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Written Question
Free School Meals
Wednesday 13th April 2016

Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many local authority schools have been found not to have kept records of eligibility for free school meals in each of the last three years.

Answered by Sam Gyimah

It is a statutory requirement for all schools to return free school meals eligibility data via the school census and the Department has a process for checking that returns are accurate.

Written Question
Schools: Contracts
Wednesday 13th April 2016

Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many local authority schools have been found to have made irregular payments to third party suppliers without the necessary contracts in each of the last three years.

Answered by Edward Timpson

Local authorities are responsible for the oversight of the schools they maintain and carry out their own programmes of financial monitoring.

Written Question
Academies: Contracts
Wednesday 13th April 2016

Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many academy schools have been found to have made irregular payments to third party suppliers without the necessary contracts in each of the last three years.

Answered by Edward Timpson

The Education Funding Agency does not record information in this manner, and would only be able to gather such information at disproportionate cost.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 02 Feb 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"The hon. Member for Tamworth (Christopher Pincher) asked about the creation of a midlands engine. I can assure the Minister that thousands of such engines are being built by Jaguar Land Rover in Wolverhampton, just outside my constituency.

The apprenticeship levy is very welcome, although there are still some kinks …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Dec 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"After five years in charge, it is time the Government took some responsibility. Why has productivity stalled for the past five years?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 30 Nov 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"Retention in teaching is a far bigger problem than recruitment. We are haemorrhaging teachers. That is caused largely by the adverse workload that teachers are placed under. What specific steps are the Government taking to lessen teacher workloads in England?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 10 Nov 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"Can the Minister tell me three specific things that the Government are doing to encourage apprenticeships in construction, where there is a huge shortage?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Sep 2015
Trade Union Bill

"The right hon. Gentleman is being very generous in giving way. I understand what he is trying to do with the Bill, but it makes some of us rather uneasy. That is true of the provisions on the certification officer who, hitherto, has been seen by both sides—I speak as …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Sep 2015
Trade Union Bill

"I agree with my hon. Friend that trade unions are central to democracy and that we already have some of the most restrictive trade union legislation in the world—and the Bill will make it worse. Does she agree that the Government’s proposals are a threat to the security of our …..."
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