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date	13/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Class Sizes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average class size was in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) Bury North constituency and (ii) the UK in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	107669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>Average class size figures for state-funded schools in England are calculated and published annually in the statistical first releases available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers</a>.</p><p>A national summary of average class sizes for Key Stages 1 and 2 and secondary is in the link to national tables, tables 6a and 6b respectively.</p><p>A summary at local authority and regional level is only available for Key Stages 1 and 2 and is in the link to local authority and regional tables, table 11.</p><p>Data is not summarised by parliamentary constituency, but data for each school providing average class sizes for Key Stages 1 and 2, where appropriate, and overall is available via the link to underlying tables for each year then the file ‘…Schools_Classes_UD’. The figures can be filtered by school phase, local authority and parliamentary constituency.</p><p>A UK figure is not available. As education is a devolved matter, statistics on schools are published separately by the four administrations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/10/2017 15:38:48 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

770035

registered interest
date	13/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of those eligible for free school meals in (a) Bury North constituency and (b) the UK took up free school meals in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	107670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>Figures on the number and proportion of children taking a free school meal and those eligible for free school meals are published, for all authorities in England, annually. The figures can be found in the statistical first releases available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers</a>.</p><p>Data are not summarised by parliamentary constituency, but data for each school is available via the link to underlying tables then the file ‘…Schools_Pupils_UD’. The figures can be filtered by school phase and parliamentary constituency.</p><p>A UK figure is not available. As education is a devolved matter, statistics on schools are published separately by the four administrations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 107671 question first answered 23/10/2017 15:14:41 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

770036

registered interest
date	13/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children in (a) Bury North constituency and (b) the UK were eligible for free school meals in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	107671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>Figures on the number and proportion of children taking a free school meal and those eligible for free school meals are published, for all authorities in England, annually. The figures can be found in the statistical first releases available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-and-pupil-numbers</a>.</p><p>Data are not summarised by parliamentary constituency, but data for each school is available via the link to underlying tables then the file ‘…Schools_Pupils_UD’. The figures can be filtered by school phase and parliamentary constituency.</p><p>A UK figure is not available. As education is a devolved matter, statistics on schools are published separately by the four administrations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 107670 question first answered 23/10/2017 15:14:41 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

770037

registered interest
date	13/10/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Employment: Bury North
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women in Bury North constituency born in the 1950s and affected by the change in state pension age have returned to employment from a position of unemployment in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	107672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>The data requested is not held, however the number of older workers in the UK is at a record high, currently there are 10m workers aged 50 years and over. There are 4.2m women aged 50-64 in employment; this compares to 3.5m five years ago. There are 1.2 million individuals in employment aged over 65, of which 39% are women.</p><p> </p><p>Employment rates for older workers have also been increasing and have recently reached record highs. In the past ten years, the employment rate for people aged 50-64 has increased by 6.2 percentage points (pp) (from 64.9% in 2007 to 71.1% in 2017). The current employment rate for women aged 50-64 is at a record high of 66.8%.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on estimates of employment, unemployment, economic inactivity and other employment-related statistics for the UK can be found in the “UK labour market: September 2017” statistical bulletin published at the Office for National Statistics (ONS) website:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/uklabourmarket/september2017" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/uklabourmarket/september2017</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to supporting people aged 50 years and over to remain in and return to work; the ‘Fuller Working Lives: A Partnership Approach’ strategy was published on 2nd February. This, crucially, is led by employers, but it also sets out the case for action by individuals, and the role of Government in supporting them in planning their careers and their approach to retirement. The Strategy and supporting evidence base are available at the attached web address:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fuller-working-lives-a-partnership-approach" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fuller-working-lives-a-partnership-approach</a></p><p> </p><p>Analysis on the headline measures that the government uses to monitor progress on Fuller Working Lives can be found in this statistical release:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/economic-labour-market-status-of-individuals-aged-50-and-over-trends-over-time-september-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/economic-labour-market-status-of-individuals-aged-50-and-over-trends-over-time-september-2017</a></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 23/10/2017 13:10:55 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

770038

registered interest
date	13/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have been employed by (a) Greater Manchester Police and (b) Bury Police Service in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	107673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes statistics on the number of police officers employed by each police force in England and Wales on a bi-annual basis. These data are published in the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletins, which can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-march-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-march-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>The Home Office does not collect this information by constituency. Data on the number of police officers in Greater Manchester Police, as at 31 March each year, can be found in the Open Data Tables accompanying the main release: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/629362/open-data-table-police-workforce.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/629362/open-data-table-police-workforce.ods</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 18/10/2017 15:54:54 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith