Laurence Turner MP: written questions
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National Curriculum Tests: ScienceDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22207More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Standards and Testing Agency's publication of 20 July 2022, entitled Information: primary assessments in the 2022/23 academic year, for what reason it was decided not to undertake further
Answer: Statutory teacher assessment of science is undertaken annually at the end of key stage 2 for all pupils in the relevant cohort. Between 2014 and 2020, biennial national science sampling tests were used to supplement this teacher assessment data, with a na...
Answered 9 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordEducational Institutions: Air ConditioningDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21863More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending the provision of air cleaning units to education facilities.
Answer: The department regularly reviews its guidance to ensure that it aligns with best practice and industry standards, to deliver high-quality school environments.Between January 2022 and April 2023, the department provided over 9,000 air cleaning units to ove...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Air PollutionDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21862More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made on the guidance for schools on mitigating poor air quality.
Answer: The department regularly reviews its guidance to ensure that it aligns with best practice and industry standards, to deliver high-quality school environments.Between January 2022 and April 2023, the department provided over 9,000 air cleaning units to ove...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCriminal Injuries Compensation: BirminghamMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21861More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people in Birmingham received awards under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and what the value of those awards was.
Answer: The table below provides the number of compensation awards paid in each of the last five calendar years to applicants living in Birmingham. Number of compensation awards paid to applicants living in Birmingham* **:Calendar YearNumber of awards paidTotal v...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachersDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21860More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 11 December 2014 to Question 217660 on Teachers, whether the programme of talks referred to is ongoing.
Answer: Following the 2024 general election, the Programme of Talks forum was stood down to enable the department to develop new and improved ways of working with employer organisations, unions and other key stakeholders. This government is committed to resetting...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFlexible Working TaskforceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21859More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2024 to Question 20334 on Flexible Working, on what dates the Flexible Working Taskforce met in 2023.
Answer: The Flexible Working Taskforce met once in 2023, on April 24th. The government has continued to engage with stakeholders on a regular basis to discuss flexible working and related issues.
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordTrain Operating Companies: CompensationDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21858More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the net cost to the public purse was of Schedule 4 and Schedule 8 compensation to operators for disruption on the rail network in 2023-24.
Answer: Schedule 4 and Schedule 8 compensation transactions are primarily between bodies whose costs and revenues are included in the Department for Transport’s group budgets, therefore these have no net cost to the exchequer.
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAcademies and Further Education: Fraud and MaladministrationDepartment for EducationTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21857More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 98 of the Education and Skills Funding Agency's publication entitled Annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024, published on 29 July 2024, if she will break down the tab
Answer: The information requested can be found in the attached table.
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNon-teaching Staff: Conditions of EmploymentDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21253More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the (a) number and (b) proportion of school support staff in state-funded schools in England who are employed on (i) zero-hour and (ii) term time-only contracts.
Answer: Information on the school workforce is published in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical publication here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england.The school workforce census does not collec...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: PayDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Dec 2024WithdrawnUIN 21252More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2024 to Question 18795, on Classroom Assistants: Pay, if she will provide average full-time salary data in each of the last five years for (a) newly qualified teachers, (b)
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordRoads: BirminghamDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20774More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what payments her Department has made to Birmingham City Council in support of the Birmingham roads PFI contract in each financial year from 2020-21 to 2024-25; and what was the total value of payments to the p
Answer: The Department has paid Birmingham City Council (BCC) a little over £50 million a year, broken down into quarterly payments of £12.6 million, from 2020-21 to 2024-25 in support of its PFI contract for its local highways. Payments from the council to its p...
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: StatisticsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20337More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the Office for Statistics Regulation's publication entitled OSR’s statement on the Labour Force Survey-derived
Answer: Putting the best evidence at the heart of policy development is critical to achieving the Department’s objective of supporting businesses to invest, grow and export, creating jobs and opportunities across the country. The Department has been engaging with...
