Written Question
Question Link
Wednesday 14th May 2014
Asked by:
Chris Leslie (The Independent Group for Change - Nottingham East)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average annual revenue budget was for an (a) primary school academy and (b) secondary school academy in England and Wales in financial year 2012-13.
Answered by David Laws
Annual revenue budgets for primary and secondary academies for the academic year September 2012 to August 2013 are available on the gov.uk website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/academy-pre-16-allocation-data-2012-to-2013-academic-year
Education in Wales is a devolved matter for the Welsh Government.
Written Question
Question Link
Monday 12th May 2014
Asked by:
Chris Leslie (The Independent Group for Change - Nottingham East)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools had academy status in England and Wales at the latest date for which figures are available.
Answered by Edward Timpson
The information requested can be found at:
www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development.
Education in Wales is a devolved matter and is the responsibility of the Welsh Government.
Written Question
Monday 28th April 2014
Asked by:
Chris Leslie (The Independent Group for Change - Nottingham East)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which five companies were used most often to provide temporary workers for his Department in the last financial year; and how much in agency fees was paid to each of them.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
Under this Government's transparency programme, details of spend for the Department for Education are published on gov.uk which are available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-education
To provide the level of detail requested in relation to agency fees would incur disproportionate cost.
Written Question
Monday 28th April 2014
Asked by:
Chris Leslie (The Independent Group for Change - Nottingham East)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which 10 consultancy firms were paid the most by his Department in the last financial year; and how much each of those firms was paid.
Answered by Elizabeth Truss
Under this Government's transparency programme, details of spend is published on gov.uk which is available at: http://data.gov.uk/data/openspending-report/index
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 17 Oct 2011
Oral Answers to Questions
"Will the Secretary of State say whether he, his officials or his advisers are using private e-mail accounts in assessing the impact of the baccalaureate? Does he accept the Information Commissioner’s view that private e-mail accounts that are used to talk about Government policy could be the subject of freedom …..."Chris Leslie - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 May 2011
Oral Answers to Questions
"Is it true that there are 100 civil servants in the Department working on the free schools programme? If it is not 100, how many is it? What is the cost of that number of civil servants, and what on earth are they doing?..."Chris Leslie - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 28 Mar 2011
Post-16 Education Funding
"The Secretary of State said a moment ago that EMA did not enjoy the support of the majority of the young people who received it. What was the source for that claim?..."Chris Leslie - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Feb 2011
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (Performance)
"I am grateful to the Secretary of State for giving way, but his professorial picking through of a variety of quotes is quite pitiful. Can he tell us where his growth plan is? Where is it?..."Chris Leslie - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Feb 2011
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (Performance)
"As only a few minutes remain before the winding-up speeches, I shall be able to make only a limited number of points. I pay tribute to my right hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton South East (Mr McFadden), who summed up the Department’s current problem succinctly. Its problem is that …..."Chris Leslie - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 20 Jan 2011
Disadvantaged Children
"A high proportion of young boys in my constituency—some 39% or 40%—have special educational needs and therefore rely heavily on teaching assistants in the classroom, but I fear that, owing to the budgetary situation, teaching assistants may fall by the wayside first. Would the hon. Lady like to say a …..."Chris Leslie - View Speech
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