Children, Schools and Families

written question – answered on 8 December 2009.

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  • Academies: Finance

    To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families for each academy where the Government has agreed with sponsors to reduce capital funding contributions how much has been repaid...

  • Children: Day Care

    To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children attend (a) Sure Start facilities and (b) children's centres in Hampstead and Highgate constituency; and how...

  • Children: Day Care

    To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) Sure Start centres and (b) children's centres have been opened in North East Lincolnshire since 1997; and what...

  • Departmental Public Expenditure

    To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families with reference to Annex A of his Department's Annual Report 2009, pages 214-15, which programmes and allocations have been...

  • Departmental Scientists

    To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) scientific advisers and (b) civil servants in scientific posts there are in his Department.

  • Departmental Scientists

    To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families on how many occasions he has met (a) the Government chief scientific adviser and (b) his Department's chief scientific adviser...

  • Families: Advisory Services

    To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what criteria local authorities use to determine whether families should be referred to family group conferences.

  • GCSE: North East

    To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of pupils (a) were persistent absentees and (b) obtained five GCSEs at grade A* to C including English and...

  • Gifted Children: Milton Keynes

    To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of pupils in North-East Milton Keynes constituency have participated in gifted and talented programmes in each...

  • Home Education (1 annotation)

    To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children under the age of 16 years were being educated at home (a) at the latest date for which information is available...

  • KBR

    To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether his Department has entered into any contracts with Kellogg, Brown and Root or its subsidiaries since January 2009.

  • Pupils: Emotional Intelligence

    To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will bring forward proposals for the measurement of emotional intelligence of school pupils.

  • Schools

    To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of the value for money of public funding for school-based learning about international development.

  • Schools: Asbestos

    To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) in how many schools in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point has asbestos been found in the last three years; (2) if he will...

  • Schools: Electricity

    To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what third-party approvals are required when electrical cables and wires are installed in newly-built school premises.

  • Schools: Finance

    To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will bring forward proposals for the reform of the Dedicated School Grant to increase the amount disbursed to schools.

  • Schools: Finance

    To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will increase his Department's expenditure on schools in Herefordshire.

  • Schools: Standards

    To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which schools inspected since September 2009 were rated as inadequate; and if he will make a statement.

  • Secondary Education: Assessments

    To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many students in (a) year nine, (b) year 10 and (c) year 11 were entered for each accredited qualification in each subject...

  • Special Educational Needs: Young Offenders

    To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what his most recent estimate is of the proportion of young offenders who have special educational needs; and what educational...

  • Specialist Schools: Lincolnshire

    To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what specialist schools have been established in North-East Lincolnshire since 1997.

  • Teachers: Lincolnshire

    To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) teachers and (b) classroom assistants were employed in maintained schools in North East Lincolnshire (i) in 1997...