Answered 24 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: StatisticsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20336More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the Office for Statistics Regulation's publication entitled OSR’s statement on the Labour Force Survey-der
Answer: The Department uses the data and outputs from both the Labour Force Survey and Annual Population Survey to feed into some of our own statistical products. We recognise the importance of these surveys, and whilst it is disappointing that the accredited off...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordTreasury: StatisticsTreasuryTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20335More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of the Office for Statistics Regulation's publication entitled OSR’s statement on the Labour Force Survey-derived estimates an
Answer: Data from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) remains subject to a number of quality concerns following a fall in response rates and are currently badged as official statistics in development. As set out in its December 2024 Labour Market Overview,[1] the Offic...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFlexible WorkingDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20334More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, which organisations are represented on his Department's Flexible Working Taskforce; and on what dates that taskforce has met.
Answer: The Flexible Working Taskforce last met on 26 Jan 2024. It was comprised of business groups, charities and trade unions and was co-chaired by the Chartered Institute for Professional Development (CIPD) and the government. It met at regular intervals betwe...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSchools: Civil ProceedingsMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20096More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information her Department holds on the number of legal cases against schools for claimed (a) disability discrimination and (b) a failure to make reasonable adjustments.
Answer: Information about appeals to the First-tier Tribunal for Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND), which includes disability discrimination in schools, is published at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics.Failure to make reasonab...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordClassroom Assistants: PayDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18795More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 10 December 2020 to Question 126005, on Classroom Assistants: Pay, if she will provide the same salary data for (a) 2020, (b) 2021, (c) 2022, and (d) 2023.
Answer: Information on the school workforce is published in the ‘School workforce in England’ statistical publication, which can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england.The attached table prov...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordEmployment Rights Bill: Impact AssessmentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18794More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of producing impact assessments for the Employment Rights Bill.
Answer: The publication of Impact Assessments for the Employment Rights Bill meets our requirements under the Better Regulation Framework to provide analysis of the impacts on businesses, households, and the wider economy. This is important to support ministerial...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordKings Norton StationDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18793More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 02 December to Question 15995, on Kings Norton Station, whether that £123m to design the first phase of the Midlands Rail Hub programme included any capital funding for (a) the reinsta
Answer: The funding for Midlands Rail Hub includes designs for the reinstatement of the island platforms at Kings Norton, which, subject to a future ‘Decision to Deliver’, could be constructed by the early 2030s. Camp Hill line trains will serve Kings Norton from...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: Birmingham NorthfieldDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18792More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Q44 of the oral evidence given by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State to the Transport Select Committee on 4 December 2024, HC 437, what the average waiting time for driving tests is in
Answer: The average car practical test waiting time for Driving Test Centres that serve the Birmingham Northfield constituency can be found in the table below:Driving test centreAverage car practical driving test waiting time (Nov 2024)Kingsheath24 weeksShirley22...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic Transport: LongbridgeDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18791More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 120 of Network Rail North West and Central's publication entitled West Midlands Strategic Advice, published in October 2022, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential
Answer: The Government funds rail upgrades through the 'Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline'. Network Rail, or a third party, such as Midlands Connect or West Midlands Rail Executive, can bring forward proposals and make the case for development funding through th...
Answered 12 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCriminal Injuries Compensation Scheme ReviewMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18008More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department plans to respond to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme Review 2020, published on 16 July 2020.
Answer: The previous Government held three consultations, in 2020, 2022 and 2023, as part of its review of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2012. It did not publish a response to these consultations prior to the 2024 election.This Government is looking a...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordRussia: SanctionsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 27 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16659More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of (a) UK and (b) other sanctions on Russian economic performance.
Answer: Our Russia sanctions are restricting Putin's war machine and degrading his military. Sanctions have deprived Russia of over $400 billion since February 2022, equivalent to four more years of funding for the invasion. We have sanctioned 73 vessels forming ...
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordRoads: SuicideDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16629More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2024 to Question 15053 on Roads: Suicide, if she will publish the operational data with a description of the data quality issues for each of the last ten years.
Answer: National Highways understand that suicide is not inevitable, it is preventable, with the vision that no one attempts to take their life on our roads. National Highways uses its Post Collision Fatal Reporting (PCFR) process to internally report fatal inci...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNon-teaching Staff: PayDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16380More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2024 to Question 15056 on Non-teaching Staff: Pay, if she will provide a version of that table further broken down by (a) local authority maintained, (b) academy and (c) fr
Answer: Information on the school workforce is published in the ‘School Workforce in England’ statistical publication here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england.The attached table provides the pay ranges ...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
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