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90995

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Qualifications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how may teachers in state-funded schools did not hold a degree in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	208477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p>The following table provides the information available for the percentage of teachers in publicly funded schools in England who do not hold a degree and the percentage of teachers for whom qualifications data was provided.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Percentage recorded with no degree level qualification</p></td><td><p>Percentage for whom qualification information was provided</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p><em>3.3%</em></p></td><td><p><em>94.0%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p><em>3.9%</em></p></td><td><p><em>93.7%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p><em>5.1%</em></p></td><td><p><em>91.2%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p><em>5.7%</em></p></td><td><p><em>90.1%</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: School Workforce Census</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 11/09/2014 11:40:39 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

90520

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	West Africa
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent support she has provided to countries in West Africa to help them with the recent ebola outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	208068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The current outbreak of Ebola poses a serious public health risk to West Africa and is deeply concerning. The UK is taking a leading role in working with the countries affected and with the international community to ensure that the outbreak is contained and help reaches those in need. In total, over £25 million of British funding is supporting the global effort to contain this disease. This includes £5 million of new direct funding to help partners working on the ground like the WHO, Red Cross and Médecins Sans Frontières‎ to treat victims and prevent the spread of Ebola. Over £20 million of UK support is helping contain Ebola through commitments to multilateral institutions (the World Bank and the African Development Bank) and the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 08/09/2014 15:53:43 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

90522

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	West Africa
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will take steps to provide further support to West African countries to deal with the ebola outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	208069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK is taking a leading role in working with the countries affected and with the international community to ensure that the current Ebola outbreak is contained and help reaches those in need. In total, over £25 million of British funding is supporting the global effort to contain this disease. This includes £5 million of new direct funding to help partners working on the ground like the WHO, Red Cross and Médecins Sans Frontières‎ to treat victims and prevent the spread of Ebola. The UK is working with partners to explore options for further support.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 08/09/2014 15:55:48 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

90523

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	West Africa
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's policies of the briefing given by Médecins Sans Frontières at the UN on 2 September 2014.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	208070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK welcomes the call to action from Médecins sans Frontières (MSF). The UK is taking a leading role in responding to the Ebola outbreak and is working with other donors, the Governments of affected countries, and partners on the ground to coordinate a more effective response to the crisis. UK officials are in regular contact with MSF to discuss improving the response to the outbreak. To date, over £25 million of British funding is supporting the global effort to contain this disease.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 08/09/2014 15:57:33 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

90524

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	West Africa
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions she has had with Médecins Sans Frontières on the recent ebola outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	208071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The current outbreak of Ebola poses a serious public health risk to West Africa and is deeply concerning. The UK is funding Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) to provide treatment and care to Ebola patients in Sierra Leone and Liberia, and officials are in regular contact with MSF to discuss the response to the outbreak.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 08/09/2014 15:59:59 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

90363

registered interest
date	02/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Open Prisons: Prisoner Escapes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many days each of the offenders who absconded from open conditions in 2014 had served there before they absconded.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	207931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Progression to open prison is never automatic and only those prisoners who are assessed as a low risk of harm to the public and a low risk of abscond will be held in open conditions. Prisoners serving longer sentences may be allocated to open prison towards the end of their sentence but only where they have successfully completed relevant offending behaviour work that is judged to have reduced any risks. In the case of ISPs this generally involves a recommendation from the Parole Board. The table below shows how many days each offender had been in open conditions prior to the date of abscond.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Number of days served in open prison prior to absconding, January 2014 to March 2014</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Time since arrival</p></td><td><p>Number of absconders</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>On day of arrival</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1st or 2nd full day</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3 days to 7 days</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8 days to 30 days</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31 days to 3 months (90 days)</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3 months to 6 months (91 to 182 days)</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6 months to 1 year</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over 1 year</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures from April 2014 onwards are not yet available. Over 97% of prisoners who abscond are re-captured and returned to custody.</p><p> </p><p>Absconds have reached record lows under this Government. Abscond levels are down 80% over the last 10 years.</p><p> </p><p>The sentence length at the time of the abscond is not readily available for all absconds in 2013/14. As sentences can change due to further criminal or prison offences it would be necessary to write out to each establishment and analyse each prisoner’s records to determine the remaining sentence length at the time of the abscond. This could only be achieved at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for the number of absconds, by prison, since 1995 are provided in the Prison Digest contained in the Prison and Probation Trusts Performance Statistics. This can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201314" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics-201314</a></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 207932 question first answered 11/09/2014 14:43:46 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

90044

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
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, if she will discuss options for how to respond to technical problems with the skills test for prospective teachers other than annulling and re-siting the test with Learndirect.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	207782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p>When it is determined that technical issues affected a test, the outcome is annulled and the candidate is allowed a free resit. It is not possible to change the mark awarded for a test, since the score the candidate would have achieved had they not experienced the technical issue cannot be determined. It would, therefore, be inappropriate to change the outcome, for example from fail to pass, without such evidence. Where an appeal is successful, the only option available is to allow the candidate a further attempt at the relevant skills test.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 04/09/2014 15:05:05 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

90045

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
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, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2014, Official Report, column 761W, if she will discuss the potential merits of introducing an appeals process for where there are technical problems with the skills test for prospective teachers.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	207781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p>There is a process for raising concerns where there are technical difficulties or exceptional circumstances at the time of taking the test; although this is not called an appeals process, it functions in the same way. Candidates who experience issues with their tests are directed to make the invigilator and test centre aware at the time or to contact the skills tests helpline, currently managed by the contractor Pearson VUE, either by telephone or email. The first stage of the process is conducted by the contractor. Pearson VUE deals with each enquiry by investigating the nature of the concern raised and asking candidates to provide additional evidence where appropriate. In dealing with enquiries, Pearson VUE may contact the test centre, obtain statements from staff or review CCTV footage as necessary to fully investigate and respond to enquiries.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst appeals are dealt with by Pearson VUE in the first instance, the Department for Education retains the right of final decision on all appeals. The process for dealing with appeals is kept under constant review and is being refined as the service migrates from Pearson VUE to learndirect.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 04/09/2014 15:03:38 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

90067

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Meat
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to educate the public about the (a) health and (b) environmental effects of eating high amounts of red meat.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	207746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government provides tips and information on healthy eating through the Live Well pages of NHS Choices website and through promotional material on the ‘eatwell’ plate, to educate the public on eating meat as part of a healthy balanced diet.</p><p> </p><p>As depicted in the ‘eatwell’ plate, the Government recommends eating some meat, fish, eggs, beans and other non-dairy sources of protein as part of a healthy balanced diet.</p><p> </p><p>In response to one of the Green Food Project’s recommendations in 2012, Defra initiated a debate about sustainable food consumption. The Sustainable Consumption report from the group of interested organisations which came together to work on this project, published in July 2013, included eight principles of a healthy and sustainable diet. These are being reviewed by the Global Food Security Programme and will be published as part of its Insight series in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/09/2014 17:01:23 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

90068

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Agriculture: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the UK is taking to monitor the effect of the UK food industry on greenhouse gas emissions.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	207747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>The Food Statistics Pocketbook 2013 (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/food-statistics-pocketbook" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/food-statistics-pocketbook</a>) contains a chapter on environmental statistics, including greenhouse gas emissions. Around 176 million tonnes of CO<sub>2</sub> equivalent greenhouse gases (mt CO<sub>2</sub>e) were emitted within the UK from domestic agri-food sector activity in 2011. This excludes emissions from non-fertiliser pre-farm gate production, food packaging, food waste and land use change; the largest contributor is net trade in food and drink, estimated at 61 mt CO<sub>2</sub>e. The UK farming and fishing sector was the second largest contributor, accounting for 55.1mt CO<sub>2</sub>e.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 04/09/2014 12:21:32 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham