Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what consultancy contracts his Department issued in each year since 2005; what the (a) value, (b) purpose and (c) contractor was in each case; and whether the consultant's report is publicly available in each case.
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) who is responsible for (a) employing and (b) setting the salary of school improvement partners; (2) what advice he has given to (a) schools and (b) local education authorities on the starting salaries for school improvement partners; (3) what estimate he has made of the number of hours worked by school improvement...
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many nurseries closed in England in each of the last 10 years.
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2008, Official Report, column 1532W, on departmental ICT, how many of the missing or stolen (a) laptops, (b) mobile telephones and (c) personal digital assistants have been replaced by his Department; and at what cost.
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of primary schools in each London borough have achieved Healthy Schools status.
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Families Without Fear project in Brent.
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what foods are (a) prohibited and (b) discouraged in primary schools with Healthy Schools status.
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what organisations were funded by the Strengthening Families Grant in each of the last five years.
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children in each London borough took part in after-school sports in each year since 1997.
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many people in receipt of the education maintenance allowance subsequently did not complete the course of education for which the allowance was provided in each year since its inception; (2) how many people were in receipt of the education maintenance allowance in each London borough in each year since its inception.
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much his Department spent on sending mail overseas in each year since 2001, broken down by delivery company.
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what steps he took in choosing local authorities to take part in the COO-L positive activities bursary pilot.
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) primary and (b) secondary age children took music lessons in schools outside the national curriculum in each London borough in each of the last five years.
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many schools were closed in each London borough as a result of industrial action on 16 and 17 July 2008.
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the economic situation on the delivery of private finance initiative educational projects; and if he will make a statement.
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much surplus land his Department owns; and what the (a) area and (b) estimated monetary value of each site is.
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what comparative assessment he has made of the academic achievement of pupils living in (a) overcrowded housing, (b) temporary housing, (c) social housing and (d) private housing; (2) what (a) number and (b) proportion of children living in (i) overcrowded and (ii) temporary accommodation obtained five or more GCSEs...
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent steps his Department has taken on the conditions of employment for peripatetic teachers.
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much his Department and its predecessors have spent on branded stationery and gifts for (a) internal and (b) external promotional use in each of the last five years.
Sarah Teather: ...and Local Government portfolio. Personally, I am disappointed and sorry to see his predecessor, the hon. Member for Hartlepool (Mr. Wright), go to his new post as Under-Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, and I hope that the Minister will pass on my best wishes to him. It became almost a weekly ritual for us to debate housing in Westminster Hall, and he always made his...