Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 Oct 2014
Oral Answers to Questions
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 Oct 2014
Oral Answers to Questions
"The Minister has been the only witness to the Select Committee’s inquiry into the balance of arts funding in this country not to accept that there is a gross imbalance in funding in favour of London and against regions such as the north-east and the south-west. Even his own chairman …..."Ben Bradshaw - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 4th September 2014
Asked by:
Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The Department for Education has spent £518 on televisions in 2014. A further amount of £9100 was spent on seven screens as part of the Sanctuary Buildings refresh also in 2014. These are primarily used as A/V screens to display presentations and other information during meetings.
The Department spent nothing in 2013 on televisions.
Written Question
Wednesday 16th July 2014
Asked by:
Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many officials in his Department, of each grade, have remained at that grade since 2010 but received a pay rise; and how much of a rise each such person at each such grade has received.
Answered by Edward Timpson
The table below sets out the number of staff at each grade who have remained at that grade since 2010 and have received a pay rise.
Grade | Number |
EA AO | 55 |
EO | 197 |
HEO | 211 |
SEO | 214 |
GRADE 7 | 227 |
GRADE 6 | 83 |
SCS | 36 |
Total | 1,023 |
The Government announced a pay freeze in 2010 which meant that pay for all Department for Education staff was frozen for two years (2011 and 2012 pay awards) except for those earning less than the full-time equivalent of £21,000. In 2013 and 2014, all staff achieving their objectives have received pay rises averaging 1%. Staff not achieving their objectives and those being managed under formal poor performance measures received no pay rise.
Written Question
Tuesday 15th July 2014
Asked by:
Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many mobile telephones, BlackBerrys and laptops were lost by his Department in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
Answered by Edward Timpson
The following Blackberry devices and laptops were lost by the Department for Education in the period requested.
| | Blackberry devices | Laptops |
2013 | 31 | 2 |
2014 to date | 16 | 3 |
Information about mobile devices is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
All Department for Education IT equipment is fully security encrypted.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Oct 2013
Deaf Children and Young People
"Before the right hon. Gentleman moves away from the subject of sign language, is he aware of the problems faced by people such as my constituent Rachel Goswell? She has a profoundly deaf son, Jesse, and the only way of communicating with him will be to learn sign language herself. …..."Ben Bradshaw - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 24 Oct 2012
School Governors
"Thank you, Mrs Main. May I preface my brief remarks by paying tribute to all our school governors? They do an incredible job, many of them in difficult circumstances. I can think of hardly any other role that anyone can play in our community that has more potential to help …..."Ben Bradshaw - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 24 Oct 2012
School Governors
"I appreciate what the Minister says, but the performance of the school that I referred to was not bad enough for it to qualify under the new Ofsted rules that she has just outlined. The school was still improving and doing well enough. The problem was not the performance; the …..."Ben Bradshaw - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 16 Apr 2012
Oral Answers to Questions
"6. What due diligence his Department conducted on the governance arrangements at West Exe technology college in Exeter when considering its application for academy status...."Ben Bradshaw - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 16 Apr 2012
Oral Answers to Questions
"The Secretary of State may recall my speaking personally to him in the corridor behind your Chair, Mr Speaker, a year ago. I said that the first school in my constituency to apply for academy status, and the one most impatient to do so, was the one whose leadership I …..."Ben Bradshaw - View Speech
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