I wrote to 87 local authorities in March and April 2014, raising my concern about the 2013 examination results of disadvantaged pupils in particular maintained schools within their areas, and asking them to support those schools\u2019 improvement. The recipient list and criteria are below and will be published on GOV.UK shortly.<\/p>
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Letters were sent to local authorities where ministerial letters had been sent in the spring to a small number of maintained schools expressing concern about the progress of disadvantaged pupils at key stage 2, and the progress and/or overall attainment of disadvantaged pupils at key stage 4. Letters were also sent to local authorities where the average GCSE results of disadvantaged pupils across all of their maintained schools declined between 2011 and 2013 or between 2012 and 2013.<\/p>
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Local authorities in receipt of letters:<\/p>
Barking and Dagenham<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Barnsley<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Bath and North East Somerset<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Birmingham<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Blackburn with Darwen<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Blackpool<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Bolton<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Bracknell Forest<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Bradford<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Brent<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Bristol<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Buckinghamshire<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Bury<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Cambridgeshire<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Central Bedfordshire<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Cheshire East<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Cornwall<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Cumbria<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Derbyshire<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Devon<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Doncaster<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Dorset<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Dudley<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Durham<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
East Sussex<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Essex<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Gateshead<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Gloucestershire<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Hammersmith and Fulham<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Hampshire<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Hartlepool<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Hertfordshire<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Isle of Wight<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Kent<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Kirklees<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Knowsley<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Lancashire<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Leeds<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Leicester city<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Leicestershire<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Lincolnshire<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Manchester<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Merton<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Norfolk<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
North Lincolnshire<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
North Somerset<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
North Yorkshire<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Northamptonshire<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Northumberland<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Nottingham City<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Nottinghamshire<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Oxfordshire<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Peterborough<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Portsmouth<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Richmond upon Thames<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Rotherham<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Salford<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Sandwell<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Sefton<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Sheffield<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Shropshire<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Slough<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Somerset<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
South Gloucestershire<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Southampton<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Southend<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Staffordshire<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Stockport<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Stockton-on-Tees<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Stoke on Trent<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Suffolk<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Surrey<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Swindon<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Tameside<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Trafford<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Wakefield<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Walsall<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Warrington<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Warwickshire<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
West Berkshire<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
West Sussex<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Wigan<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Wiltshire<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Wirral<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Wolverhampton<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Worcestershire<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
York<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1473", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr David Laws"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Yeovil"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr David Laws"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-09-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-09-05T12:18:17.7192268Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "60"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-09-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Pupil Premium"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's press notice of 16 July 2014 on pupil premium reform, to which 87 local authorities where performance of disadvantaged pupils is a concern the Minister of State for Schools wrote.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4263", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lucy Powell"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Manchester Central"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lucy Powell"} ], "uin" : "207950"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/90244", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/90244/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " <\/p> The Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA) is responsible for official controls (including risk\u2013based inspections and checks at ports) in relation to rules on the export of live animals. These controls must be consistent with the relevant animal health and welfare legislation. Where animal welfare non-compliances are discovered, AHVLA will take the appropriate regulatory action and, where necessary, refer the matter to the local authority for enforcement action.<\/p> <\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3934", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for George Eustice"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Camborne and Redruth"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "George Eustice"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-09-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-09-05T10:13:12.0080722Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "13"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-09-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Livestock: Transport"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that laws relating to the export of live animals are adhered to at ports; and if she will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/253", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Tewkesbury"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Laurence Robertson"} ], "uin" : "207829"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/90247", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Foreign and Commonwealth Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/90247/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Ministers have endorsed the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's (FCO) climate change priorities, including work with the Foreign Secretary\u2019s Special Representative, the Department for Energy and Climate Change and other Government Departments and our global network of climate attaches. This is in support of the Government\u2019s aim of achieving a global agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the UN in Paris in December 2015. We work closely with international partners, including through FCO Programme Funds. Recent examples of impact include China launching seven regional Emissions Trading Schemes; international promotion of the UK\u2019s Climate Change Act with influence among some 60 countries taking forward climate laws; and under the UK\u2019s 2013 Presidency, the G8 recognising that climate change presents a risk to global security. We also promote UK low carbon and environmental goods and services, with UK exports valued at £3.4 trillion in 2011/12 and UK ranked sixth globally with a market share of 3.7%. Climate change and energy security remain foreign policy priorities for the FCO; we keep future plans under constant review.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1559", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir James Duddridge"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Rochford and Southend East"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "James Duddridge"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2014-09-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2014-09-05T07:57:19.1804236Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "16"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign and Commonwealth Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Foreign and Commonwealth Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2014-09-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Climate Change"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the efficacy of his Department's work on climate change; and what future steps his Department plans to take to support international action on climate change.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1491", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Kerry McCarthy"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Bristol East"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Kerry McCarthy"} ], "uin" : "207805"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/90306", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/90306/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " <\/p> My officials have explained the handling of this case in separate correspondence. No such internal review took place as your initial request was made in a Parliamentary Question. The information on the post-mortems carried out during the culls as part of the monitoring of the humaneness of controlled shooting is now publicly available and can be found at:<\/p> <\/p> |