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451 records in UK in 2015
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 July 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Nash on 16 June (HL521) concerning schools' compliance with sections 406 and 407 of the Education Act 1996, whether they are aware of campaigns by the European Commission to promote th
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her plans are for future funding of education and training for 16 to 19 year olds.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the provision of technical education.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to eliminate cheating by students and teachers in GCSE and A-level coursework and controlled assessments.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to improve access to postgraduate education.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations she has received on cheating by students and teachers in GCSE and A-level examinations and coursework.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to make it easier for whistleblowers to come forward when rules are broken by teachers, students and schools in SATS tests, GCSEs and A-levels.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Primary School Sport Partnerships there are in each local authority.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary schools are engaged in Primary School Sport Partnerships.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect of Primary School Sport Partnerships on participation in sport.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of primary schools in (a) Bristol South constituency, (b) Bristol and (c) England received a mark of good or outstanding according to their most recent inspections.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2015 to Question 2952, if she will make it her policy to secure accredited Living Wage Employer status for her Department from the Living Wage Foundation.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what meetings her Department has had with trades unions in the last 12 months.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to increase awareness of the symptoms of oesophageal cancer among (a) GPs and (b) the wider public.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the results of the Be Clear on Cancer pilot scheme in 2014; and if this scheme will be repeated nationally in the future.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the findings of the study funded by the Education Endowment Foundation into the effect on primary schools pupils' ability in mathematics an
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the name, responsibilities and pay band are of each special adviser in her Department.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 July 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will list those persons appointed as chairs of non-departmental public bodies by the Department for Education.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local spending bodies in the city of Birmingham (a) her Department is responsible for and (b) draw on funds voted to her Department.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 July 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures they plan to include in the baseline assessment of children starting primary school being trialled in September.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of the overall adult skills and apprenticeships budget the Government plans to devolve to local areas.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in (a) Lewisham, Deptford constituency, (b) the London Borough of Lewisham and (c) Greater London leave primary education with (i) reading, (ii) writing and (iii) mathematics graded at Level (
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which qualifications in religious education her Department has approved for teaching in publically-funded schools.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much of the Adult Skills Budget is spent in each local authority area.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to promote awareness of scleroderma to health professionals and the wider public.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 26 March 2015 to Question 228861, what support and advice her Department offers to local authorities which are having difficulty in getting young people to participate in educati
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 26 March 2015 to Question 228861, what mechanism her Department has in place to master those areas of the country which have higher than average levels of 16 and 17 year olds not
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 July 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many students in England are studying (1) full-time undergraduate degrees, (2) foundation degrees, and (3) other undergraduate degrees; and of each group, how many students are studying at (a) universities, and (b) furt
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 July 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 6 July (HL793), what assessment they have made of the decline in the number of undergraduates in the part-time sector between the academic years 2009–10 and 2013–1
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential benefits of a national funding formula for early years education.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will increase the adult skills budget to (a) increase the non-apprenticeship elements and (b) maintain funding for the apprenticeship element at current levels; and if he will make a
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to tackle regional discrepancies in primary age reading levels.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Leeds and (c) Leeds North West constituency leave primary education with (i) reading, (ii) writing and (iii) mathematics each graded at (A) Level 1, (B) Level 2, (C)
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of ovarian cancer.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her private Ministerial office spent on (a) tea and coffee, (b) wine, (c) alcoholic refreshments other than wine and (d) bottled water in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) civil servants and (b) special advisers in her Department are entitled to the use of a (i) car with a dedicated driver, (ii) car from the Government car pool and (iii) taxi ordered through a depart
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what instructions have been given to staff in her Department dealing with freedom of information requests on the application of Freedom of Information Act Awareness Guidance No. 19, issued by the Information Co
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on how many occasions her Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on how many occasions her Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding has been devoted to education projects in African countries in each of the last five years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that early years education is adequately funded on a per capita basis for the lifetime of the Parliament.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to work with local authorities to support the expansion of over-subsidised rural primary schools.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 July 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to introduce relationship skills to the school curriculum.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 July 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to review the higher education regulatory framework.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 July 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how the take-up of advice given on National Health Service websites about preventing spina bifida is currently monitored.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 June 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to publish a response to the Government's consultation on support for postgraduate study; and what deadlines he or officials in his Department have set in relation to this pr
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 June 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2015 to Question 3461, what steps his Department is taking to increase uptake of adult skills training in the West Midlands; and if he will make a stateme
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 June 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on educating the children of service personnel based in Germany in each year since 2010; and how many pupils have been so educated.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 June 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to inform the public of steps to take to minimise damage to health during periods of severe hot weather.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 June 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations she has received from local authorities (a) in and (b) outside London on the effect on education services in their area of out of area placements for homeless families; and if she will make