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401 records in UK in 2015
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 September 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funds the HEFCE has allocated to (a) the Equality Challenge Unit and (b) the Athena SWAN programme in (i) 2014-15 and (ii) future financial years; and what effect his Department's ann
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 September 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much the Education Funding Authority paid for the Maddox offices site located in Birmingham Northfield.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 September 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Education Funding Authority first (a) had an interest in the Maddox offices property located in Birmingham Northfield, (b) entered negotiations with the site owners about purchasing that site and (c) a
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 September 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how she plans to ensure that there are sufficient A Level and GCSE examination markers in 2016; and if she will make a statement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 September 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the quality of provision of physical education and school sport in secondary schools.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 September 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Stroke-Act FAST campaign.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 September 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary school children are receiving more than two hours of physical education per week.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 September 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what provision is made in schools for young adults to learn about money management.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 September 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding has been allocated by his Department to the Stroke-Act FAST campaign in each year between 2009 and 2015.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 September 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to the Fifth Report from the Education Committee, Session 2014-15, HC 145, on Life Lessons: PSHE and SRE in Schools, published on 17 February 2015.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 September 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to Reviewing post-16 Education and Training Institutions, published by his Department on 20 July 2015, whether he plans to include (a) free schools for 16 to 19 year olds an
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 September 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2015 to Question 4788, for what reasons figures pertaining to the number of RAF visits to schools is no longer collected in a disaggregated format for Scotland, Northern Ireland,
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 September 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2015 to Question 4788, why figures pertaining to the number of army and RAF visits to schools in the academic years from 2012 to 2015 are lower than figures for earlier years prov
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 September 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to encourage students from the lowest socio-economic groups to apply to study medicine.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 September 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department gathers on the comparative performance of students with (a) A' level, (b) BTec and (c) IB qualifications in gaining entry to higher education institutions in England and Wales.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 September 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the removal of the cap on student numbers applies to (a) medical students and (b) the 7.5 per cent cap on UK medical school places for international students.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 September 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the change in the number of people applying to study medicine in 2014 relative to previous years; and if his Department will assess what effect (a)
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 September 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve the provision of education in prisons; and if he will make a statement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 July 2015
My hon Friend the Minister of State for Universities and Science (Jo Johnson) is publishing today the Government’s response to our consultation on improving quality and value for money at alternative providers of higher education. The Government has con...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2015
I am today confirming the student support package for higher education students undertaking a course of study in the 2016/17 academic year beginning in August 2016. Tuition fees and fee loans. For all new full-time students and eligible continuing ful...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2015
My hon Friend the Minister of State for Universities and Science (Jo Johnson) has today made the following statement. I am today confirming the student support package for higher education students undertaking a course of study in the 2016/17 academic y...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support is available for early years settings where Ofsted inspections have identified a need to improve provision for children with speech, language and communication needs; and from which sources such su
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what legal duties local authorities have to support early years settings in the identification of, and support for, children with speech, language and communication needs.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the reasons are for the distinction, made in the Annexes to his Department's response, published in March 2015, to its consultation on Support for Post-Graduate study, between taught
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to regulate Disney's use of logos, branding and product placement during its involvement in the Change4Life partnership.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 July 2015
The Government’s Productivity Plan: Fixing Foundations sets out the government’s ambition for a professional and technical education system that provides individuals with clear, high-quality routes to employment, and that supports the government’s overall...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 July 2015
My hon Friend the Minister of State for Skills (Nick Boles) has today made the following statement. The Government’s Productivity Plan: Fixing Foundations sets out the government’s ambition for a professional and technical education system that provides i...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what training and development is provided to staff in early years settings in (a) the identification of and (b) support for children with speech, language and communication needs.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many state-maintained primary schools in England have no male teachers on their permanent staff.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment Change4Life and Public Health England made of the effect on public perception of the Change4Life programme of entering into a partnership with Disney when selecting Disney for that partnership.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes to the adult skills budget on the long-term financial stability of the further education sector.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that Public Health England promotes good continence care via a national awareness campaign.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to make Ofsted inspections of (a) children's centres and (b) other early years settings as rigorous as inspection of primary and secondary schools.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of further education colleges reported a financial deficit in 2014-15.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of early years educators qualified to level 3 were working with children aged (a) two, (b) three and (c) four in each of the last five years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of early years educators qualified to Level 6 were working with children aged (a) two, (b) three and (c) four in each of the last five years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to improve awareness of Group B Strep infection.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on diabetes awareness advertisements in each of the last five years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that UK Aid resources in Pakistan are not used to purchase educational material for use in classrooms which promote religious intolerance.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the timetable is for his Department's analysis of the data from the skin cancer Be Clear on Cancer pilot.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to paragraph 3.13 of the report Fixing the foundations: creating a more prosperous nation, published in July 2015, what qualifications he intends to abolish; and if he will
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 July 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the sex and relationships education portion of the national curriculum focuses on sexual relationships and does not equally focus on relationships such as that between a mother and her young child, or relationships in t
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations she has received from (a) schools, (b) community groups and (c) other organisations on the future of examinations in (i) Turkish, (ii) modern Greek and (iii) other community languages.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department (a) has made and (b) plans to make of the benefits of pupils learning (i) Turkish, (ii) modern Greek and (iii) other community languages.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary and infant schools have signed up to (a) the Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring, Durham University, (b) Early Excellence and (c) the National Foundation for Educational Research for provision
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 July 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to encourage and support maintained secondary schools in enabling all pupils, including those who are not academically talented, to develop the confidence and interpersonal skills that will help t
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make representations to UCAS on releasing anonymised individual data on applications and admissions to universities for the purpose of research on access to higher education.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 July 2015
A Bill to require the Secretary of State to provide that Personal, Social, Health and Economic education (PSHE) be a statutory requirement for all state-funded schools; for PSHE to include Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) and education on ending violence against women and girls; to provide for initial and continuing teacher education and guidance on best practice for delivering and inspecting PSHE and SRE education; and for connected purposes.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department has allocated to (a) Northamptonshire and (b) the education authority with the highest spend per pupil in 2015-16; and what the national average is for such funding for each educ
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential correlation between the quality of personal, social, health and economic education provision at (a) primary and (b) secondary schools and the Ofsted results at thos