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63148

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date	23/06/2014
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	Voluntary Work: Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to encourage businesses to free up their staff to volunteer in local schools.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Mr David Blunkett
uin	201737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In the Careers Inspiration Vision Statement, launched in September 2013, we stated that we believe employers and schools must do more in partnership together and that the best mentoring and motivation comes from people in jobs. The revised statutory guidance to schools on careers reflects this. We have been working with key organisations that deliver inspirational careers activity. This, alongside the improved National Careers Service, will make it easier for businesses to identify opportunities to volunteer in schools and to recognise the benefits such as a more well-informed future workforce.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 26/06/2014 16:19:25 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

63149

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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	Disabled Students' Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funds his Department will make available to universities as a result of transferring responsibility for the disabled students allowance to them.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Mr David Blunkett
uin	201739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Higher education Institutions already have a duty to make reasonable adjustments for disabled students under the Equality Act 2010. The recently announced changes consider how the balance of responsibility between reasonable adjustments and support provided through Disabled Students Allowances (DSAs) should change. DSAs will remain available for students to complement the reasonable adjustments provided by the institution.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government also provides annual funding to Higher Education Institutions through the teaching grant. The Student Opportunity Fund is part of the overall Teaching Grant allocated to Higher Education Institutions by HEFCE. This funding element to support disabled students rose to £15 million for 2013/14, an increase of £2 million on the previous year and has been maintained for 2014/15. There are no plans to transfer additional funds.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Mr David Willetts question first answered 26/06/2014 15:50:12 answering member 53 label Biography information for Lord Willetts
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

49564

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review the applicability of VAT to vouchers for spectacles and other prescriptions under the voucher scheme; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Mr David Blunkett
uin	197662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>The NHS optical voucher scheme provides financial support by way of a voucher to eligible persons to help them buy goods such as spectacles. The vouchers are simply a means of financial support; the VAT consequences result from the goods and services that the voucher is used to buy. Therefore, VAT exemption will apply to the eye test, fitting services and any medical treatment of an eye condition and VAT will apply to the spectacles, irrespective of how payment is made.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

49565

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many of the teachers it aims to train by 2015 will be trained in providing inclusive education to children with disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Mr David Blunkett
uin	197657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The UK Government has committed to help train 190,000 teachers by 2015, to help improve the quality of education for all children, including those with disabilities. By 2012/13, DFID had trained 99,000 teachers. A major challenge in poor countries is developing the data systems which can capture the needs of children with disabilities. We are therefore supporting UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) to regularly publish education indicators which disaggregate people with disabilities, and to develop new standards for school censuses and surveys related to marginalised populations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

49566

registered interest
date	02/05/2014
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that the work carried out under the Girls' Education Challenge Fund is fully inclusive of girls with disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Mr David Blunkett
uin	197651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Girls Education Challenge programme has seven projects providing over £9 million to fund disability-focused girls education projects in Uganda, Kenya and Sierra Leone.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett