The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Griffiths on 2015-11-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which (a) primary and (b) secondary schools had more than (i) five, (ii) seven and (c) 10 per cent of pupils defined as children in need in the most recent year for which figures are available; and how many such pupils there were at each of those schools.
Edward Timpson
The information requested is not available.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Griffiths on 2015-11-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in need whose primary assessment of need was abuse or neglect were within 12 months of a previous referral in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Edward Timpson
The information requested is not available.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Griffiths on 2015-11-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many children in families on the troubled families programme were classified as in need in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Greg Clark
My Department does not hold information on specific numbers of children classified as ‘Child in Need’ on the current Troubled Families Programme.
However, for the original Troubled Families Programme, which ran from 2012 – 2015, it was estimated that 23% of families contained one or more children with a Child in Need status.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Griffiths on 2016-01-25.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the (a) potential merits and (b) cost to the public purse of extending the class 1 secondary national insurance contributions exemption for employees aged under 21 to include employees aged under 25.
Mr David Gauke
The Government is determined to support young people into work. The existing Employer NICs relief for under 21 year olds recognises that the problem of youth unemployment is most acute for those at the youngest end of the scale. The Employer NICs relief for apprentices under 25 (to be introduced this April) focuses resources on those seeking to gain skills and experience through an apprenticeship to improve their employment prospects.
HM Revenue and Customs does not routinely estimate the cost of extending tax or NICs reliefs, so an accurate assessment of the cost of extending the Employer NICs relief to all under 25s is not available. However, the Government keeps all taxes and tax reliefs under review as a matter of course. Any decision on extending these existing NICs reliefs would depend on whether this would offer value for money in helping young people find and stay in work.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Griffiths on 2015-10-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Groceries Code Adjudicator in assisting farmers who have been unfairly treated by large retailers.
Anna Soubry
The Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) regulates the relationships between the ten largest supermarkets and their direct suppliers only. The Groceries Code Adjudicator Act 2013 requires the Secretary of State to conduct and consult on a review every three years into the operational effectiveness of the GCA. The first of these reviews will cover the period from the establishment of the GCA in June 2013 to March 2016.
The Act requires that the review must, in particular:
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Griffiths on 2015-10-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have been classified as in need (a) once, (b) twice, (c) three times and (d) four times (i) in the last 12 months and (ii) during their lifetimes.
Edward Timpson
The information requested is not available.
The proportion of referrals to children’s social care which were within 12 months of a previous referral by local authority, however, is published in the characteristics of children in need statistical first release in table C1 here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/characteristics-of-children-in-need-2013-to-2014
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Griffiths on 2015-10-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children in need achieved five A* to C grades at GCSE, including English and mathematics, in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Nick Gibb
The requested information for 2013-14, the most recent year available, was published in table L5 of the ‘Additional tables’ available online here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/characteristics-of-children-in-need-2013-to-2014
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Griffiths on 2014-06-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children receive free school meals in each (a) free school and (b) local authority area where a free school has been established.
Mr David Laws
Information on the percentage of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals was included in the publication ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2014′.[1]
Information on the percentage of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals in individual schools, including free schools, is provided in the publication’s underlying data. This includes school type and local authority.
Table 8a in the publication shows the percentage of pupils in state-funded nursery and primary schools known to be eligible and claiming free school meals by each local authority area. Table 8b shows the percentage of pupils in state funded secondary schools known to be eligible and claiming free school meals by each local authority area. Table 3 shows the percentage of pupils known to be eligible for and claiming free school meals in free schools nationally.
[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2014
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Griffiths on 2014-06-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the total value of public service contracts that were awarded by (a) his Department and (b) NHS bodies to voluntary sector organisations in the last year for which figures are available.
Dr Daniel Poulter
The total value of public service contracts awarded by the Department on voluntary sector organisations’ contracts in 2012-13 was £39.77 million and for NHS bodies, which is taken to mean primary care trusts (PCTs), the equivalent was £542.76 million.
Prior to their abolition in 2013, the vast majority of healthcare commissioned by the NHS was directly through PCTs, who were responsible for commissioning healthcare from providers based on the needs of their local population.
2013-14 information for both the Department and NHS bodies will not be available until the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts 2013-14 are published later in the year.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Griffiths on 2014-06-25.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the (a) total value of public service contracts that have been awarded to voluntary sector organisations in each year since 2008-09 and (b) proportion of overall public expenditure which was spent on public service contracts with voluntary sector organisations in the last year for which figures are available.
Mr Francis Maude
Since January 2011 Government departments have published information on the contracts they award on Contracts Finder: www.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/
Central government departments publish their expenditure with Voluntary and Community Sector organisations as part of their Quarterly Data Summaries (QDS): http://www.gist.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/oscar/
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