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 question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1015235

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Grievance Procedures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many formal employment grievances have been lodged by employees of his Department since January 2016; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	195696
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>There have been eight formal employment grievances raised by staff and registered centrally in this Department in the time since 1 January 2016. This includes cases that have subsequently been withdrawn, not upheld, upheld, and still presently under investigation.</p><p>In November 2017 the Department introduced improved internal processes for monitoring and managing employee grievances and central data retention was improved to aid decision and investigation officers involved in grievances and disputes.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 29/11/2018 15:29:44 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1015234

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Grievance Procedures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many employment grievances which have been submitted to his Department since 1 January 2016 were (a) wholly upheld, (b) partially upheld or (c) remain outstanding; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	195695
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department can confirm that there have been a total of 15 informal and formal employment grievances raised by staff and registered centrally in the time since 1 January 2016. Complete outcome data for these cases is not held centrally and therefore we are unable to confirm the number of cases that were (a) wholly upheld, (b) partially upheld or (c) remain outstanding.</p><p>In November 2017 the Department introduced improved internal processes for monitoring and managing employee grievances and central data retention was improved to aid decision and investigation officers involved in grievances and disputes.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 29/11/2018 15:30:35 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1015031

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Local Government: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the draft Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 apply to the Local Government Pension Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	195604
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>These draft regulations make minor and technical changes to correct any elements of the UK’s occupational and personal pensions legislation that will not work effectively after the UK departs the EU. They will not apply to the Local Government Pension Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 29/11/2018 15:24:22 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1015220

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Market Surveillance Coordination Committee
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on what dates officials in his Department have attended the Market Surveillance Coordination Committee since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	195577
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The Market Surveillance Coordination Committee (MSCC), established in 2009, provides an important role in coordinating and setting strategic direction. It meets twice a year.</p><p>The Department’s records show that Department officials attended in December 2016, December 2017 and January, March and September 2018. The Department does not hold records of attendance prior to 2016.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 29/11/2018 15:25:38 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1015029

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of qualified teachers working in (a) academies, (b) free schools, (c) city technology colleges and (d) private schools.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	195465
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The following table provides the full-time equivalent number of teachers with qualified teacher status in service in academies, free schools, and city technology colleges in England in November 2017. The number of teachers in private schools that have qualified teacher status is not held centrally.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Full-Time Equivalent Qualified Teachers[1]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Academies[2][3]</p></td><td><p>197,840</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Free Schools[2]</p></td><td><p>5,420</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City Technology Colleges[2]</p></td><td><p>230</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Independent Schools[4]</p></td><td><p>.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The figures for academies and free schools are publicly available in table 3a within the publication ‘School Workforce in England, November 2017’, available at the following web link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Figures are rounded to the nearest 10 teachers.</p><p>[2] Source: School workforce census.</p><p>[3] Includes university technical colleges and studio schools.</p><p>[4] Source: Independent school census. Figures for teachers in independent schools with qualified teacher status are not collected.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 29/11/2018 17:13:01 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1015018

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of changes in the time allocated to teachers for planning, preparation and assessment.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	195463
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>All teachers who participate in the teaching of pupils are entitled to reasonable periods of Planning, Preparation and Assessment (PPA). PPA time must amount to not less than 10% of the teacher’s timetabled teaching time. A teacher must not be required to carry out any other duties during the teacher’s PPA time.</p><p>There have been no changes in the time allocated to teachers for planning, preparation and assessment: this requirement has been in place since 2004.</p><p>The Department continues to work with unions, teachers and Ofsted to challenge and remove unnecessary workload so that teachers can focus on tasks which make the most positive impact on their pupils. For example, a workload reduction toolkit has been published which provides schools with practical tools and evidence-based solutions to enable them to streamline practice in their schools. This includes a section on reviewing curriculum planning with case studies on how schools have successfully reduced workload associated with planning.</p><p>The workload reduction toolkit can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/workload-reduction-toolkit" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/workload-reduction-toolkit</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 29/11/2018 17:05:50 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1015032

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Forensic Science: Misconduct
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the National Police Chiefs' Council's press release National operation to retest manipulated forensic samples is progressing at pace, published on 21 November 2018, how many of the 10,000 cases identified by the National Police Chiefs' Council as possibly being affected by manipulation at Randox Testing Services were discovered to have been manipulated following testing; and which categories of offences those cases related to.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	195605
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) press release referred to in this Parliamentary Question was published on 21 November 2017, not 2018. This issue remains the subject of an ongoing police investigation to determine how many cases may have been manipulated.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 29/11/2018 15:27:30 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1015118

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Cohabitation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department is taking steps to introduce legislative proposals to enable cohabiting couples to share financial and property rights; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Derby North
	tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
	uin	195548
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s current priorities are to reform the law on the process for obtaining a divorce in order to reduce family conflict and to extend civil partnerships to opposite sex couples. The Government will be considering how to proceed in relation to proposals made by the Law Commission in the context of any further reforms to the family justice system.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 29/11/2018 15:32:01 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

1015025

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Antisemitism: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have been prosecuted for anti-semitic hate crime in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	195490
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>Prosecutions data held by the department record information against offences defined in law. The law does not define an offence specifically of anti-Semitic hate crime, so the requested information is not held. Figures for whether Anti-Semitism was a motivation of other offences that have been prosecuted is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 29/11/2018 15:30:59 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1015106

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Honours and Privy Council
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) discussions he held and (b) advice he sought from Honours committees in advance of the (i) knighthood and (ii) Privy Council appointments announced by his office on 23 November 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	195644
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p>The Prime Minister made an honours recommendation to Her Majesty The Queen, following the completion of full probity checks, and in recognition of exceptional and longstanding Government service. Privy Councillors are members of The Queen's own Council and are not part of the honours process.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 29/11/2018 14:45:27 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran