The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Mann on 2015-12-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school academies do not follow the national curriculum.
Nick Gibb
The Department for Education does not hold information on the number of academies that do not follow the national curriculum.
Academies are not required to follow the national curriculum, but must teach a broad and balanced curriculum that includes English, mathematics, science and religious education.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Mann on 2015-12-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of any shortfall in the number of qualified mathematics teachers in each English region.
Nick Gibb
During the academic year 2014/15 there were 33,400 mathematics teachers in state-funded schools in England. The vacancy rate was low, with only 1.4% of all mathematics teaching posts in secondary schools vacant. Mathematics continues to be a popular subject for teacher training, with nearly 2,500 training in 2015/16. During this period we achieved 93% of our postgraduate initial teacher training (ITT) target in mathematics.
Each year we estimate the number of mathematics teachers we need to train using the Teacher Supply Model. This estimate is based on assumptions about pupil numbers, teaching practice, curriculum changes, and teacher deployment. The department does not hold estimates of shortfalls for teachers in any particular subjects or regions. It is up to schools to decide what teachers they need, in what specialisms and with what qualifications.
Nevertheless, we realise that within the context of a strong economy, recruitment for all STEM subjects is challenging. We have continued to offer scholarships and bursaries worth up to £25,000 tax free for those candidates entering mathematics initial teacher training in academic year 2016/17. Through the School Direct (salaried) route we provide schools with additional grant funding to boost trainees’ salaries in mathematics.
Furthermore, in March the Prime Minister announced a package worth up to £67 million to transform mathematics and physics teaching in England by recruiting 2,500 additional mathematics and physics teachers and providing subject knowledge training to 15,000 non-specialist serving teachers.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Barry Sheerman on 2015-12-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with internet service providers on preventing sexual abuse, cyber bullying and social media abuse of young people on the internet; and whether that industry adheres to a code of good practice on such matters.
Edward Timpson
I co-chair the UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS), along with from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Home Office and the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Internet Safety and Security. UKCCIS is a group of more than 200 organisations drawn from across government, industry, law, academia, and charity sectors that work in partnership to help keep children safe online. The four main internet service providers are executive members of the UKCCIS Board and the Board regularly discuss the best ways to prevent all forms of online abuse.
Under the UKCCIS, the UK’s Communications regulator, Ofcom, is leading a working group to develop best practice guidance for providers of social media for emerging social media platforms to encourage responsible practice from industry, and ensure children using their services are able to do so in a safe and protected way. This guidance will be delivered shortly. All the key players are round the table in this important collaborative project, including Twitter, Facebook, Google, Ask.FM, MindCandy and Microsoft.
The government will continue to work closely with social media companies to make sure they are committed to protecting children who use their platforms.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2015-12-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have received young carer assessments under the Children and Families Act 2014 since its implementation; and what proportion of young carers received services from the local authority to meet their needs following such an assessment.
Edward Timpson
This information is not available to the Department.
From April 2015, all young carers are entitled to an assessment of their needs for support by the local authority. These new provisions work alongside those in the Care Act 2014 for assessing adults to enable ‘whole family approaches’ to assessment and support. This means that when a child is identified as a young carer, the needs of everyone in the family will be considered. This will cause both children’s and adults’ support services to assess why a child has a caring responsibility, what needs to change, and what would help the family to prevent children from taking on this responsibility in the first place.
This reform is intended to ensure effective, joined-up support with the potential to offer a single point of professional contact for young carers and their families.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kirsten Oswald on 2015-12-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which weapons were identified in health and safety near misses reported by his Department involving an unplanned or faulty discharge in each of the last five years; and how many such near misses there were for each of those weapons in each of the those years.
Mark Lancaster
We are investigating the compilation of the requested statistics and I will write to the hon. Member in due course.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kirsten Oswald on 2015-12-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which weapons were identified in health and safety dangerous occurrences reported by his Department involving an unplanned or faulty discharge in each of the last five years; and how many such incidents there were for each of those weapons in each of those years.
Mark Lancaster
We are investigating the compilation of the requested statistics and I will write to the hon. Member in due course.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kirsten Oswald on 2015-12-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many health and safety near misses were reported by his Department in each of the last five years; and how many of those near misses involved the unplanned or faulty discharge of a weapon.
Mark Lancaster
We are investigating the compilation of the requested statistics and I will write to the hon. Member in due course.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kirsten Oswald on 2015-12-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many dangerous occurrences were reported by his Department to the Health and Safety Executive in each of the last five years; and how many of those incidents involved the unplanned or faulty discharge of a weapon.
Mark Lancaster
We are investigating the compilation of the requested statistics and I will write to the hon. Member in due course.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2015-12-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2015 to Question 19454, how many mental health specialists were employed by his Department in each of the last five years.
Mark Lancaster
The information requested is shown in the table below. The rounded figures are based on the Defence Medical Services manning returns for each year, and show the trained strength in each of the categories shown as at 1 October. Civilian numbers are not readily available prior to 2015.
|
2011 |
Regular |
Reserve |
Civilian |
Total |
|
Psychiatrist |
10 |
~ |
Not available |
20 |
|
Psychologist |
– |
– |
Not available |
– |
|
Mental Health Nurse |
120 |
50 |
Not available |
160 |
|
2012 |
||||
|
Psychiatrist |
20 |
~ |
Not available |
20 |
|
Psychologist |
– |
– |
Not available |
– |
|
Mental Health Nurse |
120 |
30 |
Not available |
150 |
|
2013 |
||||
|
Psychiatrist |
10 |
10 |
Not available |
20 |
|
Psychologist |
~ |
– |
Not available |
~ |
|
Mental Health Nurse |
120 |
50 |
Not available |
170 |
|
2014 |
||||
|
Psychiatrist |
10 |
~ |
Not available |
20 |
|
Psychologist |
~ |
– |
Not available |
~ |
|
Mental Health Nurse |
120 |
40 |
Not available |
160 |
|
2015 |
||||
|
Psychiatrist |
10 |
~ |
~ |
20 |
|
Psychologist |
~ |
– |
20 |
20 |
|
Mental Health Nurse |
110 |
40 |
20* |
180 |
*Mental Health Nurse (inc. Community Psychiatric Nurses)
In accordance with Defence Statistics guidance, all figures are rounded to the nearest 10; numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid systematic bias. Figures below 5 are denoted by ~; zero denoted by -.
Totals and sub-totals have been rounded separately and may not equal the sum of their rounded parts.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Danny Kinahan on 2015-12-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what funding has been received by organisations in Northern Ireland from the Community Covenant Grant Scheme.
Mark Lancaster
All of the applications from Northern Ireland under the first round of the 2015-16 Small Grant Covenant Grant Scheme were successful, amounting to just over £35,000. This is in addition to the £80,000 already awarded under the now closed Community Covenant Grant Scheme.
This funding is in addition to the £35 million of Libor money which the Chancellor agreed to transfer to support the Armed Forces community. The fund has supported 96 charities and good causes in a variety of ways across the UK. We anticipate that the Armed Forces community in Northern Ireland will benefit from a number of UK-wide projects which have received funding.