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star this property date less than 2020-03-19more like thismore than 2020-03-19
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Department for Work and Pensions more like this
unstar this property answering dept id 29 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
unstar this property answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property hansard heading Zero Hours Contracts: Coronavirus more like this
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unstar this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support her Department is providing to people on zero-hours contracts whose employment has been terminated as a result of covid-19 and do not qualify for Statutory Sick Pay because they are not self-isolating. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Harlow more like this
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Robert Halfon remove filter
star this property uin 32138 more like this
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unstar this property date of answer less than 2020-03-24more like thismore than 2020-03-24
star this property answer text <p><del class="ministerial">As both the Prime Minister and Chancellor have made clear, the Government will do whatever it takes to support people affected by COVID 19 and we have been clear in our intention that no one should be penalised for doing the right thing. These are rapidly developing circumstances and we continue to keep the situation under review and will keep Parliament updated accordingly.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government has been clear in its commitment to support those affected in these difficult times and we have made a number of changes to the welfare system in the past fortnight to ensure people are supported in doing this. These changes include:</ins><br /></p><ul><li><ins class="ministerial">making it easier to access benefits. Those applying for Contributory ESA will be able to claim from day 1 – as opposed to day 8 - and we have removed the need for face-to-face assessment. Both Universal Credit and Contributory ESA can now be claimed by phone or online;</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">increasing the standard allowance of Universal Credit and working tax credit for this year by around £1000 per year;</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">temporarily relaxing the application of the Minimum Income Floor (MIF) for all self-employed claimants affected by the economic impact of COVID-19 to ensure that the self-employed can access UC at a more generous rate; and</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">increasing in the Local Housing Allowance rates for Universal Credit and Housing Benefit claimants so that it covers the cheapest third of local rents – which is on average £600 in people’s pockets.</ins></li></ul><p><ins class="ministerial">Together, these measures represent an injection of over £6.5 billion into the welfare system.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Chancellor has also confirmed that, depending on their status, workers on zero hours contracts may be eligible for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and we would urge people to explore this avenue too.</ins></p>
star this property answering member constituency North Swindon more like this
star this property answering member printed Justin Tomlinson more like this
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less than 2020-03-24T11:57:37.843Zmore like thismore than 2020-03-24T11:57:37.843Z
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less than 2020-04-15T15:01:33Zmore like thismore than 2020-04-15T15:01:33Z
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star this property label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson more like this
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star this property answering member constituency North Swindon more like this
star this property answering member printed Justin Tomlinson more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Robert Halfon more like this
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star this property date less than 2021-05-25more like thismore than 2021-05-25
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Ministry of Justice more like this
unstar this property answering dept id 54 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Justice more like this
unstar this property answering dept sort name Justice more like this
star this property hansard heading Family Courts: Disclosure of Information more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
unstar this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to improve transparency in the Family Court process. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Harlow more like this
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Robert Halfon remove filter
star this property uin 7149 more like this
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unstar this property date of answer less than 2021-06-07more like thismore than 2021-06-07
star this property answer text <p>Ensuring that decisions made in family proceedings are open and transparent to the public is something to which this Government<del class="ministerial"> has</del> give<ins class="ministerial">s</ins><del class="ministerial">n</del> careful consideration. We recognise that there is a delicate balance to be struck between ensuring that family proceedings are open and transparent to ensure adequate public scrutiny and the principle of public justice, whilst also ensuring that <del class="ministerial">the</del> we protect the privacy of vulnerable children and families who are party to such proceedings.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">In terms of attendance at hearings, most family proceedings are held in private. However, ‘accredited media representatives’ have been permitted to attend most types of hearings in family proceedings for several years. In addition, a pilot scheme to allow duly authorised lawyers, attending for journalistic, research or public legal educational purposes (colloquially referred to as 'legal bloggers') access to those same types of hearings was initiated in October 2018. That pilot scheme is scheduled to end in December 2021, but it is intended that it should be replaced by permanent provision in court rules, before that end date.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In terms of disclosure of information from family proceedings, for example by reporting it in the press or online, there are various legal provisions which determine if and when it is possible to disclose such information. These include laws on reporting restrictions and contempt of court. Judges dealing with cases have discretion to allow publication of information from family proceedings. In addition, court rules include provision about when it is possible to make disclosures of information without this being a potential contempt of court.</ins></p><p><del class="ministerial">This Government has taken several steps to increase transparency in family proceedings where appropriate. This has included continuing to support a pilot which allows accredited representatives of media outlets to have access to proceedings. The pilot allows legal bloggers access to proceedings with permission of the presiding judge. It also allows the blogger to write about their experiences at court but requires that names and personal information are kept anonymous.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The livestreaming of some Court of Appeal family proceedings is also now possible as a result of amendments made by the Court of Appeal (Recording and Broadcasting) (Amendment) Order 2020, which extended the existing livestreaming provision to cover family proceedings. Under this scheme, members of the public may view selected Court of Appeal family cases on the internet. Members of the judiciary select suitable cases for livestreaming, having taken into account the public interest. Proceedings involving litigants in person, and those with specific reporting restrictions, will not be selected. Participants in all selected hearings will be given the opportunity beforehand to object or to obtain further information.</ins></p><p><del class="ministerial">We have also allowed the livestreaming of Court of Appeal family proceedings. This became a permanent arrangement in June 2020 through the Live Streaming Court of Appeal SI 2020 and allows anyone to view a Court of Appeal family case on the internet (again, whilst protecting the anonymity of the parties involved).</del></p><p>Further recommendations for increasing transparency will be carefully considered to ensure that the children and families who use the family courts continue to be protected, whilst also ensuring adequate scrutiny is given to the family courts.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Croydon South more like this
star this property answering member printed Chris Philp more like this
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less than 2021-06-07T16:18:44.23Zmore like thismore than 2021-06-07T16:18:44.23Z
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less than 2021-07-29T08:31:40.413Zmore like thismore than 2021-07-29T08:31:40.413Z
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star this property label Biography information for Chris Philp more like this
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star this property answering member constituency Croydon South more like this
star this property answering member printed Chris Philp more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Chris Philp more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Robert Halfon more like this
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star this property date less than 2021-12-08more like thismore than 2021-12-08
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Department for Education more like this
unstar this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
unstar this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
star this property hansard heading National Tutoring Programme more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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unstar this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Tuition Partners pillar of the National Tutoring Programme, how many pupils have (a) been enrolled against the target of 524,000 for 2021-22 and (b) had at least one tutoring session as of 8 December 2021; how many schools have booked in tutoring; and whether those figures are above, below or on target for this point in the academic year. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Harlow more like this
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Robert Halfon remove filter
star this property uin 89550 more like this
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unstar this property is ministerial correction true more like this
unstar this property date of answer less than 2021-12-14more like thismore than 2021-12-14
star this property answer text <p>National Tutoring Programme participation data for last year has not yet been published.</p><p>We continue to collect data from schools for all three strands of the programme in the current year and will be publishing this in due course. This covers School-Led Tutoring, Tuition Partners and Academic Mentors.</p><p>The National Tutoring Programme aims to engage up to 2 million pupils this year, and to deliver up to 90 million <del class="ministerial">packages</del> <ins class="ministerial">hours</ins> of tuition by the 2024/25 academic year.</p><p><strong><br /> </strong></p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Worcester more like this
star this property answering member printed Mr Robin Walker more like this
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less than 2021-12-14T14:44:51.01Zmore like thismore than 2021-12-14T14:44:51.01Z
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less than 2022-01-10T12:52:15.237Zmore like thismore than 2022-01-10T12:52:15.237Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker more like this
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star this property answering member constituency Worcester more like this
star this property answering member printed Mr Robin Walker more like this
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star this property label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Robert Halfon more like this
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star this property date less than 2018-11-28more like thismore than 2018-11-28
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Department of Health and Social Care more like this
unstar this property answering dept id 17 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
unstar this property answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
star this property hansard heading Accident and Emergency Departments more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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unstar this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average number of attendances seen per day was in A&E Departments at NHS hospitals in England in 2018. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Harlow more like this
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Robert Halfon remove filter
star this property uin 196885 more like this
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unstar this property date of answer less than 2018-12-05more like thismore than 2018-12-05
star this property answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested. Data on accident and emergency attendances is broken down by hospital trust rather than by individual hospital.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Wimbledon more like this
star this property answering member printed Stephen Hammond more like this
