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1006860

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Surgery
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect on patient outcomes of delaying access to elective surgical procedures on the basis of (a) body weight and (b) smoking status.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	191434
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>Clinical commissioning groups are responsible for commissioning care that will provide the best possible outcomes for their patients. In doing so, they should take into account best practice and National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance. No such assessment has been made by the Department or NHS England.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 22/11/2018 11:43:09 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1006877

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Franchises
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's policy is on issuing letters of comfort to train operating companies in relation to railway franchises; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	191437
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department manages rail franchise agreements in line with Managing Public Money guidance.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 19/11/2018 17:28:57 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

347288

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	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, what guidelines her Department has issued on how a consultation under sections 5(1) and 5(2) of the Academies Act 2010 should be undertaken.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	421
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education’s document, <em>Convert to an academy: guide for schools</em>, provides advice to schools on how to pursue conversion to academy status, including information on conducting a statutory consultation. The guidance can be found here: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/convert-to-an-academy-information-for-schools" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/convert-to-an-academy-information-for-schools</a></p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 02/06/2015 16:42:56 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

347289

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	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, if she will make it her policy that when a significant proportion of (a) parents and (b) staff oppose a proposed conversion of a school to academy status, that proposal should fall.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	422
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>Governing bodies are required to consult parents and staff as part of the conversion process. The governing body is already expected to take account of the outcome of the consultation when deciding whether to enter into a funding agreement with the Secretary of State.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 02/06/2015 16:54:53 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

347290

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Assessments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on how many countries currently conduct testing of four year olds.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	439
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold information on how many countries currently conduct testing of four-year-olds.</p><p> </p><p>There is a variety of international sources on Early Years. Information on this subject has been published online by the European Commission:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/education/eurydice/documents/key_data_series/166EN.pdf" target="_blank">eacea.ec.europa.eu/education/eurydice/documents/key_data_series/166EN.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/06/2015 14:43:51 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

347291

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	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, if she will issue directions to the governing bodies of schools planning to convert to academy status to require them to publish the outcome of their consultation on that proposal before they make a decision on the proposal.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	423
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>The conduct of the consultation and how it is followed up is a matter for the governing body of the school. As public bodies they are subject to the Freedom of Information Act and members of the public are free to request information on the outcome of the consultation from them.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 02/06/2015 16:47:00 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

347292

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Assessments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the evidential basis is of her Department's assessment that testing of four year olds is beneficial to a child's education and development.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>All schools currently do some form of assessment of pupils on entry to school to support planning of teaching.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The optional reception baseline assessment which was announced in March 2014 is intended to form part of this broader assessment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 04/06/2015 14:44:52 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

347293

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	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, on what grounds parents can object to a consultation process on converting a school to academy status when they do not consider that the consultation is posing relevant questions or adequately seeking opinion; and by what process such an objection can be made.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	424
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of the governing body of the school to conduct the consultation in a reasonable and lawful manner. If parents wish to object to the conduct of the consultation they should do so by contacting the governing body of the school.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 02/06/2015 16:43:45 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

347294

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	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	Students: York
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on the number of students from York at (a) St John's University, York, (b) the University of York and (c) York College.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	447
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes data on students at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The numbers of enrolments to St John’s University and York University, including those who were domiciled in York Local Authority prior to their course, have been provided in the table for Academic Year 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for students registered on prescribed courses of Higher Education at York College are available from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE).</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Student enrolments <sup>[1,2]</sup> to Higher Education courses in York </strong></p><p>Academic year 2013/14</p><p>Figures have been rounded to the nearest 5.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Domicile</strong></p></td><td><p>St John’s University</p></td><td><p>University of York</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>York College[4]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All</p></td><td><p>6,420</p></td><td><p>16,680</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>505</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York Local Authority[3]</p></td><td><p>585</p></td><td><p>1,040</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Source:</strong> Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Student Record and the Further Education Data Services Individualised Learner Record (ILR)</p><p>(1) Figures cover students in all modes for all years of study.</p><p>(2) Numbers of students registered at St John’s University and the University of York are based on the HESA standard HE registration population. Numbers registered at York College are from the Individualised Learner Record and the population has been defined to mirror that used in the York HEIs.</p><p>(3) A student’s local authority area is derived from their home postcode. This information is not available for students who are registered at York College.</p><p>(4) Students registered at York Further Education College are only included in the data if they are studying a prescribed course of Higher Education.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information for the 2014/15 academic year will become available from the Higher Education Statistics Agency in January 2016.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 446 question first answered 03/06/2015 13:38:52 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

347295

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	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	York College
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding from the public purse was allocated to York College in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	448
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 23 March 2015 to Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-03-18/228227/" target="_blank">228227</a> regarding further education funding.</p><p>The Department provides funding for adult further education and higher education. Adult skills funding allocations to further education providers are published on the Skills Funding Agency website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2014-to-2015</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2005-to-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-allocations-to-training-providers-2005-to-2013</a></p><p>For higher education, Table 1 shows the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) funding to York College between financial years 2005-06 and 2014-15.</p><p>Funding to further education providers for learners aged 16-18 is provided by the Department for Education.</p><p><strong>Table 1: HEFCE funding to York College, 2005-06 to 2014-15</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Funding (thousands)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005-06</p></td><td><p>£1,175</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>£1,086</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>£1,153</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>£1,338</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>£1,753</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£1,750</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£1,764</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£1,380</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£848</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£415</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 04/06/2015 15:12:27 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell