Tag: John Pugh

The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Pugh on 2015-10-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the figures for school absence in England were in each year since 2005.

Nick Gibb

Information on pupil absence in schools in England is available in the ‘Statistics: pupil absence’ series[1].

National absence figures between 2009 and 2014, can be found through the link to ‘Pupil absence in schools in England: 2013 to 2014’ in the spreadsheet named ‘National tables: SFR10/2015’.

Table 1.1 provides absence information across the first five half terms between 2009 and 2014.

National absence figures between 2005 and 2009, can be found through follow the link to ‘Pupil absence in schools in England, including pupil characteristics: academic year 2009 to 2010’.

[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-pupil-absence

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Pugh on 2016-01-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government plans to take to improve transparency to aid consumer choice on broadband providers.

Mr Edward Vaizey

As well as clear information about broadband speeds, consumers also need to understand costs to exercise effective choice. We expect the Advertising Standards Authority, following research it published in January, to produce new standards to make advertised broadband prices clearer by the end of May.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Pugh on 2016-03-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the level of variation in waiting times for GP appointments.

Alistair Burt

We do not measure waiting times for a GP appointment. However, the GP Patient Survey shows variation between different demographic groups in patients’ experience of being able to book an appointment.

The Government is committed to improving access to GP services and ensuring that patients can access evening and weekend appointments by 2020.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Pugh on 2016-10-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, approximately how many (a) British and (b) non-British nationals are employed cleaning the Westminster estate of her Department.

Caroline Dinenage

All Government Departments are bound by legal requirements concerning the right to work in the UK and, in addition, the Civil Service Nationality Rules.

Evidence of nationality is checked at the point of recruitment into the Civil Service as part of wider pre-employment checks, but there is no requirement on departments to retain this information beyond the point at which it has served its purpose.

More broadly, the Government will be consulting in due course on how we work with business to ensure that workers in this country have the skills that they need to get a job. However, there are no proposals to publish lists of the number or proportion of foreign workers.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Pugh on 2016-10-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, approximately how many (a) British and (b) non-British nationals are employed cleaning the Westminster estate of her Department.

Dr Phillip Lee

The Ministry of Justice does not employ cleaning staff. Cleaning of the Ministry of Justice’s estate is outsourced. The contract requires that all contracted staff have undergone the necessary pre-employment checks and have the right to work in the UK.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Pugh on 2016-10-07.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, approximately how many (a) British and (b) non-British nationals are employed cleaning the Westminster estate of his Department.

Simon Kirby

The cleaning service at HM Treasury is provided through a service contract, let by the landlord for 1 Horse Guards Road (Exchequer Partnership). HM Treasury does not directly employ cleaners.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Pugh on 2015-10-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many English secondary schools belong to an academy trust which has more than one school.

Edward Timpson

As of 29 October 2015, there are 1,093 English schools which provide some form of secondary education and are part of academy trusts with more than one school.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Pugh on 2016-01-20.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to increase the compensation available to Equitable Life pensioners.

Harriett Baldwin

There are no plans to review the payments made by the Equitable Life Payment Scheme. The Scheme closed to new claims on 31^st December 2015. However, the annual payments to With-Profits annuitants will continue unaffected for the duration of their annuity.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Pugh on 2016-03-21.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were permanently excluded from school during Key Stages 1 and 2 in (a) academies and (b) community schools in each of the last five years.

Nick Gibb

Information on the number of permanent exclusions in state-funded primary schools is published at national and regional level in the Permanent and fixed-period exclusions in England[1] series. Information on the number of permanent exclusions in primary academies from 2010/11 to 2013/14 inclusive can be found in Table 18a of the 2013/14 release and Table 16a of the equivalent release for earlier years.

[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-exclusions

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Pugh on 2016-10-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, approximately how many (a) British and (b) non-British nationals are employed cleaning the Westminster estate of her Department.

George Eustice

This information is not held. The cleaners for Defra’s Westminster estate are provided by Interserve (Facilities Management) Ltd. The contract with the supplier requires them to follow all the appropriate checks when employing non British nationals, but the supplier has advised that they do not keep internal statistics about employees being British or non-British.