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1109914

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date	05/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Political Impartiality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to the political impartiality of civil servants in his Department.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	241390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>The civil servants in my department are bound by the standards of behaviour, including that of political impartiality, as set out in the 'Civil Service code', available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-code" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-code</a>. These are clearly communicated to all civil servants in the department on a regular basis.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 15/04/2019 15:58:58 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1109915

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education: Parents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will take steps to ensure parents are able to make choices on (a) schools, (b) curriculum and (c) other parts of their children's education.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	241391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>Since 2010, 921,000 school places have been created and the Government is on track to increase that to a million by the end of this decade. England has a diverse school system, with a range of schools including academies, free schools, faith schools, university technical colleges, and, in some areas, selective schools.</p><p>Parents are able to express at least three preferences when applying for a school place for their child and in some areas they can select six. The vast majority of parents will be allocated a place at one of their preference schools. In 2018, 91.0% were offered their first choice of primary school and 97.7% received offers from one of their top three, while 82.1% were offered their first choice of secondary school and 93.8% received offers from one of their top three.</p><p>Parents also have an element of choice around the curriculum their child will follow, such as when their child chooses which qualifications they will work towards during Key Stage 4. In addition, the diverse range of schools available means there are some differences in the curricula they offer. For example, academies and free schools have the freedom to determine their own curriculum, tailored to meet the needs of the pupils, as long as the curriculum is broad and balanced.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 15/04/2019 15:08:35 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1109916

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	Church of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church is taking to ensure the evangelical makeup of its congregations is reflected in the custom and practices of the Church's leadership.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	241392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>The traditions of individuals and congregations in the Church of England is not always easily identifiable, and it is often very difficult to label individuals and congregations accordingly. However, the Church is aware of its diversity of traditions and is committed to the growth of the whole Church. A key factor in all senior appointments is the energy candidates bring to evangelism and encouraging confident Christian witness, and of course, different candidates will step into this space in different ways.</p><p>The Church’s Strategic Learning Community and Senior Leadership Development programmes have been created to bring together clergy from across the church, from all traditions and backgrounds. More information about this work can be found here: <a href="https://www.churchofengland.org/about/renewal-reform/nurturing-senior-leaders" target="_blank">https://www.churchofengland.org/about/renewal-reform/nurturing-senior-leaders</a> However, it is worth noting that both of the current Archbishops identify as having come from an evangelical background, as well as many other diocesan bishops in the Church of England.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 09/04/2019 15:57:39 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1109917

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Child Rearing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if the Government will take steps to ensure that non-working women are able to afford to raise their children at home.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	241393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office is working to address the persistent gendered barriers that women and men face at every stage of their lives. As part of our new strategy we will set out what the Government is doing to ensure that people have financial independence and resilience, as well as real choice and influence over the economic decisions in their lives. This includes the choices that women make around whether to have children, and how to balance work and care.</p><p> </p><p>The Government provides a range of support for new mothers, depending on their needs and the needs of their families. These include breastfeeding, perinatal mental health, and health visitor support.</p><p> </p><p>Enabling women and men to spend quality time with their child in the first year is important to support families to bond. The right to request flexible working, and the introduction of Shared Parental Leave helps parents to balance work and care between them, in a way that works for their families.</p><p> </p><p>If mothers want to return to work, childcare support is available, we have doubled the childcare entitlement for working parents of 3 and 4 year olds, from 15 to 30 hours a week as well as introducing Tax-Free Childcare. This means that this year we will be spending around £6bn on childcare support, this is more than any previous government.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 241394 question first answered 11/04/2019 11:56:01 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1109918

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Reproduction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether her Department is taking steps to encourage woman to have children; and what support the Government provides to new mothers.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	241394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office is working to address the persistent gendered barriers that women and men face at every stage of their lives. As part of our new strategy we will set out what the Government is doing to ensure that people have financial independence and resilience, as well as real choice and influence over the economic decisions in their lives. This includes the choices that women make around whether to have children, and how to balance work and care.</p><p> </p><p>The Government provides a range of support for new mothers, depending on their needs and the needs of their families. These include breastfeeding, perinatal mental health, and health visitor support.</p><p> </p><p>Enabling women and men to spend quality time with their child in the first year is important to support families to bond. The right to request flexible working, and the introduction of Shared Parental Leave helps parents to balance work and care between them, in a way that works for their families.</p><p> </p><p>If mothers want to return to work, childcare support is available, we have doubled the childcare entitlement for working parents of 3 and 4 year olds, from 15 to 30 hours a week as well as introducing Tax-Free Childcare. This means that this year we will be spending around £6bn on childcare support, this is more than any previous government.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 241393 question first answered 11/04/2019 11:56:01 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1109919

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there have been under legislation prohibiting (a) extreme (b) violent and (c) child pornography in each year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	241395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>Convictions for offences involving extreme, violent and child pornography can be found in the Principle offence proceedings and outcomes by Home Office offence code data tool:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/738814/HO-Code-Tool-2017.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/738814/HO-Code-Tool-2017.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>Select the following offences in the Offence code filter:</p><p> </p><p>Extreme pornography offences – 8611, 8612, 8613, 8614, 8616</p><p>Child pornography offences - 7108, 7109, 7110, 7111, 7113, 7116, 8615</p><p> </p><p>For each group of offences, the number of convictions for each year can be found in the Convicted row (row 30).</p><p> </p><p>‘Extreme’ and ‘violent’ pornography offences are indistinguishable from each other and fall under the grouping of ‘extreme pornography offences’.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 15/04/2019 16:45:26 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1109920

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government: Devolution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to provide for further devolution of powers in relation to political decision-making throughout England.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	241396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to setting out our approach to devolution and providing clarity for local areas. We will look to publish our approach as soon as practicable after our exit from the EU.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 12/04/2019 14:18:54 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1109954

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	English Baccalaureate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress has been achieved in increasing the take-up of the English Baccalaureate.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	241397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government responded to the consultation on implementing the English Baccalaureate (EBacc) in July 2017. Schools will have been able to take account of this in GCSE entries from 2020 onwards.</p><p> </p><p>The proportion of pupils taking the EBacc subject combination has increased from 22% in 2010 to 38% in 2018. The Department has seen significant increases in pupils taking EBacc science, from 63% to 96%, since 2010. The Department has also seen the proportion of pupils taking history or geography increase from 48% to 78%. Whilst the proportion of pupils taking GCSE languages has increased since 2010, the Department would like to see more pupils taking the subject and have launched initiatives to support this, such as the Modern Foreign Languages hub pedagogy programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 15/04/2019 15:24:32 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1109955

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to meet its target of delivering 3 million apprenticeships; and what the timeframe is to meet that target.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	241398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>​In 2015 we set an ambitious goal of 3 million apprenticeships by 2020, and that remains our ambition but we will not sacrifice quality to get there.</p><p>We have introduced a wide range of reforms to apprenticeships to improve their quality and encourage employers across England to increase the number of apprenticeships they offer.</p><p>New apprenticeship standards across all levels are being designed and driven by industry to give apprentices the skills that businesses really need. Over 420 standards are available for employers to use, and we can see that employers are moving quickly to this new higher-quality offer. During the first half of 2018/19, nearly 60% of starts were on the new standards.</p><p>We are supporting employers to make the long-term, sustainable investment in training which will generate more apprenticeship starts. We have halved the co-investment rate from 10% to 5% for new starts from April 2019, to ease the cost of apprenticeship training for smaller employers. Later this month we will increase the amount that levy paying employers can transfer to other employers from 10% to 25%.</p><p>​In addition, our new communication campaign, ‘Fire It Up’, is supporting our ambition to expand apprenticeships so that even more people can benefit from the long-term opportunities they provide.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 15/04/2019 15:50:21 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1109956

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Vocational Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to (a) improve, (b) promote and (c) expand technical and vocational education and training.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	241399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>Our long term reforms will create a world-class technical and vocational education system, offering a real choice of high quality training.</p><p>We have put quality at the heart of apprenticeships. Old style apprenticeships known as ‘frameworks’ are being replaced, giving way to new high quality employer-designed ‘standards’. From the start of the 2020/21 academic year, all new apprenticeship starts will be on standards. These changes are making sure that today’s apprenticeships reflect what business wants and needs. We are already seeing strong take up of standards, accounting for nearly 60% of starts in the first half the 2018/19 academic year. Our new apprenticeships campaign, ‘Fire It Up’, aims to change the way people think about apprenticeships by showing them as an aspirational choice for those with energy and passion and encouraging everyone to consider them.</p><p>T levels, alongside apprenticeships, will raise the prestige of technical education and provide students with a high-quality, technical alternative to A levels. With longer teaching hours and a meaningful industry placement, T levels will be excellent preparation for skilled work or higher level technical training. We are working closely with the providers selected for first delivery of T levels in 2020, to ensure that T levels are high quality courses from the very start. A communications campaign will launch later this year to raise awareness of T levels, where they can lead, and how they fit in with other post-16 choices.</p><p>Alongside the introduction of T levels, we are reviewing post-16 qualifications at level 3 and below, excluding A levels and GCSEs. The aim is to simplify the qualifications landscape so all qualifications are necessary, have a clear purpose, are high quality and have clear links to further study or employment. The first stage of the review, launched on 19 March, asks for views on defining these principles further. We are also reviewing how higher technical education (at levels 4 and 5) can better address the needs of students and employers. This includes ensuring that there is widespread clarity and confidence that qualifications at this level deliver the skills employers need.</p><p>We have also made £170 million funding available through our competition to establish Institutes of Technology (IoTs) across England. IoTs will be a new kind of prestigious and high quality institution, drawing on the strengths of FE colleges, universities and leading employers to deliver higher level technical training tailored to the specific skills needs of local areas. We will announce the outcome of the competition shortly and expect the first IoTs to open in the 2019/20 academic year.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 10/04/2019 16:30:36 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes