The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gerald Kaufman on 2014-05-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 24 March 2014 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr M Barnes.
Elizabeth Truss
My Rt. hon Friend, the Secretary of State, replied to the Rt. hon Gentleman’s letter on 25 April 2014.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Harriet Harman on 2014-05-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of schools in England provide the minimum level of cultural education proposed in Appendix A of Cultural Education: a summary of programmes and opportunities, published in July 2013; and if he will make a statement.
Elizabeth Truss
The Department for Education does not collect data on the number or proportion of schools in England providing the minimum level of cultural education proposed in Appendix A of Cultural Education: a summary of programmes and opportunities. Nor does the Department collect data on what proportion of pupils, of any age, have received the minimum level of cultural education it proposes.
The levels of cultural education the Appendix proposes are not mandatory, but are included as a point of reference for schools.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Hilary Benn on 2014-05-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the total number of refugees and asylum seekers from Syria resident in the UK.
James Brokenshire
While published statistics provide data on the number of Syrian’s who have
applied for asylum in the UK (4,714 between 2001-2013), how many have been
granted refugee status (2,182) or refused (2,065) and how many have been
removed (305 between 2004 and 2013), it is not possible to confirm the total
number of refugees and asylum seekers from Syria resident in the UK.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Simon Kirby on 2014-05-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will bring forward proposals to relocate (a) staff and (b) offices of her Department to Brighton; and if she will make a statement.
Mr Alan Duncan
DFID currently has dual UK headquarters in London and Scotland. We have no plans to relocate staff to Brighton.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Murphy on 2014-05-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to ensure that there is a renewed focus on the millennium development goals which have not yet been attained.
Justine Greening
Despite remarkable progress, some countries are off-track to meet MDG targets. In response, the Government has increased development assistance to fragile states, driven forward work to help unlock the potential of girls and women and focused more resources on creating the jobs, investment and growth that emerging and frontier markets need to escape poverty.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Luciana Berger on 2014-05-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people are employed full-time solely on accident prevention in (a) his Department and (b) Public Health England.
Jane Ellison
A number of Departmental and Public Health England staff work on areas relevant to accident prevention, but they are employed within teams with wider public health and social care interests rather than being solely employed full-time on accident prevention.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Fitzpatrick on 2014-05-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what written correspondence he has had with (a) the Mayor of London and (b) officials from Transport for London within the last 24 months regarding proposed river crossings east of Tower Bridge that are included within the Mayoral Transport Strategy; and how they impact on the options for the proposed Lower Thames Crossing.
Stephen Hammond
The Secretary of State for Transport has regular meetings with the Mayor of London at which a range of London transport measures are discussed. Other Ministers also discuss various London transport issues and projects with senior officials from Transport for London.
The Mayor of London wrote to the then Secretary of State for Transport on 1 June 2012 to request the designation of the proposed Silvertown tunnel as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project. The Secretary of State responded on 26 June 2012 outlining her agreement to grant the request.
On 16 July 2013, the Mayor of London wrote to me to respond to the Department’s consultation on the Lower Thames Crossing proposals.
The Department’s review of options for a new Lower Thames Crossing included a sensitivity test to assess whether the proposed Silvertown Crossing scheme would be likely to impact on the forecast flows for the existing Dartford crossing, and any potential new crossing. The conclusion of that test was that the effect was likely to be negligible. The review findings were published in May 2013 as part of consultation on the options.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2014-05-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of history lessons were taught by non-subject specialists in each of the last five years.
Mr David Laws
Information on the percentage of history lessons taught to pupils in years 7 to 13 by non-subject specialists is publicly-available online, and published in the Main Tables at the following links:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2010-provisional (Table 14)
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2011 (Table 14)
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2012 (Table 14)
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2013 (Table 13)
Data for 2009 is not available.
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ian Lucas on 2014-05-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Nigerian counterpart on the recent kidnapping of schoolgirls from Chibok, Nigeria.
Mark Simmonds
The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague) spoke to the Nigerian Foreign Minister on 18 April when he condemned the abductions and offered UK assistance in securing the release of the schoolgirls.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Fuller on 2014-05-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the public purse of maintaining court buildings which are not listed as closed and which had fewer than five cases listed each week for (a) three, (b) six and (c) 12 months.
Jeremy Wright
Providing a detailed response to these questions will require officials to manually collate data. This cannot be accomplished in the time available. My honourable friend Shailesh Vara will therefore write with a detailed response as soon as possible, and will place a copy of this letter in the library of the house.