Sarah Teather: ...in 2009 and 2010 by DCSF or other Government lawyers, including Parliamentary Counsel, or by outside counsel instructed by Government lawyers, on the questions (a) whether any amendment to the Children, Schools and Families Bill to give parents the right to withdraw their children from 'PSHE' until the age of 16 would or would not be incompatible with convention rights and (b) on the...
Sarah Teather: ...work together to support these children. We wish to ensure that the children whose education is covered by this guidance receive the education that they need. Legislation introduced in the Children, Schools and Families Act 2010 and to be commenced in September 2011 will ensure that all pupils without a mainstream school place are entitled to full time education unless medical needs make...
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of the relationship between class size and pupil achievement at (a) Key Stage 1, (b) Key Stage 2 and (c) Key Stage 3.
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of the relationship between pupil achievement and pupil attendance at (a) Key Stage 1, (b) Key Stage 2 and (c) Key Stage 3.
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much has been spent on replacing the former Department for Education and Skills with his Department including introducing a new corporate identity; and how much he expects total expenditure on transition to be.
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) mobile telephones, (b) personal digital assistants and (c) laptop computers issued to staff in his Department or its predecessor were reported (i) lost, (ii) missing and (iii) stolen in each year since 2001.
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 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ICT, how many of the missing or stolen (a) laptops, (b) mobile telephones and (c) personal digital assistants have been replaced by his Department; and at what cost.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 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 what religious groups his Department has corresponded with in the past 12 months over possible sponsorship of (a) an academy and (b) a trust school.
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of secondary school pupils in each London borough secured a place at their parents' (a) first, (b) second and (c) third choice of secondary school in each academic year since 1997.
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many people in his Department and its predecessors earned over £100,000 in each year since 1997.
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 27 November 2007, Official Report, column 380W, on departmental pay, how many of those earning over £100,000 were employed (a) as special advisers and (b) in a political role in each year since 1997.
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 many employees of his Department and its predecessors have been posted to work in offices of hon. Members of each political party in each of the last five years.
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 his Department received in 2008; and how many of these received a substantive response within 20 days.
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent representations he has received on the future of the London Refuge; and if he will make a statement.
Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of students in each London borough were unable to secure a secondary school place within their borough of residence in each of the previous five years.
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 how much his Department spent on sending mail overseas in each year since 2001, broken down by delivery company.