Results 1-20 of 305 for speaker:Caroline Dinenage
- Upcoming Business – Commons: Westminster Hall (5 June 2013)
Strengthening the UK manufacturing sector through innovation – Caroline Dinenage.
- Written Answers — Education: Vocational Training (15 May 2013)
Caroline Dinenage: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what budget his Department has allocated to the Traineeships programme; and what information his Department holds on funding for that programme from other sources.
- Business of the House (9 May 2013)
Caroline Dinenage: I am sure the Leader of the House will join me in congratulating Portsmouth News and the Solent local enterprise partnership, which have worked together to introduce a successful “bridging the gap” scheme and used a £2.1 million regional growth fund bid to help generate local growth and boost local business. May we have a debate in the House to celebrate such successful,...
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Vocational Training (23 April 2013)
Caroline Dinenage: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether education and training provided through the Employer Ownership of Skills pilots will be inspected by Ofsted.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Education: Literacy and Mathematics (22 April 2013)
Caroline Dinenage: What steps he is taking to ensure that all pupils attain basic levels of literacy and mathematics before leaving school.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Education: Literacy and Mathematics (22 April 2013)
Caroline Dinenage: Given the evidence that parents who have lower levels of literacy and numeracy can be motivated to improve themselves in order to support their own children’s learning, will the Secretary of State explain what measures are being taken to support family learning programmes?
- Oral Answers to Questions — Education: Topical Questions (22 April 2013)
Caroline Dinenage: Given the vital role that vocational education plays in delivering the skilled work force of the future, will the Minister explain how the technical baccalaureate will raise standards of vocational courses and attract more learners?
- Written Answers — Health: General Practitioners (16 April 2013)
Caroline Dinenage: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans his Department has to make salaried and partnership working more attractive to recently qualified GPs than locum employment or emigration.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Armed Forces Covenant (15 April 2013)
Caroline Dinenage: Will my hon. Friend join me in congratulating Gosport borough council, which adopted its version of the military covenant at the tail end of last year? Will he update the House on the progress that has been made in the take-up of community covenants?
- Written Answers — Treasury: Tax Gap (12 March 2013)
Caroline Dinenage: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps the Government are taking to close the tax gap.
- British Retail — [Sir Alan Meale in the Chair] (6 March 2013)
Caroline Dinenage: Thank you, Sir Alan. I will speak really fast, and I apologise to anybody who cannot keep up with me. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Watford (Richard Harrington) on securing the debate. I also have a background in retail; my first job was at Marks and Spencer when I was 16, and I am still very good at packing groceries. The debate takes place against a backdrop of record...
- Written Answers — Health: Gosport War Memorial Hospital (5 March 2013)
Caroline Dinenage: To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the audit report conducted in October 2002 by Professor Richard Baker into the number of deaths at Gosport War Memorial Hospital will be published.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Education: Early Intervention and Child Care (4 March 2013)
Caroline Dinenage: As the Minister said, child care workers in England are paid barely more than the minimum wage. Does she agree that the present rigid staff-child ratios place a cap on wages and therefore on the quality of staff?
- Written Answers — Health: GP Recruitment (26 February 2013)
Caroline Dinenage: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to increase recruitment of GPs.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Jobcentre Plus (11 February 2013)
Caroline Dinenage: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether jobcentres use a standard instrument for diagnostic screening of weaknesses in English and mathematics skills.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Jobcentre Plus (11 February 2013)
Caroline Dinenage: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how the Jobcentre Plus mathematics and English screening process is evaluated.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Jobcentre Plus (11 February 2013)
Caroline Dinenage: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what criteria were used by jobcentre staff to select benefit claimants for screening to identify weaknesses in English and mathematics skills in 2012.
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Basic Skills (1 February 2013)
Caroline Dinenage: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the implementation of the literacy and numeracy proposals made in his 2011 New Challenges, New Chances report.
- Energy and Climate Change: Fuel Poverty (31 January 2013)
Caroline Dinenage: What steps his Department is taking to tackle fuel poverty.
- Energy and Climate Change: Fuel Poverty (31 January 2013)
Caroline Dinenage: The Government have recently consulted on a new definition of fuel poverty to ensure that help is targeted at those who need it most. Will the Minister confirm what progress has been made?