The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Storey on 2014-06-17.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to extend summer school initiatives to help disadvantaged children improve their levels of attainment after the summer of 2014.
Lord Nash
A decision on whether to extend the Department for Education’s summer schools programme in 2015 will be made towards the end of 2014, in light of information gathered on this year’s summer school programme.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Storey on 2014-03-06.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what regard they have given to pupil reflection in the new national curriculum.
Lord Nash
The new national curriculum, to be taught from September 2014, reflects a body of essential knowledge and core concepts in key subjects. The Government does not believe that it is appropriate for the national curriculum to set out how teachers should teach, or how they should structure their school day. The national curriculum has been slimmed down to allow teachers more flexibility to use their professionalism and expertise to create lessons that really inspire and engage their pupils, and help them to develop deeper knowledge and understanding of materials.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Storey on 2014-06-17.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to allow colleges to provide free meals transactions on individual student smart cards.
Lord Nash
We published guidance for further education funded institutions, including colleges, on 16 April setting out full details of the requirement on institutions to provide free meals to their disadvantaged 16- to 18-year-old students from September 2014.
Exactly how those requirements are met is for individual institutions to determine, and will depend on current practices and systems already in place. Institutions have the flexibility to be able to provide either a meal or a voucher or credit for the student to exchange for a meal. Smart cards would be an ideal way to make such provision.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Storey on 2014-03-06.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government which former Prime Ministers have been given public duty cost allowances; how much those allowances were; and which specific and itemised duties they performed.
Lord Wallace of Saltaire
The amounts paid in 2011-12 and 2012-13 are as follows:
|
2011/12 |
|
|
Gordon Brown |
£114,998.17 |
|
Baroness Thatcher |
£109,191.00 |
|
John Major |
£115,000.00 |
|
Tony Blair |
£115,000.00 |
|
2012/13 |
|
|
John Major |
£114,996.00 |
|
Gordon Brown |
£100,315.68 |
|
Baroness Thatcher |
£74,087.76 |
|
Tony Blair |
£115,000.00 |
The current limit for the PDCA is £115,000. The limit is reviewed on an annual basis.
Former Prime Ministers will continue to receive the PDCA if they are a sitting MP, provided they are not serving as Leader of the Opposition.
Claims are processed by the Cabinet Office and form part of the annual audit of Cabinet Office expenditure.
All former Prime Ministers are provided with guidance on the PDCA. A copy of this has been placed in the Library of the House.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Storey on 2014-06-17.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many schools will not have the facilities to provide hot meals in September.
Lord Nash
The Department for Education is providing funding, expert advice and support to assist schools in offering hot meals to all infant pupils from September.
There will be a range of ways that hot meals are provided in schools, with some being fully prepared on site and others transported in. The vast majority of schools are on track to offer free school meals to all their infant pupils in September, and we have made it clear that we expect them either to offer hot options immediately, or to work towards doing so as soon as possible.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Storey on 2014-03-26.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many individuals who came to the United Kingdom as unaccompanied children between 2005 and 2010 (1) eventually settled in the United Kingdom, (2) left voluntarily, and (3) were removed.
Lord Taylor of Holbeach
The number of unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC) granted indefinite leave to remain between 1st October 2006 and 31st December 2010 is 661.
Numbers of voluntary removals of UASC by year from 1st October 2006 to 31st December 2010:
|
Year of application |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
Total |
|
Total |
7 |
28 |
23 |
14 |
14 |
86 |
Numbers of enforced removals of UASC by year from 1st October 2006 to 31st December 2010:
|
Year of application |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
Total |
|
Total |
9 |
29 |
28 |
21 |
9 |
96 |
Please note:
• ‘Unaccompanied children’ have been interpreted as unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC) in answering this question.
• All figures quoted above are management information which has been subject to internal quality checks.
• Data on UASC was not formally recorded on the Home Office’s Case Information Database until 1st Oct 2006.
• The above data does not necessarily relate to individuals who arrived in the UK in the period specified. The action referred to in the response may relate to a person who arrived in the UK in a previous year.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Storey on 2014-06-17.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to ensure that cookery is included in the curriculum as part of design and technology lessons.
Lord Nash
All pupils should be taught to cook and to apply the principles of nutrition and healthy eating. Design and Technology (D&T) is compulsory for all maintained schools from key stages 1 to 3 and the new D&T curriculum, which will be in force from September 2014, strengthens the requirements on schools to teach about food at primary and secondary. At primary, the curriculum will ensure pupils are taught about healthy eating, where food comes from and to prepare and cook a range of dishes. At secondary, for the first time, cooking will be compulsory at key stage 3: teachers will be also required to cover nutrition, diet and where food comes from.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Storey on 2014-03-26.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many former unaccompanied children who have exhausted their appeal rights have been served with removal directions in each of the last five years, and to date in 2014.
Lord Taylor of Holbeach
For the purpose of answering this question, ‘unaccompanied children’ has been interpreted as unaccompanied asylum seeking children.
The following table gives data on the number of removal directions (RD) set for formerunaccompanied asylum seeking children who have exhausted their appeal rights from 2009 to 2013.
|
Year Removal Direction was set |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
Total |
|
Individuals with Removal Direction set |
29 |
82 |
188 |
146 |
158 |
603 |