https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/local-support-to-replace-community-care-grants-and-crisis-loans-for-living-expenses-call-for-evidence<\/a> <\/p> <\/p>
Nottinghamshire County Council have consulted on their plans to wind down their dedicated scheme and provide support by other means. Information on other authorities will be provided by the review my Department will shortly be carrying out about the way local authorities have used the funding provided following the abolition of the discretionary Social Fund. We are making arrangements with local authorities regarding this. A copy of the findings will be placed in the House Library.<\/p>
<\/p>
There has never been a commitment to provide specific funding beyond 2014/15. On the basis of experience on the ground since support was localised, central government believes that it makes most sense for councils to choose how much funding to allocate to these services in their areas in future - according to local priorities and needs - and how to provide such support.<\/p>
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In one sense, all DWP staff support the Accounting Officer through their individual responsibilities to work confidently within the system of control for which the Accounting Officer is ultimately responsible, to ensure the effective operation of a major government department, which will make some £136.4 billion in welfare payments this year.<\/p>
<\/p>
More narrowly, the Accounting Officer is directly supported in his role by his Finance Director General, the 40 Senior Civil Servants that comprise that DG's senior management team; and - in turn \u2013 by other colleagues when they handle issues which require explicit Accounting Officer involvement. <\/p>"}
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<\/p>
The Cabinet Office uses a range of tools and methodologies to evaluate customer feedback on products and services provided by our agencies. Results are not reported systematically to the Cabinet Office Board.<\/p>
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<\/p>
Cabinet office does not hold data centrally on the transfer of civil servants across regions and it could only be collected centrally at disproportionate cost. Workforce planning is primarily the responsibility of each individual Department to determine. It is for individual departments to provide such information, where it exists.<\/p>
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It is the responsibility of individual ministers to decide what answers they give to Questions for Written Answer (QWAs), and they are of course accountable to the House for those answers. The importance of this direct accountability is such that I recently decided, following the introduction of a new system for answering QWAs electronically, to require Ministers in this House to continue providing personally signed answers to noble Lords. The Ministerial Code states that \u201cIt is of paramount importance that Ministers give accurate and truthful information to Parliament\u201d.<\/p>
<\/p>"}
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Information on the number and proportion of pupils whose first language is other than English is published as part of the Department for Education's annual statistical release \u2018Schools, pupils and their characteristics'. The latest release of this publication is for January 2013 and is available at:<\/p>
<\/p>
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2013<\/a><\/p> <\/p>
The underlying data (school level schools pupils) contains information for individual schools, including the proportion of pupils whose first language is other than English.<\/p>
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We do not collect this data centrally. It is for individual schools to decide how much extra they choose to spend on educating pupils whose first language is not English.<\/p>
Through their local funding formulas, local authorities may allocate funding to schools on the basis of the number of pupils in the school who speak English as an additional language and entered the state school system in the past three years. Local authorities allocated £233 million in this way in 2013-14. The funding is not ring-fenced within a school's budget so this figure may not be a reliable indicator of actual spending.<\/p>"}
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A large proportion of the staff who work in the Department for Education support the Permanent Secretary in his role as Accounting Officer.<\/p>
The information requested about those who do so for more than 50% of their working week is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.<\/p>"}
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The new national curriculum, to be taught from September 2014, reflects a body of essential knowledge and core concepts in key subjects. The Government does not believe that it is appropriate for the national curriculum to set out how teachers should teach, or how they should structure their school day. The national curriculum has been slimmed down to allow teachers more flexibility to use their professionalism and expertise to create lessons that really inspire and engage their pupils, and help them to develop deeper knowledge and understanding of materials.<\/p>"}
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