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1713819

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date	25/04/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Music: Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the findings in the report entitled Teacher Labour Market in England: Annual Report, published by the National Foundation for Educational Research in March 2024, what steps she is taking to help ensure that the Government meets its Initial Teacher Training targets for music teachers.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	23715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2024 answer text <p>Postgraduate Initial Teacher Training (PGITT) recruitment represents a subset of entrants to teaching. Targets do not include all routes. For example, they do not include undergraduate courses.</p><p> </p><p>Each year the department also recruits teachers that return to the profession having previously left the state-funded teaching sector, as well as those that were already qualified but are new to the sector.</p><p> </p><p>The last School Workforce Census, which took place in June 2023, showed that 48,000 teachers entered the profession. Around one third of these were made up of those returning to the profession and half were new teachers entering through PGITT routes.</p><p> </p><p>In the 2023/24 academic year, there were 216 new postgraduate entrants in music, which was 27% of the PGITT target. This is a decline in recruitment from the 2022/23 academic year, in which there were 292 new postgraduate entrants in music or 62% of the PGITT. The PGITT for music increased by 68% in 2023/24, which may partly explain some of the change in performance against the recruitment target.</p><p> </p><p>As of 22 April 2024, 171 candidates have accepted an offer to begin a PGITT course in music in the 2024/25 academic year, which is a 24% increase from the same point last year.</p><p> </p><p>For those intending to train as music teachers in the 2024/25 academic year, the department has introduced a bursary of £10,000 to support and encourage talented trainees to enter the profession. Music trainee teachers can also apply for a tuition fee loan and a maintenance loan to support their living costs. Additional funding is available depending on individual circumstances, such as the Childcare Grant.</p><p> </p><p>The department accepted the School Teachers’ Review Body’s recommendations in full for a 6.5% teacher pay award in 2023, which saw the government achieve its manifesto commitment of £30,000 starting salaries for all teachers in England. This is an attractive offer, which forms part of the overall remuneration package for teachers, including a generous employer pension contribution rate of 28.6%.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside the department’s financial levers, the department is continuing to invest in attracting the best teachers where they are needed most through the teaching marketing campaign and support services for prospective trainees, as well as its new in-house teacher recruitment journey and associated digital services.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 03/05/2024 11:42:14 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1713820

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Gaza: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, if he will have discussions with his Israeli counterpart on the (a) effectiveness of command and control within the Israeli Defence Forces and (b) reports that a senior commander who was dismissed in connection with the strike that killed international aid workers in Gaza had expressed personal views on aid to Gaza.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	23772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2024 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary visited Israel on 17 April and held high-level talks with Prime Minister Netanyahu, President Herzog and Foreign Minister Katz. He reiterated the need for an immediate pause in the fighting in Gaza to get aid in and hostages out.</p><p>The UK is pushing as hard as we can to get aid to Palestinian civilians. Israel must fulfil its commitments to enable a flood of aid, including by guaranteeing deconfliction for aid workers.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 03/05/2024 13:15:31 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1713823

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Convention on the International Protection of Adults and Mental Capacity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department is taking steps to support people who have lasting power of attorney for an individual who has been assessed as lacking mental capacity with accessing funds held outside the UK; and if he will take steps to ratify the Hague Convention of 13 January 2000 on the International Protection of Adults.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	23777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2024 answer text <p>There are existing ways in which a Property and Financial Affairs Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) made in England and Wales under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 can be accepted abroad for the purpose of accessing funds. A certified copy of the LPA, signed off by a notary public with an apostille (a special sealed certificate) attached by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office provides one method. Alternatively, a translation of the LPA can be formally recognised by the appropriate court of the country in which funds are held.</p><p> </p><p>Although the UK has ratified the 2000 Hague Convention on the International Protection of Adults in respect of Scotland, we have not yet done so in relation to England and Wales or Northern Ireland. However, in respect of England and Wales, the majority of its provisions are contained in Schedule 3 of the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005. Schedule 3 provides a framework for recognition and enforcement of ‘protective measures’ such as LPAs in the place of an individual’s habitual residence.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise the importance of ratifying the 2000 Hague Convention, as this will bring about international co‐operation to deal with the affairs of individuals across member states. We will progress this work when legislative time allows.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 03/05/2024 12:02:19 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1713824

