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171773

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date	02/01/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Business: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will commission a review of the unregulated trades referral industry; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	219616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>The trades referral industry can help consumers to identify reliable tradespersons. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills currently has no plans to carry out a review of the trades referral industry. With regard to repair, maintenance and improvement of homes my Department licenses the TrustMark scheme which enables consumers to select with confidence tradespersons who have been vetted against ‘Government Endorsed Standards’ for both trade competence and good trading practice.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 12/01/2015 17:27:25 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

171796

registered interest
date	02/01/2015
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, when she will publish the findings of her Department's survey into asbestos in schools.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	219636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education is working with stakeholders, experts and the Health and Safety Executive to thoroughly consider the latest evidence, and determine appropriate policy responses. We will provide an update on the management of asbestos in schools shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 07/01/2015 15:20:05 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

171798

registered interest
date	02/01/2015
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, which free schools have changed their name since opening.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	219641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2015 answer text <p>The following free schools have changed their name since opening:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li><p>East Birmingham Network Academy, formerly East Birmingham Network Free School</p></li><li><p>Nishkam Primary School Wolverhampton, formerly Anand Primary School</p></li><li><p>Robert Owen Academy, formerly Robert Owen School</p></li><li><p>Dixons King's Academy, formerly Kings Science Academy</p></li><li><p>Aldborough Primary School, formerly E-ACT Aldborough</p></li><li><p>Brook House Primary School, formerly E-ACT Hartsbrook</p></li><li><p>The Minerva Academy, formerly CET Westminster</p></li><li><p>Solebay Primary, a Paradigm Academy, formerly CET Tower Hamlets.</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 07/01/2015 16:51:08 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

169811

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
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, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies on teacher recruitment of the Chief Inspector of Schools Annual Report 2014.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	218427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>Provisional data in the Initial Teacher Training Census shows that 94% of targeted initial teacher training (ITT) places were filled in 2014/15. The shortfall will not result in a teacher shortage, since not all newly qualified teacher progress into teaching immediately after training, and schools can recruit teachers from other avenues. The quality of entrants to ITT remains high with 73% of all new postgraduate entrants in 2014/15 holding a 2:1 degree or higher and 17%, a new record, having a first. This confirms that teaching remains an attractive career choice for the best graduates and is recruiting well in a competitive graduate employment market.</p><p>The Government is already attracting high quality teachers through generous support for trainee teachers but we need more teachers with maths and physics related degrees. The Prime Minister announced on 8 December a range of measures to up-skill 15,000 existing teachers and to recruit up to 2,500 additional specialist maths and physics teachers over the next Parliament. As the Department for Education develops proposals within the STEM teacher supply package, we will consider how they might benefit schools in disadvantaged areas in terms of increasing access and opportunities to get more specialist maths and physics teachers into classrooms.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 16/12/2014 12:31:56 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

168007

registered interest
date	04/12/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Languages: Primary Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that the resources on the Primary Language Training Zone website continue to be available following the decision to close the site.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	217165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>Since 2011, CfBT Education Trust has hosted the Primary Language Training Zone website from its charitable funds without any maintenance or updates to the resources. When CfBT decided to cease hosting the site they advised users that the site’s content was freely available under the government open source licence and encouraged users to download any resources of continuing interest.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education arranged with CfBT Education Trust for copies of the archived content to be provided to both the Association of Language Learning and the University of Roehampton. We understand that these two organisations are considering how to make some of the resources available via their own websites.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 09/12/2014 15:05:02 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

166730

registered interest
date	28/11/2014
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 the retention rate is for secondary school teachers of each subject area.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	216419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>Information on teacher retention is currently derived from the Database of Teacher Records (DTR). However, this data source does not contain information on either the subject(s) of a teacher’s qualifications or the subject taught by the teacher.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/12/2014 16:51:58 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

166732

registered interest
date	28/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Science: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of secondary school (a) chemistry teachers hold a chemistry degree, (b) physics teachers hold a physics degree and (c) maths teachers hold a maths degree in each region of England.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	216418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>The following table shows the proportions of secondary school chemistry, physics and mathematics teachers holding degrees or higher in those subjects in each region.</p><p> </p><p>The table also shows, for England only, the percentage of teachers with a relevant post A level qualification in chemistry, physics and mathematics. This measure includes teachers who have trained in these subjects either via degrees or other relevant qualification routes (eg the Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE)).</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="9"><p><strong>Proportions of secondary school chemistry, physics and maths teachers holding degrees or higher in the relevant subjects which they teach, English regions, November 2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Chemistry</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Physics</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Mathematics</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>%</p></td><td><p>Confidence <br>Interval (+/-)[1]</p></td><td> </td><td><p>%</p></td><td><p>Confidence <br>Interval (+/-)[1] <sup> </sup></p></td><td> </td><td><p>%</p></td><td><p>Confidence <br>Interval (+/-)[1]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td> </td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td> </td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td> </td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td> </td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td> </td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td> </td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td> </td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td> </td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td> </td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td> </td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td> </td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td> </td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inner London</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td> </td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td> </td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Outer London</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td> </td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td> </td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td> </td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td> </td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td> </td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td> </td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>England (including all relevant post A level qualifications)</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td><p>66</p><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p>Source: School Workforce Census</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] Confidence intervals have been calculated around the proportions as not all secondary schools were able to submit curriculum information, and not all qualifications returns were complete. The confidence intervals show the statistical accuracy for the data, and give a range within which we can be reasonably sure (95% certain) that the true value actually lies.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/12/2014 16:59:35 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

164143

registered interest
date	21/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Religion: GCSE
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 21 November 2014 to Question 214915, who the representatives from religious and non-religious communities were that she consulted about proposed content for the new religious studies GCSE.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	215570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State spoke to senior representatives from the Catholic Church, Church of England, United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, Mosques and Imams National Advisory Board, Network of Sikh Organisations, Network of Buddhist Organisations and Hindu Council UK. She also spoke with representatives from the Religious Education Council for England and Wales and British Humanist Association.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 26/11/2014 14:58:48 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

156774

registered interest
date	19/11/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Maintained Schools: Managers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations she has received on the payment of maintained school business managers on the senior leadership pay spine; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	215217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>The National Association of Head Teachers wrote to the Secretary of State for Education on 22 October 2014 about paying school business managers on the leadership pay range. In her reply the Secretary of State explained that the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD) only provides for headteachers, deputy headteachers and assistant headteachers to be paid on the leadership pay range. School business managers do not fall within the definition of ‘school teacher’ in the STPCD and so are not subject to its provisions. Schools that are the direct employers of school business managers have the flexibility to decide for themselves the appropriate rates of pay for such staff.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 24/11/2014 15:58:41 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan