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102023

registered interest
date	31/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Missing Persons: Hampshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people under the age of 18 in the care of Hampshire County Council have been reported missing in the last three years; and how many such people are still unaccounted for.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Mr Mike Hancock
uin	212803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education currently collects information on children looked after by local authorities in England who went missing from their agreed placement for a period of 24 hours or more.</p><p> </p><p>The table attached shows the number of children who went missing from their agreed placement whilst looked after by Hampshire, Portsmouth or Southampton local authority, during the years ending 31 March 2012 to 2014. Children who went missing on more than one occasion during the year have been recorded only once for that year. The table also shows the number of these children who were still missing at 31 March 2014, the latest date for which data are available. In addition to these, there will also be some children who have turned 18, and therefore ceased to be looked after whilst missing. In such cases, information is not collected on whether these young people are still missing.</p><p> </p><p>Comparisons with other data sources, including numbers of missing children reported to the police, indicate that the number of children missing from their agreed placement may be an undercount of the true figure and should be treated with caution. Extensive work on improving the quality of this data has been undertaken during the past two years’ data collections. An increase in the number of children missing from their agreed placement over recent years may therefore be due to improved recording rather than a true increase. From 2015, the information will be collected differently to improve the quality.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 212804 212805 question first answered 07/11/2014 13:59:06 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson attachment 1 file name 212803-table_of_missing_children_looked_after_2012-2014.doc title Table of missing children looked after: 2012-14
tabling member	59 label Biography information for Mr Mike Hancock

102035

registered interest
date	31/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Supply Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's policy is on the use of umbrella companies for supply teachers.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	Mr John Spellar
uin	212792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>Schools and local authorities are responsible for the recruitment of their supply teachers and deciding whether to use private supply agencies to recruit and employ supply teachers. If a supply teacher is employed by a private agency, this is a private commercial arrangement between the school and the agency.</p><p>The Department for Education is not responsible for the regulation of teacher supply agencies or their umbrella organisations. Teacher supply agencies are regulated by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills under the employment agency provisions in the Employment Agencies Act 1973 and the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 05/11/2014 16:14:02 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

102036

registered interest
date	31/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to update the Accountability System Statement outlining the roles and responsibilities for school oversight.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	212821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education’s System Accountability Statement is currently under routine review. We expect to publish an update to the existing statement by the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 06/11/2014 16:16:31 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

102037

registered interest
date	31/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Missing Persons: Southampton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people under the age of 18 in the care of Southampton City Council have been reported missing in the last three years; and how many such people are still unaccounted for.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Mr Mike Hancock
uin	212804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education currently collects information on children looked after by local authorities in England who went missing from their agreed placement for a period of 24 hours or more.</p><p> </p><p>The table attached shows the number of children who went missing from their agreed placement whilst looked after by Hampshire, Portsmouth or Southampton local authority, during the years ending 31 March 2012 to 2014. Children who went missing on more than one occasion during the year have been recorded only once for that year. The table also shows the number of these children who were still missing at 31 March 2014, the latest date for which data are available. In addition to these, there will also be some children who have turned 18, and therefore ceased to be looked after whilst missing. In such cases, information is not collected on whether these young people are still missing.</p><p> </p><p>Comparisons with other data sources, including numbers of missing children reported to the police, indicate that the number of children missing from their agreed placement may be an undercount of the true figure and should be treated with caution. Extensive work on improving the quality of this data has been undertaken during the past two years’ data collections. An increase in the number of children missing from their agreed placement over recent years may therefore be due to improved recording rather than a true increase. From 2015, the information will be collected differently to improve the quality.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 212803 212805 question first answered 07/11/2014 13:59:06 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson attachment 1 file name 212803-table_of_missing_children_looked_after_2012-2014.doc title Table of missing children looked after: 2012-14
tabling member	59 label Biography information for Mr Mike Hancock

102038

registered interest
date	31/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Missing Persons: Portsmouth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people under the age of 18 in the care of Portsmouth City Council have been reported missing in the last three years; and how many such people are still unaccounted for.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Mr Mike Hancock
uin	212805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education currently collects information on children looked after by local authorities in England who went missing from their agreed placement for a period of 24 hours or more.</p><p> </p><p>The table attached shows the number of children who went missing from their agreed placement whilst looked after by Hampshire, Portsmouth or Southampton local authority, during the years ending 31 March 2012 to 2014. Children who went missing on more than one occasion during the year have been recorded only once for that year. The table also shows the number of these children who were still missing at 31 March 2014, the latest date for which data are available. In addition to these, there will also be some children who have turned 18, and therefore ceased to be looked after whilst missing. In such cases, information is not collected on whether these young people are still missing.</p><p> </p><p>Comparisons with other data sources, including numbers of missing children reported to the police, indicate that the number of children missing from their agreed placement may be an undercount of the true figure and should be treated with caution. Extensive work on improving the quality of this data has been undertaken during the past two years’ data collections. An increase in the number of children missing from their agreed placement over recent years may therefore be due to improved recording rather than a true increase. From 2015, the information will be collected differently to improve the quality.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson grouped question UIN 212803 212804 question first answered 07/11/2014 13:59:06 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson attachment 1 file name 212803-table_of_missing_children_looked_after_2012-2014.doc title Table of missing children looked after: 2012-14
tabling member	59 label Biography information for Mr Mike Hancock

101824

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Secondary Education: Teaching Methods
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that children at secondary school are being efficiently grouped according to their academic ability.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	212550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education believes that individual schools are best placed to determine whether and how to group children by academic ability. There are many different models of pupil grouping, and schools themselves are best able to respond to their individual circumstances to meet the needs and capabilities of their pupils.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 04/11/2014 14:34:32 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

101825

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many SENCO-accredited courses are being run in (a) colleges and (b) universities in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	212540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>As a Master’s-level qualification, all SENCO-accredited courses are either delivered by or ratified by Higher Education establishments. In 2013-2014, SENCO-accredited courses are being run by 21 universities and 3 training providers, working in partnership with universities.</p><p> </p><p>Since the inception of the training, 10,119 SENCOs have been funded to take the award, which equates to approximately 40% of the schools in the country.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 04/11/2014 14:36:44 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

101826

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Financial Services: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent progress she has made on improving financial education in schools.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Williams
uin	212533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>Citizenship education is part the national curriculum at key stages 3 and 4. From September 2014 the new citizenship programmes of study included, for the first time, a requirement for schools to prepare pupils to manage their money and make sound financial decisions.</p><p>At key stage 3, pupils should be taught about the functions and uses of money, the importance and practice of budgeting, and managing risk. At key stage 4, this should progress onto pupils being taught about income and expenditure, credit and debt, insurance, savings and pensions, financial products and services, and how public money is raised and spent.</p><p>The new mathematics programme of study also makes clear that pupils should use formal mathematical knowledge to interpret and solve problems, including in financial mathematics.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 05/11/2014 15:10:15 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1498 label Biography information for Mr Mark Williams

101827

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Lighting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to implement a replacement programme to introduce LED lighting throughout her Department's buildings and sites; if she will estimate the proportion of lighting in her Department which is LED; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Colchester
tabling member printed	Sir Bob Russell
uin	212622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education’s policy for new and replacement lighting is to consider the installation of LEDs, where appropriate, based on an assessment of suitability for the work setting and of the whole-life cost of the equipment.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has made significant improvements to the energy efficiency and cost effectiveness of lighting across its estate through the introduction of LED lighting and compact fluorescent lamps. We have also improved the performance of our lighting systems by installing and actively maintaining passive infra-red and daylight level sensors.</p><p> </p><p>The Department continues to review opportunities to install LED lighting across its estate to further reduce energy use, carbon emissions and ongoing maintenance costs.</p><p> </p><p>Approximately 7% of lighting within the Department’s buildings is LED.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 05/11/2014 17:48:08 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	35 label Biography information for Sir Bob Russell

101828

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Lighting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will issue guidance to schools and sixth form colleges that they should implement a replacement programme to introduce LED lighting in their buildings.
tabling member constituency	Colchester
tabling member printed	Sir Bob Russell
uin	212610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education has no plans at present to issue guidance to schools and sixth form colleges to replace all lighting in schools with LED lights. The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) together with the Carbon Trust and the Energy Saving Trust take the lead for government on research and publication of advice on LEDs. DECC are currently funding research and product development of LED lighting technology.</p><p>Departmental specifications quote the guidance on lighting design for schools produced by the Society of Light and Lighting (SLL), specifically <em>Lighting for education</em>, Lighting Guide No 5, published in 2011 (LG5). The Department worked with SLL to produce LG5 which replaced the Department’s Building Bulleting 90 <em>Lighting Design for Schools</em> in 2011. SLL has also published Guidelines for <em>Specification of LED Lighting Products</em>, 2012.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 05/11/2014 16:22:00 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	35 label Biography information for Sir Bob Russell