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921939

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Design and Technology: GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information he holds on the reasons for the decline in the number of entries to Design and Technology GCSE since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	152125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>Design and Technology GCSE entries have declined since before 2010. In 2016/17 over 150,000 pupils in England entered a Design and Technology (D&amp;T) GCSE at the end of Key Stage 4, which is over 25% of all pupils.[1]</p><p> </p><p>Subject experts identified a number of issues with the previous suite of D&amp;T GCSEs. They advised that the GCSEs were out of date, did not reflect current industry practice, and lacked sufficient science, technology, engineering and mathematics content. These issues could have had an effect on take up. One issue was that there were six separate GCSEs focusing on different materials (such as resistant materials and textiles) or particular aspects of D&amp;T (such as product design and systems and control). These did not allow pupils to gain a broad knowledge of the design process, materials, techniques and equipment that are core to the subject. The Department has reformed the D&amp;T GCSE to address these issues. There is now just one GCSE title which emphasises the iterative design processes that is at the core of contemporary practice and includes more about cutting edge technology and processes. The new GCSE now effectively provides pupils with the knowledge they need to progress to further study and careers, including in high-tech industries.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2016-to-2017</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 19/06/2018 15:50:00 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

921940

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Design and Technology: GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Engineering UK's 2018 State of Engineering Report, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of students with a qualification in Design and Technology GCSE to filling the skills gap in engineering.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	152126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>The design and technology (D&amp;T) GCSE is a useful qualification for those pupils considering a career in engineering. The Department has reformed the D&amp;T GCSE to ensure that it is a valuable qualification and includes the knowledge and skills sought by leading employers. Content has been aligned with high-tech industry practice with strengthened technical, mathematical and scienctific knowledge.</p><p> </p><p>Both Which? and the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service advice on A level choices and degree entry requirements state that an A level qualification in mathematics is essential for any area of engineering, with many universities requiring, or preferring, a second A level in Physics as well.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 19/06/2018 16:04:30 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

921941

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Design and Technology: GCSE
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to increase the take-up of Design and Technology GCSE alongside the EBacc; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	152127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>I refer my right hon. Friend, the Member for Harlow to the answer I gave on 11 June 2018 to Question 148743:</p><p><a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-06-01/148743/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-06-01/148743/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 19/06/2018 15:44:54 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

921942

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices and T-levels: Engineering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what subject mix at age 16 he would recommend to support progression into an Engineering apprenticeship or T-Level post-16.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	152128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>The key stage 4 curriculum is designed to be broad and balanced, providing a strong basis for progression whatever the student decides to study post-16. Specifically for engineering, maths and science are a compulsory part of the curriculum.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 19/06/2018 16:00:12 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

921943

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	T-levels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to revise the national curriculum to ensure that students are prepared for T-levels.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	152129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>T-levels will provide students with knowledge and the technical, practical skills needed to get a skilled job. They will also allow students to progress into higher levels of technical training including degree courses in subjects relevant to their T-level.</p><p>My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State announced in April that he would make no changes to the National Curriculum within the lifetime of this Parliament; and there should be no need to do so to prepare pupils for T-levels. All state schools are required to teach broad and balanced curricula that will provide young people with the skills and knowledge they need to undertake post-16 education and training; and the design of T-levels will take into account the knowledge and skills that pupils obtain through the current National Curriculum and reformed GCSEs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 19/06/2018 15:17:19 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

917553

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of accident and emergency departments met the four-hour standard in (a) Essex, (b) The East of England and (c) England in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	150026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>Information on the percentage of accident and emergency (A&amp;E) departments which met the four hour standard in Essex and the East of England is not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England collects and publishes performance data against the four-hour A&amp;E standard at both a trust and a national level. The data is not available by the requested areas.</p><p> </p><p>Data covering A&amp;E departments in England for the 2016/17 financial year is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/statistical-work-areasae-waiting-times-and-activityae-attendances-and-emergency-admissions-2016-17/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/statistical-work-areasae-waiting-times-and-activityae-attendances-and-emergency-admissions-2016-17/</a></p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 11/06/2018 15:49:27 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

917554

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of accident and emergency departments consistently met the national target of being admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours of arrival in (i) Essex, (ii) the East of England and (iii) England in 2010.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	150027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>Information relating to accident and emergency (A&amp;E) admissions, transfers and discharge in Essex and the East of England is not available in the format requested. NHS England collects and publishes performance data against the four-hour A&amp;E standard at both a trust and a national level. The data is not available by the requested geographical areas.</p><p> </p><p>Data for England is available at the following link. It should be noted that the data in 2010/11 was collected from November 2010 onwards and as such, only shows a partial year:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/weekly-ae-sitreps-2010-11/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/weekly-ae-sitreps-2010-11/</a></p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 13/06/2018 14:20:25 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

917555

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Princess Alexandra Hospital: Accident and Emergency Departments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients received emergency care at the Princess Alexandra accident and emergency department in Harlow within four hours of arrival in each year from 2010 to 2017.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	150028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>Data on accident and emergency (A&amp;E) attendances and emergency admissions, as well as the number of patients seen within four hours of arrival at an A&amp;E department, is published by NHS England on a monthly basis. This includes reporting at a national level as well as by individual National Health Service provider, including the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust. This data is available from 2010-11 (partial year) to 2017-18 via the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/ae-waiting-times-and-activity/</a></p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 150042 question first answered 13/06/2018 11:31:33 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

917556

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Princess Alexandra Hospital: Doctors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many doctors were employed at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow in each year from 2010 to 2017.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	150029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust runs three hospitals: Princess Alexandra Hospital, St. Margaret's Hospital and Herts and Essex Hospital.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Digital data goes to the level of National Health Service trusts and clinical commissioning groups but does not go to the level of individual hospital sites and therefore the information is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 150030 150031 question first answered 13/06/2018 14:19:20 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

917557

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Princess Alexandra Hospital: Nurses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many nurses were employed at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow in each year from 2010 to 2017.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	150030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust runs three hospitals: Princess Alexandra Hospital, St. Margaret's Hospital and Herts and Essex Hospital.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Digital data goes to the level of National Health Service trusts and clinical commissioning groups but does not go to the level of individual hospital sites and therefore the information is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 150029 150031 question first answered 13/06/2018 14:19:20 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon