The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Lucas on 2015-10-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will commission an update to the research study of Recruitment, Deployment and Management of Supply Teachers in England commissioned by her Department in 2006; and if she will make a statement.
Nick Gibb
The Department for Education has no plans to commission an update to this research.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Lucas on 2015-10-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2015 to Question 2405, what the total cost to state-funded schools of hiring agency teachers was in (a) Brighton Pavilion constituency, (b) Brighton and Hove local authority area and (c) England in each year since 2010.
Nick Gibb
Information for the expenditure on agency supply teaching staff is available online in the following locations.
Spend data on agency supply staff by maintained schools at a national level is available in the publication ‘Expenditure by Local Authorities and Schools on Education, Children and Young People’s Services: 2013-14’ (Table 3), at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-education-and-childrens-services-spending-2013-to-2014
Spend data on agency supply staff by academies at a national level is available in ‘Income and expenditure in Academies in England: 2012 to 2013 (Experimental Statistics)’ (Raw data SATS table) at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/income-and-expenditure-in-academies-in-england-2013-to-2014
Detailed Information on the income and expenditure of local authorities and schools (including academies) can be found in the Department’s local authority and school finance data publications at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-local-authority-school-finance-data
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Lucas on 2015-10-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2015 to Question 36, if she will make it her policy to separately identify agency teachers in the annual School Workforce Census; and if she will make a statement.
Nick Gibb
The government believes that it is for schools to decide when it is appropriate to employ agency teachers; this allows schools to manage their resources and staffing structures in a way that meets local needs and priorities without central prescription from government. The annual School Workforce Census already captures sufficient information regarding the overall teacher employment position in each school.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Lucas on 2015-10-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2015 to Question 10626, what estimate his Department has made of the average cost to a claimant, including tribunal fees, time spent on case, travel and communication, and advice and representation, of issuing and pursuing an employment tribunal claim.
Nick Boles
For those on low incomes a remissions scheme exists allowing for partial or full remission fees paid.
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Type A claims (£) |
Type B claims (£) |
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Issue fee |
160 |
250 |
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Hearing fee |
230 |
950 |
The total cost to a claimant will vary depending on the length, complexity and outcome of the claim, and whether the claim goes to a tribunal hearing.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Lucas on 2015-10-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Policing, Crime and Criminal Justice, of 12 October 2015, Official Report, columns 32-36, what discussions she has (a) had and (b) plans to have with (i) her counterparts in other Government Departments and (ii) the pharmaceutical industry on the medical evidence and research that exists on the use of cannabis for medical treatment; and if she will make a statement.
Mike Penning
The Government’s position on the medicinal value of cannabis remains unchanged and no discussions are planned. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is open to considering marketing approval applications for further cannabis-based medicinal products.
The Home Office will continue to consider applications for Schedule 1 licences on their merits to enable trials of new medicines, subject to the appropriate ethical approvals where human trials are envisaged. The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, and regulations made under the Act, continue to facilitate research in this area.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Lucas on 2015-10-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to promote EU member states only sending animals to slaughterhouses which meet the standards set by the World Organisation for Animal Health.
George Eustice
The Government is committed to pressing for all EU Member States to ensure that animals are only sent to slaughterhouses that meet high welfare standards. To this end, we will continue working with the European Commission to build on the success of their workshop in the Lebanon in March, in raising awareness of the requisite slaughter standards within the region and further afield. We will also continue to make a significant contribution to the work of OIE and development of global standards on animal welfare at slaughter.
The comments made by Caroline Lucas, the Green Party MP for Brighton Pavilion, on Twitter on 7 November 2022.
PM has no credibility when he urges others at #COP27 to keep Glasgow commitments when his own Govt hasn’t met finance pledges, hasn’t raised ambition of UK emission cuts, is continuing fossil fuel subsidies, won’t rule out new coal and is greenlighting more oil & gas #WalkTheTalk
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Lucas on 2015-10-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers have been (a) allowed to continue on full duties, (b) placed on restricted duties and (c) suspended with figures following a death in custody and during an investigation for gross misconduct in each year since 2010.
Mike Penning
The Home Office does not hold data on the number of police officers allowed to continue on full duties, placed on restricted duties or suspended following a death in police custody or during an investigation for gross misconduct. The issue of deaths and serious incidents in police custody has long been a priority issue for the Home Office and on 23 July 2015, the Home Secretary announced the launch of an independent review of this issue.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Lucas on 2015-10-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the reasons are for the time taken to change regulations to allow mothers’ names to be recorded on marriage certificates; what timetable is in place for that change to be made; whether she has made an assessment of the feasibility of allowing that change to be phased in as marriage registers are replaced; and if she will make a statement.
James Brokenshire
The Home Office is working with all interested parties to confirm the most efficient and effective way to enable mothers’ names to be recorded on marriage certificates.
Achieving this is likely to require additional funding and changes to legislation, IT systems and administrative processes.
The Government will confirm a timetable for the introduction of the changes in due course.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Lucas on 2015-10-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the potential (a) total and (b) average cost per register of allowing mothers names to be recorded on marriage certificates.
James Brokenshire
The cost of replacing the registers is being assessed in conjunction with our work to determine the most efficient and effective way to enable mothers’ names to be recorded on marriage certificates.