Sir Stephen Timms

11 Jul 2016 · Department for Education

Regional School Commissioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the (a) minutes and (b) agendas of the Regional School Commissioners Strategy Forum are published; and if she will make a statement.

11 Jul 2016 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Degrees

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of how many degree apprenticeship places will be taken up by 2020.

11 Jul 2016 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications of market uncertainty following the EU referendum for progress in meeting her target for creating new apprenticeships.

11 Jul 2016 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the maximum duration is of an apprenticeship.

7 Jul 2016 · Department for Education

Academies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what role a maintained school issued with an Academy Order to convert to academy status has in selecting its multi-academy trust or sponsor.

7 Jul 2016 · Department for Education

Pupils: Holidays

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what purposes the income from fines levied on parents in England who take their children out of school in term time is allocated.

7 Jul 2016 · Department for Education

Academies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support regional school commissioners are expected to provide to organisations in their area wishing to become an academy sponsor.

7 Jul 2016 · Department for Education

Academies: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to improve the performance of multi-academy trusts in which disadvantaged pupils perform below the national average for attainment and improvement.

7 Jul 2016 · Department for Education

Academies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department provides to multi-academy trusts to ensure governance and leadership structures are able to support effective expansion.

7 Jul 2016 · HM Treasury

Financial Services: Employment

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with stakeholders on the implication of the outcome of the EU referendum for future levels of employment in the UK financial services industry.

7 Jul 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Apprenticeship Levy: Temporary Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Apprenticeship Levy on the (a) changes made by and (b) finances of employment businesses that supply temporary workers.

6 Jul 2016 · Department for Education

Academies: Collective Worship

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many academies applied for an exemption from providing a broadly Christian daily act of collective worship in each year since 2010; and how many of those schools were defined as non-faith.

6 Jul 2016 · Department for Education

Academies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2016 to Question 40823, how many applications to expand a multi academy trust were refused in each year since 2010.

6 Jul 2016 · Department for Education

Academies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2016 to Question 40823, at how many academies did each regional school commissioner take formal intervention measures in 2015.

6 Jul 2016 · HM Treasury

Apprenticeship Levy: Agency Workers

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of excluding agency workers from the pay bill when determining a company's liability for paying the Apprenticeship Levy due to such workers' ineligibility for appre

5 Jul 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Health and Safety Executive: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to page 13 of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Business Plan 2016-17, what steps the HSE plans to take to meet the proposed nine per cent reduction to its funding by 2019-20.

5 Jul 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions: Advisory Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to increase the take-up of advice by people accessing pension freedoms.

5 Jul 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: GCSE

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many enlisted soldiers aged (a) under and (b) over 18 gained A*-C GCSE qualifications in (i) English and (ii) mathematics in the most recent year for which figures are available.

5 Jul 2016 · HM Treasury

Public Finance

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate when the Exchequer will next achieve a surplus.

28 Jun 2016 · Department of Health

Tuberculosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 27 April 2016 to Question 35139, how many people have been tested for latent TB infection in each month since the launch of the Collaborative TB Strategy in January 2015.

28 Jun 2016 · Department of Health

Tuberculosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 27 April 2016 to Question 35139, how many people need to be successfully treated for latent TB infection under the Collaborative TB Strategy's entrant screening programme to prevent

15 Jun 2016 · Home Office

Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken was to process Disclosure and Barring Service checks for (a) standard and (b) enhanced disclosures between 1 January and 31 March 2016.

15 Jun 2016 · Department for Education

Academies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what powers she has to prevent multi-academy trusts from expanding faster than their capacity to maintain a strong record on school improvement.

15 Jun 2016 · Department for Education

Academies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2016 to Question 40256, what steps she is taking to ensure that a school which is not required formally to consult about academy conversion takes into account the views of loca

15 Jun 2016 · Department for Education

Schools: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2016 to Question 40258, what the minimum number of responses is for results for a school to be published on Parent View.

15 Jun 2016 · Department for Education

Academies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which Commissioner would make the decision in a case where a multi academy trust operating in one region wished to expand by adding a school in another region.

15 Jun 2016 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that armed forces recruits aged between 16 and 19 without a GCSE in mathematics or English are prepared for later life outside the armed forces.

14 Jun 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether people who may be eligible for support through Access to Work are informed of this when they enter the Work Programme; and if he will make a statement.

14 Jun 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of his Department's full-time equivalent officials have been working on Access to Work policy and administration in each year since 2010.

14 Jun 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Apprenticeship Levy: Degrees

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on whether the cost of degree apprenticeships are supported from the proceeds of the apprenticeship levy.