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228511

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate he has made of the number of people employed in the (a) acting and (b) singing professions from lower income families in each year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	228484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department has not carried out specific research into people from lower income families employed in the acting or singing professions, however, the Qualification Blueprint research commissioned by Creative and Cultural Skills in 2011 goes into some detail on the educational background of people who work in the industries specified:<a href="http://blueprintfiles.s3.amazonaws.com/1319716392-Qualifications-Blueprint.pdf" target="_blank">http://blueprintfiles.s3.amazonaws.com/1319716392-Qualifications-Blueprint.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 24/03/2015 13:45:18 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

228532

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Stress
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department provides to teaching professionals affected by work-related stress.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	228486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Supporting the teaching profession and reducing unnecessary workload which can lead to stress is an absolute priority for the Department for Education. Our response to the Workload Challenge[1] set out a comprehensive programme of action to be taken at every level in the school system, and the department will continue to do everything it can to relieve unnecessary burdens on teaching professionals.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>School employers are responsible for the health of their workforce. It is vital that they have systems in place that identify and tackle the cause of stress in their staff and provide appropriate support for them. Headteachers also have a duty to promote the safety and wellbeing of staff and to lead and manage staff with a proper regard for their wellbeing. This includes the expectation of a healthy balance between work and other commitments outside the school.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/workload-challenge-for-schools-government-response" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/workload-challenge-for-schools-government-response</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 24/03/2015 14:02:50 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

228533

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Stress
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 number of teachers who have taken leave from work because of stress in each year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	228487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 24/03/2015 14:01:24 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

228121

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Inspections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many state-funded schools in each local authority area as at 31 August 2010 had received a three or four judgement for pupil behaviour in their most recent Ofsted inspection.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	228270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>As Ofsted is responsible for the requested statistics, I have asked Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw, to write to the Hon Member with the information requested. A copy of his reply will be placed in the House library.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 23/03/2015 12:07:35 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

227763

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Gurkhas: War Memorials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of Gurkha soldiers who fought in the First and Second World Wars are commemorated on war memorials.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	227893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not held, as the Ministry of Defence (MOD) is not responsible for War Memorials. However, the UK National Inventory of War Memorials, maintained by the Imperial War Museum, lists over 50 memorials that are linked to the Gurkhas, including one which is situated outside the MOD headquarters building in Whitehall.</p><p>The Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemorate all those Gurkhas who died in the two World Wars and the names of those who have died since the end of World War II, whilst on duty, are inscribed upon the Armed Forces Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 23/03/2015 16:45:10 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

227775

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Priority School Building Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, at how many schools on the Priority School Building Programme has construction work (a) started and (b) been completed.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	227898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The Priority School Building Programme 1 (PSBP1) is a centrally managed programme set up to address the needs of the schools most in need of urgent repair. Through the programme, 260 schools will be rebuilt or have their condition needs met by the Education Funding Agency.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Under the PSBP1 the Department for Education has now signed construction contracts for 102 schools: construction work has started at 100 schools; and construction work will start imminently at the other 2 schools.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>20 schools have now opened in new buildings: at 3 of these schools construction work is complete and at the other 17 schools construction work is continuing to demolish the old dilapidated buildings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 23/03/2015 12:11:59 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

227780

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Schools: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the original budget was for the Property Data Survey in July 2011; and what the final budget was for that survey after 8,000 additional surveys were included in it.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	227897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The original budget for the Property Data Survey Programme was £13 million, which was increased to £20 million following the extension of the programme to include 8,000 further surveys.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It had always been the intention to complete school surveys, over time, on the new consistent basis established by the Property Data Survey Programme; this simply brought forward the expenditure from future years’ spend. As a result we have benefited from a consistent database that has been used to allocate maintenance funding to get the best return from the government's investment in the school estate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 23/03/2015 12:10:32 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

227504

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Casualties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel have died on active service in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	227714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>From 1 January 2010 to 16 March 2015, 211 UK Armed Forces personnel have died while on active service. The table below presents this figure by year and Operational theatre.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Operation </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Afghanistan</p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Libya</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cyprus</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Figures include Regular and Reservist personnel.</p><p>2. Figures relate to all causes of death; hostile action, accidents, natural causes, assaults, coroner confirmed suicide or open verdicts and cause not known.</p><p>3. Figures include personnel who died of their injuries in the UK or other countries as a result of injuries sustained whilst deployed in an Operational theatre.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 19/03/2015 15:20:34 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

227558

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Epilepsy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to raise awareness of epilepsy in public services and equip staff with appropriate first aid training.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	227715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>No steps have been taken to raise awareness of epilepsy in public services and equip staff with appropriate first aid training. All employers should make an assessment of first aid needs appropriate to the circumstances of the workplace. This would include responding to situations requiring first aid including an epilepsy seizure.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For the majority of people with epilepsy, their condition can be well managed by routine treatment and as such, the provision of services for these patients is the responsibility of local clinical commissioning groups, which are best placed to manage services for local populations. For adults and children that require more specialist care, NHS England commissions services national. The adult specialised neurology specification can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/group-d/d04/" target="_blank">http://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/group-d/d04/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The paediatric neurosciences specification can be found here:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/group-e/e09/" target="_blank">http://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/group-e/e09/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Specialised service specifications should be read in conjunction with other supporting documents such as the manual for prescribed specialised services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance <em>The diagnosis and management of the epilepsies in adults and children in primary and secondary care</em> published in January 2012 sets out best practice for clinicians on the diagnosis, treatment care and support of people with epilepsy. In addition to drug based treatments, the guidance also recommends that a range of support that should be in place for people with epilepsy including access to psychological support. The Department does not have data on the number of clinical specialists in neuropsychological treatment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 227713 227716 question first answered 19/03/2015 15:06:23 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

227568

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Neurology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the role of (a) NHS England and (b) clinical commissioning groups is for commissioning (i) neurological services and (ii) specialised epilepsy services.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	227713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>No steps have been taken to raise awareness of epilepsy in public services and equip staff with appropriate first aid training. All employers should make an assessment of first aid needs appropriate to the circumstances of the workplace. This would include responding to situations requiring first aid including an epilepsy seizure.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For the majority of people with epilepsy, their condition can be well managed by routine treatment and as such, the provision of services for these patients is the responsibility of local clinical commissioning groups, which are best placed to manage services for local populations. For adults and children that require more specialist care, NHS England commissions services national. The adult specialised neurology specification can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/group-d/d04/" target="_blank">http://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/group-d/d04/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The paediatric neurosciences specification can be found here:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/group-e/e09/" target="_blank">http://www.england.nhs.uk/commissioning/spec-services/npc-crg/group-e/e09/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Specialised service specifications should be read in conjunction with other supporting documents such as the manual for prescribed specialised services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance <em>The diagnosis and management of the epilepsies in adults and children in primary and secondary care</em> published in January 2012 sets out best practice for clinicians on the diagnosis, treatment care and support of people with epilepsy. In addition to drug based treatments, the guidance also recommends that a range of support that should be in place for people with epilepsy including access to psychological support. The Department does not have data on the number of clinical specialists in neuropsychological treatment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 227715 227716 question first answered 19/03/2015 15:06:23 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis