The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-10-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of efficiency savings arising from his Department’s digital strategies in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
Brandon Lewis
As a result of cross-Government digital and technology strategies, £1.7 billion was saved in 2014/15. This sum was audited against a 2009/10 baseline.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-10-19.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to publish the socio-economic status of entrants to the Senior Civil Service, Fast Stream and Fast Track Apprentice Scheme.
Matthew Hancock
To govern modern Britain, the Civil Service needs to look and sound likemodern Britain. We need access to the broadest possible pool of talent, drawing on peoplefrom all backgrounds and all parts of the country.
The Civil Service is implementing a number of initiatives to recruit individuals from lower socio-economic backgrounds onto the Fast Stream and Fast Track Apprenticeship schemes, including internship programmes, schools and colleges mentoring and discovery days, work experience programmes and engagement with universities with a high representation of lower socio-economic students.
Information on the socio-economic status of recent appointees to the SCS was published in 2014,and the socio-economic status of Fast-Stream applicants has been published since 2011.
In 2015 16.8% of new joiners to the Fast Track Apprenticeship Scheme were from lower socio-economic backgrounds, up from 8.5% in 2013/14. From 2015 this data will be published as part of the Fast Stream applicants publication.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-10-22.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the number of secondary school teachers accessing continuing professional development in design and technology in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014 and (f) 2015 to date.
Nick Gibb
The government does not collect data on the number of teachers accessing professional development. Decisions relating to teachers’ professional development rest with schools, individual teachers and head teachers, who are in the best position to judge their own requirements.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-10-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of efficiency savings arising from her Department’s digital strategies in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
Nick Gibb
As a result of cross government digital and technology strategies, £1.7 billion was saved in 2014-15. This sum was audited against a 2009-10 baseline.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-10-20.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what contracts Government departments hold with Interserve PLC and Developments.
Matthew Hancock
Since January 2011, as part of the Government’s transparency programme, details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. Since 1 April 2015, wider public sector bodies, including local authorities, have also been required to publish details of contracts above the value of £25,000 on Contracts Finder.
Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at: http://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive
Those published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-10-22.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the number of (a) academies, (b) free schools and (c) maintained schools which do not include design and technology on the school curriculum.
Nick Gibb
The Department for Education does not hold information on the number of schools which do not include design and technology on the school curriculum.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-10-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) forced and (b) voluntary former unaccompanied asylum-seeking children returnees were not accepted by Afghanistan and sent back to the UK in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014 and (f) 2015 to date.
James Brokenshire
The information that has been requested is not recorded by the Department.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-10-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect of reducing bursaries for post-graduate primary teacher training on teacher recruitment.
Nick Gibb
We want to attract the best and brightest graduates into the profession. Teaching remains a hugely popular career with more teachers in England’s classrooms than ever before and record levels of top graduates entering the profession.
Bursaries are designed to incentivise applications in subjects where it is difficult to recruit. We review annually the recruitment performance and demand in all subjects to inform bursary levels. In 2015/16 primary initial teacher training recruitment is set to surpass our target.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-10-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what proportion of senior civil servants from his Department are from a lower socio-economic background.
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Information on the socio-economic background of all our staff is not centrally held and to compile it would incur disproportionate cost.
The FCO takes part in a number of schemes to encourage applicants from a lower socio-economic background.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-10-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many case workers in her Department received Keeping Children Safe Tier 3 training in 2014.
Karen Bradley
In 2014, 1,329 officials from Borders and Immigration casework and operational roles received Keeping Children Safe Tier 3 training.