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100354

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will provide funding for schools and colleges providing education for young people under the age of 19 to meet the additional costs arising from the (a) additional employer contribution as set out in the Teachers' Pensions (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 and (b) higher national insurance contributions which will be paid from 1 April 2016 as a result of the Pension Act 2014; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	211581
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education is asking schools, like other employers across the public sector, to contribute more towards their employees’ pensions to ensure that the cost of public sector pension schemes do not fall unfairly on taxpayers. Our protection of the core schools budget in real terms means that schools are well-placed to cope with changes in their costs in 2015-16. The Department has also deferred the introduction of the increase to September 2015, giving schools an additional five months to plan how they will meet the additional pensions cost.</p><p>In addition, the Chancellor confirmed that the next spending review will take into account the cost to employers of the reforms to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme and the implications for National Insurance.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 27/10/2014 11:01:14 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

49523

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of history lessons were taught by non-subject specialists in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	197546
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>Information on the percentage of history lessons taught to pupils in years 7 to 13 by non-subject specialists is publicly-available online, and published in the Main Tables at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2010-provisional" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2010-provisional</a> (Table 14)</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2011" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2011</a> (Table 14)</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2012</a> (Table 14)</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2013</a> (Table 13)</p><p> </p><p>Data for 2009 is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

50168

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking and what budget he has allocated to help tackle youth unemployment in (a) Barnsley and (b) South Yorkshire.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	198129
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government are aware of the problems facing young jobseekers in the labour market and have put in place a substantial menu of provision to help them move into work.</p><p>The Youth Contract provides intensive support for all 18-24 year olds. Extra funding is being made available to support the most vulnerable 16 and 17 year olds not in education, employment or training into learning, an apprenticeship or job with training.</p><p> </p><p>This comprehensive package of support is enhanced by the Flexible Support Fund, which Jobcentre Plus District managers can use to address locally identified skills needs. Also, the Work Programme provides tailored support to those claimants furthest from the labour market.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, on the 14<sup>th</sup> of November, the Deputy Prime Minister announced that funding of £50m Youth Contract under spend would be made available to cities.</p><p>For the Sheffield City Region they received £5m to offer intensive adviser and mentor-led support for young people alongside a specialist training programme aimed at equipping young people with the right skills to match local employer needs.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

63002

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Employment Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 1 May 2014, Official Report, columns 813-4W, on social security benefits, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of the community work placement and mandatory intervention regime schemes.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	201488
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The costs of Help to Work, which includes community work placement and the mandatory intervention regime, is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£190 million</p></td><td><p>£230 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This information is publicly available at:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/263942/35062_Autumn_Statement_2013.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/263942/35062_Autumn_Statement_2013.pdf</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 24/06/2014 14:32:50 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

63004

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Employment Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 1 May 2014, Official Report, columns 813-4W, on social security benefits, what estimate he has made of the annual savings from the fewer days on benefits for participants in the community work placement and mandatory intervention regime schemes.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	201493
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The estimated benefit savings from Help to Work, which includes community work placement and the mandatory intervention regime, is £25 million in 2013-14, £130 million in 2014-15 and £140 million in 2015-16.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£25 million</p></td><td><p>£130 million</p></td><td><p>£140 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This information is publicly available at:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/263942/35062_Autumn_Statement_2013.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/263942/35062_Autumn_Statement_2013.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 24/06/2014 14:23:35 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

50397

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects the Pension Regulator to conclude its investigation into the Carrington Wire pension scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	198254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>This is a matter for the Pensions Regulator which has operational independence.</p><p>Inevitably in complex cases involving foreign companies where it appears that scheme abandonment may have taken place, it can take some time for the Regulator to complete the thorough investigations needed to establish whether the legal tests in relation to its ‘anti-avoidance' powers, including the power to issue contribution notices, are met.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

49524

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the proportion of secondary school students who studied the First World War as part of their (a) GCSE and (b) A-level studies in each year since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	197547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold information on the individual topics which students elect to take in their GCSE and A level examinations. Information on the proportion of pupils attempting GCSE history is published in the 2009/10[1], 2010/11[2], 2011/12[3] and 2012/13[4] GCSE and equivalent results statistical first release.</p><p>Information on the number of entries in A level history is published in the 2012/13[5] A level statistical first release.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gcse-and-equivalent-results-england-academic-year-2009-to-2010-revised" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gcse-and-equivalent-results-england-academic-year-2009-to-2010-revised</a> (Table 9)</p><p> </p><p>[2]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-academic-year-2010-to-2011" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-academic-year-2010-to-2011</a> (Table 9)</p><p> </p><p>[3]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-academic-year-2011-to-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-academic-year-2011-to-2012</a> (Table 9)</p><p> </p><p>[4]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2012-to-2013-revised" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2012-to-2013-revised</a> (Table 9)</p><p> </p><p>[5]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-level-and-other-level-3-results-england-2012-to-2013-revised" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-level-and-other-level-3-results-england-2012-to-2013-revised</a> (Table 14)</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 197548 question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

49525

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the proportion of secondary school students who studied the Second World War as part of their (a) GCSE and (b) A-level studies in each year since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	197548
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not hold information on the individual topics which students elect to take in their GCSE and A level examinations. Information on the proportion of pupils attempting GCSE history is published in the 2009/10[1], 2010/11[2], 2011/12[3] and 2012/13[4] GCSE and equivalent results statistical first release.</p><p>Information on the number of entries in A level history is published in the 2012/13[5] A level statistical first release.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gcse-and-equivalent-results-england-academic-year-2009-to-2010-revised" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gcse-and-equivalent-results-england-academic-year-2009-to-2010-revised</a> (Table 9)</p><p> </p><p>[2]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-academic-year-2010-to-2011" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-academic-year-2010-to-2011</a> (Table 9)</p><p> </p><p>[3]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-academic-year-2011-to-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-academic-year-2011-to-2012</a> (Table 9)</p><p> </p><p>[4]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2012-to-2013-revised" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2012-to-2013-revised</a> (Table 9)</p><p> </p><p>[5]<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-level-and-other-level-3-results-england-2012-to-2013-revised" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-level-and-other-level-3-results-england-2012-to-2013-revised</a> (Table 14)</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 197547 question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

62256

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Magna Carta
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will estimate the cost of sending a copy of the Magna Carta to every school.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	201015
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Magna Carta and the emergence of Parliament are included within the new history curriculum, to be taught in maintained secondary schools from September 2014.</p><p>To support teachers to commemorate the 800<sup>th</sup> anniversary, a range of projects and resources are being provided by Parliament and others for primary and secondary school pupils.</p><p>We have no plans to send a copy of the Magna Carta to every school and therefore have not made an estimate of what this might cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 23/06/2014 10:05:13 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

77448

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Young Offenders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many young offenders have been tried before (a) adult magistrates' courts and (b) Crown courts in England and Wales in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	205394
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The vast majority of children and young people have their cases heard by specially trained magistrates in the Youth Court.</p><p> </p><p>A child or young person may only be tried in the adult magistrates’ courts where they are a co-defendant with an adult and the court has decided that it is in the interests of justice to keep the defendants together. Children alleged to have committed serious offences, for example homicide or offences that for an adult would result in 14 years or more in prison, are tried in the Crown Court and may also be tried there if it is in the interest of justice to keep them together with an adult co-defendant.</p><p> </p><p>Overall crime is down and fewer young people are offending. Proven offending by under-18s has reduced by 44 percent since 2010/11, while the number of first time entrants to the system has fallen by 39 percent over the same period. The number of young people dealt with in the criminal courts has also fallen, reducing by 51% between 2010 and 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of children and young people tried in (a) the adult magistrates’ courts is set out at Table 1.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Young people aged 10-17 tried at adult magistrates' courts, England and Wales, 2010-2013</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of young people tried at adult magistrates' courts<sup>(1), (2), (3) &amp; (5)</sup></p></td><td><p>10,401</p></td><td><p>10,667</p></td><td><p>5,463</p></td><td><p>5,702</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data on the number of children and young people tried in (b) the Crown Court is set out in Table 2.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2: Young people aged 10-17 tried at the Crown Court, England and Wales, 2009 - 2013</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of young people tried at the Crown Court <sup>(4) &amp; (5)</sup></p></td><td><p>3,002</p></td><td><p>2,787</p></td><td><p>2,367</p></td><td><p>1,847</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are considering the recommendations made by the recent inquiry by Parliamentarians, chaired by Lord Carlile, including the recommendation concerning where cases involving children and young people are heard.</p><p>_______________________________________</p><p>(1) Excludes cases that were discontinued, where the charge was withdrawn, where the defendant failed to appear, and committals for trial to the Crown Court.</p><p>(2) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p><p>(3) A child or young person may only be tried in the adult magistrates’ courts where they are a co-defendant with an adult and the court has decided that it is in the interests of justice to keep the defendants together.</p><p>(4) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p><p>(5) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing and can be subject to change over time. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 22/07/2014 16:30:29 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis