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date	07/05/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to mitigate any reduction in staffing provision, acquisitions, and essential services in the British Library resulting from reductions in funding since 2010.
tabling member printed	Lord Quirk
uin	HL6963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has an arm's length relationship with its sponsored bodies such as the British Library, and operational and management decisions are therefore a matter for the Board and Executive. In the Spending Review of 2010, funding for the British Library was protected by limiting resource cuts to 15% in real terms over four years, and at the Spending Round of 2013, the 5% reduction in capital and resource budgets was below average. The Chancellor signalled in his 2014 Budget announcement that there would not be any further reductions to departmental spending at this time, so that sponsored bodies will maintain current levels of planned spending in 2014/15 and 2015/16.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3254 label Biography information for Lord Quirk

50246

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many pupils were excluded from (1) primary, and (2) secondary, schools in 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010 and during the latest year for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Quirk
uin	HL6964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>The requested information for the 2009/10[1] and 2011/12[2] academic years is published in the permanent and fixed period exclusions statistical first releases for each year.</p><p> </p><p>Information on permanent exclusions for the 1999/2000[3] academic year is publicly available in the 1999/2000 permanent exclusions statistical first release. Information on exclusion rates prior to 2005/06 was collected via the Termly Exclusions Survey rather than the School Census.</p><p> </p><p>Information on permanent and fixed period exclusions for the 1979/80 and 1989/90 academic years is not held by the Department for Education.</p><p> </p><p>[1]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-from-schools-in-england-academic-year-2009-to-2010" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-from-schools-in-england-academic-year-2009-to-2010</a> (table 1 and 6)</p><p>[2]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-from-schools-in-england-2011-to-2012-academic-year" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/permanent-and-fixed-period-exclusions-from-schools-in-england-2011-to-2012-academic-year</a> (table 1 and 8)</p><p>[3]<a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120504203418/http:/education.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000275/index.shtml" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120504203418/http://education.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/SFR/s000275/index.shtml</a> (table 1)</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3254 label Biography information for Lord Quirk

45494

registered interest
date	26/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remark by Lord Nash on 9 July 2013 (HL Deb, col 225), that they "are focusing heavily on ensuring that teachers have the resources to deliver the new curriculum," how they have (1) identified, and (2) supplied, the resources needed by teachers of (a) maths, and (b) English.
tabling member printed	Lord Quirk
uin	HL6359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>The new national curriculum sets out very clearly what should be taught to pupils. However, it deliberately gives teachers the flexibility to decide how to teach it. We expect schools to identify the support that they need to prepare for the new curriculum, recognising that different schools will face different challenges.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education has provided funding to teaching schools to work with their alliances and beyond, and we have been signposting schools to the range of free support that is available in English and mathematics including the resources developed by the National Literacy Trust and the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics. The sector-led expert subject groups have been providing audit tools and guidance, and publishers are bringing a variety of new materials to market.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is funding a national network of around 30 Maths Hubs to drive up the quality of mathematics teachers. Each hub will be led by an outstanding school and will provide support to all schools in the area, across all areas of mathematics education. Systematic phonics has been emphasised in the teaching of early reading in the new national curriculum because evidence shows that it is the most effective way of teaching all children to begin to read. We have provided match-funding of £23 million to primary schools to purchase high quality phonics resources.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3254 label Biography information for Lord Quirk

45495

registered interest
date	26/03/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Nash on 15 October 2013 (WA 76–7) and 21 October 2013 (WA 122), by what mechanism they have subsequently monitored the enhancement of teaching in maths and English, and with what outcomes.
tabling member printed	Lord Quirk
uin	HL6360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p>The new national curriculum sets out very clearly what should be taught to pupils. However, it deliberately gives teachers the flexibility to decide how to teach it. The Department for Education expect schools to identify the support that they need to prepare for the new curriculum, recognising that different schools will face different challenges.</p><p>The Department has provided funding to teaching schools to work with their alliances and beyond, and we have been signposting schools to the range of free support that is available in English and mathematics including the resources developed by the National Literacy Trust and the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics. The sector-led expert subject groups have been providing audit tools and guidance, and publishers are bringing a variety of new materials to market.</p><p>The Government is funding a national network of around 30 maths hubs to drive up the quality of mathematics teachers. Each hub will be led by an outstanding school and will provide support to all schools in the area, across all areas of mathematics education. Systematic phonics has been emphasised in the teaching of early reading in the new national curriculum because evidence shows that it is the most effective way of teaching all children to begin to read. We have provided match-funding of £23 million to primary schools to purchase high quality phonics resources.</p><p>Ofsted, as part of their on-going programme of inspection, report on the quality of teaching in schools to ensure that teaching in subjects such as English and mathematics is resulting in improved achievement.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	3254 label Biography information for Lord Quirk