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51 records in UK in 2015
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many press and public relations staff are employed by (a) her Department, (b) Ofqual, (c) Ofsted, (d) the National College for Teaching and Leadership, (e) the Office of the Children's Commissioner and (f)
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of statutory PSHE education for the health of school pupils; and if she will make a statement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health on the Chief Medical Officer's recommendations that PSHE education be made a routine part of children's education.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the Chief Medical Officer's recommendations that PSHE education be made a routine part of children's education.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much has been spent on the education of illiterate offenders in a prison setting in each of the last 10 years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what educational provision there is for offenders who are unable to read or write.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what funding is available for illiterate prisoners to learn to read and write and to receive education while in prison.
United Kingdom · House of Lords · 16 December 2015
United Kingdom · House of Lords · 16 December 2015
United Kingdom · House of Lords · 16 December 2015
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she has made to (a) Public Health England and (b) the Department of Health on the inclusion of (i) environmental criteria and (ii) the work of her Department's Gre
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Part 1 of the Education and Skills Act 2008, what assessment he has made of whether all armed forces personnel aged 16 and 17 are able to study for 280 guided learning hours per year towards acc
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which trades unions will be represented in the proposed Institute for Apprenticeships.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of medical students in England and Wales are white men from a working class background.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Nash on 9 December (HL3996), what assessment is being made of the impact on the provision of child and adolescent mental health services, broader special needs support and psychologica
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people took up ESOL Plus Mandation courses in each year such courses were available.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many funded learners there were enrolled on English for speakers of other languages further education courses in institutions in (a) Hampstead and Kilburn constituency and (b) London i
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Independent Adjudicator can monitor the implementation by higher education institutions of provision for disabled students who do not
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what consultations he or officials in his Department have had with (a) further education college representatives, (b) further education providers and (c) sector skills councils about the s
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that children and young people acquire the skills necessary to make healthy food choice.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to promote coding as part of the curriculum or otherwise amongst young people.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, on the current definition of "coasting", what percentage of secondary schools with an average KS2 points score of (1) below 26, (2) 26–28, (3) 28–30, and (4) more than 30, would achieve the required benchmarks with regards
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, on the current definition of "coasting", what percentage of secondary schools with an average KS2 points score of (1) below 26, (2) 26–28, (3) 28–30, and (4) more than 30, would achieve the required benchmarks with regards
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, on the current definition of "coasting", what percentage of primary schools that are (1) sponsored academies, and (2) maintained schools, broken down by decile of KS1 points score, would be identified as coasting on their
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, on the current definition of "coasting", what percentage of secondary schools with an average KS2 points score of (1) below 26, (2) 26–28, (3) 28–30, and (4) more than 30, would be defined as coasting on their (a) 2014, an
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the relationship will be between the new Institute for Apprentices and the industry-led body that will administer the Apprenticeships Levy.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidance his Department provides to service personnel on choosing state and private schools for their children's education.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will publish all guidance it has issued to schools and colleges for the implementation of PREVENT strategy activities for all age groups.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance the UK has provided to the government of Nigeria for (a) development of the education system in that country and (b) promotion of education aimed at countering extremist ideologi
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect of the National Funding Formula on (a) schools, (b) teachers and (c) pupils in Liverpool.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the time needed to devolve the adult skills budget; and if he will make a statement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the costs of implementing the Teaching Excellence Framework.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase educational attainment among white boys from low-income socio-economic groups.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of Article 2, section 1(b)(xiv) of EU Regulation 235/2014 and the Council of Europe Charter on Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education, what action they have taken, and what action they
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2015
We have today announced that we will table a substantive Government amendment to the Education and Adoption Bill.The Bill fulfils the Government’s manifesto commitment to raise standards across the country by speeding up the process by which failing maint...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2015
A meeting of the Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council was held in Brussels on 24 November. Fiona Hyslop, Scottish Government Minister for Culture, Europe, and External Affairs, represented the UK for the cultural and audio-visual section of the Cou...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2015
My honourable friend the Secretary of State for Education has today made the following statement:We have today announced that we will table a substantive Government amendment to the Education and Adoption Bill.The Bill fulfils the Government’s manifesto c...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2015
My Honourable Friend the Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy (Mr Ed Vaizey) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. A meeting of the Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council was held in Brussels on 24 November. Fiona Hys...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to increase participation in part-time higher education courses in STEM subjects.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2015 to Question 9945, who conducted the independent evaluations of 2007 and 2013; against what criteria the evaluations concluded that the curriculum prom
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2015 to Question 18390, if she will include within the scope of character education referred to teaching on the dangers of problem gambling.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to section 11.9 of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, what steps he plans to take to achieve £360 million in efficiencies and savings in adult skills.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of recent changes to the student opportunity fund on the number of people from disadvantaged backgrounds entering higher education.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress his Department is making on doubling the proportion of people from disadvantaged backgrounds entering higher education by 2020.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 2.64 of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, how she plans to make £600 million savings from the Education Services Grant; and if she will make a statement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 December 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the estimated cost per pupil of auditing the accounts of a 1,000-pupil secondary school, in (1) the maintained sector, and (2) the academy sector.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 December 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the reasons for closing the Routes into Languages project, what research informed that decision, and what assessment they have made of the consequences of closing that project.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 December 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, what measures they will use to determine whether higher education institutions are delivering effective outcomes for widening access and social mobility.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 December 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, how they will assess higher education institutions to determine whether they are delivering effective outcomes for widening access and social mobility.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 December 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the annual £210 million ring-fenced funding for adult community education is to be continued; and if not, what level of funding such community education will receive in future.