The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve McCabe on 2014-04-30.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools which cater for students with severe or complex disabilities have indicated to his Department that they plan to reduce provision for such students since December 2013; and what reasons have been given for these plans.
Mr Edward Timpson
This information is not collected centrally.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve McCabe on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 7 May 2014, Official Report, column 222W, on teachers: guidance, if she will place in the Library a copy of the guidance her Department provides to police services as to whether or not to notify arrests to regulators.
Damian Green
The guidance to police services on the Notifiable Occupations Scheme is
contained in "Home Office circular 6 / 2006 The notifiable occupations scheme:
revised guidance for police forces". This guidance is available on the
Government website gov.uk.
The scheme is currently under review.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve McCabe on 2014-06-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, to how many Freedom of Information requests on aid projects her Department has declined to provide information in each of the last 12 months.
Justine Greening
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) publishes a quarterly statistics bulletin concerning FOI responses from all government departments including DFID. The bulletin includes tables showing how many requests were granted in full, or resulted in some information being withheld or all information withheld. The MoJ statistics bulletin can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve McCabe on 2014-03-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place in the Library a record of the regions and sub-regions within the UK subject to the highest number of refusals of people seeking a visa to study in institutions in the UK.
James Brokenshire
The Home Office does not hold information on the numbers of Tier 4 visas
refused for study at institutions, by regions and sub-regions, within the UK in
the format requested and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve McCabe on 2014-04-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2014, Official Report, column 191W, on special edcuational needs, which local authorities will trial the First-Tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability) pilots.
Mr Edward Timpson
We have not yet selected the local authorities for the pilot.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve McCabe on 2014-04-30.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reason the empty home premium starts when a property first becomes empty rather than when a property is bought with the intention of renovating and occupying it.
Stephen Williams
The empty homes premium aims to reduce the total length of time for which properties are empty, not the length of time for which they are empty under a particular owner.
Since the power came into effect on 1 April 2013, 239 councils in England have introduced the empty homes premium. The number of long-term empty homes fell by 38,009 between October 2012 and October 2013.
Properties that are left empty due to the death of the occupier are exempt from council tax for up to six months after the granting of probate, or after letters of administration have been signed.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve McCabe on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions British passport holders were questioned on return to the UK in regard to problems with their child’s name on documentation in the last three years.
James Brokenshire
Border Force does not record the occasions when British parents have been
questioned about their child’s name on their return to the United Kingdom.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve McCabe on 2014-04-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to require all police referrals to the National College of Teaching and Leadership to include details of the school where the alleged teacher previously taught.
Mr David Laws
Referrals by the police to the National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) are currently made under the Notifiable Occupations Scheme, which is the responsibility of the Home Office (Home Office Circular No. 6/2006). The scheme is currently under review with new provisions being considered by the Home Office to supersede the existing scheme.
Officials at NCTL are in discussions with the Association of Chief Police Officers to ensure that the new scheme continues to provide consistent, timely and relevant information. Disclosure of the teacher’s current or last employment will be considered as part of those ongoing discussions.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve McCabe on 2014-04-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2014, Official Report, column 789-90W, on special educational needs, what support his Department is providing to Nasen.
Mr Edward Timpson
The Department for Education is providing funding of £918,000 to Nasen over two years to develop a special educational needs (SEN) gateway. This will provide professionals with access to free high-quality SEN resources and training materials to support children with SEN and disabilities.
The gateway will be designed primarily for educational professionals in schools, colleges and other educational settings rather than for parents, although they will be able access the gateway. It is due to be launched in May 2014.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve McCabe on 2014-04-30.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what average extra costs are incurred by disabled people as a result of their disability.
Mike Penning
We do not hold current information on the extra costs incurred by disabled people as a result of their disability.