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Job Creation: Northumberland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information her Department holds on the projected pay bands of the jobs created at the proposed Data Centre in Cambois.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	23741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>My Department has not made an estimate of the number of permanent jobs that will be created, but I note that Northumberland County Council expect it to deliver over 1,600 direct jobs, including 1,200 long-term construction jobs, and over 2,700 indirect and induced jobs over the course of the development.</p><p>Infrastructure upgrades needed to support the site are a commercial negotiation between investors and infrastructure providers.</p><p>The Department does not hold information on the projected pay bands of the jobs created by this proposed investment.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak grouped question UIN 23487 23488 question first answered 02/05/2024 15:13:22 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1713832

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Music: Universities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on closures of music (a) departments and (b) courses at universities in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	23716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The department does not hold data on the number of music departments, or on the establishment or closure of individual distinct music courses offered by higher education providers (HEPs). However, the department does hold data on the numbers of student enrolments in music courses more generally, and the number of HEPs offering these courses. The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), which is now part of JISC, is responsible for collecting and publishing data about UK higher education (HE). The latest statistics refer to the 2021/22 academic year.</p><p> </p><p>The data on HE student enrolments by HEP and subjects of study for the 2014/15 to 2018/19 academic years is available here: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-13" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-13</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The data on HE student enrolments by HEP and subject of study for the 2019/20 to 2021/22 academic years is available here: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-49" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-49</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In the 2014/15 academic year, there were 102 HEPs that enrolled 24,620 students in music courses. In the 2021/22 academic year, this increased to 120 HEPs enrolling 37,090 students in music courses.</p><p> </p><p>Counts are on the basis of full-person-equivalents. Where a student is studying more than one subject, they are apportioned between the subjects that make up their course. Figures provided are for UK HEPs enrolments for all modes and levels of study, and for all domiciles. Figures have been rounded to the nearest five, in line with HESA rounding conventions. More information on the figures is available here: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/definitions/students%23rounding-and-suppression-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/definitions/students#rounding-and-suppression-strategy</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The figures from 2019/20 onwards are not directly comparable with previous years due to the introduction of a new subject classification system, called the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS), which replaced the Joint Academic Coding System (JACS3).</p><p> </p><p>Further information on HECoS and JACS can be found via the following: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/hecos" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/hecos</a>, and <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 23717 question first answered 01/05/2024 14:29:46 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1713833

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Music: Universities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department has on the number of music departments at UK universities in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	23717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The department does not hold data on the number of music departments, or on the establishment or closure of individual distinct music courses offered by higher education providers (HEPs). However, the department does hold data on the numbers of student enrolments in music courses more generally, and the number of HEPs offering these courses. The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), which is now part of JISC, is responsible for collecting and publishing data about UK higher education (HE). The latest statistics refer to the 2021/22 academic year.</p><p> </p><p>The data on HE student enrolments by HEP and subjects of study for the 2014/15 to 2018/19 academic years is available here: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-13" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-13</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The data on HE student enrolments by HEP and subject of study for the 2019/20 to 2021/22 academic years is available here: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-49" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-49</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In the 2014/15 academic year, there were 102 HEPs that enrolled 24,620 students in music courses. In the 2021/22 academic year, this increased to 120 HEPs enrolling 37,090 students in music courses.</p><p> </p><p>Counts are on the basis of full-person-equivalents. Where a student is studying more than one subject, they are apportioned between the subjects that make up their course. Figures provided are for UK HEPs enrolments for all modes and levels of study, and for all domiciles. Figures have been rounded to the nearest five, in line with HESA rounding conventions. More information on the figures is available here: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/definitions/students%23rounding-and-suppression-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/definitions/students#rounding-and-suppression-strategy</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The figures from 2019/20 onwards are not directly comparable with previous years due to the introduction of a new subject classification system, called the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS), which replaced the Joint Academic Coding System (JACS3).</p><p> </p><p>Further information on HECoS and JACS can be found via the following: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/hecos" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/hecos</a>, and <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 23716 question first answered 01/05/2024 14:29:46 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1713837

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: South East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Heathrow Airport, (b) the Civil Aviation Authority and (c) NATS Holdings on the timeline for progressing the Future Airspace Strategy Implementation South changes.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	23803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The department has in place robust engagement and governance arrangements to effectively monitor the delivery of airspace modernisation by key organisations, such as the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and NATS.</p><p> </p><p>Heathrow Airport, the CAA and NATS are members of the Aviation Council. Co-chaired at Ministerial level, the council brings together industry and government to support the delivery of key policy ambitions such as airspace modernisation. The Secretary of State for Transport also visited Heathrow Airport and NATS last year.</p><p> </p><p>The department also regularly engages with the Airspace Change Organising Group (ACOG) who are responsible for overseeing the FASI programme which currently includes 20 airports in the UK, including Heathrow Airport</p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 01/05/2024 11:42:59 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1713844

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Canada: AUKUS
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the extent to which Canada's critical minerals capacity is a factor in its inclusion of a potential expansion of Pillar II of the AUKUS agreement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Mrs Pauline Latham
uin	23727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2024 answer text <p>As the AUKUS Defence Ministers announced earlier this month, in identifying collaboration opportunities for AUKUS nations to work with other states on advanced capability projects under Pillar 2, we will take into account factors such as technological innovation, financing, industrial strengths, ability to adequately protect sensitive data and information, and impact on promoting peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 10/05/2024 13:18:47 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

1713849

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which homelessness stakeholders he has met since his appointment.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	23793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities lead on homelessness and rough sleeping and as such have regular meetings with stakeholders.</p><p>The Home Office has additionally engaged with police, local authorities, Police and Crime Commissioners and other organisations including the homelessness sector on this topic. This has highlighted that more direct tools were needed to respond to begging and rough sleeping where it causes nuisance to others.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 01/05/2024 16:11:54 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1713852

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Women and Equalities: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how much her Department has spent on external consultancies in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	23673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2024 answer text <p>The Equality Hub is part of the Cabinet Office and external consultancy spend is reported within the Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p> </p><p>For 2019-20, Cabinet Office external consultancy spend can be found on pages 59 and 104 of our Annual Report and Accounts 2019-20, linked here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5f16e6aa3a6f40727f97b746/Cabinet-Office-Annual-Report-and-Accounts-2019-20.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5f16e6aa3a6f40727f97b746/Cabinet-Office-Annual-Report-and-Accounts-2019-20.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>For 2020-21, Cabinet Office external consultancy spend can be found on pages 104 and 206 of our Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21, linked here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/60f03ea28fa8f50c716bccda/15640_CO_Annual_Report_2020_2021_digital_temp.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/60f03ea28fa8f50c716bccda/15640_CO_Annual_Report_2020_2021_digital_temp.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>For 2021-22, Cabinet Office external consultancy spend can be found on pages 119 and 197 of our Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22, linked here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1123904/CO_ARA21-22_WEB_Final_121222.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1123904/CO_ARA21-22_WEB_Final_121222.pdf</a></p><p>For 2022-23 Cabinet Office external consultancy spend can be found on pages 107 and 191 of our Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23, linked here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6509a3394cd3c3000d68ccd4/CO_ARA22-23_WEB_190923.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6509a3394cd3c3000d68ccd4/CO_ARA22-23_WEB_190923.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Consultancy spend for 2023-24 will be published in the Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24, later this year.</p><p> </p><p><br> Cabinet Office has a mature assurance framework for Consultancy &amp; Professional Services. A dedicated team exists to assure such spending and make recommendations to officials accordingly for decision. The assurance framework is built on the principles outlined in the Consultancy Playbook and aims to ensure that where such requirements are justified, they deliver value for money for the taxpayer. This use of these consultants is a legitimate part of policymaking that helps to deliver efficient public services to the taxpayer and has been a feature under successive Governments.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 03/05/2024 13:39:33 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes