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390745

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date	16/07/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: VDUs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will introduce lessons on managing the risk of injuries related to digital screen use to school curriculums.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	7555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>The national curriculum sets out the essential skills and knowledge that children must be taught at school. Schools have the freedom to teach subjects or topics beyond the national curriculum to ensure that their pupils receive a rounded education.</p><p> </p><p>Using technology safely is covered at each key stage in the computing curriculum, which is compulsory for all pupils aged 5-16 in maintained schools.</p><p> </p><p>The programmes of study for the national curriculum in computing are published online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-computing-programmes-of-study/national-curriculum-in-england-computing-programmes-of-study" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-computing-programmes-of-study/national-curriculum-in-england-computing-programmes-of-study</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/07/2015 09:52:31 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

390746

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: VDUs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many legal cases are being brought against schools in the UK related to injuries caused by digital screen use.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	7556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education is not aware of any legal cases that have been brought, or are in the process of being brought, against schools in the UK in relation to injuries caused by digital screen use.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/07/2015 09:45:45 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

390748

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Students: VDUs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what research her Department has undertaken on the potential effect of digital screen use on students in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	7558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>There has been no specific research undertaken by the department on the potential effect of digital screen use on students in the last five years.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 22/07/2015 11:47:41 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

390749

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent meetings she has had with civil society groups on potential adverse health effects of introducing more technology in schools.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	7542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has not met with any civil society groups to discuss the potential adverse health effects of introducing more technology in schools.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 22/07/2015 11:49:01 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

390750

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on (a) tablet computers and (b) other new information technology for students in schools in (i) 2012-13 and (ii) 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	7554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not provide schools with dedicated funds for information technology. We are therefore unable to advise on the volume or type of equipment that has been purchased. Headteachers manage their own budgets, prioritise spend and are best placed to decide on local requirements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 21/07/2015 11:51:27 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

391190

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Sixth Form Colleges: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her policy is on the refund of VAT costs to sixth form colleges.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	901107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>All funding decisions, including the question of the VAT costs currently paid by sixth form colleges, will be considered in the round at the Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 20/07/2015 15:58:47 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

385852

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Transplant Surgery: Intensive Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the number of intensive care unit beds in the UK on the number of transplants that per capita the NHS can provide.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	4312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>NHS Blood and Transplant launched a new United Kingdom-wide organ donation and transplantation strategy in July 2013. <em>Taking Organ Transplantation to 2020</em> sets out the action necessary to increase organ donation and transplant rates building on the significant increase in donor and transplant rates since 2008. It is vital that all potential donors are identified and referred to the specialist donation team. The strategy recognises that commissioners should keep the demand for intensive care beds under review to ensure that intensive care capacity is not a barrier to donation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There were 10.6 adult critical care, paediatric intensive care and neonatal intensive care beds per 100,000 population in England in May 2015. The numbers of such beds in the rest of the United Kingdom is a matter for the devolved administrations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 4316 question first answered 03/07/2015 11:48:51 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

385854

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Intensive Care: Hospital Beds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many intensive care unit beds there are per capita in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	4316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>NHS Blood and Transplant launched a new United Kingdom-wide organ donation and transplantation strategy in July 2013. <em>Taking Organ Transplantation to 2020</em> sets out the action necessary to increase organ donation and transplant rates building on the significant increase in donor and transplant rates since 2008. It is vital that all potential donors are identified and referred to the specialist donation team. The strategy recognises that commissioners should keep the demand for intensive care beds under review to ensure that intensive care capacity is not a barrier to donation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There were 10.6 adult critical care, paediatric intensive care and neonatal intensive care beds per 100,000 population in England in May 2015. The numbers of such beds in the rest of the United Kingdom is a matter for the devolved administrations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 4312 question first answered 03/07/2015 11:48:51 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

384398

registered interest
date	19/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Iraq
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people from the Kurdistan Region in Iraq (a) applied for and (b) were refused entry clearance to the UK in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	3343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>The most recent figures available from 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015 show A) the number of Entry Clearance applications made via the Visa Application Centre in Erbil, Iraq to be 2,895 and B) the number of refusals 1,600.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 25/06/2015 15:48:28 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

348451

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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
hansard heading	Brass Bands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to promote and support brass bands.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	900111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text This Government continues to recognise the important place that brass bands have in British culture and their local communities. Before the end of the last Parliament, the Treasury confirmed that the new orchestra tax relief will be available to the full range of orchestras, including large brass bands. Orchestra tax relief will be available from April 2016. answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 04/06/2015 12:31:59 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney