Religious education remains compulsory for all state funded schools, including academies and free schools, at all key stages, and it is part of schools\u2019 activity to meet their legal duty to promote young people\u2019s spiritual, moral and cultural development.<\/p>
<\/p>
Where the Department is made aware that schools are not fulfilling their legal duties, it will investigate. If an individual is concerned that a school is not meeting its duty to provide religious education, they should follow that school\u2019s complaint procedure in the first instance. If the complaint is not resolved, then the issue can be escalated to the Department\u2019s School Complaints Unit for maintained schools, or the Education and Skills Funding Agency for academies, free schools, university technical colleges or studio schools. Information about complaint procedures for schools can be found at www.gov.uk/complain-about-school<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p> The Secretary of State for Education has a range of powers to ensure schools comply with their statutory obligations. The exact powers used will depend on the nature of the statutory duty in question and the potential impact of any failure to comply. The powers used could include a direction under 497 of the Education Act 1996, a performance and standards warning notice under the Education and Inspections Act 2006 and a referral to Ofsted for an inspection. Where academies are subject to the same statutory duties as maintained schools, the Secretary of State for Education has powers to enforce compliance via the terms of the funding agreement.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of current methods for securing the provision of Religious Education in state-funded schools.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what percentage of (a) religious education and (b) history lessons in state secondary schools are taught by teachers with no post A-level qualification in the subject.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the resources required for the police effectively to implement the national protocol on reducing the unnecessary criminalisation of looked-after children and care leavers.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2018 to Question 183314 on Children: Death, if he will make an estimate of how many child death reviews which identified trauma or external factors as the cause of death related to gang violence for each local authority area in England in each of the last five years; and how many of those child death reviews led to a Serious Case Review.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1010317/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " \u200bThe UK commends MINUSCA's efforts to respond to, and stop, the violence and uphold its mandate to protect civilians. In order to achieve peace in the Central African Republic, efforts to stabilise the country in the short term must go hand in hand with longer-term progress on reconciliation, justice, and peace-building.<\/p> We are committed to working within the UN Security Council to ensure that MINUSCA can deliver support to the AU Peace Initiative as part of its mandate.<\/p> As part of the latest mandate renewal process, the UN Secretary General recommended maintaining the mission's current troop ceiling. The UN General Assembly agreed a gross budget of US$930 million for MINUSCA for the current UN peacekeeping financial year. The UK contributes 5.8 per cent, which for the last UK financial year amounted to £40.5 million.<\/p> Separately, I am aware of the death of a Tanzanian soldier on 16 November, serving with MINUSCA forces in CAR. I have passed on my condolences to the government of Tanzania.<\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4107", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the efficacy of the UN peacekeeping mission MINUSCA in protecting civilian security, life, and rights in the Central African Republic, and what assessment he has made of the effect of (a) troop levels, (b) resourcing levels, and (c) the temporary nature of the mandate, in determining that level of efficacy in the last 12 months.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to support the ceasefire agreed between the Israeli Government and Hamas on Tuesday 13 November 2018.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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