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92184

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Solar Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to help schools invest in solar panels.
tabling member constituency	Gloucester
tabling member printed	Richard Graham
uin	209684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>In April the Government published guidance to schools on the benefits of solar technology. The publication, Power to the Pupils,[1] includes practical information for schools on finance and installation.</p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/power-to-the-pupils-solar-pv-for-schools" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/power-to-the-pupils-solar-pv-for-schools</a></p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 14/10/2014 15:20:53 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

92185

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Workers: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many professional social work places will be required by the Step Up and Frontline social work training programmes in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	209551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>There were 309 participants in the Step Up to Social Work intake in January 2014 and 104 participants in the Frontline intake in July 2014. Both programmes secure commitments from participating local authorities to provide sufficient placements. The combined total of 413 is less than ten percent of the total annual intake to social work training which has been between five and six thousand per year since 2010.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 209549 question first answered 14/10/2014 15:12:56 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

92186

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies: Sheffield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what organisations she has approved to be potential sponsors of future sponsored academies in Sheffield.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	209594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>Prior to the creation of Regional Schools Commissioners (RSCs), academy sponsors were approved on a national basis. From 1 September 2014, RSCs have been approving sponsors to operate in their region, on behalf of the Secretary of State. However, approval is not broken down beyond regional level.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A list of nationally approved sponsors, which includes all sponsors that have been approved in England, is published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/academy-sponsor-contact-list" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/academy-sponsor-contact-list</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 15/10/2014 08:49:42 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

92187

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Workers: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of professional social work placements provided by (a) local authorities, (b) third sector organisations and (c) other bodies in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	209550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>The number of placement days and number of social work practice placements for the 2012-13 academic year are shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Universities will submit their final returns on social work practice placements to the NHS Business Services Authority for the 2013-14 academic year in November 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department estimates that a similar number of placements and placement days to 2013-14 will be required in the 2014-15 academic year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Social Work Practice Placements in the 2012-13 academic year</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of Placements</p></td><td><p>Number of Placement Days</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Authorities</p></td><td><p>637</p></td><td><p>57,393</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Third Sector Organisations</p></td><td><p>3,687</p></td><td><p>287,050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>9,098</p></td><td><p>777,548</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>13,422</p></td><td><p>1,121,991</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: NHS Business Services Authority</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 209350 209547 209548 question first answered 16/10/2014 16:11:07 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

92188

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools: Sheffield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department received an application from the Kings Free Schools and Academies Trust to establish a new free school in Darnall, S9 in Sheffield; and if she will publish it.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Mr David Ward
uin	209601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education has previously received applications from the Kings Free Schools and Academies Trust to establish free schools in Milner Fields, Bradford and Darnall, Sheffield.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Two applications were received in January 2012, during the third wave of applications. They were listed with all other applications received at this time in a list published online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/name-local-authority-previous-school-name-and-faith-designation-of-applications-to-open-a-free-school-wave-3" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/name-local-authority-previous-school-name-and-faith-designation-of-applications-to-open-a-free-school-wave-3</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has no plans to publish the two applications.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 209600 question first answered 15/10/2014 08:41:35 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3923 label Biography information for Mr David Ward

92189

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Workers: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department made of the effect of the Step Up and Frontline social work training programmes on the availability of social work placements for other trainees.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	209549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>There were 309 participants in the Step Up to Social Work intake in January 2014 and 104 participants in the Frontline intake in July 2014. Both programmes secure commitments from participating local authorities to provide sufficient placements. The combined total of 413 is less than ten percent of the total annual intake to social work training which has been between five and six thousand per year since 2010.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 209551 question first answered 14/10/2014 15:12:56 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

92190

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Workers: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many professional social work placements were provided by (a) local authorities, (b) third sector organisations and (c) other bodies in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	209548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>The number of placement days and number of social work practice placements for the 2012-13 academic year are shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Universities will submit their final returns on social work practice placements to the NHS Business Services Authority for the 2013-14 academic year in November 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department estimates that a similar number of placements and placement days to 2013-14 will be required in the 2014-15 academic year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Social Work Practice Placements in the 2012-13 academic year</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of Placements</p></td><td><p>Number of Placement Days</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Authorities</p></td><td><p>637</p></td><td><p>57,393</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Third Sector Organisations</p></td><td><p>3,687</p></td><td><p>287,050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>9,098</p></td><td><p>777,548</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>13,422</p></td><td><p>1,121,991</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: NHS Business Services Authority</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 209350 209547 209550 question first answered 16/10/2014 16:11:07 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

92191

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Workers: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the number of professional social work placements required to meet the needs of social workers in training, other than in the Step Up programme, in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	209547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>The number of placement days and number of social work practice placements for the 2012-13 academic year are shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Universities will submit their final returns on social work practice placements to the NHS Business Services Authority for the 2013-14 academic year in November 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department estimates that a similar number of placements and placement days to 2013-14 will be required in the 2014-15 academic year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Social Work Practice Placements in the 2012-13 academic year</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of Placements</p></td><td><p>Number of Placement Days</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Authorities</p></td><td><p>637</p></td><td><p>57,393</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Third Sector Organisations</p></td><td><p>3,687</p></td><td><p>287,050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>9,098</p></td><td><p>777,548</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>13,422</p></td><td><p>1,121,991</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: NHS Business Services Authority</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 209350 209548 209550 question first answered 16/10/2014 16:11:06 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

92192

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free Schools: Bradford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department received an application from the Kings Free Schools and Academies Trust to establish a new free school in Milner Fields in Bradford.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Mr David Ward
uin	209600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education has previously received applications from the Kings Free Schools and Academies Trust to establish free schools in Milner Fields, Bradford and Darnall, Sheffield.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Two applications were received in January 2012, during the third wave of applications. They were listed with all other applications received at this time in a list published online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/name-local-authority-previous-school-name-and-faith-designation-of-applications-to-open-a-free-school-wave-3" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/name-local-authority-previous-school-name-and-faith-designation-of-applications-to-open-a-free-school-wave-3</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has no plans to publish the two applications.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 209601 question first answered 15/10/2014 08:41:35 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3923 label Biography information for Mr David Ward

92193

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Performance Appraisal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many officials in her Department of each (a) gender, (b) ethnicity and (c) age received the Civil Service Employment Policy Performance Management System's (i) exceeded, (ii) met and (iii) must improve performance mark in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	209479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is based on a declaration rate of 55% and is set out in the table below. The figures provided on protected characteristics are subject to rounding due to their restricted nature and so total figures may differ slightly</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 1: 2013-14 Performance management outturn figures for the Department for Education (actual numbers)</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Protected characteristics </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Exceeded</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Achieved</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Must Improve</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Hours worked</p></td><td><p>Part-time</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>325</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Full-time</p></td><td><p>660</p></td><td><p>1,805</p></td><td><p>280</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Gender</p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>875</p></td><td><p>155</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>1,270</p></td><td><p>155</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Age</p></td><td><p>18 – 24</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25 – 49</p></td><td><p>545</p></td><td><p>1,500</p></td><td><p>180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>50+</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>560</p></td><td><p>115</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Ethnicity</p></td><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>470</p></td><td><p>1,265</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BME</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>265</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not declared</p></td><td><p>205</p></td><td><p>610</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Disability status</p></td><td><p>Declared disability</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No declared disability</p></td><td><p>385</p></td><td><p>980</p></td><td><p>115</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not declared</p></td><td><p>325</p></td><td><p>1,025</p></td><td><p>155</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 209626 question first answered 14/10/2014 15:52:12 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey