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758135

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date	06/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	English Language and Literature: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides to schools and examination boards on whether English language and English literature should be (a) taught, (b) examined and (c) reflected in school tables separately; and what the practice is of state schools.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	9252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Schools have the freedom to plan their curriculum time to best meet the need of their pupils and it is the decision of individual schools whether English language and English literature are taught separately or together.</p><p>The Department believes that the two subjects should be examined separately as the previous combined English GCSE did not allow pupils to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding in either English language or English literature in sufficient depth or breadth.</p><p>English language and English literature are counted separately in the performance tables as separate qualifications. In 2016, Progress 8 was introduced as a headline measure of secondary school performance to compare the progress pupils make across eight subjects. Progress 8 focuses on an academic core, and both English language and English literature can be double weighted to signify their importance. In order to qualify for double weighting in English, a pupil needs to be entered to sit both GCSE English language and GCSE English literature. If a pupil sits both qualifications, the highest grade achieved in either GCSE English language or GCSE English literature will be double weighted for the English element of Progress 8.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/09/2017 16:58:48 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

758141

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers have been trained to teach the computing curriculum; and what the average length and cost was of such training.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	9271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Statistics regarding the number of trainees completing Initial Teacher Training (ITT) in Computing can be found in tables 6 and 6a of the ITT Performance Profiles: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-performance-profiles-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-performance-profiles-2015-to-2016</a>.</p><p>Postgraduate ITT programmes typically last for one year full time, and undergraduate programmes for three or four years full time.</p><p>The Government offers bursaries of £25,000 to postgraduate Computing trainee teachers with at least a 2:2 degree, and these trainees are also able to access student finance including tuition fee loans. We provide funding of up to £23,900 to schools which employ Computing trainee teachers on the School Direct (salaried) route.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/09/2017 14:30:44 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

758322

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Chief Scientific Advisers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the list of departmental chief scientific advisers was last updated.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	9258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The list of Chief Scientific Advisers was last updated in February 2017. The Government Office for Science is in the process of updating the list to capture recent changes. The updates which will be made to the published list shortly are set out below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Department</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Previous position</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>New Text</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for International Trade</p></td><td><p>Currently no CSA</p></td><td><p>Recruiting</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Work and Pensions</p></td><td><p>Pui Ling Li</p></td><td><p>Trevor Huddleston</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Her Majesty’s Treasury</p></td><td><p>Vacant</p></td><td><p>Philip Duffy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Home Office</p></td><td><p>Bernard Silverman</p></td><td><p>John Aston</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ministry of Defence</p></td><td><p>Vacant</p></td><td><p>Hugh Durrant-Whyte</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 11/09/2017 16:01:38 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

758335

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Pornography: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what representations she has received on the implementation processes for age verification for online pornography; and how that data is stored and shared.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	9256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>We are in discussion with a range of organisations, including the British Board of Film Classification as the intended age verification regulator, and those who will be involved in the regulatory framework, such as age verification providers.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State Guidance to the Regulator, which will include details on how user’s data will be protected, will be laid in Parliament later this year.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 11/09/2017 15:12:31 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

757581

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Telecommunications: Misrepresentation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, (a) what steps she is taking to protect vulnerable consumers from mis-selling by communications providers and (b) what sanctions are in place for companies which are found to have sold vulnerable consumers services they do not need or cannot use.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	8813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Office of Communications (Ofcom), as the UK’s independent communications regulator, has rules in place which prohibit all communication providers from engaging in dishonest, misleading or deceptive conduct when selling products and services, and obliges providers to ensure consumers fully understand and consent to a contract before it is agreed. Ofcom has also consulted on a proposal to require all communications providers to set out how they identify and meet the needs of vulnerable consumers.</p><p> </p><p>If Ofcom find evidence of a breach of its rules, it can take effective substantial action, has the power to fine companies up to 10% of their relevant annual turnover, and to also require them to remedy any issues that have arisen, including repaying affected customers who have lost money.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 11/09/2017 15:14:04 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

757609

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	ICT: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools teach computing at key stage 3.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	8814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>We do not hold data on the number of schools that teach computing at Key Stage 3.</p><p> </p><p>Computing is compulsory at Key Stage 3 in state maintained schools. Academies and free schools do not have to follow the National Curriculum, but may still offer computing as part of their own curriculum and may use the computing curriculum as a benchmark.</p><p> </p><p>We do hold Key Stage 4 data. In 2016, 62,703 pupils entered the Computer studies/Computing in GCSE[1], with entries in 2,405 schools[2].</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2015-to-2016</a> (Subject time series table).</p><p> </p><p>[2] Based on Key stage 4 qualification and subject data, available at: <a href="https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/download-data" target="_blank">https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/download-data</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/09/2017 14:37:15 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

757701

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Genomics: Cambridge
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the reasons are for funding for genome testing being centralised in Cambridge; and what the tendering process was for receipt of that funding.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	8811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>NHS England currently commissions genetic testing for National Health Service patients in England from 23 genetic laboratories. NHS England has no knowledge of the centralisation of funding for all NHS genetic testing in Cambridge that is being referred to. Whole genome sequencing is being carried out in Cambridge by Illumina for the 100,000 Genomes Project.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 11/09/2017 14:35:14 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

757880

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Sales: Misrepresentation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the effect of artificial intelligence on consumer mis-selling.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	8812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government has not made a specific assessment of the effect of artificial intelligence on consumer mis-selling.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/09/2017 10:17:56 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah