Tag: Adrian Sanders

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Adrian Sanders on 2014-03-31.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to increase freedoms for special schools to design their own curriculum.

Mr Edward Timpson

The new national curriculum, to be taught from September 2014, sets out only the essential knowledge that all children should acquire, and leaves teachers to decide how to teach this most effectively and to design a wider school curriculum that best meets the needs of their pupils.

For all pupils with special educational needs (SEN), including those who attend special schools, lessons should be planned to ensure that there are no barriers to achievement. In many cases, such planning will mean that these pupils will be able to study the full national curriculum.

The SEN Code of Practice includes statutory guidance on identifying and supporting pupils with SEN and adapting teaching approaches to ensure they have access to the same opportunities as their peers.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Adrian Sanders on 2014-03-31.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to increase the involvement of practising teachers in the design of the national curriculum.

Elizabeth Truss

The new national curriculum, which was published on 11 September 2013, has been developed with due regard to the views of subject experts, teachers, and the findings of international best practice comparisons. Over 2,470 of the responses to the consultation on the new curriculum were from individual teachers, headteachers and schools. In response to the representations, changes were made to improve clarity, precision and consistency of the content.

We are confident that our reform to the national curriculum will give teachers greater flexibility and freedom than ever before, which will help to raise standards and expectations for all pupils. The national curriculum has been significantly slimmed down and will free up teachers to use their professional judgement to design curricula that meet the needs of their pupils.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Adrian Sanders on 2014-03-31.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to allow the IPCC to consider complaints regarding police conduct from third parties.

Karen Bradley

Section 12 of the Police Reform Act 2002 sets out who can complain to the
Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC). A person can be considered as
having been authorised to act on behalf of another for the purposes of making a
complaint if he or she has, and is able to produce, written consent from that
other person.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Adrian Sanders on 2014-03-31.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department provides to the police on managing public protests; and what discussions she has had with chief constables and the IPCC on the management of such protests.

Damian Green

Managing public protests is an operational matter for the police. Guidance on the management of public protests is contained in the College of Policing Authorised Professional Practice.

The Home Secretary and Home Office Ministers regularly meet with Chief Constables and the Independent Police Complaints Commission on a range of policing matters as part of the process of policy development, delivery and assurance.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Adrian Sanders on 2014-03-31.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many posts in his Department will be relocated to the South West in the next five years.

Mike Penning

The deployment of staff and efficient use of the departmental estate is always subject to review. At the present time, there are no plans to relocate Departmental staff to the South West in the next five years.