star this property grouped question UIN 196886 more like this
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less than 2018-12-05T13:59:44.737Zmore like thisremove minimum value filter
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star this property label Biography information for Stephen Hammond more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Robert Halfon more like this
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star this property date less than 2018-11-28more like thismore than 2018-11-28
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Department of Health and Social Care more like this
unstar this property answering dept id 17 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
unstar this property answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
star this property hansard heading Accident and Emergency Departments more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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unstar this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many A&E units in NHS hospitals in England attend to more than the national average number of patients per day. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Harlow more like this
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Robert Halfon remove filter
star this property uin 196886 more like this
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unstar this property date of answer less than 2018-12-05more like thismore than 2018-12-05
star this property answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested. Data on accident and emergency attendances is broken down by hospital trust rather than by individual hospital.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Wimbledon more like this
star this property answering member printed Stephen Hammond more like this
star this property grouped question UIN 196885 more like this
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less than 2018-12-05T13:59:44.783Zmore like thismore than 2018-12-05T13:59:44.783Z
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star this property label Biography information for Stephen Hammond more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Robert Halfon more like this
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star this property date less than 2018-12-03more like thismore than 2018-12-03
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Treasury more like this
unstar this property answering dept id 14 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Treasury more like this
unstar this property answering dept sort name Treasury more like this
star this property hansard heading LGBT+ People more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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unstar this property question text To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money the Government has allocated to organisations and groups supporting LGBTQ+ rights in England since 2010. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Harlow more like this
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Robert Halfon remove filter
star this property uin 198218 more like this
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unstar this property date of answer less than 2018-12-10more like thismore than 2018-12-10
star this property answer text <p>The UK is recognized as a world leader on LGBT rights. Sexual orientation is one of the nine characteristics protected under the Equality Act 2010, for which the Government Equalities Office (GEO) within DfID is the Government’s lead department. A wide range of government departments have spending in support of LGBT rights. For instance, in 2015, GEO ran a £2.0 million pilot fund to test approaches to effectively tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic (HBT) bullying in schools. Following the evaluation of the pilot, the Government is now providing £4.0 million worth of funds from 2016 to 2020 to tackle HBT bullying in schools. However, the information requested on broader funding allocations is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency South West Norfolk more like this
star this property answering member printed Elizabeth Truss more like this
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less than 2018-12-10T14:43:22.38Zmore like thismore than 2018-12-10T14:43:22.38Z
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star this property label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Robert Halfon more like this
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star this property date less than 2018-12-11more like thismore than 2018-12-11
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Department for Education more like this
unstar this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
unstar this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
star this property hansard heading Healthy Schools Rating Scheme more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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unstar this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the finding of Ofsted's 2018 thematic review that 26 per cent of primary schools are implementing the requirements of the national curriculum to deliver practical cookery education, when the Government plans to implement a healthy schools rating scheme. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Harlow more like this
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Robert Halfon remove filter
star this property uin 201162 more like this
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unstar this property date of answer less than 2018-12-18more like thismore than 2018-12-18
star this property answer text <p>We remain committed to delivering the healthy schools rating scheme in a way that makes the most of existing resources available to schools. We have met with a wide range of stakeholders, as well as a number of interested suppliers, to discuss the best way to deliver the scheme. We are preparing our scheme based on testing and stakeholder feedback and will continue to work with stakeholders across government, the food sector and charitable organisations. We will share more information shortly.</p><p> </p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon more like this
star this property answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi more like this
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less than 2018-12-18T11:11:07.273Zmore like thismore than 2018-12-18T11:11:07.273Z
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star this property label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Robert Halfon more like this
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star this property date less than 2018-12-12more like thismore than 2018-12-12
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Department for Education more like this
unstar this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
