Asked by: David Nuttall (Conservative - Bury North)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which external organisations officials in her Department have met to discuss the consequences of the UK leaving the EU in each of the last three years; and how many meetings such officials have had with each such organisation.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The government is focused on delivering a successful renegotiation; it believes it can and will succeed in reforming and renegotiating our relationship with the EU and campaigning to keep the UK in the EU on that basis. Officials regularly meet with a range of external organisations to discuss the government's objectives in Europe.
Asked by: David Nuttall (Conservative - Bury North)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which external organisations she has met to discuss the consequences of the UK leaving the EU in each of the last three years; and how many times she has met each such organisation.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The government is focused on delivering a successful renegotiation; it believes it can and will succeed in reforming and renegotiating our relationship with the EU and campaigning to keep the UK in the EU on that basis. Ministers meet with a range of external organisations to discuss the government's objectives in Europe. Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published quarterly.
Asked by: David Nuttall (Conservative - Bury North)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many officials in her Department are engaged in research into the effects of the UK leaving the EU.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The government is focused on delivering a successful renegotiation; it believes it can and will succeed in reforming and renegotiating our relationship with the EU and campaigning to keep the UK in the EU on that basis. Departments are appropriately resourced to support the government’s priorities in Europe.
Asked by: David Nuttall (Conservative - Bury North)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people sat A level media studies in each of the last three years in (a) Bury, (b) Greater Manchester and (c) England.
Answered by Nick Gibb
The requested information is given in the table below. It is published in the ‘A level and other level 3 equivalents’ statistical first release for the relevant year.[1] [2] [3]
Year[4] | Number of students aged 16 to 18[5] in state funded schools[6] entered for A level media studies | ||
Bury local authority | Greater Manchester[7] | England | |
2011/12 | 151 | 1,161 | 22,954 |
2012/13 | 139 | 1,094 | 20,800 |
2013/14 | 164 | 1,065 | 19,666 |
Source: Key stage 5 attainment data.
[1] www.gov.uk/government/statistics/a-level-and-other-level-3-results-2013-to-2014-revised
[2] www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-level-and-other-level-3-results-england-2012-to-2013-revised
[4] Data for all years is revised.
[5] Age in years at the start of the academic year in question.
[6] Includes; academies; free schools; city technology colleges; community and foundation special schools; hospital schools and further education sector colleges.
[7] Includes the local authorities of Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan.