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The Government currently defines the term \u2018disadvantaged pupil\u2019 in national statistics to be those pupils known to be eligible for free school meals at any point in the last 6 years or children looked after for six months or more. These are the pupils who attract pupil premium funding.<\/p>
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From April 2014, eligibility for the pupil premium was extended to all looked after children, and to children who have left care through adoption, special guardianship orders or child arrangements orders. The Government is considering widening the national statistics definition of \u201cdisadvantaged pupil\u201d to this group for the publication of test and examination results from 2015.<\/p>
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We recognise that educational disadvantage extends beyond eligibility for free school meals and the pupil premium. This is why the Government has given local authorities the discretion to allocate dedicated schools grant funding for pupils with low prior attainment and pupils for whom English is not their first language. In addition, local authorities can choose to allocate funding through an area-based measure of deprivation, either alongside or instead of free school meals eligibility.<\/p>
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In considering future measures of disadvantage, the Department for Education commissioned RAND and the University of Cambridge to undertake a study to examine whether indicators other than free school meal eligibility may be used to identify which pupils are likely to underachieve. The report will be published soon.<\/p>
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Under the Companies Act listed companies are required to report on diversity, including gender, in their annual reports. Company reporting is overseen by the Financial Reporting Council and companies are required to follow the UK Corporate Governance Code on a comply-or-explain basis.<\/p>
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In September 2014 FRC published an updated Code, including changes to the preface reinforcing the importance of diversity in all its forms on the board. This includes, but is not limited to, gender and race.<\/p>
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At the launch on 15th<\/sup> December 2014, the Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills welcomed a new private sector-led campaign which will look to address the lack of ethnic diversity in boardrooms, based in part on research that indicates the proportion of Black & Ethnic Minority people in leadership positions is lower than expected compared to the wider population (estimated at 5.1% and 14% respectively). Measuring progress is a key part of the campaign.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/169426/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Government has made sure that there are preference services in place for anyone who does not want to receive unsolicited mail.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> There are currently two \u2018opt out\u2019 services run by the Direct Marketing Association (DMA): the Mailing Preference Service (MPS) will stop addressed mail and the \u201cYour Choice\u201d preference service will stop unaddressed mailings. More information about these schemes can be found on the MPS website:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> http://www.mpsonline.org.uk/<\/a>www.mpsonline.org.uk<\/a> or by telephoning 0845 703 4599 (MPS) or 020 7291 3300 (Your Choice). These are separate opt-outs as some people may want to stop one or other type of mailing rather than both.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>