/11/2016 13:38:19 question first ministerially corrected 22/11/2016 10:33:57 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 17529 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

595527

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Banbury Academy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the efficacy of the outsourcing by Banbury Academy of admissions appeals to a private contractor; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	47149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>Any admission authority can outsource its appeals to a contractor; however, the admission authority remains responsible for ensuring appeals are conducted in accordance with the School Admission Appeals Code. It is not the Department’s role to provide an assessment on the efficacy of the outsourcing of admissions appeals to a private contractor, however where EFA has concerns about financial management or the governance in an academy trust, we will use our intervention powers accordingly.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 19/10/2016 16:23:12 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

595528

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Home Education: Nottinghamshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary school aged children in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Rushcliffe and (c) Nottinghamshire have been home educated in each of the last five years for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	47137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>Responsibility for providing a suitable full-time education for children of compulsory school age who are educated at home rests with the parents. Although local authorities do not have a power to monitor such provision on a routine basis, they are under a duty to identify children who are not receiving a suitable full-time education, and as part of that process take appropriate steps to ensure that if a child is not being properly educated at home, a school attendance order is served. There is published departmental guidance to local authorities on this matter at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/288135/guidelines_for_las_on_elective_home_educationsecondrevisev2_0.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/288135/guidelines_for_las_on_elective_home_educationsecondrevisev2_0.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The information requested on numbers of pupils that are home educated is not collected centrally. Although some local authorities operate voluntary registration schemes, there is no legal obligation for the registration of home educated children.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 47136 question first answered 01/11/2016 13:08:39 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

595529

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Derby
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school leavers in Derby North constituency who went to university in the last five years for which figures are available were (a) entitled and (b) not entitled to free school meals.
tabling member constituency	Derby North
tabling member printed	Amanda Solloway
uin	47126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>Information is given on the number and percentage of students completing Key Stage 5 study (A level and other Level 3 qualifications) in mainstream state-funded schools and colleges, before progressing to study at a UK higher education institution for at least two terms the following year, in each of the last five years for which information is available. Free school meal eligibility is as recorded when students were in Year 11.</p><p>The table below show figures for the Derby North constituency for the years 2010/11 to 2014/15. Numbers of pupils are shown rounded to the nearest ten in line with how published information was shown in these years. Percentages are calculated using unrounded figures.</p><p>In each of the last five years ten students in the Derby North constituency (rounded to the nearest ten), who had been eligible for free school meals in Year 11 and completed Key Stage 5 study, progressed to higher education. This compares to between 190 and 220 students who had not been eligible for free school meals completing Key Stage 5 study in the latest year. Due to the small numbers involved, the proportion of students represented by these numbers has varied year on year.</p><p>Information on pupil destinations at local authority, regional and national level is published annually at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-destinations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-destinations</a></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Number of students completing KS5</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Number at UK Higher Education Institution</p></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"><p>% at UK Higher Education Institution (calculated on unrounded figures)</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>(rounded to nearest 10)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>(rounded to nearest 10)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FSM</p></td><td><p>Non-FSM</p></td><td><p>FSM</p></td><td><p>Non-FSM</p></td><td><p>FSM</p></td><td><p>Non-FSM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15 (2013/14 KS5 cohort)</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>64%</p></td><td><p>65%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14 (2012/13 KS5 cohort)</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td><td><p>61%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13 (2011/12 KS5 cohort)</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>32%</p></td><td><p>63%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12 (2010/11 KS5 cohort)</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td><td><p>64%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11 (2009/10 KS5 cohort)</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>55%</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 20/10/2016 16:44:42 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway

595533

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Faith Schools: Disadvantaged
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 relative proportion of children from poorer backgrounds who attend religiously selective schools.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	46994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>Underlying data for ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ provides information for each school, including religious denomination (where applicable), alongside the number and percentage of pupils known to be eligible for free school meals.</p><p>This is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2016</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 01/11/2016 13:09:18 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin