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Written Question
Department for Education: Families
Wednesday 10th June 2015

Asked by: David Burrowes (Conservative - Enfield, Southgate)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Prime Minister's press release of 18 August 2014, what steps she is taking to assess the impact of her Department's policies on the family.

Answered by Edward Timpson

The Department for Education has developed comprehensive internal guidance on the Family Test and its application. The Department is confident in the approach it has taken to provide guidance and support to staff in applying the Family Test to new policies.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 27 Oct 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"There are reports that Ofsted is demanding that a Christian school invites an imam to take collective worship and that Jewish schoolchildren have been asked intrusive questions about their views on sexuality. Does that really promote British values?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 03 Sep 2014
Infant Class Sizes

"Everyone would agree that capital spend, limited as it always is, should focus on areas of greatest need, but does the hon. Lady recognise that the problem in Enfield was that the previous Government did not follow that through? They focused on Building Schools for the Future to fund secondary …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 14 Jan 2014
Strengthening Couple Relationships

"I pay tribute to my hon. Friend for securing the debate and to his courage in leading it despite his ill health. The doubling of family breakdown over the past 30 years is plainly a huge issue, but there are heroes. I pay tribute to Harry Benson of the Marriage …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Oct 2013
Qualified Teachers

"On the question of which teacher should be employed, we should not listen to the choices and the whims of the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central (Tristram Hunt). We should speak to the head teachers, who hire and fire. They are in the best position to know which teachers are …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Oct 2013
Secondary Schools (Accountability)

"My constituents cannot wait for the Secretary of State’s forthcoming visit to see the good progress that schools have made on GCSE results—particularly St Anne’s school, where there has been a remarkable 28% improvement. I especially welcome the new progress measures that the Minister has announced, and I commend his …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 Sep 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Secretary of State and the shadow Education Secretary have visited and praised Cuckoo Hall academies in Enfield. Does my right hon. Friend share the frustration felt by me and by parents in my constituency that when there is the opportunity to spread the excellence of free schools in my …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 22 Apr 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"Has the Minister had an opportunity to attend a school that is participating in the Anderson Foundation schools challenge, which is encouraging pupils and teachers to complete 50 tasks to celebrate the 50 years in which the National Autistic Society has been raising awareness of autism?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 25 Feb 2013
Children and Families Bill

"I recognise the importance of my hon. Friend’s commitment to taking account of the concerns of parents, such as a constituent who came to see me on Friday. Her son has Asperger’s and when he was aged between six and 10, she spent £25,000 trying to get a basic level …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Jan 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"21. In the Minister’s focus on the quality of child care, will she not forget the value of parents and relatives looking after young children at home?..."
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