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178653

registered interest
date	09/02/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Ofgem
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that Ofgem has regard to the vulnerabilities of families with children.
tabling member printed	Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope
uin	HL4803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2015 answer text <p>A new Strategy and Policy Statement, which Government consulted on last year makes it clear that helping vulnerable households is one of the Government’s strategic priorities to which Ofgem should have regard when carrying out its regulatory functions. The statement will replace the existing Social and Environmental Statutory Guidance to the Gas and Electricity Market Authority, as recommended by the Ofgem Review of 2010-11.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 11/02/2015 13:27:37 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	635 label Biography information for Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope

178292

registered interest
date	06/02/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Unemployment: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2015 to Question 222628, when he expects to be able to release data on unemployment figures for December 2014.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	223698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 11/02/2015 07:31:51 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 223698 ONS 41.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Unemployment Figures
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

178293

registered interest
date	06/02/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Arts: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Artsmark programme in measuring (a) arts provision and (b) participation in the arts.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	223701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2015 answer text <p>​Since 2004, the Artsmark programme has supported schools, further education colleges and youth justice settings to review and enhance the artistic and cultural offer that they have to children and young people. Artsmark is an important part of the work of the ten regional Bridge organisations funded by the Arts Council which work to drive participation in their area.</p><p> </p><p>​Data collected via our Taking Part survey (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/taking-part" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/taking-part</a>) shows that ​arts participation overall has increased from 97.2 per cent in 2008/09 to 98.9 per cent in 2013/14 for children aged between 5 and 10 and in 2013/14, overall arts participation for children ages 11-15 was at 99.4 per cent, a similar level to 2008/09.</p><p> </p><p>In October 2014, the Arts Council announced that they will refresh the Artsmark scheme so it can be as effective as possible and the new version will launch in Autumn 2015.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 11/02/2015 14:05:49 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

178294

registered interest
date	06/02/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Arts: Secondary Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on increasing participation in (a) music, (b) drama, (c) dance and (d) art at secondary school level.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	223727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2015 answer text <p>My Right. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and my Right Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education recently announced an additional £109 million for music and cultural education for 2015/16 taking the amount invested in music and cultural education in this Parliament to over £400 million.</p><p> </p><p>This includes a further £200,000 of Government funding for the National Youth Dance Company which was created following the reviews of cultural education commissioned by this Government. The Company provides talented performers across the country aged between 16 to 19 with intensive training and performance opportunities led by acclaimed choreographers.</p><p> </p><p>There will also be £1 million of funding for the BFI Film Academy which will help to train the next generation of talented film makers aged 16 to 19 through high quality local and residential courses. ​</p><p> </p><p>I jointly chair the Cultural Education Board with the Schools Minister and Darren Henley, author of reports into music and cultural education. Good progress has been made against the reports' recommendations.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 11/02/2015 14:08:56 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

178297

registered interest
date	06/02/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government plans to accede to the Hague Commission on Protection of Cultural Property in Time of War before 7 May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	223735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2015 answer text <p>The legislative priorities for this session were set out in the Queen’s Speech in June. The Government remains committed to protecting cultural heritage and the Hague convention and its protocols already informs the Armed Forces’ law of armed conflict doctrine and training policy, particularly with regard to respect for cultural property, precautions in attack and recognition of the protective emblem.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 223011 question first answered 11/02/2015 09:50:16 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

178303

registered interest
date	06/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether discussions between his Department and the Cabinet Office on Ministry of Defence Police pension arrangements have concluded; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	223705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2015 answer text <p>As you may be aware, this is a complex matter which raises a number of cross-Departmental issues; discussions with both the Cabinet Office and the Treasury are ongoing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 11/02/2015 17:03:01 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

178304

registered interest
date	06/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he plans for discussions on future arrangements for Ministry of Defence Police pensions to be concluded by 30 March 2015; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	223706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2015 answer text <p>Discussions on the future arrangements for Ministry of Defence Police pensions are still ongoing. I recognise the importance of this issue to the Defence Police community and am seeking to resolve it as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 11/02/2015 17:05:54 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

178309

registered interest
date	06/02/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	GCE A-level: Dudley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of A-level students at schools and colleges in Dudley North constituency that were in the top 20 per cent of attainers nationally in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	223712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2015 answer text <p>There is no single indicator against which all school and colleges are assessed when comparing A level attainment. Therefore, information on the top 20% of attainers in Dudley North constituency has not been provided. Instead, several key indicators are given in the attached table alongside a national and Dudley local authority comparison for the 2013/14 academic year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Local authority and national statistics are also published in the ‘A level and other level 3 results: 2013 to 2014 (revised)’ Statistical First Release.[1]</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/a-level-and-other-level-3-results-2013-to-2014-revised" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/a-level-and-other-level-3-results-2013-to-2014-revised</a> (Table 12a)</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 11/02/2015 17:29:11 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws attachment 1 file name 223712 A level results - Dudley LA, Dudley North and England.xls title A level results - Dudley LA, Dudley North, England
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

178310

registered interest
date	06/02/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many entrants there were into initial teacher education in England in the academic years (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15; and what the level of recruitment of such entrants for the forthcoming academic year was at 1 February 2015.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Mr David Blunkett
uin	223692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2015 answer text <p>Initial teacher training (ITT) recruitment information for the 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15 academic years is provided in the following table. This information is published in the annual ITT census. Information for the 2015/16 academic year will be available when we publish the next census at the end of November 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>UCAS publish within cycle recruitment reports, the latest of which can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.ucas.com/corporate/data-and-analysis/ucas-teacher-training-statistical-releases" target="_blank">www.ucas.com/corporate/data-and-analysis/ucas-teacher-training-statistical-releases</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Initial teacher training new entrants, 2010/11 to 2014/15</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>New entrants to Primary programmes</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>New entrants to Secondary programmes</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total new entrants</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>18,360</p></td><td><p>19,440</p></td><td><p>37,800</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>19,870</p></td><td><p>15,850</p></td><td><p>35,720</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>20,480</p></td><td><p>14,815</p></td><td><p>34,880</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>19,445</p></td><td><p>13,334</p></td><td><p>32,779</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>19,213</p></td><td><p>12,943</p></td><td><p>32,543</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Source: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2014-to-2015</a></p><p> </p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Notes</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>1) Figures for 2014/15 are provisional and are subject to change. Figures for 2013/14 have been revised.</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>2) Teach First and Troops to Teachers are excluded.</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>3) Data refers to the number of new entrants on 8 October 2014 and was extracted on 10 November 2014.</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>4) Total includes forecast registrations in 2014/15.</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This year we have recruited 32,156 trainees with a further 387 projected to start later in the academic year. This is slightly less than the number recruited in 2013, however, this will not result in a teacher shortage since not all trainees progress into teaching immediately after training, and schools can recruit teachers from other avenues.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education is taking a number of steps to drive up recruitment in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects for 2015/16, including increasing bursaries and scholarships for postgraduate ITT recruitment up to £25,000; paying a £5,000 bonus to maths, physics and computing trainees on our salaried scheme; and continuing to promote the subject knowledge enhancement programme.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 11/02/2015 17:26:17 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

178312

registered interest
date	06/02/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Primary Education: Bradford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary school places have been created in Bradford since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Mr David Ward
uin	223723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member for Bradford East, David Ward, to the reply given to my hon. Friend, the Member for Basingstoke, Maria Miller, in PQ 223454.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 223743 question first answered 11/02/2015 16:57:29 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	3923 label Biography information for Mr David Ward