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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101639/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Along with Parliamentary Question 211845, answered on 29 October 2014 (<a href=\"http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/\" target=\"_blank\">www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/<\/a>?) and correspondence from Members of Parliament and Peers, we have also received letters from members of the public on this issue. <br> <br> My right hon. and noble Friend the former Minister of State, Baroness Warsi met Anwar Ibrahim during her visit to Malaysia in April and raised his case with senior members of the Malaysian government. Our High Commission in Malaysia has discussed the matter with Malaysian ministers and officials on a number of occasions. The former Minister of State again met Anwar Ibrahim during the latter\u2019s visit to the UK in June. <br> <br> Anwar Ibrahim\u2019s appeal against his conviction is being monitored closely by officials from our High Commission in Malaysia who are attending court hearings alongside other local diplomatic missions. We are aware of allegations that the case is politically motivated. As the case is not yet concluded, it would be inappropriate to comment further.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has received on the conviction against Anwar Ibrahim, Leader of the Opposition of Malaysia; if he will raise his conviction for sodomy with his Malaysian counterpart; and if he will assess whether the charge and conviction of Anwar Ibrahim is a case of political persecution.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/308", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101643", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Foreign and Commonwealth Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101643/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The UK is working closely with Nigeria, its neighbours and other international partners to tackle Boko Haram, including to find victims of abduction. The UK is providing a substantial package of support, including training and advice to Nigerian military units that will be deployed against Boko Haram, surveillance assets and intelligence expertise. We have also committed £1 million to the UN Safe Schools Initiative, designed to promote a safer environment for children in north east Nigeria to receive their education.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1487", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking with his international counterparts to co-ordinate the rescue of girls and women kidnapped by Boko Haram; what steps he is taking to help prevent further such abductions; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/177", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Gareth Thomas"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Gareth Thomas"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101313", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101313/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>To support employers to take up best practice, the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas), working with my department, has published online guidance to managers on the practical steps they can take to enhance the wellbeing of their staff. This guidance was drawn from material gathered in research into the relationship between worker wellbeing and business performance published by my department on 29 October 2014. This can be found at: <a href=\"http://www.acas.org.uk/workplacewellbeing\" target=\"_blank\">www.acas.org.uk/workplacewellbeing<\/a>.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>That research shows that workplaces with \u201chighly satisfied\u201d employees have higher labour productivity, higher quality of output, and higher overall performance. I continue to support private sector led initiatives such as Engage for Success. More information can be found about Engage for Success at: <a href=\"http://www.engageforsuccess.org/\" target=\"_blank\">www.engageforsuccess.org<\/a>.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1513", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jo Swinson"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to encourage employer best practice in relation to employee wellbeing.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3931", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Dr Julian Huppert"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101336/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>DCMS\u2019s Annual Report and Accounts for 2013-14 was published on Wednesday 29<sup>th<\/sup> October.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4018", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant"}
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        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Maidstone and The Weald"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mrs Helen Grant"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-10-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-10-28", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Annual Reports"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, for what reasons his Department's Annual Report and Accounts for 2013-14 has not yet been published; and when that report is due to be published.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/422", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Chris Leslie"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101349", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Defence"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101349/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>No Single Living Accommodation at Catterick is provided by a contractor.<\/p><p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has nearly 6,000 bedspaces at Catterick which the MOD owns.<\/p><p>Where Single Living Accommodation is not available, the MOD may rent accommodation from the local private market, known as Substitute Service Single Accommodation. This is only ever used as a last resort where no other option is available.<\/p><p>There are currently 25 Service personnel posted to Catterick living in 19 Substitute Service Single Accommodation properties at an average monthly cost per person of £468.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3938", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Anna Soubry"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many single servicemen and servicewomen based at or near Catterick, North Yorkshire, are currently accommodated in (a) single living accommodation provided for his Department by a contractor and (b) other private rented accommodation; and what the average cost per month per person is to his Department for each such type of accommodation.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/385", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley"}
      }
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Hugh Bayley"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101359/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The data requested is not held centrally.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1605", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Edward Timpson"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Crewe and Nantwich"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Edward Timpson"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-10-28", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many looked-after children in England also have a sibling in care; and how many looked-after children in England are (a) living with at least one of their siblings and (b) not living with any of their siblings.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/376", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Alan Johnson"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101363", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101363/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Figures from the School Workforce Census of November 2013 show there were 12,800 black and minority ethnic teachers in publicly funded primary schools and 18,600 in publicly funded secondary schools in England; a total of 31,400 teachers (an increase from 25,900 in November 2010). This represents 6% of primary school teachers and 9% of all secondary school teachers. 7% of all teachers in primary and secondary schools in England come from black and other ethnic minority groups.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1473", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr David Laws"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many black and minority ethnic teachers there are in state (a) primary and (b) secondary schools; and if she will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/172", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101367", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101367/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The following table provides the headcount number [1] and percentage of teachers without Qualified Teacher Status in publicly funded primary and secondary schools in (i) the North West and (ii) Warrington local authority in November 2013:<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>PRIMARY SCHOOLS<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Number of Teachers without Qualified Teacher Status<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Total Number of Teachers<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>% Teachers without Qualified Teacher Status <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Warrington Local Authority<\/p><\/td><td><p>10<\/p><\/td><td><p>990<\/p><\/td><td><p>1.2<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>North West<\/p><\/td><td><p>440<\/p><\/td><td><p>31,470<\/p><\/td><td><p>1.4<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>ENGLAND<\/p><\/td><td><p>5,660<\/p><\/td><td><p>238,300<\/p><\/td><td><p>2.4<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>SECONDARY SCHOOLS<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><td> <\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Warrington Local Authority<\/p><\/td><td><p>40<\/p><\/td><td><p>930<\/p><\/td><td><p>4.2<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>North West<\/p><\/td><td><p>840<\/p><\/td><td><p>29,830<\/p><\/td><td><p>2.8<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>ENGLAND<\/p><\/td><td><p>11,770<\/p><\/td><td><p>227,960<\/p><\/td><td><p>5.2<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>These figures are based on data from the School Workforce Census, published online at: <a href=\"http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2013\" target=\"_blank\">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2013<\/a><\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>[1] Differs from the published national figure as the table does not include an estimate of unqualified teachers in those schools who did not make a School Workforce Census return.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1473", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr David Laws"}
        }
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        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr David Laws"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-11-03", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-10-28", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Teachers: North West"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people without a recognised teaching qualification are employed as teachers in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) the north west and (ii) Warrington.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/432", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Helen Jones"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Helen Jones"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101369", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101369/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The following table provides the number of teachers who were awarded age, ill-health and premature retirement benefits from the Teachers\u2019 Pensions Scheme in 2012-13 and whose last recorded service was in a publicly funded school in England.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Age retirements<\/p><\/td><td><p>9,970<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Ill health retirements<\/p><\/td><td><p>440<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Premature retirements [1]<\/p><\/td><td><p>8,190<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Total<\/p><\/td><td><p>18,600<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>Source: Teachers\u2019 Pensioner Statistical System.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>Figures are provisional and are rounded to the nearest 10.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>[1] Includes premature and actuarially reduced awards of pension benefits.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101370/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The following table provides estimates for the number of teachers needed in each academic year from 2016/17 to 2020/21. This need for teachers will be met through a combination of new trainees, those returning to the profession and those entering the state-funded sector in England for the first time.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td> <\/td><td><p><strong>2016/17<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2017/18<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2018/19<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2019/20<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2020/21<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>Primary<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>30,200<\/p><\/td><td><p>29,200<\/p><\/td><td><p>28,400<\/p><\/td><td><p>27,200<\/p><\/td><td><p>28,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>Secondary<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p>23,500<\/p><\/td><td><p>24,200<\/p><\/td><td><p>24,900<\/p><\/td><td><p>25,100<\/p><\/td><td><p>24,500<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p><em>Source: Teacher Supply Model<\/em><\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Department for Education uses the Teacher Supply Model (TSM) to calculate the optimum number of Initial Teacher Training (ITT) places required to match the future supply of teachers to the estimated demand for qualified teachers within the state-funded sector in England. The National College of Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) use this information to inform their allocation of ITT places to teacher training providers.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>The estimates for the future demand for teachers use the projected number of pupils in schools, assumed Pupil Teacher Ratios (PTRs) and our best estimates for the number of teachers required to implement the Department\u2019s policy initiatives. The model also takes into account other flows within the existing stock of teachers such as those leaving the profession or retiring as well as those expected to return to teaching in the state-funded sector.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Department forecasts the need for teacher trainees one year in advance in line with the annual ITT allocation decisions. However, the TSM also forecasts teacher demand over ten years to provide an overview of long term trends.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>Whilst the Department estimates future teacher demand, decision-making taken at school level determines the actual number of teachers required. As with any forecast, the uncertainty increases the further we look into the future.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Department has published estimates of teacher demand in part 1 of the TSM, which is published online at: <a href=\"http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-supply-model\" target=\"_blank\">www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-supply-model<\/a><\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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