unstar this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
star this property hansard heading Healthy Schools Rating Scheme more like this
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unstar this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education,with reference to the Government document entitled Childhood obesity: a plan for action, published in August 2016, when the Government plans to implement the healthy schools rating scheme set out in that plan. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Harlow more like this
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Robert Halfon remove filter
star this property uin 201625 more like this
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unstar this property date of answer less than 2018-12-18more like thismore than 2018-12-18
star this property answer text <p>I refer my right hon. Friend, the member for Harlow, to the answer I gave on 18 December 2018 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-12-11/201162/" target="_blank">201162</a>.</p><p> </p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon more like this
star this property answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi more like this
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less than 2018-12-18T14:51:03.673Zmore like thismore than 2018-12-18T14:51:03.673Z
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star this property label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Robert Halfon more like this
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star this property date less than 2018-12-13more like thismore than 2018-12-13
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Department for Education more like this
unstar this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
unstar this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
star this property hansard heading Apprentices: Finance more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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unstar this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, by how much the apprenticeship budget is set to be overspent in the academic year (a) 2018-19 and (b) 2019-20. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Harlow more like this
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Robert Halfon remove filter
star this property uin 202058 more like this
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unstar this property date of answer less than 2018-12-18more like thismore than 2018-12-18
star this property answer text <p>By 2019/20, the funding available for apprenticeships in England will have risen to over £2.5 billion, which is more than double what it was in 2010, including the additional £115 million confirmed in this year’s budget.</p><p>Spending on the apprenticeship programme is demand-led. Therefore, employers can choose which apprenticeships they offer, the level of the apprenticeships and when they offer the apprenticeships. Furthermore, levy payers have two years to spend the funds available to them. For the 2018-19 and 2019-20 financial years, the fully audited accounts are due to be published following the end of the respective financial year.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Guildford more like this
star this property answering member printed Anne Milton more like this
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less than 2018-12-18T18:25:29.12Zmore like thismore than 2018-12-18T18:25:29.12Z
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star this property label Biography information for Anne Milton more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Robert Halfon more like this
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star this property date less than 2019-01-09more like thismore than 2019-01-09
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Department for Education more like this
unstar this property answering dept id 60 more like this
star this property answering dept short name Education more like this
unstar this property answering dept sort name Education more like this
star this property hansard heading Schools: Vocational Education more like this
star this property house id 1 more like this
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unstar this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what sanctions are available to (a) Ofsted, (b) Regional Schools Commissioners and (c) his Department to ensure that schools comply with section 2 of the Further Education and Technical Act 2017. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Harlow more like this
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Robert Halfon remove filter
star this property uin 206808 more like this
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unstar this property date of answer less than 2019-01-16more like thismore than 2019-01-16
star this property answer text <p>Section 2 of the Technical and Further Education Act (2017), often referred to as the ‘Baker Clause’, requires all maintained schools and academies to make sure that there is an opportunity for a range of education and training providers to meet pupils in year 8 to year 13 for the purpose of informing them about approved technical education qualifications or apprenticeships.</p><p>We introduced the ‘Baker Clause’ in January 2018 and published statutory guidance on careers guidance and on access for education and training providers which explains what schools must do to comply with this law. This is available at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/careers-guidance-provision-for-young-people-in-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/careers-guidance-provision-for-young-people-in-schools</a>.</p><p>In the event of suspected non-compliance with the duty and statutory guidance, our approach is for the parties involved to try to resolve the matter locally. This might include Regional Schools Commissioners or local authorities discussing and addressing any barriers to compliance with multi-academy trusts, individual academies or maintained schools.</p><p>If the department finds fault with a school’s policies following a complaint, then remedial action could be taken. This could include an official or a minister from the department writing to the school and, ultimately, the possibility of the Secretary of State using intervention powers.</p><p>Regarding Ofsted, this is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman. I have asked her to write to the right hon. Member and a copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Guildford more like this
star this property answering member printed Anne Milton more like this
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less than 2019-01-16T11:30:33.91Zmore like thismore than 2019-01-16T11:30:33.91Z
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star this property label Biography information for Anne Milton more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Robert Halfon more like this