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535466

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date	12/07/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Graduates: Debts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will consider the introduction of a programme to reduce or write off student loans for top graduates entering teaching or social work in areas (a) of high social need and (b) struggling to recruit to such professions.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	42487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2016 answer text <p>Recruiting sufficient, high-quality teachers is central to the Government’s ambition to deliver educational excellence everywhere. High-quality teachers are the single most important factor determining how well pupils achieve in schools. That is why we have already committed to spend over £1.3 billion on teacher recruitment up to 2020. This includes continuing to provide generous tax-free teacher training bursaries to graduates, which are worth up to £30,000 for academic year 2016/17.</p><p>More trainee teachers started training in 2015/16 than in 2014/15, and a record proportion of new trainees held a first class degree. For courses beginning in 2016/17, so far around 26,000 people have secured a teacher training place, and we have already recruited in excess of targets in primary and several secondary subjects.</p><p>We review the financial incentives for teacher training every year, and we will continue to test new approaches to recruiting teachers, such as the STEM teacher supply package announced in March 2015.</p><p>Recruiting and retaining high quality social workers is essential to ensure we deliver high quality services to vulnerable children and families. As already announced, the Government will consult on the future funding of social work education in order to ensure that there will be an adequate supply of social workers with the right skills and training. This is part of a wider, ongoing programme which has seen investment of over £700m since 2010 in social worker training and improvement programmes, including support for a range of routes to expand entry into the profession such as <em>Frontline</em>, a scheme specifically aimed at bringing top graduates into social work, and <em>Step Up</em>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 18/07/2016 15:31:25 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

535476

registered interest
date	12/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Senior Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to improve the gender balance among Senior Civil Servants in his Department.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	42552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2016 answer text <p>Diversity and inclusion is a key priority for the Civil Service and for the Cabinet Office. The Executive Committee of the Cabinet Office recently commissioned work on a departmental diversity and inclusion strategy, which will be published this month. This strategy promotes a more inclusive culture in the department through key strands of work on leadership, declaration data, supporting those from under-represented groups and promoting the work of the employee diversity networks. A key aim of the strategy is to promote the advancement of those from all under-represented groups, including women and black and minority ethnic staff.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 42567 question first answered 18/07/2016 08:31:36 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

535478

registered interest
date	12/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to improve BME representation on the Board of his Department.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	42567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2016 answer text <p>Diversity and inclusion is a key priority for the Civil Service and for the Cabinet Office. The Executive Committee of the Cabinet Office recently commissioned work on a departmental diversity and inclusion strategy, which will be published this month. This strategy promotes a more inclusive culture in the department through key strands of work on leadership, declaration data, supporting those from under-represented groups and promoting the work of the employee diversity networks. A key aim of the strategy is to promote the advancement of those from all under-represented groups, including women and black and minority ethnic staff.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 42552 question first answered 18/07/2016 08:31:36 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

535481

registered interest
date	12/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials of his Department are paid a private secretary allowance.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	42516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2016 answer text <p>There are currently 39 members of staff who are in receipt of a private secretary allowance. Staff at Band B2 or above who currently work in the Private Office of a Director General, Permanent Secretary or Minister are entitled to receive the Private Office allowance. There is no further guidance on the allowance. The authorisation process is robustly enforced within the department, with accountability resting with the Head of Private Office Group.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 42517 question first answered 18/07/2016 08:21:52 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

535485

registered interest
date	12/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	UK Membership of EU: Referendums
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of electoral registration arrangements for UK nationals abroad in (a) general and (b) Germany in advance of the EU referendum.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	42477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2016 answer text <p>Online registration has made the application process for overseas electors easier than ever before. Between the start of the EU referendum campaign on 18 April and the extended registration deadline on 9 June over 151,000 overseas electors submitted an application to register to vote.</p><p>The Cabinet Office does not hold data on overseas elector applications by country.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 19/07/2016 13:10:29 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

535487

registered interest
date	12/07/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Household Surveys
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to reintroduce data on electrical safety in the home into the English Housing Survey; whether that survey will provide a breakdown of accidental deaths in the home by cause and tenure; what plans he has for the future of that survey; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	42493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2016 answer text <p>The Department collects information on the presence of electrical safety features such as PVC wiring and modern earthing via the English Housing Survey. The latest data (2013) are published online at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-datasets/dwelling-condition-and-safety" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-datasets/dwelling-condition-and-safety</a> (refer to tables DA5201 to DA5203). 2014 data will be published shortly.</p><p>The Department does not collect information on accidental deaths in the home. However, information on fatalities in the home due to electric shock and due to fires caused by electrical faults, misuse and installation faults can be found in the most recent memorandum to the DCLG Select Committee on Part P Building Regulations, see: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/communities-andlocal-government/150303-Memorandum-to-CLG-Sel-Com-on-Part-P.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/communities-andlocal-government/150303-Memorandum-to-CLG-Sel-Com-on-Part-P.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 20/07/2016 15:57:03 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

535508

registered interest
date	12/07/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Radicalism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people are working in her Department's Counter-Extremism Steering Group.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	42501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2016 answer text <p>There are currently 36 members of staff working in the Department’s Due Diligence and Counter Extremism Division.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 20/07/2016 16:21:46 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

535511

registered interest
date	12/07/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which multi academy trusts have taken on new academies in the 2016-17 financial year to date.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	42515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2016 answer text <p>A list of academies that have opened this financial year together with their trust information is attached and available through the department’s Edubase site at: <a href="http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/home.xhtml" target="_blank">http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/home.xhtml</a></p><p>Regional Schools Commissioners take very seriously all decisions to allow a trust to take on additional schools.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 20/07/2016 08:34:42 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

535515

registered interest
date	12/07/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Academies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her oral evidence to the Education Committee on 27 April 2016, q180-181, HC402, whether it is her Department's policy to prevent multi-academy trusts from expanding until they have a track record of improving their existing schools.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	42574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2016 answer text <p>We want schools to operate in strong, resilient structures which raise standards, and this means we expect that most schools will form or join Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs). MATs are the best long-term formal arrangements for stronger schools to support the improvement of weaker schools.</p><p>When schools are converting to academy status as part of a MAT or joining an existing MAT, it is the Regional Schools Commissioner’s (RSC) role to decide, on behalf of the Secretary of State, whether to approve or decline the application. The RSC, supported by their headteacher board, will want to be assured that the governance and leadership of the MAT is clear and robust; and that the MAT has the capacity to drive improvement across all schools within it. This information can be found in the RSC decision-making framework on GOV.UK at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/517565/RSC-Decision-Making-Framework.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/517565/RSC-Decision-Making-Framework.pdf</a></p><p>The Department is looking to develop new mechanisms to support MATs to grow sustainably. As set out in the White Paper <em>Educational Excellence Everywhere</em>, this will include the publication of ‘design principles’ to provide more information about what we know about successful MATs and to explain the basis on which RSCs will expect to approve MATs and single-academy trusts.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 20/07/2016 08:44:20 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

535522

registered interest
date	12/07/2016
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Trade in Animals and Related Products Regulations 2011
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to begin the five-year review of the Trade in Animals and Related Products Regulations 2011 required by those regulations.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	42492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2016 answer text <p>Defra began its review of the Trade in Animals and Related Products (TARP) Regulations 2011 with formal and informal consultation with customers in October 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The intention is to complete the review by the end of 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 15/07/2016 08:33:26 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick